Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 04/24/2018 - 11:01
The 2018 Rex Montgomery Scholarships were award to: Jesse Cochran, Dr. Dale Abel’s laboratory; Abinav Jyotis, Dr. Krystal Parker’s laboratory; Ariel Kopel, Dr. Sheila Baker’s laboratory; Brianna Lupo, Dr. Catherine Musselman’s laboratory; and Johnathan Melvin. Rex Montgomery Scholarships recognize undergraduate students for their outstanding academic record and commitment to research. This scholarship was established by […]
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 04/20/2018 - 09:21
Preston Anderson, a Biochemistry senior undergraduate student in John Engelhardt’s Lab, is the first author on a paper published in Cell Stem Cell. The paper entitled, “Submucosal Gland Myoepithelial Cells are Reserve Stem Cells that can Regenerate Mouse Tracheal Epithelium” describes research on glandular myoepithelial cells (MECs). These cell were found to to be flexible […]
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 04/05/2018 - 10:23
Dr. Lynne Dieckman (Creighton University) former Biochemistry Post-Doc (Musselman Lab) and Molecular and Cell Biology Program PhD Student (Washington lab) is the recipient of the Nebraska EPSCoR FIRST Award. This is a one year award that includes a 100% match from Creighton University. The purpose of this NSF funded award is to help early career […]
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 03/21/2018 - 14:16
Dr. Michael Schnieders is the recipient of the 2018 Scholar Advocate Award. The University of Iowa Honors Program created this recognition in 2015 to acknowledge the critical role faculty and professional staff play in the cultivation and preparation of competitive applicants for national scholarships and fellowships. Dr. Schnieders is a a lively advocate whose personal […]
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 03/21/2018 - 14:11
Dr. Marc Wold is the recipient of the 2018 Honors Advising Award. The University of Iowa Honors Program recognizes one advisor each year who distinguish themselves in advising honors students. Dr. Wold is a thoughtful advocate for honors education who demonstrates an authentic and intentional investment in developing scholars at the undergraduate level. Dr. Wold will […]
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 03/19/2018 - 08:12
Mark your calendars for the Department of Biochemistry’s 70th Anniversary Celebration and 9th Annual Scientific Retreat, featuring a special session with former Department Heads Drs. Alan Goodridge and Arthur Spector. All events will be held at the new Hancher Auditorium For a schedule of events and to register, go to: medicine.uiowa.edu/biochemistry/70 Registration deadline is July 20, […]
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 03/14/2018 - 14:45
Dr. Michael Schnieders has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for his project entitled “CAREER: Chemical Theory for the Protein Crystal Folding Problem.” Organic molecular crystals play an important role in a range of fields including chemistry, biochemistry, materials science, pharmacology, and engineering. One everyday example of organic molecular crystals are pharmaceutical tablets, which […]
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 03/14/2018 - 14:37
Dr. Adam Rauckhorst, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Taylor Laboratory, received a new American Diabetes Association (ADA) grant entitled “Regulation of hepatic glucose metabolism by a candidate mitochondrial glutamine carrier.” The goal of this proposal is to use novel genetically engineered mice harboring a liver specific deletion of the mitochondrial glutamine carrier (QC1) to study its […]
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 03/14/2018 - 14:30
Dr. David Price received a five-year $2.9 million NIH R35 MIRA grant beginning in April 2018. His project entitled “RNA Polymerase II Elongation Control” will allow Dr. Price to continue projects aimed at understand basic mechanisms of RNA polymerase II transcription and how transcription interfaces with chromatin and DNA replication.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 03/12/2018 - 11:59
Sarah Hengel, Ph.D. (PhD mentor: Maria Spies), was awarded a two year Diversity Supplement as part of NIH grant R01ES024872 entitled “Replication Fork Dynamics and Repair by RAD51 paralogues after DNA Alkylation”. Dr. Hengel, a recent graduate at the University of Iowa is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine studying DNA repair and cancer […]