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Congratulations to this year's Dissertation Year Fellowship Winners

Congratulations to this year’s Dissertation Year Fellowship Winners:Yi Chen (Zipursky Lab)Garbiela Monsalve (Frand Lab)Maryam Nafissi (Johnson Lab)Diego Ploper (De Robertis Lab)Peggy Vorwald (De Robertis Lab) From the MBI Program:Matt...

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Feng Guo publishes “Caspases cleave and inhibit the microRNA processing protein DiGeorge Critical Region 8” in Protein Science. Abstract

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Web Press Covers Gerry Weinmaster’s dual publications on Notch Signaling. The Notch signaling system allows cells to directly communicate with each other to program the different cell types in the in the body. Dr. Weinmaster’s study...

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Siavash Kurdistani publishes “Enhancer dysfunction: how the main regulators of gene expression contribute to cancer” in Genome Biology.

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Alison Frand publishes “MORC Family ATPases Required for Heterochromatin Condensation and Gene Silencing” in Science.

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Congratulations to Kelsey Martin, who won one of the three 2012 Society of Postdoctoral Scholars Mentoring Awards. Dr. Martin is the chair of the Department of Biological Chemistry and co-chair of the UCLA MSTP program. Despite her busy schedule...

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Congratulations to two Biological Chemistry postdoctorals!

2012 MBI Postdoctoral Awards Ceremony & Reception. Recipients of the BOYER-PETER, PARVIN, and AMGEN Postdoctoral Awards will be announced at the ceremony and receive their awards from Paul Boyer, Phyllis Parvin (representing the Parvin...

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Reid Johnson publishes “Robust translation of the nucleoid protein Fis requires a remote upstream AU element and is enhanced by RNA secondary structure.” in the Journal of Bacteriology.

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Pascal Egea publishes “Insights into the Mechanism of Bovine CD38/NAD+Glycohydrolase from the X-Ray Structures of Its Michaelis Complex and Covalently-Trapped Intermediates.” in PLOS One.

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Michael Grunstein publishes “Histone H3 Lysine 56 Methylation Regulates DNA Replication through Its Interaction with PCNA” in Molecular Cell. Abstract

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