STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

Congratulations to Adam Locke who has received a Fellowship from the American Heart Association to study genetic variation contributing to congenital heart defects in people with Down syndrome. Funding starts July 1, 2008 and is for 2 years. The fellowship funds his stipend and is meant to support his continuing research training on quantitative methods in human genetic analysis. Adam is studying with Dr. Stephanie Sherman.

Congratulations to NaTasha Hollis who was awarded the M.A.R.C. Predoctoral Fellowship for my research. The grant title is "Genome-wide recombination as a risk factor for nondisjunction." NaTasha is studying with Dr. Stephanie Sherman.

Congratulations to Nathan (Nate) Mortimer who was awarded a predoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association for his proposal entitled "The Archipelago ubiquitin ligase regulates tubular morphogenesis during Drosophila development." Nate is studying with Dr. Ken Moberg.

Congratulations to Veronica Henderson who was recently awarded an Individual NRSA Minority Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Institutes of Health. This three-year fellowship supports research towards the PhD degree. Veronica's project is entitled "The Role of Rap1 Signaling in Prostate Cancer Progression." Veronica is studying with Dr. Carlos Moreno.

GMB RETREAT

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CLASSES :: SPRING 2008

• GMB 546 - Presenting Genetics
• GMB 547 - Genetics Sem:Mol. Biol.& Gen. of Visual Sys.
• GMB 556 - Basic Biomedical and Biological Sciences II
• GMB 559R - Experimental Approaches in Bio Science
• GMB 561 - Eukaryotic Chromosome Organ/Function
• GMB 599R - Thesis Research Masters Level
• GMB 750 - Molecular Neurobiology

CLASSES :: FALL 2008

• IBS 515R - Current Topics in Molecular Genetics
• IBS 555 - Principals of Basic Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• IBS 546R - Presenting Genetics
• GMB 570R - Intro Graduate Seminar
• GMB 597R - Laboratory Rotations
• GMB 790R - Advanced Graduate Seminar
• GMB 797R - Directed Study
• GMB 799R - Dissertation Research

SEMINARS :: FALL 2007 :: IBS546r

DATE	LOCATION	SPEAKERS	COMMENTS
Jan 10, 2008	Whitehead Auditorium @ 4 p.m.	Stevenson/Szulwach	Student speakers
Jan 17	Whitehead Auditorium @ 4 p.m.	Yoon/Bradford	Student speakers
Jan 22	Whitehead Auditorium @ 4 p.m.	Dr. David Altshuler, Broad Institute	GMB Student invited guest speaker
Jan 24		Tuesday Jan 22 Seminar instead
Jan 31	Whitehead Auditorium @ 4 p.m.	Dr. Peng Jin	Faculty speaker
Feb 7	Whitehead Auditorium @ 4 p.m.	Ikeda/Li	Student speakers
Feb 14	Whitehead Auditorium @ 4 p.m.	Dr. Steve L'Hernault	Faculty speaker
Feb 21	Whitehead Auditorium @ 4 p.m.	Locke/Morris	Student speakers
Feb 28	Whitehead Auditorium @ 4 p.m.	Dr. Robert G. Roeder, Role of diverse cofactors in transcriptional regulation in animal cells	Guest speaker
Mar 6	Whitehead Auditorium @ 4 p.m.	Dr. John Lucchesi	Faculty speaker
Mar 13		SPRING BREAK
Mar 20	Whitehead Auditorium @ 4 p.m.	Dr. Charles Moran	Faculty speaker
Mar 27	Whitehead Auditorium @ 4 p.m.	Hall/Su	Student speakers
Apr 3	Whitehead Auditorium @ 4 p.m.	Dr. John Nickerson	Faculty speaker
Apr 10	Whitehead Auditorium @ 4 p.m.	Smith/Wentworth	Student speakers
Apr 17	Whitehead Auditorium @ 4 p.m.	Dr. Jumin Peng	Faculty speaker
Apr 24	Whitehead Auditorium @ 4 p.m.	Yang/Pak	Student speakers
May 1	Whitehead Auditorium @ 4 p.m.	Dr. Danny Reines	Faculty speaker
May 8	Whitehead Auditorium @ 4 p.m.	Patel/Zinzow	Student speakers

IBS 546r is required for all GMB students until graduation. If you have not done so yet, register immediately for IBS 546r.

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