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Article by Dennis Lavrov included in the Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry (6-13-05 ts)
EEOB faculty member, Dennis Lavrov, co-authored an article entitled, "Mitochondrial Genome Evolution" in the Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry / editors, William J. Lennarz, M. Daniel Lane. Amsterdam; Boston: Elsevier, 2004. REFERENCE Collection QD415 A25 E53 2004.

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.

Student Resources on the BCB Website - Updated !! (6-1-05 ts)
Check out the General Information sites under Student Resources for updated news on conferences, employment, internships, and short courses.

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.

News from your librarian (6-8-05 ts)
Andrea Dinkelman provided some interesting tidbits in her April newsletter which I thought I would pass along. "The March 2005 issue of the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology is a thematic issue devoted to bioinformatics. This is available full-text via the e-library."

New Titles in Bioinformatics at the Library -- QH 324.2 – QH 509 Bioinformatics. Evolution. Genetics. -

QH324.2 .W47 2004 Bioinformatics software engineering : delivering effective applications / Paul Weston.. Chichester, West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley & Sons, c2004.
QH325 C78 2004 The pursuit of perfection : aspects of biochemical evolution / Athel Cornish-Bowden. Athel. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004
QH344 S73x 2005 Stable isotopes and biosphere-atmosphere interactions : processes and biological controls / L.B. Flanagan, J.R. Ehleringer, D.E. Pataki. San Diego : Elsevier Academic, 2005.
QH390 C37 2005 From DNA to diversity : molecular genetics and the evolution of animal design / Sean B. Carroll, Jennifer K. Grenier, Scott D. Weatherbee. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005.
QH431 J53 2004 Human evolutionary genetics : origins, peoples & disease / Mark A. Jobling, Matthew Hurles, Chris Tyler-Smith. New York : Garland Science, c2004.
QH438.4 M3 H456 2005 Gene genealogies, variation and evolution : a primer in coalescent theory / Jotun Hein, Mikkel H. Schierup and Carsten Wiuf. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.
QH438.7 .C376 2004 Politics in the laboratory : the constitution of human genomics / Ira H. Carmen. Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2004
QH442 D486x 2004 The second tree : stem cells, clones, chimeras and quests for immortality / Elaine Dewar. New York : Carroll & Graf, 2004.
QH442 R36 2004 Recoding nature : critical perspectives on genetic engineering / edited by Richard Hindmarsh and Geoffrey Lawrence. Sydney : UNSW Press, 2004.
QH445.2 C536 2004 Classical genetic research and its legacy : the mapping cultures of twentieth-century genetics / edited by Hans-Jörg Rheinberger and Jean-Paul Gaudillière. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
QH445.2 L64 2005 Encoding capital : the political economy of the Human Genome Project / Rodney Loeppky. New York : Routledge, 2005
QH447 G46 2004 Genomics in Asia : a clash of bioethical interests? / edited by Margaret Sleeboom. London ; New York : Kegan Paul ; New York : Distributed by Columbia University Press, 2004.
QH455 H43 2005 Genetics of populations / Philip W. Hedrick. Boston : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2005.
QH509 R45 2004 Regulatory mechanisms of intracellular membrane transport / Sirkka Keränen, Jussi Jäntti (eds.). Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, c2004.

Email Andrea at: adinkelm@iastate.edu; Office: Parks Library, Room 152; phone: 294-6943.

Bellinda Hegelheimer--To Leave BCB (5-29-05 ts)
Our administrative assistant for BCB has decided to move on to another position on campus and will be leaving BCB on May 31. We wish her well in her new position with VRAC where she will assist with editing and administrative responsibilities.

BCB and MGET/IGERT students are invited to Trish Stauble's home at 1319 Top-O-Hollow on Thursday, June 2 at 5:30 p.m. to wish her the best !! This will be our First Thursday gathering for June. Let Trish know if you can attend.

June Birthdays (5-26-05; edited 1-4-07 kmw)
We have lots of reasons to celebrate this month:

Lisa Borsuk, BCB and IGERT
Xuyuan Cao, BCB
Lindsay Carroll, MGET
Jo Etzel, BCB and IGERT
Jullie Callon Siegert, former BCB grad administrative assistant
Dan Voytas, IGERT director and former BCB chair
Shiquan Wu, BCB alumnus

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