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Peter Roach receives MERIT award
Peter Roach received an NIDDK MERIT award (Method to Extend Research in Time) for his project, Glycogen Metabolism and Its Regulation. The awardacknowledges his “consistent and excellent contributions to
scientific knowledge”. NIH established MERIT Awards in July 1986 for a limited number of selected investigators who
demonstrate superior competence and outstanding productivity in research endeavors. A main component of the award is to relieve the investigator from writing frequent renewal applications by providing an opportunity to obtain up to ten years of support in two segments.
An initial 5-year award is coupled with an opportunity for a 3- to 5- year extension. Congratulations Peter!
Congratulations to all!
Congratulations to the following faculty on their new appointments and/ or tenure effective 7/1/05.
Joe Dynlacht of Radiation Oncology received tenure 7/1/05.
Kristin Chun of the Wells Center was appointed Assistant
Professor.
Tracy Anthony of the Evansville Center for Medical Education was appointed Assistant Professor.
Bart Pederson accepted the position of Assistant Professor at Ball State University in
association with the Muncie Center for Medical Education.
He is also appointed as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Claire Walczak of the Medical Science Program at IUB received tenure.
Marshall Anderson is now the Associate Director for Education at the Northwest Center for Medical Education.
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Volume 18, No. 8 August, 2005
Please Join Us in Welcoming
Zhong-Yin Zhang, Ph.D.
As the new Chairman of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology Open House
Thursday, August 25, 2005
4-6:00 p.m.
Medical Science Atrium
Well Done!
Congratulations to Mu Wang, Mark Goebl and Sonal Sanghani for receiving Biomedical Research Grants.
Kudos to Millie Georgiadis for receiving the 2006 Roadmap Award. Congratulations to Jake Chen who also received the 2006 Roadmap Award along with Mark Goebl and Maureen Harrington.
Congratulations are also in order for Gattadahalli Seetharamaiah for receiving the 2005-06
Research Support Funds Grant.
Congrats to Hiremagalur Jayaram who has started a new research project with the
University of Minnesota entitled,
“Novel Selective Inhibitors of IMP Dehydrogenase Type II against Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia.”
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Former student, Dr. Ling Chen, has been appointed as the first Director General of the GIBH (Guangzhou Institute of
Biomedicine and Health) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Guangdong, China. The GIBH is committed to promoting academic exchanges between China and the rest of the world.
Biotechnology Certificate Training
Program
Enrollment is open for IUSOM’s Biotechnology Certificate
Training Program. Officials plan to enroll 15 students in graduate level training this fall. These will be offered on a part-time basis to enable students to work and study at the same time.
A 17-credit Biotechnology Certificate requires 1½ years to complete. The curriculum includes: an introductory course in biochemistry and molecular biology; three hands-on
laboratory courses; two problem- based courses in finding solutions to modern biotechnology
problems; and a case-based course in responsible conduct of research. A 30-credit Master of Science in Biotechnology degree builds on the certificate program, requiring an additional 1½ years (13 credits) of advanced
coursework, student seminars and independent research with a faculty member.
Admission to the Biotechnology Certificate program requires a baccalaureate degree in science.
After completion of the certificate program, students may continue on to the master’s degree
program.
Visit the website at
www.medicine.iu.edu/~gradschl/b iotechTraining/index.html for additional information.
Biochem Family Picnic
The 3rd Annual Biochem Family Picnic will be held on Friday, Sept 9 at the Eagle Crest Group Picnic Area at Eagle Creek Park at 7201 Fishback Road (off Raceway Road, north of 71st Street). Signs will be posted to direct you to the site since this is not accessible from the main entrances to the park. There’s no entrance fee at the group picnic area. The picnic starts at 1:00 p.m. Biochem will provide soft drinks, hamburgers, hot dogs and the “fixins”. Please bring your favorite picnic food to share.Because the Eagle Crest area is isolated from the rest of the park, there is no restriction on alcohol there, so you are welcome to bring a cold beer. Grilled food will be ready between 1:00 and 3:00. At 3:30 there’s a softball game between faculty and students. Volleyball and soccer will also be available. Bring your spouse, kids, and/or significant other and join us - rain or shine - for an afternoon of food and fun.
Maps are available in the Biochem office and in this newsletter. If you’d like more info on activities or to volunteer to help set up, clean up, or be a grill master, please contact grad student representative Luke Dannenberg at 274-8488.
Recent Publications
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Hurley, T.D., Stout, S.L., Minor, E., Zhou, J., and Roach, P.J.
(2005) Requirements for catalysis in mammalian glycogenin. J. Biol. Chem.
280:23892-23899.
Ho, K.K., Allali-Hassani, A., Hurley, T.D., and Weiner, H.
(2005) Differential effects for Mg2+ ions on the individual kinetic steps of human cytosolic and mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenases. Biochemistry 44:8022-8029.
Thundimadathil, J., Roeske, R., Jiang, H-Y, and Guo, L. (2005) Aggregation and Porin-like Channel Activity of a β Sheet Peptide, Biochemistry 44:10259- 10270.
August Seminars
Thesis Defense Seminar for Suzanne Young, Graduate Student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN. Topic: “CXXC Finger Protein 1 is Required for Hematopoietic Differentiation” at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 18, 2005 in R4 101.
Wedding News
Congratulations to current student, Wei Luo, and Xiaohua Huang. They were married in Xi’an China on June 19, 2005.
Congrats also to MD/Ph.D.
student Eric Benson and new Ph.D. student Heather (Rayford) Benson on their June 25th
nuptials.
Congratulations to Amanda Alber, Research Technician in Dr. DePaoli-Roach’s lab, on her engagement to Jonathan McGuire.
They are planning a November 5th wedding and a Jamaican honeymoon.
A New Baby
Congratulations to Ross and Carrie Cocklin on the birth of their daughter, Claire Louisa.
Little Claire was born on July 7 and she weighed 6 lbs, 3 oz and was 19.75 inches long.
New Faces in Biochemistry
Caron Peper, Research Technician (Roach Lab)
Rachel Schultz, Research Technician (Edenberg Lab)
Lili Wu, Research Associate (Zhang Lab)
Lillian Gonzalez-Segura, Post Doc (Hurley Lab)
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Lan Chen, Assistant Research Professor (Zhang lab)
David Thor Johnson, Grad Student
Heather (Rayford) Benson, Grad Student
Eshwar Udho, Grad Student (Zhang Lab)
Sheng Zhang, Post-Doc (Zhang Lab)
Sara Rohrabaugh – Grad Student
Vincent Tagliabracci – Grad Student
Jenna Jewell – Grad Student
Xiaoling Guo, Grad Student (Zhang Lab)
Jinpeng Sun, Grad Student (Zhang Lab)
Isaac Arthur – Computer Support Assistant
Bo Zhou –Assistant Research Professor (Zhang Lab)
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Jianlin Zhang, Grad Student (Zhang Lab)
Jiao Liang, Research Technician (Zhang Lab)
Julia Howell, Grad Student
Lili Zhang, Visiting Research Associate (Hurley Lab)
Fubo Liang, Assistant Research Professor (Zhang Lab)
Sijiu Liu, Assistant Research Professor
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Announcing the
2005 BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY RESEARCH DAY
Friday, September 30, 2005
1 – 5 p.m. in the Medical Science Building Atrium
Schedule of Events
1 – 2:30 p.m. 1
stsession of Poster presentations
Location: Med Science AtriumRefreshments provided
2:30 – 4 p.m. 2
ndsession of Poster presentations
Location: Med Science AtriumRefreshments provided
4:30 – 5 p.m.
Comments from Chairman
– Zhong-Yin Zhang Location: MS 326
Awards Ceremony
– Mark GoeblPeggy Gibson Award for best paper by a student Jack Davis Award for best student seminar
Outstanding Mentor Award – presented by grad students Poster Awards – Anna DePaoli-Roach
Research Day is an important event for the department. It provides opportunities for:
► Faculty, post-docs, current and new students to meet
► Lots of posters!
► Dr. Zhang will update us on departmental activities and plans for the coming year
► Presentation of Awards
WANTED: POSTERS! This is a great opportunity to describe your successes and tribulations to colleagues and friends. Everyone is invited to participate! Posters presented at recent meetings and “hot off the press” information is welcome and encouraged!
If you plan to present a poster at this year’s event:
• please contact Pam Nichols in the Biochem Office ([email protected]; 274-2719) no later than Friday, September 16 with your name and the poster title and a copy of the
abstract
• a presentation time will be appointed and space will be assigned for each poster.
Location maps will be provided by the Biochem office
• posters need to be displayed in the atrium by 11 a.m. on Friday, September 30
• the presenter needs to be in attendance during the appointed time
POSTER AWARDS THIS YEAR: there will be four (4) awards of $100 each for students and post- docs. Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony in MS 326 starting at 4:30 p.m.
We look forward to seeing you on Friday, September 30!
Map to Biochem Family Picnic
There are a couple of routes to Eagle’s Crest from the IUSoM:
A. 1. Take I-65 north to 71st Street; it intersects with Lafayette Road there 2. North onto Lafayette Road
3. Left onto Traders Lane (Just after Co-Op) 4. Right onto Wilson Road
5. Left onto Fishback Road
6. Follow signs to the Biochem Picnic at Eagle’s Crest B. 1. West on 56th Street to Raceway Road
2. North on Raceway Road to Fishback Road 3. Right on Fishback Road
4. Follow signs to the Biochem Picnic at Eagle’s Crest
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