SFLC Becomes Graduate Leadership and Development Committee (GLDC)
To better describe its purpose and mission, the Student Faculty Liaison Committee (SFLC), has changed its name to the Graduate Leadership & Development Committee (GLDC).
As the group has evolved over the years, its goals have grown beyond just serving as a student voice on faculty committees to include career and professional development events, scientific outreach to the community, departmental social events, recruiting the next class of Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) students, and more.
IPiB Thesis Defense Dec. 12: Josh Mitchell
Eosinophils (EOS) have broad immunomodulatory and inflammatory effects — these white blood cells are implicated in eosinophilic asthma, eradicating parasitic infections, involvement in the gut microbiome and tumor microenvironment, and more — yet scientists still don’t have a complete understanding of how they are activated, or how they release granular content and deliver their noxious …
IPiB Thesis Defense Dec. 8: Edrees Rashan
Edrees (Eddie) Rashan became interested in the life sciences as a college sophomore. He’d heard of DNA but never really appreciated what it looked like, how it was made, or the characteristics that make it so important to life. He eventually switched majors from engineering to biochemistry to learn about biomolecules and how they function …
IPiB Thesis Defense Dec. 2: Sophie Lewandowski
Insulin is secreted by the pancreas in response to elevated blood glucose levels. Insufficient amounts of insulin can result in Type II diabetes, while excess can lead to hypoglycemia — both life-threatening conditions. Sophie Lewandowski, an IPiB graduate student in the Merrins Lab, studies how pyruvate kinase fits into insulin secretion and regulation. Pyruvate kinase, …
Simcox Receives American Federation for Aging Research Grant for Junior Faculty
The American Federation of Aging Research (AFAR) and the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research have announced recipients of the 2022 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and AFAR Research Grants for Junior Faculty. The Research Grant for Junior Faculty provides an early career investigator with up to $125,000 for one to two years to support research …
IPiB Thesis Defense Nov. 11: Peyton Spreacker
Antibiotic resistance is one of the great public health problems of our time. Since Peyton Spreacker joined IPiB as a member of the Henzler-Wildman Lab, she has been studying the role multidrug efflux proteins play in this phenomenon. “We know that these proteins can take drugs out of bacterial cells, making them less effective,” says …
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Events
- December
- December 12
- IPiB Thesis Review: Joshua MitchellA tale of two interleukins: How IL5 and IL33 shape eosinophil morphology and inflammatory potentialDecember 12, 9:00 am, 1211 DeLuca Biochemical Sciences Building
- Biochemistry Colloquium: Ophelia VenturelliPredicting and designing the human gut microbiomeDecember 12, 3:00 pm, 1211 DeLuca Biochemical Sciences Building
- December 13
- RNA MaxiGroup: Marta M. GagliaThe unexpected specificity of host RNA degradation by viruses and its role in self/non-self recognition and immune evasionDecember 13, 5:30 pm, 2131 DeLuca Biochemistry Building