Graduate Studies
2013 GCMS Symposium
The IUB Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Sciences (GCMS) Training Grant will host a research symposium Thursday, May 9th, 2013, from 8:30am-2:30pm in Simon Hall 001. All interested members of the IUB research community are invited to attend.
Invited Speakers
Karen L. Visick (Loyola University): "The Vibrio fischeri - squid symbiosis: a tool for dissecting molecular mechanisms of control over biofilm formation"
Mark A. Seeger (Ohio State University): "Axon Guidance Mechanisms at the Insect CNS Midline"
Trainee Talks
Anthony Snyder (Biochemistry, Mukhopadhyay Lab): “Utilizing the Bacillus subtilis twin-arginine translocase pathway as a novel recombinant expression system”
Michelle Marasco (MCDB, Pikaard Lab): “Characterization of Pol IV and Pol V, Two Novel RNA polymerases Central to siRNA-Mediated Transcriptional Gene Silencing”
LaDonna Jones (MCDB, Kehoe Lab): “A sulfur-deficient form of phycocyanin gives the cyanobacterium Fremyella diplosiphon a fitness advantage in low sulfur conditions”
Brynn Heckel (Microbiology, Fuqua Lab): “The Agrobacterium tumefaciens Global Regulator ExoR"
Poster Session
2:30-4:30pm, Jordan Hall Atrium. All current and former trainees should attend the poster session. All interested members of the IUB research community are also invited to attend.