At the first international meeting on P-TEFb (September 19-22 at Ringberg Castle, Germany), the honor of the keynote address was given to David Price. Heartiest congratulations to David for all of his contributions to transcriptional elongation!
George Dialynas, a post-doctoral fellow with Lori Wallrath, has been awarded a research fellowship from Association Francaise contre les Myopathies, a French charity that supports studies on muscular dystrophy. Dr. Dialynas will use the award to conduct a screen for drugs that ameliorate a model of muscular dystrophy in flies.
Two recent commentaries in PNAS have highlighted high impact papers from the Department of Biochemistry. (more…)
Biochem graduate students, led by first years Sarah Hengel, Doug Brucich, Casey Andrews and Nicole Vanderpool, paced the graduate students to a come from behind 7-7 tie at the University of Iowa softball complex today. The game was characterized by surprisingly good fielding by both teams and a nearly miraculous lack of injuries suffered by the faculty, who were ably supported by post-docs, alumni, staff and other able bodied people they recruited to their squad. Thanks go to Lynne Dieckman for organizing the game!