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Oral presentations by ISU faculty and students at the conference included: "Genome-wide comparative analysis of alternative splicing in plants" , Bing-Bing Wang and Volker Brendel and "A computational method to identify amino acid residues involved in protein-DNA interactions", Changhui Yan, Michael Terribilini, Feihong Wu, Robert Jernigan, Drena Dobbs and Vasant Honavar.

ISMB is one of the world's largest bioinformatics conferences and provides a forum for disseminating the latest developments in bioinformatics. The multi-disciplinary conference brought together scientists from molecular biology, medicine, computer science, mathematics and statistics. The scope of ISMB encompasses the development and application of advanced computational methods for biological problems at the levels of sequences, cells, organs, and organisms.

Joint Bioinformatics Workshop Poster Winners Announced (7-21-05 kmw; updated 7-27-05 kmw)
Congratulations to Iowa State participants who swept honors in the poster competition at the ISU-U of Iowa 5th Annual Joint Bioinformatics Workshop held July 19 in Iowa City.

• First place: John Garcia, Effect of Packing Density on Protein Dynamics
• Second place: Gwen Owens, Development of Neural Stem Cell Ontology Trees and Nathan Enders, Development of Neural Stem Cell Ontology Trees
• Third place: Sender Lkhagvadorj, Identification of porcine genes in term placenta affected by nuclear transfer and cloning of pigs.

In a new competiton this year, student abstracts chosen for oral presentations were

• Rhonda De Cook, ISU, Statistics, Genetic control of gene regulation during shoot development in Arabidopsis
• Annie Chiang, University of Iowa, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computational Orthologous Prioritization (COP): A comparitive genomic approach toward candidate gene prioritization for disease gene identification

Well done, everyone!

New Electronic Journal: PLoS Computational Biology (7-21-05 ts)
PLoS Computational Biology debuted in late June. This journal is published by the PLoS in partnership with the International Society for Computational Biology. This open-access journal is peer-reviewed and published monthly.

Read about this and other news from BCB's science librarian, Andrea Dinkelman. Her July newsletter contains great information for you. She is ready to help faculty incorporate library resources or small research assignments into your classes. Email her for more information.

Reminder: Teaching Seminar August 15-17 (7-21-05 kmw)
If you're TAing for the first time this year, this seminar is for you. You'll find information and online registration at http://www.celt.iastate.edu/nfo_uts_announce.html. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn some of the skills and secrets of successful teaching.

Don't Forget: Joint Bioinformatics Workshop July 19 (7-18-05 kmw)
The ISU - U of Iowa Fifth Annual Joint Bioinformatics Workshop will be held tomorrow, July 19, in Iowa City. Preregistration is not required, so you can still make plans to go. Check the workshop website for all the details. Hope to see you there!

Dr. Schnable Named to Plant Science Institute (7-18-05 kmw)
BCB faculty member Patrick Schnable (Agronomy and GDCB departments) has been appointed Associate Director of ISU's Plant Science Institute. Congratulations, Pat. Plant Sciences couldn't have made a better choice! For the full story, see http://www.iastate.edu/~nscentral/releases/2005/jul/schnable.shtml.

Ericka Havecker Update (7-14-05 kmw)
We've just heard from Ericka Havecker (IGERT fellow, PhD Genetics S05, Voytas/Hong) who started her postdoc with David Baulcombe at the Sainsbury Lab in Norwich, England, in mid-June. She's moved into her new "flat," where her address is 4 Lady Mary Road, Norwich, NR1 2QZ, UK. She also can be reached at Ericka.Havecker@sainsbury-laboratory.ac.uk. She'd love to hear from home. How about dropping her a note?

Dr. Mallapragada Appointed to Defense Science Study Group (7-14-05 kmw, quoted from 7-13-05 Inside Update)
(BCB faculty member) Surya Mallapragada, professor of chemical and biological engineering, will join a study group that assists the United States with the science and technology of defense and national security. See www.iastate.edu/~nscentral/releases/05/jul/mallapragada.shtml.

Tony Hill Nabs DOE Grant! (7-13-05 kmw)
Tony Hill (IGERT fellow, Chem E major, Reilly/Wu) has been awarded a grant through ISU's CCAT (Center for Catalysis) funded through the U.S. Department of Energy. Tony developed and pitched the idea for the grant, which is titled Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Catalyst for Cellobiose Hydrolysis. Serving as PIs are Drs. Peter Reilly (Chem E and BCB), Brent Shanks (Chemical and Biological Engineering) and Mark Hargrove (BBMB and BCB). The $89,999 award began July 1 and will run through June 30, 2006. Congratulations to Tony and Drs. Reilly, Shanks and Hargrove! Way to go!

Introduction to Bioinformatics - ComS/BCB 444X/544X (7-5-05 ts)
If you try to register for this course, but find it closed, please let the BCB office know so enrollment adjustments can be made.

BCB Orientation Activities (7-5-05 ts)
Orientation for the new class of BCB graduate students entering this fall will begin August 15. You can find orientation information including a tentative schedule on the BCB website here. New this year -- a poster presentation on Tuesday, August 16, 2 to 4 p.m. in the Molecular Biology Building Atrium. If you want to showcase your research, please let the BCB office know.

July First Thursday (7-5-05 ts)
Let's have a show of hands for First Thursday, coming up this Thursday, July 7...email Trish. Thanks!

University Teaching Seminar (6-28-05 kmw)
If you are planning to TA for the first time this fall or next spring, the University Teaching Seminar is for you! Reserve August 16-17 on your calendar and register now! There is no registration fee, and meals are provided. Where can you find a better deal?

July Birthdays (6-28-05; edited 1-4-07 kmw)
July - a wonderful time for picnics, fireworks and...birthdays!

Srinivas Aluru, incoming BCB chair
Kara (Shockey) Butterworth, IGERT alumna
Choongseo Chung, BCB
David Doty, BCB and IGERT
Yong Huang, BCB
Jie Li, BCB
Wiesia Mentzen, BCB
Justin Schonfeld, BCB and IGERT
United States of America
Xiangyun Wang, BCB alumnus
Yufeng Wang, BCB alumna
Lei Yang, BCB

Joint Bioinformatics Conference with U of I (6-7-05 ts)
Mark your calendars for the upcoming July 19 Joint Bioinformatics Conference with the University of Iowa. There is a $100 prize for the Best Student Poster. Abstracts and Poster titles are due no later than July 8, 2005. To submit an abstract, fill out the registration form. Email Erin Brothers with questions.

PhRMA Informatics Fellowships and Grants Announced (6-21-05 kmw)
The PhRMA (Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America) Foundation has announced 2006 opportunities for post doctoral fellowships, sabbatical fellowships and research starter grants in informatics. Areas include genetics, genomics, systems biology and molecular epidemiology. Application deadline is September 1, 2005. Detailed application requirements and application materials are available at phrmafoundation.org/awards/informatics.

ISU's BCB Summer Institute, June 5 - August 6, 2005 (6-1-05 ts)
One of nine, in the nation, summer research opportunities in the BCB area begins at ISU on June 5. The BCB Summer Institute will provide participants with a number of educational opportunities in the BCB research area. Dr. Volker Brendel who is coordinating the coursework and summer training program for the institute said there are still spaces left in the classroom short course modules. The tuition is $500 per module or $2500 for the entire Short Course. Academic people will get a 50% discount.

Find information on the course work, class schedules, and information on the public seminars associated with the Institute, on the BCB Summer Institute Course Work and Research webpage.

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