Genomics News and Events
News Highlights
- Free Public Lecture on Anticancer Drugs! (May 15, 2013)
IIGB/CEPCEB Chemist Yinsheng Wang will give a talk on Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 5:30 p.m. in Rooms C, D and E, University Extension Center (UNEX), on the mechanisms of action of some commonly used anticancer drugs and how laboratory research may lead to novel targets and new strategies for cancer treatment. - IIGB Geneticist Elected to Country's First Learned Society! (May 2, 2013)
Renowned IIGB/CEPCEB geneticist Susan Wessler has been elected a member of the American Philosophical Society (APS), the country's first learned society. She is the first faculty member at UC Riverside to be elected a member of the APS. - IIGB/CEPCEB Researcher Elected to NAS! (April 30, 2013)
IIGB/CEPCEB researcher Xuemei Chen has been elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for her excellence in original scientific research. Membership in the NAS is one of the highest honors given to a scientist or engineer in the United States. - Free Public Lecture on Plant-Insect Interactions (April 26, 2013)
On May 2, 2013, IIGB geneticist Linda Walling will give a free lecture titled "Friends and Enemies: Dynamic Interactions of Plants and Insects" at 5:30 pm in Rooms C, D and E, University Extension Center (UNEX) as part of the second annual Science Lecture Series hosted by CNAS. - Discovery of Gene Silencing Site (April 26, 2013)
A team of IIGB scientists, led by geneticist Xuemei Chen, have conducted a study on plants (Arabidopsis) showing that the site of repression of target gene expression occurs on the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), a cellular organelle that is an interconnected network of membranes. - Researcher Combats Citrus Greening (April 23, 2013)
IIGB/CEPCEB researcher and associate professor of plant pathology and microbiology Hailing Jin has potentially developed early diagnosis markers for "citrus greening" or Huanglongbing (HLB) - probably the most devastating citrus disease threatening the global citrus industry. - Recipient of ASPB Fellow Award! (April 13, 2013)
IIGB researcher Susan Wessler was the recipient of a 2013 American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Fellow award, granted in recognition of distinguished and long-term contributions to plant biology and service to the Society. - Nobel Laureate Seminar (with video)! (April 12, 2013)
IIGB is pleased to announced Nobel Laureate David Baltimore's talk titled "Using Viruses to Fight Viruses" as part of the IIGB Seminar Series on Monday, April 15, 2013 in the HUB 302S at 12:10pm. - Recipient of ASPB's Adolph E. Gude, Jr., Award (April 8, 2013)
IIGB Director Natasha Raikhel was announced the recipient of the 2013 American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Adolph E. Gude, Jr., Award. This monetary award is granted every three years in recognition of outstanding service to the plant biology field. - Three IIGB Students Receive NSF GRFP Awards! (April 8, 2013)
Three IIGB graduate students, Barbara Davis (CMDB) from Pru Talbot's lab, Lauren Dedow (GGB) from Julia Bailey-Serres' lab, and Leopold Noel Green (BIEN) from Elisa Franco's lab, were among 14 UCR and 2,000 national recipients of NSF's 2013 Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) awards. - IIGB Student Awarded Ford Fellowship! (April 8, 2013)
IIGB/CEPCEB graduate student Irma Ortiz was one of 60 national students awarded the prestigious Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship in April 2013. Irma is in the plant biology graduate program and a member of professor and geneticist Linda Walling's laboratory. The awards include an annual stipend of $20,000 and paid expenses to the three-day annual Conference of Ford Fellows. - Chemist Develops Anti-Cancer Compounds (February 25, 2013)
IIGB/CEPCEB Chemist Michael Pirrung announced the development of a compound with the potential to fight renal cancer in a lecture he gave on Feb. 19 at the 5th International Conference on Drug Discovery and Therapy, held in Dubai, UAE. - Nobel Laureate Launches IIGB Series! (February 15, 2013)
Professor Andrew Fire, recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, will launch the 2013 IIGB seminar series with a presentation on Friday, 2/22/13 at noon in the Genomics Auditorium titled: "Dynamics of antibody and small RNAs populations: Tracking adaptive immune responses through effector repertoires." - IIGB Researchers Target Irish Famine Pathogen (February 6, 2013)
In the Feb. 3 issue of Nature Genetics, a team of IIGB researchers led by Wenbo Ma focused on Phytophthora, the pathogen that triggered the Irish Famine of the 19th century, and deciphered how it succeeded in crippling the potato plant's immune system. - CEPCEB's 10th Anniversary Symposium! (December 10, 2012)
CEPCEB will be celebrating its 10th anniversary with a full-day symposium this Friday, December 14, 2012 in the Genomics Auditorium. The program will feature five external speakers, including our Noel T. Keen Lecturer, and three CEPCEB speakers. The day will also include lunch and refreshments, our awards ceremony honoring outstanding research achievements by CEPCEB lab members, closing statements, and a reception at 5:30pm. - IIGB Researcher on Carcinogen ID Committee (November 30, 2012)
David Eastmond, a professor of cell biology and an IIGB researcher, has been reappointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown to the Carcinogen Identification Committee of the California Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. Eastmond as served on the committee since 1999. - How Noses Detect Odors (Journal Cover) (November 30, 2012)
Research by IIGB and Stanford University scientists identifies a braking mechanism in olfactory neurons that helps generate an amazing diversity of sensors in the nose. The research, led by Anandasankar Ray's lab, is featured on the cover of the Nov. 15 2012 issue of Genes & Development. - Genomics Resource Improves Barley Crop! (November 30, 2012)
An international effort involving ~70 scientists in nine countries (Germany, UK, Australia, USA, Finland, Japan, Israel, France, Italy) with nine working at UCR developed a high-resolution genomic resource for barley that could potentially help produce higher yields, improve pest and disease resistance, and enhance its nutritional value. - Second International CDVR Symposium! (September 19, 2012)
The second international CDVR Symposium titled "Facing the Challenges of Vector-Borne Diseases in the 21st Century II" and hosted by NIH, CDVR and IIGB, will be held September 29-30, 2012 in the Genomics Auditorium. - Teaching a Genomics Workshop in Bangladesh (August 27, 2012)
IIGB Academic Administrator Glenn Hicks taught a workshop called "Workshop on Genomics and Proteomics," from July 16 through July 24 at the University of Dhaka, the premier public university in Bangladesh. - IIGB Chemists Assess DNA Damage (August 27, 2012)
IIGB researcher Yinsheng Wang and other chemists have now developed a test in the lab to examine how DNA damage caused by anticancer drugs and environmental chemicals ultimately impedes protein synthesis. - Honored by American Phytopathological Society (August 6, 2012)
Wenbo Ma, an IIGB/CEPCEB associate professor of plant pathology and microbiology, has been selected as a "2012 Schroth Faces of the Future Symposium" speaker at the annual meeting of the American Phytopathological Society (APS), which is scheduled to take place in Providence, RI, in early August. - Guru Gobind Singh Fellowship Recipient! (August 6, 2012)
IIGB graduate student Divya Sain has been awarded the Guru Gobind Singh Fellowship for 2012-2013. The $30,000 award is given to a student of an Indian or Pakistani university who is committed to returning to her country of origin after receiving her doctoral degree at a UC campus. - IIGB Researcher Receives $1.5M NIH Award (May 14, 2012)
IIGB researcher Frances Sladek received a $1.5 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health to support a four-year research to study the tremendous variability in individuals' responses to drug treatments. - 2011-12 Faculty Research Lecturer: June 8, 2012 (May 14, 2012)
IIGB researcher Norman Ellstrand, considered the foremost expert on gene flow and arguably the most trusted scientist in the highly polarized debate over GM crops, will give the 60th Faculty Research Lecture at 3:30 p.m., June 8, 2012, in the Genomics Auditorium.