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Giri Murlidharan publishes paper in Journal of Virology

May 1, 2015
Giri Murlidharan (Aravind Asokan lab) published an article titled “Unique glycan signatures regulate adeno-associated virus tropism in the developing brain” in Journal of Virology 89:3976-87. (Image: localization of CBA protein introduced by AAV in primary astrocytes; see paper for full image and legend.) Please see our page on Publications by...

Esteban Terzo publishes paper in Molecular Biology of the Cell

May 1, 2015
Esteban Terzo (Bob Duronio lab) published an article titled “Distinct self-interaction domains promote Multi Sex Combs accumulation in and formation of the Drosophila histone locus body” in Molecular Biology of the Cell 26:1559-74. (Image: co-localization of GFP-MXC and FLASH at the histone locus body; see paper for full image and legend.)...

NRSA T32 Training Grant Renewed for Years 41-45

April 16, 2015
The NRSA T32 training grant that supports the Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology was renewed by NIGMS. The proposal, submitted in January, 2014, received a priority score of 20 in the June study section. This grant, which has been funded since 1975, will continue to support training activities and...

Bailey Peck awarded NRSA F31 fellowship

April 1, 2015
Congratulations to Bailey Peck (Praveen Sethupathy lab), who was awarded an NRSA F31 predoctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health.  Bailey’s project is titled “Whole transcriptome analysis of distinct populations of the intestinal epithelium and its response...

Tangi Smallwood publishes paper in G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

April 1, 2015
Tangi Smallwood (Brian Bennett lab) published an article titled “High-resolution genetic mapping in the diversity outbred mouse population identifies Apobec1 as a candidate gene for atherosclerosis” published in G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 4: 2353-2363. (Image: Mapping of significant hits on Chromosome 9 for plasma triglyceride levels; see paper for full...

Maren Cannon awarded NRSA F31 fellowship

February 19, 2015
Congratulations to Maren Cannon (Karen Mohlke lab), who was awarded an NRSA F31 predoctoral fellowship from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health.  Maren’s project is titled “Genetic and metabolic effects on ANGPTL8 expression and HDL-C metabolism“. Please also see our page on Grants...

John Runge receives McClendon-Thomas Award

February 2, 2015
Congratulations to John Runge (Terry Magnuson lab), winner of the Bullit History of Medicine Club’s McClendon-Thomas Award. This award recognized scholarly excellence in the history of health sciences. John’s essay “Character Trials: Managing Epidemic Disease in the 19th Century American South” describes efforts to stop Yellow Fever from spreading across...

Julie Holsclaw awarded NRSA F31 fellowship

December 3, 2014
Congratulations to Julie Holsclaw (Jeff Sekelsky lab), who was awarded an NRSA F31 predoctoral fellowship from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health.  Her project is titled “Determining the role of Blm and Marcal1 helicases in replication fork remodeling and progression“. Please also see...

Christian Parobek awarded off-campus dissertation fellowship

November 27, 2014
Christian Parobek (Jon Juliano lab) was awarded an Off-Campus Dissertation Research Fellowship by The Graduate School. Christian will work in Cambodia during Spring 2015 collecting mRNA from the malaria vector P. vivax for his dissertation research.

Crystal Waters publishes paper in Nature Communications

August 27, 2014
Crystal Waters (Dale Ramsden lab) published an article titled “The fidelity of the ligation step determines how ends are resolved during nonhomologous end joining” published in Nature Communications 5: 4286. (Image: Model for organization of enzymatic steps during NHEJ.) Please see our page on Publications by GMB Students for more.

Jennifer Kulzer wins Cotterman Award for her Publication

August 27, 2014
Congratulations to Jennifer Kulzer (Karen Mohlke lab), whose was selected as a winner of the Cotterman Award.  This award is given annually by the American Society of Human Genetics, which selects two articles published in the American Journal of Human Genetics in the previous year that best represent outstanding scientific...

Laura Tollini publishes paper in Cancer Cell

August 21, 2014
Laura Tollini (Yanping Zhang lab) published an article titled “Regulation of p53 by Mdm2 E3 ligase function is dispensable in embryogenesis and development, but essential in response to DNA damage” published in Cancer Cell 26: 235-247. (Image: Mdm2:MdmX heterodimer regulation of p53.) Please see our page on Publications by GMB...