The BMB department hosted the Symposium on Understanding Molecular Machines at the Single Molecule Level on September 20, 2012. The event was held in Cori Auditorium in the McDonnell Sciences Building. Invited speakers were: Drs. Steve Block, Taekjip Ha, Scott Blanchard and Sunney Xie. Photos…
Our welcome BBQ was held at Tower Grove Park on August 21, 2012. Faculty, staff, postdocs, students attended. Great food, company and frisbee. More photos..
Adam Aronson worked in Dr. Matthew Ellis’ laboratory on a project entitled “Characterizing Her3 Receptor-Tyrosine Kinase Mutations in Breast Cancer”.
Natalie Mararuso worked in Dr. Jason Weber’s laboratory on a project entitled “Role of Nucleolar Proteins in Gliomagenesis”.
A figure from Dr. Timothy Lohman’s research is on the cover of the July 20th issue of Journal of Molecular Biology. Their research articles are entitled “Plasmodium falciparum SSB Tetramer Wraps Single-Stranded DNA with Similar Topology but Opposite Polarity to E. coli SSB” and “Plasmodium falciparum SSB Tetramer Binds Single-Stranded DNA Only in a Fully Wrapped Mode”.
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On June 15, 2012, the BMB Department held it’s First Annual Ice Cream and Champagne Party. It was also the kick-off for the Summer version of BMB Science Fridays. Robert Zeigler from Dr. Barak Cohen’s lab was the speaker. More photos..
On April 20, 2012 the admin staff went to Blueberry Hill in the Del Mar loop for lunch. Lunch was followed by bowling at the Pin-up Bowl. More Photos…
James Janetka, Ph.D., research assistant professor in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics has been invited by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) to join the Chemistry in Cancer Research (CICR) Editorial Board. Dr. Janetka will be a member of the AACR-CICR Editorial Board for a two-year assignment, April 2012 – April 2014.
John Robinson, 2011 MilliporeSigma Fellow, and Jayan (Jay) Rammohan, the 2010 MilliporeSigma Fellow, were recently honored at a luncheon that included Rakesh Sachdev, MilliporeSigma Aldrich President and CEO, Kirk Richter, MilliporeSigma Aldrich Vice President and CFO, Dean Larry Shapiro, and a number of WUSM faculty members. MilliporeSigma Aldrich Corp. gives the BMB Dept. a generous donation annually to support graduate education in memory of Nobel Prize winner and former BMB Dept. member Dr. Gerty Cori. Jay is a 2nd yr. student in the Computational and Molecular Biophysics graduate program; John is a 1st year Biochemistry student. More Photos..
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John Robinson, 2011 MilliporeSigma Fellow, and Jayan (Jay) Rammohan, the 2010 MilliporeSigma Fellow, were recently honored at a luncheon that included Rakesh Sachdev, MilliporeSigma Aldrich President and CEO, Kirk Richter, MilliporeSigma Aldrich Vice President and CFO, Dean Larry Shapiro, and a number of WUSM faculty members. MilliporeSigma Aldrich Corp. gives the BMB Dept. a generous donation annually to support graduate education in memory of Nobel Prize winner and former BMB Dept. member Dr. Gerty Cori. Jay is a 2nd year student in the Computational and Molecular Biophysics graduate program; John is a 1st year Biochemistry student.
Drs. Jim Janetka and Scott Hultgren are featured in “The Record” for their research on chronic urinary infections. Their article “Treatment and Prevention of Urinary Tract Infection with Orally Active FimH Inhibitors” appears in the November 16th issue of Science Translational Medicine. Also featured in the November 18th issue of Voice of America and in the December 5th edition of C&EN.