Announcements
The 2012 National Centers for Systems Biology Annual Meeting will be hosted by the CCSB at the University of Chicago on July 19-20, 2012.
Presentations will be in the Biological Sciences Learning Center, Room 115, 924 E. 57th Street, Chicago, Il 60637. The poster session and reception will be in the Gordon Center for Integrative Science Atrium located at 929 E. 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637.
Accepting Applications for Pilot Grants for Faculty Career Development! [PDF]
Junior and senior faculty interested in broadening their investigative research in the area of Systems Biology are invited to apply for pilot grants of up to $50,000 per year for two-year terms.
Accepting Applications for the CBC Research Fellow Program [PDF]
Doctoral scientists interested in fellowships to study the principles of transcriptional regulatory networks are invited to apply.
Research Experiences for Undergraduate
(REU) Program Starts Monday June 11, 2012. Kickoff meeting is in the Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery at the University of Chicago.
Latest News
Chuan He, PhD is Recpient of Fall 2011 CBC Catalyst Award
Chuan He, PhD (University of Chicago) and Jung-Hyun Min, PhD (University of Illinois at Chicago) are recipients of the Fall 2011 CBC Catalyst Award for their project: Capturing Kinetically Labile Protein Assemblies on DNA.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences Reorganizes
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), a part of the National Institutes of Health that supports basic research and research training, has established two new divisions. Each will administer existing NIGMS programs along with programs transferred to NIGMS from the former NIH National Center for Research Resources (NCRR).
Three Faculty Receive Center Pilot Awards
Michael Rust, Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, and Core Faculty Member in the Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology (IGSB) at the University of Chicago, received a 2011 CCSB pilot award to support his project, “Robust Biological Oscillators Generated by Interlocked Transcriptional and Post-Translational Networks: A Systems Analysis.” He joins two other systems biologists who received CCSB pilot awards in 2010. They are Richard Jones, Assistant Professor in the Ben May Department for Cancer Research and Core Faculty Member of the IGSB at the University of Chicago and Ravi Allada, Professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Physiology at Northwestern University. Dr. Jones’ project is “Probing the Molecular Mechanisms of the Robust EDF-Mediated Transcriptional Response in Cancer Cells.” Dr. Allada’s project is “Transcriptional Regulatory Network Sensitivity, Stability, and Robustness in Drosophila Circadian Clocks: Solving the Mystery of Temperature Compensation.”
DNA repair protein caught in act of molecular theft
CCSB investigator Dr. Chuan He and his colleagues at UChicago and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have observed, for the first time, an intermediate stage in the chemical process that repairs DNA methylation damage and regulates many important biological functions that impact health conditions such as obesity, cancer and diabetes.
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Events
An Introduction to the Open Science Data Cloud and to NSF Supported Summer Research Experiences To Learn About Big Data
April 19, 2012 4:00 PM
Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery 10th Floor South Conference Room
We are entering the era of data driven science and big data. Moore’s law has not only increased the power and decreased the cost of computers but also of the instruments that produce experimental data. Scientists in a wide variety of disciplines are producing unprecedented volumes of data that is transforming science. Although collaborations that collect very large datasets can build their own cyber infrastructure, there is currently a need for cyber infrastructure that can manage, analyze, archive and share medium to large size scientific datasets. Read more >
UIC Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics "Chicago Symposium on Cell Signaling"
May 10, 2012 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
TBA, Northwestern University (Chicago campus)
Invited Speakers:
Natalie Ahn, University of Colorado at Bolder
Jim Broach, Princeton University
Steve Gygi, Harvard Medical School
Rick Morimoto, Northwestern University
Jared Rutter, University of Utah
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