Cheryl Bailey, PhD, dean of the school of natural and health sciences and education at Mount Mary University in Milwaukee, was recently featured in the Milwaukee BizTimes as a Notable Leader in Higher Education. Dr. Bailey is an alumni of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, receiving her B.A. in 1990 and Ph.D. in 1999. She was mentored by Daniel Weeks, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Read more at https://biztimes.com/notable-leaders-in-higher-education-cheryl-bailey/ . Congratulations Dr. Bailey!!
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Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Geyer for her new manuscript on "Immunohistochemical Analysis of Nuclear Lamina Structures in the Drosophila Ovary Using CRISPR-Tagged Genes"! Duan T, Rodriguez-Tirado F, Geyer PK. Immunohistochemical Analysis of Nuclear Lamina Structures in the Drosophila Ovary Using CRISPR-Tagged Genes . Methods Mol Biol . 2023;2626:109-134. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2970-3_6. PMID: 36715902
Congratulations to Justin Ling and mentor, Dr. Todd Washington, for their new manuscript "Fork-Remodeling Helicase Rad5 Preferentially Reverses Replication Forks with Gaps in the Leading Strand"! Ling JA, Gildenberg MS, Honda M, Kondratick CM, Spies M, Washington MT. Fork-Remodeling Helicase Rad5 Preferentially Reverses Replication Forks with Gaps in the Leading Strand. J Mol Biol . 2023 Feb 28;435(4):167946. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2023.167946 . Epub 2023 Jan 6. PMID: 36623584
Ernesto Fuentes, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, and collaborator, Dr. Alex Horswill of the University of Colorado, Denver, has been awarded a new R01 from the NIH NIAID to study "Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Bacterial Two-component Signaling Systems". Congratulations Dr. Fuentes!
M. Todd Washington, PhD, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, has been awarded a new R35 MIRA award from the NIH to study "Structural and Mechanistic Studies of DNA Damage Bypass Pathways in Eukaryotes". Congratulations Dr. Washington!
Dr. Brandon Davies and collaborators Drs. Anil Chauhan (Univ of Iowa), Michael Ploug (Univ of Copenhagen), and Sean Davies (Vanderbilt Univ) have been awarded a new NIH R01 to study "Regulation of Endothelial Lipase and HDL Metabolism by ANGTL3". Dr. Davies is an associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology. Congratulations!
Prof. Yufeng Shen at Columbia University, Prof. Brian O’Roak at Oregon Health & Science University and Profs. Jake Michaelson and Mike Schnieders at the University of Iowa have been awarded a 3-year, $2.25 million grant from the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative for their study entitled "Triangulation of missense variant impact through multimodal modeling and functional assays”. Dr. Schnieders is an associate professor of biomedical engineering and of biochemistry and molecular biology. Congratulations Dr. Schnieders!
This year the Depatment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is celebrating its 75th Anniversary! To honor its history and celebrate a milestone, the department will hold a special annual retreat on Friday, August 25, 2023 at the Levitt Center for Advancement. The program will include scientific talks, posters, lunch and socials. More information will be shared at a later date.
On September 8th, the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology held it's 13th Annual Scientific Retreat at the Terry Trueblood Recreational Area. The day opened with remarks from Interim Chair and Professor, Dr. Kris DeMali, followed by presentations from keynote lecturers, graduate students, and faculty. Throughout the day attendees visited scientific posters presented by undergraduate research assistants, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, scientific staff, and faculty. Keynote lectures were given by Dr. Jeffrey Hardin, PhD (University of Wisonsin-Madison) on "Strengthening the ties that bind: Cadherin-based adhesion during morphogenesis" and Dr. Eric Weiss, PhD (Northwestern University) on "Adventures at the heart of Hippo signaling systems". The Retreat ended with a social reception at Big Grove Brewery. Cover image: This image highlights a study published by...
Congratulations to Emily Lavering for being selected for the Best Oral Presentation at the 13th Annual Biochemitry and Molecular Biology Scientific Retreat! Emily's talk was titled "Establishing Nucleolar Domains".