From Left to right: Supraja Narasimhan, PhD, Jing Wang, PhD, Liling Zeng, PhD, Professor and CMB Program Director, Vickery Trinkhaus-Randall, PhD, Sarah Krawzyk, PhD, Erica Walsh, PhD, and Tyler Longmire, PhD. (Students not shown Jian Guan, PhD, Ed Hartsough, PhD)
Special Seminars
*The Department of Microbiology in honor of students and faculty who lost their lives on 911
Presents: Brigitta Stockinger
Professor of Immunology at MRC London, UK
September 16, 2011 12N
*BU MED Evans Center Aortic Stiffness ARC & Cytoskeleton PPG
Presents: Cynthia Reinhart-King, PhD Cornell University, Biomedical Engineering,
The: Role of Extracellular Matrix Stiffening in Endothelial Cell Function
Thursday, October 6th 4:00pm Room 203, Conference Center (ERB), Engineering Research Building (ERB) 44 Cummington Street, Boston University
Refreshments will be served
*BU MED Evans Center Aortic Stiffness ARC & Cytoskeleton PPG
Presents: Richard Cohen, MD Boston University, School of Medicine, Biology, Boston, MA
Title: Redox Regulation of Vascular Function
Date: October 17, 2011 Time: 12:00 Noon Location: SAR, Room TBA, Boston University, College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College, 635 Commonwealth Avenue Refreshments will be served
*Interdisciplinary Series Fall 2011 Seminar Theme: Protein Quality Control and Disease
Presents: Dr. Randal J. Kaufman, Ph.D. Thursday, November 17, 2011
Professor of Biological Chemistry, Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
Seminar Title: “ER stress and oxidative stress synergize to cause cell death”
Presents: Dr. David Ron, M.D.Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Professor of Cellular Pathophysiology and Clinical Biochemistry, Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow
University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, Cambridge, UK
Seminar Title: “Physiological significance of the Endoplasmic Reticulum Unfolded Protein Response”
Presents: Dr. Ana Maria Cuervo, M.D., Ph.D.Thursday, December 15, 2011
Professor of Developmental and Molecular Biology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Seminar Title: “Selective Autophagy: Quality Control with a twist”
Graduate student/ postdoc research seminars in departments –
Days and times vary with each department
Attend research days – Evans Day, Biochemistry Student Research Day, and Russek Day
CMB New Student Orientation will be on Friday September 2nd at 12:30 in L907. Students will meet faculty, academic advisors, and student mentors . They will learn about the course of study in the program, and will finalize registration.
Sarah Krawzyk is defending her doctoral work on August 31 at 1PM! Please come and support her
Dr. Erica Walsh in Dr. Zhi-Xiong (Jim) Xiao’s laboratory successfully defended her PhD thesis: “Role of the MDM2 and Retinoblastoma protein pathway in cellular senescence and muscle differentiation” Congratulations Erica!
Dr. Stephanie Seidl has joined Cell Technology
Dr. Hicham Naimyi has joined Shire Technologies
Dr. LiLeng Zheng will continue to write papers in Dr. Cohen’s lab
Dr. Mike Breen will be doing a postdoc at Childrens Hospital
Andrew Rankin who completed his thesis in Dr. Fallers lab took a job at Boston Biomedical in Norwood MA and Kelly Daughtry who did her work with Dr. Karen Allen is doing a postodoctoral fellowship in the lab of Dr. Christian Raetz at Duke University.
Transitions
Elma Kurtagic will be leaving her postdoctoral fellowship at MIT to accept a job at Momenta Pharmaceutical in Cambridge MA.
