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| AAAS Fellows |
Dr. Stephen Osmani, Professor and Ohio Eminent Scholar received one of the highest recognitions in his academic field by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. This honor was received for research creativity in the study of mitotic regulation, especially the role of NIMA kinase, chromatin, condenstion and the function of the nuclear pore.
Dr. Deborah Parris, Professor of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, and Molecular Genetics also was honored with the AAAS Fellow for her contributions in molecular virology, including an understanding of mechanisms of herpes simplex virus DNA replication, and for leadership in promoting cancer reserach. |
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| Graduate Student Receives Travel Award |
| Ms. Komudi Singh (Hay-Oak Park's laboratory) received a travel award from the Genetics Society of America to attend the Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology meeting held at Princeton University, July 25-30, 2006. Ms. Singh presented a talk at the platform session. |
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| New Faculty. |
Dr. Anita Hopper, from the Pennsylvania State University Medical School in Hershey has joined the Department of Molecular Genetics as Chair and Professor.
Dr. James Hopper has joined the Department of Molecular Genetics and the Department of Biochemistry as Professor. Jim also comes from the Pennsyvania State University Medical School in Hershey. |
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| Plass named AAAS Fellow |
| Dr. Christoph Plass, professor of molecular virology, immunology and medical genetics, division of human cancer genetics, and molecular genetics, and researcher with Ohio State's Comprehensive Cancer Center, "for fundamental contributions to understanding the epigenetic alterations and DNA methylation patterns in mouse and human malignancies." Plass has helped to explain certain changes that happen in human cancers. |
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| Berl Oakley Named AAAS Fellow |
| Berl Oakley, Professor and Interim Chair, was named fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. "Fellows are recommended by their scientific peers and the leaders in their individual fields." This honor recognizes the importance of Dr. Oakley's "distinguished contributions to the study of the microtubule cytoskeleton, especially for the discovery of gamma-tubulin and the elucidation of its essential role in mitosis." His discovery of g-tubulin, a critical component in the construction of a cell, resulted in the creation of a new field of study, microtubule nucleation. The full significance of the discovery continues to evolve, with implications for the greater understanding of human cancer. |
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| 2007 Annual Falkenthal Memorial Graduate Student Colloquium |
Our annual graduate student research forum was held on April 28, 2007.
The Keynote Speaker was Dr. Philip Perlman of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Our 2007 Student Winners were:
First Place Award for 4th Year Student.
Jing Li (Gustavo Leone's Lab).
Second Place Award for 4th Year Student.
Hui-Lin Liu (Stephen Osmani's Lab).
First Place Award for 5th Year Student.
Tahera Zabuawala (Michael Ostrowski's's Lab).
Second Place Award for 5th Year Student (tie)
Kristi Bennett (Christoph Plass' Lab).
Komudi Singh (Hay-Oak Park's Lab). |
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| Tien-Hsien Chang's Laboratory Published in Molecular Cell |
Tien-Hsien Chang’s laboratory has recently published a highly significant paper in the January issue of Molecular Cell, one of the pre-eminent journals in molecular life sciences.
Chen, J. Y.-F., Stands, L., Staley, J. P., Jackups, Jr., R. R., Latus, L. J., and Chang, T.-H. (2001). Specific alterations of U1-C protein or U1 small nuclear RNA can eliminate the requirement of Prp28p, an essential DEAD-box splicing factor. Mol. Cell. 7, 227-232.
This paper was immediately highlighted by two review articles, first in Nature Structural Biology (February issue) and then in Science (March 9 issue, just appeared online), two other leading scientific journals:
Schwer, B. (2001) A new twist on RNA helicases: DExH/D box proteins as RNPases. Nature Struct. Biol. 8, 113-116.
Will, C. L. and Luhrmann, R. (2001) RNP Remodeling With DExH/D Boxes. Science 291, 1916-1917. (Perspective in Molecular Biology). |
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| Berl Oakley Published in Book of Landmark Papers |
Berl Oakley’s paper on the discovery of gamma tubulin was one of 42 papers included in a book entitled Landmark Papers in Cell Biology. This volume was prepared by the American Society for Cell Biology to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the founding of the society.
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