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Fall 2009 CMB Short Course Details Announced
See the CMB Calendar for each Short Course Date
The topic for the Fall 2009 CMB Short Course will be “Cell-Cell Communication: Ligands and their receptors”
We are fortunate to host four speakers who have contributed to the emergence of the Cell-Cell Communication field.
 The first speaker will be Jon Aster from Harvard University, who is interested in the molecular biology of cancers of the blood and blood-forming elements, including leukemia and lymphoma. His laboratory conducts research on Notch, a fundamental signaling pathway that controls the way cells communicate with one another and respond to their external environment.
 Randall Moon from University of Washington investigates Wnt signal transduction pathways that are involved in development and disease.
 The third lecturer will be Marvin Whiteley from the University of Texas at Austin is interested in understanding the mechanism of signal trafficking between bacterial cells and how these signals are perceived by individual cells.
 The final speaker will be Alexandra Joyner from Sloan-Kettering Institute whose studies are aimed at bridging the gap between studies of neural development and analysis of the circuitry and function of the adult brain.
We believe this will be an exciting and rewarding series for CMB students and for all those that attend.
CMB students win top National and University awards
Several CMB students recently received news that they have won prestigious national and University Awards. Omer Yilmaz is a recipient of the Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award, a national award that recognizes outstanding achievement during graduate studies in the biological sciences. Omer, who performed his doctoral research in the lab of Sean Morrison, will participate in a scientific symposium honoring Hal Weintraub and his commitment to innovative science. Annie Hiniker is recipient of a University of Michigan Distinguished Dissertation Award, the highest honor the University confers to recognize graduate student accomplishments. Annie will receive her award at a ceremony at Rackham on April 26, 2007. Annie's dissertation, based on her research in the lab of Jim Bardwell, is entitled "In vivo roles of the Escherichia Coli periplasmic disulfide isomerase DsbC." We are also pleased that CMB students have been awarded the highly coveted and competitive Rackham Predoctoral Fellowships this year. Congratulations to Chris Carter (mentor, Kathy Collins) and to Rachel Edwards (mentor, Michele Swanson), as well as to first alternate Andrea Baines (mentor, David Ginsburg) on their recognition for Rackham Predoctoral Fellowships. Read about these, and additional CMB student awards and accomplishments, in the forthcoming Spring 2007 issue of the CMB newsletter.
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