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CMB Welcomes Dr. Vern Carruthers as a New Associate Director This fall, Dr. Vernon Carruthers, Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, joined Dr. Ursula Jakob as an Associate Director of CMB. They both work with CMB Director Jessica Schwartz in leading the Program. Research in the Carruthers lab focuses on the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii as a model organism to study the invasion and survival strategies of microbial pathogens during infecIon. Dr. Carruthers has served as an editor or on the editorial board for numerous peerreviewed journals. Dr. Carruthers became a CMB faculty member in 2007 shortly aNer arriving at UM. He is mentoring CMB student Marijo Roiko, has served on the CMB Admissions CommiPee and was a CMB Admissions RepresentaIve to PIBS. AddiIonally, Dr. Carruthers served on the Medical School’s Biomedical Research Council, and has served on various commiPees for the Dept of Microbiology and Immunology. Dr. Carruthers looks forward to geRng to know the CMB students and faculty bePer, and encourages open discussion of their thoughts for innovaIons in the Program. Fall 2011 Short Course: From Messenger to Master Regulator: The Many Hats of RNA Tues, Oct 4, Introductory Lecture, Aaron Goldstrohm, Univ Michigan Wed, Oct 12, Alexei Aravin, California Inst of Technology Tues, Oct 18, Nahum Sonenberg, McGill University Tues, Nov 22, Ramin Shiekhattar, Wistar Institute Fri, Dec 2, Gisela Storz, NIH Tues, Nov 8, CMB Happy Hour at Bar Louie, 5:307:30p.m. Fri, Nov 18, Thesis Defense: Gautam Rajpal (mentor: P. Arvan), Cure Room, 5050 Brehm Tower, 9:15am. Fri, Dec 9, CMB Holiday Party, locaIon TBD Wed, Dec 14, CMB Thesis Defense: Stephanie Linn (mentor: K. Barald), Room 5915 Buhl, 1:00pm. Jan 2628 and Feb 24, 2012. PIBS RecruiMng Weekends May 1820, 2012 CMB Retreat Kellogg Biol StaIon, BaPle Creek MI CMB Newsletter Fall 2011 www.med.umich.edu/cmb CMB Events Calendar 20112012 1 Inside: Meet the New CMB Students Fall Short Course on RNA New Guidelines for CMB Candidate Training Preliminary ExaminaMon Timeline 20112012 Nov 2, 2011 122pm Grant WriMng Workshop – open to all CMB students. Nov 14 2011 Grant WriMng workshop: study secMon Part 1 Nov 15 2011 Grant WriMng workshop: study secMon Part 2 Nov 2011 Students meet with assigned Prelim Coordinators. Dec 1, 2011 Deadline for submission of prelim topic. Dec 15, 2011 Provisional Specific Aims and names of two Prelim CommiPee Members submiPed to Prelim Coordinator. Jan 6, 2012 All Prelim CommiPees finalized. Student submits Specific Aims to Prelim CommiPee and sets date. Jan 30, 2012 Student submits completed Proposal to Prelim CommiPee. Feb 617, 2012 Prelim Exam Period. All exams during this interval. LeZer From the Directors The CMB Program CommiPee recently developed new guidelines to add structure to student training during the candidacy years. New features include (1) preparaIon of a formal dissertaIon research proposal for evaluaIon at the first thesis commiPee meeIng, (2) distribuIon of a wriPen progress report prior to each thesis commiPee meeIng, and (3) preparaIon of a detailed Imeline to degree with career goals by the end of the fourth year, for discussion with the thesis commiPee at all subsequent meeIngs. CMB has also formalized the requirement for each student to publish at least one firstauthor research paper by the thesis defense. The updated guidelines are accompanied by a Imeline template that includes benchmarks and target Imes during training for students to achieve them. The form for dissertaIon commiPee meeIng reports has also been revised, and now specifies items to be addressed by the thesis commiPee and included in the meeIng report. The new guidelines and accompanying materials are being distributed to all students and faculty members; they will also be posted on the CMB website and in the updated CMB Handbook. As we start this academic year with Vern Carruthers and Ursula Jakob as Associate Directors, we thank Kathy Collins and Anj Dlugosz for their dedicated service as outgoing Associate Directors. They helped guide the program during excepIonal growth, improved our technological image and contributed enormously to the recent training grant applicaIon. We are also pleased to recognize the contribuIons of faculty member Bob Fuller and student Mindy Waite with CMB Service Awards. ConInuing the CMB tradiIon, the Program CommiPee recently reviewed Candidate Training, and has developed new guidelines to add structure during these years of student maturaIon (see arIcle). We welcome your comments and feedback. Have a great year. Jessica, Vern and Ursula
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CMB  Welcomes  Dr.    Vern  Carruthers  as  a    New  Associate  Director      This  fall,  Dr.  Vernon  Carruthers,    Professor  in  the  Department  of    Microbiology  and  Immunology,    joined  Dr.  Ursula  Jakob  as  an    Associate  Director  of  CMB.    They  both  work  with  CMB  Director  Jessica  Schwartz  in  leading  the  Program.        Research  in  the  Carruthers  lab  focuses  on  the  protozoan  Toxoplasma  gondii  as  a  model  organism  to  study  the  invasion  and  survival  strategies  of  microbial  pathogens  during  infecIon.  Dr.  Carruthers  has  served  as  an  editor  or  on  the  editorial  board  for  numerous  peer-­‐reviewed  journals.      Dr.  Carruthers  became  a  CMB  faculty  member  in  2007  shortly  aNer  arriving  at  UM.  He  is  mentoring  CMB  student  Marijo  Roiko,  has  served  on  the  CMB  Admissions  CommiPee  and  was  a  CMB  Admissions  RepresentaIve  to  PIBS.    AddiIonally,  Dr.  Carruthers  served  on  the  Medical  School’s  Biomedical  Research  Council,  and  has  served  on  various  commiPees  for  the  Dept  of  Microbiology  and  Immunology.    Dr.  Carruthers  looks  forward  to  geRng  to  know  the  CMB  students  and  faculty  bePer,  and  encourages  open  discussion  of  their  thoughts  for  innovaIons  in  the  Program.  

Fall  2011  Short  Course:  From  Messenger  to  Master  Regulator:  The  Many  Hats  of  RNA  Tues, Oct 4, Introductory Lecture, Aaron Goldstrohm, Univ Michigan Wed, Oct 12, Alexei Aravin, California Inst of Technology Tues, Oct 18, Nahum Sonenberg, McGill University Tues, Nov 22, Ramin Shiekhattar, Wistar Institute Fri, Dec 2, Gisela Storz, NIH    Tues,  Nov  8,  CMB  Happy  Hour  at  Bar  Louie,  5:30-­‐7:30p.m.  Fri,  Nov  18,  Thesis  Defense:  Gautam  Rajpal  (mentor:  P.  Arvan),  Cure  Room,  5050  Brehm  Tower,  9:15am.  Fri,  Dec  9,  CMB  Holiday  Party,  locaIon  TBD  Wed,  Dec  14,  CMB  Thesis  Defense:  Stephanie  Linn  (mentor:  K.  Barald),  Room  5915  Buhl,  1:00pm.  Jan  26-­‐28  and  Feb  2-­‐4,  2012.  PIBS  RecruiMng  Weekends  May  18-­‐20,  2012  CMB  Retreat    Kellogg  Biol  StaIon,  BaPle  Creek  MI  

CMB Newsletter Fall 2011

www.med.umich.edu/cmb

CMB  Events  Calendar  2011-­‐2012  

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Inside: Meet the New CMB Students Fall Short Course on RNA

New  Guidelines  for  CMB  Candidate  Training  

Preliminary  ExaminaMon  Timeline  2011-­‐2012  Nov  2,  2011  12-­‐2pm    Grant  WriMng  Workshop  –  open  to  all  CMB  students.  Nov  14  2011  Grant  WriMng  workshop:  study  secMon-­‐  Part  1  Nov  15  2011  Grant  WriMng  workshop:  study  secMon-­‐  Part  2  Nov  2011  Students  meet  with  assigned  Prelim  Coordinators.  Dec  1,  2011  Deadline  for  submission  of  prelim  topic.  Dec  15,  2011  Provisional  Specific  Aims  and  names  of  two  Prelim  CommiPee  Members  submiPed  to  Prelim  Coordinator.  Jan  6,  2012    All  Prelim  CommiPees  finalized.  Student  submits  Specific  Aims  to  Prelim  CommiPee  and  sets  date.  Jan  30,  2012  Student  submits  completed  Proposal  to  Prelim  CommiPee.  Feb  6-­‐17,  2012  Prelim  Exam  Period.  All  exams  during  this  interval.  

LeZer  From  the  Directors  

The  CMB  Program  CommiPee  recently  developed  new  guidelines  to  add  structure  to  student  training  during  the  candidacy  years.    New  features  include  (1)  preparaIon  of  a  formal  dissertaIon  research  proposal  for  evaluaIon  at  the  first  thesis  commiPee  meeIng,  (2)  distribuIon  of  a  wriPen  progress  report  prior  to  each  thesis  commiPee  meeIng,  and  (3)  preparaIon  of  a  detailed  Imeline  to  degree  with  career  goals  by  the  end  of  the  fourth  year,  for  discussion  with  the  thesis  commiPee  at  all  subsequent  meeIngs.    CMB  has  also  formalized  the  requirement  for  each  student  to  publish  at  least  one  first-­‐author  research  paper  by  the  thesis  defense.    The  updated  guidelines  are  accompanied  by  a  Imeline  template  that  includes  benchmarks  and  target  Imes  during  training  for  students  to  achieve  them.    The  form  for  dissertaIon  commiPee  meeIng  reports  has  also  been  revised,  and  now  specifies  items  to  be  addressed  by  the  thesis  commiPee  and  included  in  the  meeIng  report.    The  new  guidelines  and  accompanying  materials  are  being  distributed  to  all  students  and  faculty  members;  they  will  also  be  posted  on  the  CMB  website  and  in  the  updated  CMB  Handbook.      

As  we  start  this  academic  year  with  Vern  Carruthers  and  Ursula  Jakob  as  Associate  Directors,  we  thank  Kathy  Collins  and  Anj  Dlugosz  for  their  dedicated  service  as  outgoing  Associate  Directors.    They  helped  guide  the  program  during  excepIonal  growth,  improved  our  technological  image  and  contributed  enormously  to  the  recent  training  grant  applicaIon.    We  are  also  pleased  to  recognize  the  contribuIons  of  faculty  member  Bob  Fuller  and  student  Mindy  Waite  with  CMB  Service  Awards.    ConInuing  the  CMB  tradiIon,  the  Program  CommiPee  recently  reviewed  Candidate  Training,  and  has  developed  new  guidelines  to  add  structure  during  these  years  of  student  maturaIon  (see  arIcle).    We  welcome  your  comments  and  feedback.  Have  a  great  year.      Jessica,  Vern  and  Ursula    

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Steven  Allen  (Mentor:  Sofia  Merajver)  I  am  from  Troy,  MI  and  earned  degrees  in  Biomedical  and  PharmaceuIcal  Engineering  at  Univ  Michigan.    In  the  Merajver  lab  I  will  study  the  interplay  of  macrophages  and  inflammaIon  with  early  breast  malignancy  and  chronic  masIIs.    Berhane  Assefa  (Mentor:  Nils  Walter)  I  am  from  Ethiopia  and  got  my  BS  degree  from  San  Francisco  State  Univ  in  Biochemistry.  I  am  currently  researching  the  mechanism  of  hairpin  ribozyme  self-­‐cleavage.      Alyssa  Cates  (Mentor:  Mark  Day)  I  am  from  the  rural  town  of  Missouri  Valley,  IA  and  graduated  from  Univ  Northern  Iowa  with  a  BS  in  Biochemistry.  My  project  involves  elucidaIng  the  therapeuIc  potenIal  of  ADAM15,  a  protein  implicated  in  the  metastaIc  progression  of  several  cancer  types. Albert  Chen  (Mentor:  Patrick  Hu)  I  grew  up  in  Lexington,  MA,  and  graduated  from  Harvard  with  a  degree  in  Biochemical  Sciences.  I  am  invesIgaIng  the  role  of  DAF-­‐16/FOXO  in  lifespan  regulaIon  of  C.  elegans.      Jooho  Chung  (Mentor:  Ivan  Maillard)  I'm  interested  in  the  transcripIonal  dynamics  of  notch  signaling  in  peripheral  T-­‐cells.    I'm  from  Ann  Arbor,  MI  and  aPended  Harvard  University.    Ishita  Das  (Mentor:  JoAnn  Sekiguchi)  I  am  from  Augusta,  GA  and  graduated  from  the  Univ  North  Carolina  in  Chapel  Hill.  I  am  currently  researching  the  role  of  a  specific  DNA  nuclease  in  resoluIon  of  replicaIon  stress  and  maintenance  of  genome  stability.      Nicole  Gabreski  (Mentor:  Brian  Pierchala)  I  graduated  from  Cornell  University  with  a  BS  in  Biological  Sciences  and  Animal  Science.    I  am  currently  exploring  the  funcIons  of  several  splice  variants  of  RET,  a  receptor  tyrosine  kinase,  during  development  in  the  mouse.    Alexander  Holtz  (Mentor:  Ben  Allen)  I  am  from  Fairfield,  CT  and  graduated  from  Cornell  Univ.  I  spent  a  year  as  a  fellow  at  the  NIH.    My  research  involves  cell  surface  regulaIon  of  Sonic  Hedgehog  signaling,  focusing  on  the  interacIon  of  pathway  antagonists  in  mouse  neural  tube  development.      Brooke  Horton  (Mentor:  Hisashi  Umemori)  I  completed  my  BS  in  Molecular  Biology  at  the  Univ    Alabama  in  Birmingham.  My  research  focuses  on  the  mechanisms  underlying  synapse  formaIon  and  neurogenesis  in  the  hippocampus.                      

Meet  the  New  CMB  Students  Ray  Joe  (Mentor:  ChrisIn  Carter-­‐Su)  I  am  from  the  Northern  Navajo  ReservaIon  of  New  Mexico  and  received  a  BS  in  Biology  from  the    Univ  New  Mexico.  Currently  I  am  determining  the  cellular  basis  for  the  Phenotype  observed  in  paIents  with  mutaIon  in  the  adapter  protein  SH2B1  which  includes  severe  early  onset  obesity.      Brian  Larsen  (Mentor:  Deneen  Wellik)  I  graduated  from  the  Univ  Michigan.  I  am  invesIgaIng  the  role  of  Hox6  genes  in  mouse  pancreas  development.      David  Lorberbaum  (Mentor:  ScoP  Barolo)  I  am  from  St.  Louis,  MO  and  got  my  BA  in  Biology  from  Washington  Univ.  I  am  interested  in  transcripIonal  control  of  gene  regulaIon  and  focus  on  characterizing  enhancer  funcIon  using    Drosophila  melanogaster.      Gabriel  MarMnez-­‐SanMbanez  (Mentor:  Carey  Lumeng)  I  am  from  Southern  California  and  received  my  undergraduate  degree  at  the  Univ  California  Santa  Barbara.  My  research  is  focused  on  the  inflammatory  response  during  adipose  Issue  remodeling.      Esha  Mathew  (Mentor:  Marina  Pasca  di  Magliano)  I  am  from  outside  Boston,  MA  and  completed  my  undergraduate  degree  at  Cornell  Univ.  Currently,  my  research  focuses  on  Hedgehog  signaling  in  pancreaIc  cancer.      Yevgeniya  Mironova  (Mentor:  Roman  Giger)  I  was  born  and  raised  in  Moscow,  Russia.    I  started  my  undergraduate  degree  at  Moscow  State  Univ  and  completed  it  at  the  Univ  California  Los  Angeles.  My  research  assesses  the  involvement  of  Nogo  receptors  in  the  healthy  central  nervous  system  by  studying  synaptogenesis,  synapIc  plasIcity,  and  regulaIon  of  signaling  pathways  such  as  mTOR.      Nadia  SebasMan  (Mentor:  Kathleen  Collins)  I  am  from  Oklahoma  City,  OK,  and  received  my  BS  in  Chemistry  at  Creighton  Univ  in  Omaha,  NE.    My  research  interests  include  studying  viral  pathogenesis  at  a  cellular  and  molecular  level.    Jennifer  Ro  (Mentor:  ScoP  Pletcher)  I  received  my  Master's  degree  in  EvoluIon  and  Ecology  from  Ohio  State  Univ.  My  research  interest  lies  in  a  role  of  the  central  nervous  system  in  nutrient  homeostasis  and  dietary  restricIon  response.      Corinne  Weisheit  (Mentor:  William  Dauer)  I  am  from  Newburgh,  IN  and  received  my  BS  degree  from  Purdue,  where  I  majored  in  Neurobiology  and  Physiology.  My  research  involves  characterizing  the  behavioral  and  histochemical  phenotype  of  novel  mouse  models  of  primary  dystonia  to  understand  the  aberrant  motor  circuitry  underlying  the  disease.                      

   

       

   

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Recent  CMB  Graduates  

 2011  CMB  Summer  Journal  Club.  This  summer,  CMB              students  Shauna  BenneP  and  Krista  Geister  organized  an  informal  journal  club  that  met  every  other  week  for  students  to  present  interesIng  findings  in  the  recent  literature.    Presenters  included  Krista  Geister,  Lauren  Van  Wassenhove,  Richard  Yau,  Sarah  Kampert,  Jose  Rodriguez,  and  Heiko  Yang.    The  meeIngs  were  well  aPended,  and  served  as  a  means  to  develop  presentaIon  skills  and  mediate  discussions  about  exciIng  new  findings.    The  Journal  Club  will  resume  next  summer.    

A  Sampler  of  Recent  CMB  events  

Fall  2011  Symposium.    Dr.  Richard  Losick  of  Harvard  Univ  discussed  bacterial  mulIcellularity  as  the  Myron  Levine  Lecturer  at  the  2011  CMB  Symposium.    His  talk,  enItled  “Life  and  death  of  a  microbial  community,”  highlighted  the  importance  of  regulatory  mechanisms  that  control  biofilm  formaIon  of  the  spore  forming  bacterium  Bacillus  subIIlis.    Many  bacteria  form  biofilms—mulIcellular  communiIes  in  which  individual  cells  are  embedded  in  an  extracellular  matrix.    Bacteria  incorporated  in  biofilms  are  resistant  to  anIbioIc  treatment  and  pose  a  significant  medical  challenge.    Biofilms  also  cause  problems  such  as  corrosion  in  industrial  seRngs.    Dr.  Losick’s  lab  idenIfied  specific  D-­‐amino  acids  that  prevent  biofilm  formaIon  and  disrupt  preexisIng  biofilms  without  affecIng  bacterial  growth.      Two  infecIous  species  of  biofilm  forming  bacteria,  Staphylococcus  aureus  and  Pseudomonas  aeruginosa,  were  also  found  to  respond  to  D-­‐amino  acids.    Dr.  Losick’s  lab  is  exploring  the  molecular  mechanisms  through  which  these  processes  occur  and  potenIal  medical  and  industrial  applicaIons.

recently  presented  a  seminar   to   the  GI  PepIde  Center  here  on  her   research  on   ‘Bile  Acid  Signaling  During  Development  and  Beyond.’    Dr.  Rao  holds   the  special  disIncIon  of  being  the  very    first  CMB  Program  graduate  in  1977.    She  took  Ime  to  meet  with   current   CMB   students.     Her   discussion  was   a  fascinaIng   blend   of   science   and   history;   she   discussed   the  input  she  had  in  shaping  the  nascent  CMB  Program  and  also  touched   upon   gender   dispariIes   in   faculty   compensaIon  that  were  apparent  in  her  Ime.    She  was  keen  on  comparing  CMB  requirements  now  to  those  that  took  shape  during  her  Ime  as  a  graduate  student.    

Notes  from  the  CMB  Social  CommiZee.  Elizabeth  Adams  and  KaIe  Dumas  have  joined  Krista  Geister  and  Richard  Yau  on  the  Social  CommiPee.  They  plan  to  build  on  last  year’s  model,  in  which  they  organized  a  Holiday  Party  at  Arbor  Brewing  Company,  hosted  Happy  Hours  at  Dominick’s  and  other  venues,  and  coordinated  a  summer  BBQ  where  incoming  PIBS  students  met  CMB  students  and  faculty.    They  launched  this  year  with  a  Happy  Hour  following  the  CMB  Poster  Session,  and  are  planning  a  holiday  party  Dec  9  and  an  Ice  SkaIng  Party.    Check  the  CMB  Calendar  for  these  and  other  events.  

Alumna  Visit:  Dr.  Meena  Rao,  first  CMB  Ph.D.    Dr.   Meena   Rao,   the   current   Vice  President   for   Academic   Affairs   and  Professor  of  Physiology  and    Biophysics  at  Univ  Illinois-­‐Chicago,  

Recent  CMB  Student  PublicaMons  Winer  I,  Wang  S,  Lee  YE,  Fan  W,  Gong  Y,  Burgos-­‐Ojeda  D,  Spahlinger  G,  Kopelman  R,  Buckanovich  RJ.  F3-­‐targeted  cisplaIn-­‐hydrogel  nanoparIcles  as  an  effecIve  therapeuIc  that  targets  both  murine  and  human  ovarian  tumor  endothelial  cells  in  vivo.  Cancer  Res.  2010;  70:8674-­‐83.  

PaIno  G,   Brackenbury  WJ,   Bao   Y,   Lopez-­‐SanIago   LF,  O'Malley  H,  Chen  C,  Calhoun  JD,  Lafreniere  R,  CossePe  P,  Rouleau  G,   Isom  LL.  Voltage-­‐Gated   Na+channel   Beta1B:   a   secreted   cell   adhesion  molecule  involved  in  human  epilepsy.  J  Neurosci.  2011.  In  press.  

Heather  M.  Ames  (T  Ross,  mentor)  “HunIngIn  InteracIng  Protein  1:  InteracIons  with  Receptor  Tyrosine  Kinases.”  Medical  Student  in  Univ  Michigan  Medical  School.  

Phillip  C.  Delekta  (P  Lucas,  mentor)  “GPCR-­‐Dependent  NF-­‐KB  Signaling  in  Endothelial  DysfuncIon:  A  CriIcal  Role  for  the  CARMA3-­‐BCL10-­‐MALT1  Signaling  Complex.”  Working  in  Dr.  Lucas’s  lab  while  pursuing  other  post-­‐doctoral  posiIons.  

Joseph  S.  Dosch  (C  Burant,  D  Simeone,  co-­‐mentors)  “Examining  the  role  of  hedgehog  signaling  in  the  pancreaIc  tumor  microenvironment.”  Post-­‐Doctoral  Fellow  in  the  lab  of  Dr  A.  Rehemtulla  in  RadiaIon  Oncology,  University  of  Michigan.  

William  D.  Feliciano  (J  Swanson,  mentor)  “RegulaIon  of  Rab5  AcIvaIon  Cycle  during  Macropinocytosis  and  Phagocytosis.”  Working  in  Dr.  Swanson’s  lab  while  pursuing  a  post-­‐doctoral  posiIon  in  Puerto  Rico.  

Magdalena  M.  Grabowska  (M  Day,  mentor)  “Characterizing  the  roles  of  ADAM10  and  15  disintegrins  in  the  prostate  biology  and  disease.”  Post-­‐Doctoral  Fellow  at  Vanderbilt  Univ.  

Ann  M.  Staubach  Grosse  (D  Gumucio,  mentor)  “Evidence  for  a  New  Model  of  IntesInal  Morphogenesis.”  Working  in  Dr.  Gumucio’s  lab  while  pursuing  Post-­‐Doctoral  posiIons  in  Boston.  

Jolie  A.  Leonard  (Kathleen  Collins,  mentor)  “Mechanisms  by  which  HIV-­‐I  NEF  Disrupts  the  Intracellular  Trafficking  of  Host  Proteins.”  Post-­‐Doctoral  Fellow  at  Univ  Washington.  

Dara  E.  Leto  (A  SalIel,  mentor)  “RegulaIon  of    G  Proteins  in  Insulin  AcIon:  The  Role  of  the  RalGAP  Complex  in  RalA  AcIvaIon.”  Research  Fellow  in  Dr.  SalIel’s  lab  while  pursuing  other  post-­‐doctoral  posiIons.  

MaZhew  M.  Molusky  (J  Lin,  mentor)  “RegulaIon  of  hepaIc  glucose  homeostasis  through  ubiquiIn-­‐specific  protease  2.”  Working  in  Dr.  Lin’s  lab  while  pursuing  other  post-­‐doctoral  posiIons.  

Devin  T.  Rosenthal  (S  Merajver,  mentor)  “InterrogaIng  the  Molecular  Mechanisms  of  Breast  Cancer  Metastasis.”  Post-­‐Doctoral  Fellow  in  Dr.  CharloPe  Kuperwasser’s  lab  at  TuNs  Univ  in  Boston.  

Conrad  D.  Valdez  (M  Day,  mentor)  “The  E2F1/DNMT1  axis  represents  AR  in  both  normal  and  malignant  prostate  epithelium.”  Post-­‐Doctoral  Fellow  in  Dr.  Williams  Ricke’s  lab  at  Univ  Wisconsin-­‐Madison.    

Gisselle  Vélez  Ruiz  (R  Sunahara,  mentor)  “Allosteric  regulaIon  of    Gs  on  agonist,  antagonist  and  inverse  agonist  binding  to  the  β2AR  .”  Post-­‐Doctoral  Fellow  in  Dr.  Asim  Beg’s  lab  in  the  Pharmacology  Department.  

             

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Congratulate  CMB  Student  Awardees                                                                        Chad  Brenner  was  recipient  of  the  Graduate                                                                                

 Student  Award  for  Excellence  in  Research  from      the  Medical  School.  

                                                 Grace  Wang  has  been  awarded  an  American  Heart  AssociaIon  Predoctoral  Fellowship.    Alyssa  Cates  has  received  a  travel  award  from  the  Society  for  Basic  Urological  Research.  Morgan  Jones  has  received  the  2011  American  Society  of  Hematology  Outstanding  Abstract  Award.  KaMe  Dumas,  Nicholas  Niemuth  and  Mike  Waterson  were  appointed  to  the  Biology  of  Aging  Training  Grant.  Meredith  Collins  received  a  Center  for  Organogenesis  Predoctoral  Fellowship,  and  a  travel  award  to  the  American  PancreaIc  AssociaIon  Conference    Rackham  Graduate  Student  Research  Grants  were  awarded  to:  KaMe  Baldwin,  Randi  Burns,  Albert  Chen,  Amanda  Day,  Morgan  Jones,  Marijo  Roiko,  Hanxiao  Wang,  and  Mike  Waterson.    Rackham  Travel  Grant  recipients  are:  Shauna  BenneZ,  Amanda  Day,  KaMe  Dumas,  Krista  Geister,  Jennifer  Lai,  Nick  Llewelllyn,  Andrea  Ramos,  Marijo  Roiko,  Ilea  Swinehart,  and  Lauren  Van  Wassenhove.    

CMB  Presents  Service  Awards  The  CMB  Directors  are  delighted  to  provide  CMB  Service  Awards  to  recognize  the  contribuIons  of  students  and  faculty  to  CMB.                                                                            

Mindy  Waite  received  the  CMB  Student  Service  Award  at  the  Annual  Symposium.    Her  contribuIons  to    CMB  include  serving  on  the  Program  CommiPee,  coordinaIng  recruiIng,  redesigning  the  CMB    website  and  represenIng  CMB  on  Graduate    Student  Council. The  CMB  Faculty  Service  Award  was  presented  to  Dr.  Robert  Fuller.    Among  Bob’s  many  acIviIes    for  CMB  have  been  serving  as  Interim  Co-­‐Director    of  CMB,  serving  on  the  Program  CommiPee,  represenIng  CMB  at  recruiIng  events,  and  coordinaIng  the  review  of  CMB  Candidate    Training.    

Fall  Short  Course:  From  Messenger  to  Master  Regulator:  The  Many  Hats  of  RNA  CMB  and  the  GeneIcs  Training  Programs  are  welcoming  four  experts  in  the  RNA  field  to  parIcipate  in  the  fall  Short  Course  lecture  series.    Non-­‐coding  RNAs  are  emerging  as  increasingly  important  regulators  of  cellular  funcIon,  and  as  global  transcripIonal  regulators.    MisregulaIon  of  these  pathways  can  result  in  genomic  instability,  tumor  growth,  and  other  diseases.    The  four  speakers  will  present  their  work  on  some  of  the  diverse  mechanisms  and  pathways  through  which  different  types  of  regulatory  RNAs  funcIon.  Nahum  Sonenberg  will  present  some  of  his  groundbreaking  work  on  factors  involved  in  the  regulaIon  of  protein  translaIon  through  mRNAs  and  their  implicaIons  in  oncogenesis.    While  many  small  RNAs  such  as  microRNAs  regulate  genes  post  translaIonally,  Alexei  Aravin  will  discuss  a  novel  regulatory  role  for  a  class  of  small  RNAs  called  piRNAs.    These  molecules  may  act  as  global  transcripIonal  regulators  through  DNA  methylaIon.    In  contrast  to  the  repressive  role  of  many  small  RNAs,  Ramin  ShiekhaPar  will  discuss  transcripIonal  enhancer  acIvity  of  long  non-­‐coding  RNAs.    Finally,  Gisela  Storz  is  one  of  the  first  researchers  to  idenIfy  RNA  mechanisms  that  regulate  gene  transcripIon  in  bacteria.    She  will  discuss  her  work  on  the  characterizaIon  of  small  non-­‐coding  RNAs  that  have  crucial  regulatory  funcIons  in  bacteria.    Dr.  Aaron  Goldstrohm  presented  the  introductory  lecture  for  the  short  course.  The  student  organizers  are  Hilary  Archbold,  Nate  BleweP,  Winnie  Chen  and  John  Moldovan.  

Wednesday,  October  12,  3PM  Dr.  Alexei  Aravin  California  Univ  of  Technology    Small   RNAs   in   the   mammalian   germline   and  stem  cells  

Tuesday,  October  18,  3PM  Dr.  Nahum  Sonenberg  McGill  University  TranslaMonal  control  of  mRNAs  in  cancer  and  the  nervous  system,  molecular  funcMon  of  microRNAs  

Tuesday,  November  22,  3PM  Dr.  Ramin  ShiekhaZar  Wistar  InsItute    Long  non-­‐coding  RNAs,  RNA  processing,  microRNAs  

Friday,  December  2,  12:15PM  Dr.  Gisela  Storz  NIH    Small  regulatory  non-­‐coding  RNAs  in  bacteria  

Resources  Available  from  CMB    CMB  recently  acquired  new  laptops  (PC  and  Mac)  and  a  new    projector,  which  students  can  sign  out  to  prepare  and  rehearse  presentaIons.    CMB  can  provide  a  limited  amount  of  funds  toward  student  travel  to  present  research  at  scienIfic  meeIngs.  Apply  via  the  CMB  Office  prior  to  travel.    Travel  funds  are  also  available  from  Rackham.    CMB  has  a  file  of  sample  lePers  from  previous  students  for  applying  to  postdoctoral  or  industry  posiIons.    This  can  be  consulted  in  the  CMB  Student  Conference  Rm,  where  our  library  of  CMB  student  theses  is  also  found.  

NewsleZer  Editors:  Meredith  Collins,  Krista  Geister,  Andrea  Morris  Spencer.  AddiMonal  Contributors:  J  Schwartz,  C  Mitchell,  M  Kelly,  K  Mitchell.  Photographers:  Ilea  Swinehart,  Elizabeth  Adams  


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