Congratulations, Graduates! (12/14/06 kmw)
Tony Hill (IGERT trainee, Chem E major, Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, major professors Peter Reilly and Drena Dobbs), Julie Hoy (IGERT trainee, Biophysics major, BBMB Department, major professors Mark Hargrove and Zhijun Wu), Justin Recknor (BCB and Stat co-major, Statistics Department, major professors Dan Nettleton and Jim Reecy) and Shannon Schlueter (IGERT trainee, BCB major, GDCB Department, major professors Volker Brendel and Randy Shoemaker) will be among 101 doctoral students to be awarded degrees in graduation ceremonies 8 p.m. Friday, December 15, in Stephens Auditorium.

We celebrate this great milestone with you, and congratulate you on a job WELL DONE. Hip, hip, hooray! Fling those mortarboards high!

BCB 565C Replaced by Phil 550X (12/12/06 kmw)
We've received the following announcement regarding BCB 565C, which is one of the courses that BCB, IGERT and MGET students have taken to meet the bioethics requirement. Phil 550X will replace BCB 565C as an acceptable bioethics course option.

The graduate course in the Professional Practice series, 565C, has been replaced by Philosophy 550X. The one-credit course will be taught spring semester by Dr. Clark Wolf, Director of the Bioethics Program. It will be offered 5:10 - 6:00 PM on Mondays in 1420 Molecular Biology Building. A description of the course follows.

Philosophy 550X. Ethics and the Responsible Conduct of Research. Cr. 1. An introduction to ethics and the responsible conduct of research. Topics include research misconduct, responsibilities of researchers concerning the use of animal and human subjects, plagiarism, proper attribution of credit, misuse of statistics, and other subjects. Offered on a satisfactory-fail grading basis only. M 5:10 - 6:00 PM, 1420 Molecular Biology Building. Clark Wolf. Reference # 8795005.

Workshop in MetNet Bioinformatics Tools (12/12/06 kmw)
A special Workshop in MetNet Bioinformatics Tools: MetOmGraph will be held 2-4pm Friday, December 15, in 1424 MBB.

According to workshop coordinators Heather Babka and BCB faculty member Eve Wurtele (GDCB), MetaOmGraph is software designed to rapidly plot and analyze very large data sets. "We will be using a data-set derived from 1000 Affymetrix Arabidopsis microarray chips from public databases. If you wish, bring your own very large data sets (microarray, metabolomics, etc) bring that as well, and we can help you format it for analysis." Be sure to bring a laptop.

Space is limited. Register at http://metnetdb.org/workshop/

Dr. Voytas Elected AAAS Fellow (12/7/06 kmw)
Dan Voytas, IGERT project director and former BCB chair, is one of 449 top scientists to be elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). "Voytas was cited for his important contributions to plant genomics and the study of transposable elements--small, mobile pieces of DNA that can change their chromosomal location. Widely known for his discoveries in plant genome modification, Voytas has developed new, efficient ways to introduce genes into plants and to modify plant genes." Read the full ISU News Service story here. Dr. Voytas will be recognized for his contribution to science and technology at the Fellows Forum to be held on 17 February 2007 during the AAAS Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

Congratulations on being selected for this great honor, Dr. Voytas!

This Semester's Final BCB Faculty Seminar to Feature Dr. Proulx (12/6/06 kmw)
Stephen Proulx (Ecology, Evolutionary and Organismal Biology), will present What role does natural selection play in shaping gene networks at the BCB Faculty Seminar on Friday, December 8. The seminar will begin at 2:10 pm in W0142 Lagomarcino, and is open to the public. Please note that this will be the final seminar in this semester's BCB seminar series. The spring semester BCB seminar series will feature student presentations.

Holiday"First Thursday" to be Held December 7 (12/6/06 kmw)
A special holiday version of First Thursday will be held this month on Thursday, December 7. A gift exchange is planned, so all participants are asked to bring a wrapped gift valued at $10 or less. The business portion of the program will focus on discussion and recommendation of second semester courses for first year students. Please note that the event will begin at 5:30pm to accommodate students who have class until 5:30. If you plan to attend, please let Trish know as soon as possible.

BCB Thesis Seminar (12/6/06 kmw)
Wuyan Zhang (BCB and Statistics co-major, Department of Statistics; major professors Alicia Carriquiry and Jack Dekkers) will present her PhD thesis seminar The design and analysis of microarray experiments using pooled samples for the study of quantitative traits at 11:00 am Tuesday, December 5, in 1219 Coover Hall. The ISU computational molecular biology community is invited to attend.

December Birthdays (11/22/06 kmw)
Our December birthdays give us even more reasons to celebrate this festive season. Happy birthday, everyone!

Tim Alcon, BCB and MGET student
Garrett Dancik, BCB and MGET student
Anu Jayaraman, BCB student
Jae-Hyung Lee, BCB student
Roberto Ocasio-Morales, IGERT student
Raul Piaggio, BCB student
Michael Sparks, BCB and MGET student
Chris Tuggle, BCB Associate Chair and MGET Director
Pete Vedell, BCB and IGERT student
Yingchun Wang, BCB alumnus
Pete Zaback, BCB student

To register, email celt@iastate.edu and specify the event title and date and your name, department and phone number.

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