2017 Events
SOLAR ECLIPSE VIEWING PARTY
The Biochemistry and Biophysics department gathered together to view the solar eclipse on August 21, 2017 with cereal box projectors and protective eclipse glasses. The moon blotted out 93% of the sun. Monday's eclipse was the first one since 1918 that traveled across the United States. Solar eclipse glasses were all in fashion as the … Read more
SEMINAR: Amy Gladfelter , PhD (UNC-CH)
" Nuclear anarchy and cortical order: how phase transitions and polymers organize cells "
*CANCELLED* Research in Progress Seminar
Postdoc speakers and titles TBD
SEMINAR: Chuan He, PhD (Univ. of Chicago)
"RNA methylation in gene expression regulation"
SEMINAR: Hao Jiang, PhD (Univ. of Alabama)
"Epigenetic and spatial regulation of gene expression in stem cell fate determination and tumorigenesis"
SEMINAR: David Shechter, PhD (Einstein College of Medicine)
"How to Write a Histone Code"
SEMINAR: Catherine Fox, PhD (Univ. of Wisconsin)
"A good place to start: understanding how chromatin structure regulates eukaryotic DNA replication origins using budding yeast "
SEMINAR: Paul Bieniasz, PhD (Rockefeller, HHMI)
"On the unusual nucleotide composition of the HIV-1 genome"
HOLIDAY PARTY HIGHLIGHTS
Dr. Leslie Parise welcomed everyone and thanked the party organizers, Jamie DeSoto, Susan Sarvis and Lynn Ray, from our administrative office, as well as graduate students Hanna Trzeciakiewicz (Cohen Lab) and Aaztli Coria (Laederach Lab) . After a delectable dinner, Dr. Beverly Errede and Lynn Ray presented the Staff Excellence Awards for dedication, service and … Read more