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Jo Etzel's Thesis Seminar March 30 (3/17/06 kmw)
Jo Etzel (IGERT, BCB; major professors Dickerson/Adolphs) will present her PhD thesis seminar, titled Algorithms and Procedures to Analyze Physiological Signals in Psychophysiological Research, at 8:30am Thursday, March 30, in 0144 Howe Hall (which Jo tells us is in the "basement, beneath the auditorium, across from the vending machines"). The ISU computational biology community is invited to attend.
Darrin Lemmer's Thesis Seminar March 28 (3/27/06 kmw)
Darrin Lemmer (MGET, BCB; major professors Culver/Dobbs) will present his MS thesis seminar, titled CAVEMol: an immersive 3D molecule viewer, at 1 pm Tuesday, March 28, in the VRAC Conference Room, 1620 Howe Hall. The ISU computational biology community is invited to attend.
Baker Center Seminar March 24 (3/20/06 kmw)
Dr. George Vasmatzis, Division of Biomedical Informatics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, will present Discovery of Diagnostic and Prognostic Markers Using Expression Profiling at 1:10pm Friday, March 24, in the Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium in Howe Hall. The seminar is free and open to ISU's bioinformatics and computational biology community. See Laurence H. Baker Center for Bioinformatics and Biological Statistics seminar series for a complete seminar listing.
News from Andrea (3/19/06 ts)
Andrea Dinkelman, Subject Librarian for BBMB, EEOB, and GDCB (152 Parks Library, 294-6943) provided the following BCB-related information in her March Newsletter:
NCBI Workshop Coming Soon! Register by March 22 ! (3/19/06 ts)
It's not too late to register!! Parks Library will be hosting A Field Guide to GenBank and NCBI Molecular Biology Resources. This free workshop will be presented by two NCBI training specialists on
March 28. The 3-hour lecture presentation will be held on Tuesday, March 28 from 8:30 am - 11:30 am in the South Ballroom at Memorial Union.
The hands-on computer workshops are currently full. Please register by Wednesday, March 22, 2006.
More information: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~adinkelm/NCBIWorkshop.htm
Featured New Titles - ISU authors (3/19/06 ts)
Handbook of computational molecular biology / edited by Srinivas Aluru.
Boca Raton, FL : Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2006.
REFERENCE QH324.2 H357 2006
A copy is also on order for the General Collection.
Genome exploitation : data mining the genome / edited by J. Perry Gustafson, Randy Shoemaker, John W. Snape.
New York : Springer, c2005.
QH452.7 G87 2005
A new electronic resource features some ISU Authors (3/19/06 ts)
The Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics was published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. at the end of 2005. ISU contributors include Volker Brendel,
Genetics, Development & Cell Biology and Xiaoqiu Huang, Computer Science.
How do I access the encyclopedia?
This full-text encyclopedia is available off-campus; you'll need a Library PIN number. You will find a record for the encyclopedia in the library's online catalog. Do a "Title" search in the catalog.
From the encyclopedia homepage:
"Edited by Lynn Jorde, Peter Little, Mike Dunn and Shankar Subramaniam, this is a fantastic resource that brings together for the first time all four fields of genetics, genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics in an online format for faster delivery of content to meet your dynamic research requirements."
"The focus is on studies based on the human and mouse genomes, but other important model eukaryotes, as well as pathogenic bacteria, are given in-depth coverage. With articles written by established leaders in the field as well as by rising stars, this work will be an essential reference tool for all members of genomics, proteomics, transcriptomics and bioinformatics teams, from students, to post-docs, to senior scientists, and a 'must have' for university and research institute libraries. It will also provide a valuable resource for pharmaceutical and biotech companies that have an interest in this important and rapidly developing field."
Publications by BCB Faculty and Graduate Students (3/19/06 ts)
Song G, Jernigan RL. An enhanced elastic network model to represent the motions of domain-swapped proteins.
Proteins. 2006 Apr 1;63(1):197-209.
Kurkcuoglu O, Jernigan RL, Doruker P. Loop motions of triosephosphate isomerase observed with elastic networks.
Biochemistry. 2006 Jan 31;45(4):1173-82.
Steelman CA, Recknor JC, Nettleton D, Reecy JM. Transcriptional profiling of myostatin-knockout mice implicates Wnt signaling in postnatal skeletal muscle growth and hypertrophy.
FASEB J. 2006 Mar;20(3):580-2. Epub 2006 Jan 19.
Wang BB, Brendel V. Molecular Characterization and Phylogeny of U2AF35 Homologs in Plants.
Plant Physiol. 2006 Feb;140(2):624-36. Epub 2006 Jan 11.
Ding J, Hughes LM, Berleant D, Fulmer AW, Wurtele ES. PubMed Assistant: a biologist-friendly interface for enhanced PubMed search.
Bioinformatics. 2006 Feb 1;22(3):378-80. Epub 2005 Dec 6.
BCB-Related additions to ISU's Parks Library (3/19/06 ts)
Algebraic statistics for computational biology / edited by Lior Pachter, Bernd Sturmfels.
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
QH323.5 .A43 2005
Computational systems biology / edited by Andres Kriete, Roland Eils.
Burlington, MA : Elsevier Academic Press, c2006.
QH324.2 .C638 2006
Bioinformatics of genome regulation and structure II / edited by Nikolay Kolchanov, Ralf Hofestaedt, Luciano Milanesi.
New York ; London : Springer, c2006.
QH438.4 M3 B5662x 2006
Catalyzing inquiry at the interface of computing and biology / John C. Wooley and Herbert S. Lin, editors ;
Committee on Frontiers at the Interface of Computing and Biology
Computer Science and Telecommunications Board
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
National Research Council of the National Academies
by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Frontiers at the Interface of Computing and Biology.
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2005.
QH324.2 N38x 2005
Electronic Access: http://www.nap.edu/books/030909612X/html/index.html
6th Annual Joint Bioinformatics Symposium July 13-14 (3/17/06 kmw)
Save these dates!
This year's Joint Bioinformatics Symposium, which has been expanded to include our new IGERT partner, New Mexico State University, will be held on the ISU campus July 13 and 14. The symposium, focusing on Systems Biology, will open 5:30pm Thursday, July 13, and adjourn 5:30pm Friday, July 14.
Registration will be free for participants from the three sponsoring schools: Iowa State Univerity, The University of Iowa and New Mexico State University. Online registration and abstract submission will begin in early April at http://www.ucs.iastate.edu/bioinformatics.
More Baker Center Seminars (3/3/06 kmw)
Be sure to catch these upcoming Baker Center seminars:
Both seminars will begin at 1:10pm in the Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium in Howe Hall. All are welcome to attend.
Baker Center Seminars Resume Friday, March 3 (3/1/06 kmw)
Eugene Shakhnovich, Department of Chemistry, Harvard University, will present Understanding ensemble protein folding at atomic detail at 1:10 pm Friday, March 3, in the Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium in Howe Hall.
See Laurence H. Baker Center for Bioinformatics and Biological Statistics seminar series for a complete seminar listing. All seminars are free and open to ISU's bioinformatics and computational biology community.
MGET Mini Grant Solicitation (2/28/06 kmw)
The second round of MGET Mini Grant applications is open. All MGET Fellows are eligible to apply. Some important things to note:
- Requests for up to $2,500 will be considered. (If you were awarded a $1,000 award in the first round, you may submit a second round application for $1,500.)
- Application is 5 pm Friday, March 31.
- Funds must be expended by August 15, 2006.
Do NOT pass up this great opportunity to enhance your PhD training! Be creative!
Questions? Contact Kathy.
March 8 CELT Workshop for Graduate Students (2/28/06 kmw)
We've received the following workship announcement from CELT:
The Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching presents the final session in a semester-long series of workshops this spring especially for graduate students.
The fourth and final workshop, "Turning Points in my Graduate Career," will be held Wednesday, March 8, from 5-6:30 p.m. in the Cardinal Room of the Memorial Union. A student panel will discuss key turning points in their graduate careers such as finding a good major professor, prelim anxiety, and securing funding. Graduate students are invited to listen to their advice and insights, offer stories of their own turning points, and learn about how to avoid pitfalls in their graduate careers. A sub sandwich dinner will be available.
To register for this event, students should contact CELT at celt@iastate.edu or 294-5357.
March Birthdays (2/28/06; edited 1-4-07kmw)
Happy March Birthday to the following BCB, IGERT and MGET students and alumni!
Fang Fang, BCB
Jianying Gu, BCB alumna
Jie Luo, BCB
Shannon Schlueter, BCB and IGERT
Sachet Shukla, BCB
Di Wu, BCB
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