What’s New

News

  • 2 faculty positions in host-pathogen interactions open
  • We welcome seven new graduate students to our Department for Fall 2005: Hanna Cortado , Ochirsaikhan Erdene-Ochir, Kevin McGarry, Michael Nelson, Noah Reynolds, Jessica Spears, Marsha Thalhofer

Congratulations

  • 2005 AAAS Fellow Tina Henkin
  • 2005 University Distinguished Scholar Joe Krzycki
  • Fellowship winners: graduate students – Sandro Ataide (AHA, Ibba Lab), Rachel Samson (GRC Student Travel Award, UK, Reeve Lab), Sherry Blight (2005 Presidential Fellowship,Krzycki Lab);postdocs: Tom Santangelo (NIH, Reeve Lab), Liz Karr (NSF, Reeve Lab)
  • 2005 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum winner Nicholas Zorko (Satoskar Lab)
  • Doctoral Degrees awarded – Mary Yousef and Brooke McDaniel (Henkin Lab ), Yunwei Xie (Reeve Lab), Rebecca Douthett (Baker Lab)

Research Highlights

  • novel tRNA import mechanism in eukaryotes (Genes & Development, Alfonzo Lab)
  • tRNA-mediated Cys biosynthesis in Archaea ( Science; Ibba Lab)
  • mechanism of RNA polymerase inhibition by rifamycins (Cell ; Artsimovitch Lab)
  • residue mass of the 22nd amino acid ( Journal of Biological Chemistry, Krzycki Lab)
  • histones in Crenarchaea (Journal of Bacteriology, Reeve Lab)

Other Activities

  • 2004-6 Cold Spring Harbor Phage Meeting Co-organizer Tina Henkin
  • 2005 IUMS Co-organizer John Reeve