Undergraduate Research Scholarship Awarded!

Jessica Profato, undergraduate major in the laboratory of Anita Hopper, has been awarded a scholarship for the 2009-10 academic year from the Arts and Sciences Honors Committee in recognition of her excellent research proposal. 

Congratulations, Jessica!

Thursday, December 31 2009

Recent Publications!

Chen D., M. Pacal, P. Wenzel, P.S. Knoepfler, G. Leone, and R. Bremner.(2009).  Division and apoptosis in the absence of activating E2fs. Nature (In press).

Chen H-Z., S-Y. Tsai, and G. Leone. (2009). Emerging roles of E2Fs in cancer: an exit from cell cycle control. Nature Cancer Reviews. (In press)

Chong J-L., P. Wenzel, M. Sáenz-Robles, V. Nair, A. Ferrey, J. Hagan, Y.M. Gomez, N. Sharma, H-Z. Chen, M. Ouseph, S-H. Wang, P. Trikha, B. Culp, L. Mezache, D.J. Winton, O.J. Sansom, D. Chen, R. Bremner, P.G. Cantalupo, M.L. Robinson, J.M. Pipas, and G. Leone. (2009).  A switch of E2F1-3 function from activators in progenitor cells to repressors in differentiating cells. Nature (In press).

Coffman, V.C., A.H. Nile, I-J. Lee, H. Liu and J.-Q. Wu.  2009.  Roles of formin nodes and myosin motor actiivity in mid1p-dependent contractile-ring assembly during fission yeast cytokinesis.  MBC.  (Highlighted in MBC InCytes and will be considered for MBC Paper of the Year!)

Ding, Biao.  "Small Things Considered".  American Society for Microbiology-sponsored blog based on review on viroids.

Trimboli, A.J., C.Z. Cantemir-Stone, F. Li, J.A. Wallace, A. Merchant, N. Creasap, J.C. Thompson, E. Caserta, H. Wang, J-L. Chong, S. Naidu, G. Wei, S.M. Sharma, J.A. Stephens, S.A. Fernandez, M.N. Gurcan, M.B. Weinstein, S.H. Barasky, L. Yee, T.J. Rosol, P.C. Stromberg, M.L. Robinson, F. Pepin, M. Hallett, M. Park, M.C. Ostrowski, and G. Leone.  2009.  Pten in stromal fibroblasts suppresses mammary epithelial tumors.  Nature (in press).

Monday, November 9 2009

Helen Chamberlin Accepts MBI Associate Directorship

Dr. Helen Chamberlin, Associate Professor, has accepted the position of Associate Director in the Mathematical Biosciences Institute (MBI) to start January 1, 2010.  Congratulations!

Friday, August 14 2009

Harold Fisk Recipient of Sanford Goldston Memorial Research Award!

Dr. Harold Fisk was chosen by the Ohio Cancer Research Associates to win the Sanford Goldston Memorial Research Award. This award is presented to a promising young investigator who best exemplifies the motto of the organization, "Give New Ideas a Chance".  Harold received a two-year research grant from Ohio Cancer Research Associates, and after the first year, he leveraged the work to obtain an R01 from NIH.  He will accept this award at the black tie optional gala to be held June 18 at the Hilton Easton. Congratulations to Harold!!!!

Thursday, June 18 2009

Textbooks for Courses

AUTUMN 2009

MG500     Pierce, Benjamin.  Genetics:  A Conceptual Approach Pierce Gen 3eLL @OSU & eBook.  OSU Edition, Publisher: Freeman.  ISBN# 1-4292-3897-6  (Book Required)

MG607      Alberts, Bruce.  Molecular Biology of the Cell  5th Edition.  Publisher:  Garland Science.  ISBN# 978-0-8153-4105-5. (Book Required)

MG607H      Alberts, Bruce.  Molecular Biology of the Cell  5th Edition.  Publisher:  Garland Science.  ISBN# 978-0-8153-4105-5. (Book Required)

MG650      LeBlanc, David.   Statistics:  Concepts & Applications for Science  Publisher: Tichenor.  ISBN# 10-1-4275-2036-4  (Book Required)

MG660       Alberts, Johnson, Lewis, Raff, Roberts, Walter.  Molecular Biology of the Cell  2008.  Publisher:  Library of Congress.  ISBN# 978-0-8153-4106-2  (Book Required)

MG701     Hartwell, L. et al.  Genetics from Genes to Genomes.  Third edition.  McGraw-Hill.  ISBN# 9780073227382 (Book Optional)

 

WINTER 2010

MG500     Pierce, Benjamin.  Genetics:  A Conceptual Approach Pierce Gen 3eLL @OSU & eBook.  OSU Edition, Publisher: Freeman.  ISBN# 1-4292-3897-6  (Book Required)

MG605     Griffith, et.al.  Introduction to Genetic Analysis  9th ed. Publisher:  Freeman.  ISBN# 142920852X (Book Required)

MG608     Lewis, Wolpert.  Principles of Development  3rd ed. Publisher:  Oxford.  ISBN# 978-0-19-927537-3 (Book Required)

MG661     Alberts, Johnson, Lewis, Raff, Roberts, Walter.  Molecular Biology of the Cell  2008.  5th ed.  Publisher:  Garland.  ISBN# 978-0-8153-4105-5  (Book Required)

 

 

Monday, May 11 2009

Congratulations to Erich Grotewold Elected to AAAS Fellow

Dr. Erich Grotewold, Professor, has been elected to the rank of AAAS Fellow.  He is being honored for distinguished contributions to the field of plant regulation of gene expression, particularly in the areas of control of plant metabolism and plant development.

Friday, December 5 2008

Welcome to new faculty members!

Dr. Jian-Qiu Wu joined the Department of Molecular Genetics and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. Dr. Wu joins us from Yale University where he was a Postdoctoral Researcher for five years. His research includes the roles of signaling and cytoskeletal proteins in cell polarization and cell division.

Dr. Amanda Bird joined the Department of Molecular Genetics and the Department of Human Nutrition.  Dr. Bird comes to OSU from the University of Utah where she was a Research Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Researcher.  Her research includes sensing of metal elements by eukaryotes; regulatory roles of novel RNAs and small proteins. 

 

Dr. Maki Asano joined the Department of Molecular Genetics and the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry October 1, 2008.  Dr. Asano was a Research Assistant Professor at Duke University Medical Center.  Her research includes cell cycle regulation in metazoans during development.

  

Dr. Robin Wharton will join the Department of Molecular Genetics and the Depatment of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry in January 2009.  Dr. Wharton comes from Duke University Medical Center where he has been a Professor and a Howard Hughes Investigator for the last 15 years.

Monday, November 17 2008

Congratulations to our recent Ph.D.'s!

Jing Li (MG student in Gustavo Leone's lab) received her Ph.D. Spring 2009.  She has a postdoctoral researcher position at Genentech.

Hui-Lin Liu (MG student in Steve Osmani's lab) received her Ph.D. Spring 2009.  She has a position at the University of Massachusetts Medical School as a Postdoctoral Researcher.

Emily Shifley (MG student in Susan Cole's lab) received her Ph.D. Spring 2009.  She holds a postdoctoral researcher position at the University of Cincinnati Medical School.

Shih-yin Tsai (MG student in Gustavo Leone's lab) received her Ph.D. Spring 2009.  She is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Congratulations to all!

Monday, November 17 2008