Please join me in congratulating Aiswarya Krishnamohan (Jackman Lab) as she was selected to be OSBP’s 2016 Plenary Speaker at the IGP Symposium next month!
Her talk is titled: Unexpected mechanistic features of a multifunctional tRNA methyltransferase.
Our very own Chemistry professor, Dr. Zucai Suo, will be teaming up with Biosortia Pharmaceuticals on one of three new oncology research projects. The projects will investigate Biosortia’s unique libraries of consortia microbial compounds for potential drug discovery in pediatric cancer (neuroblastoma), liver cancer (Hepatitis C virus) and an alternative approach to combat tumor growth by stimulating a patient’s immune responses (immuno-oncology).
Dr. Suo will be researching natural product inhibitors for treating liver cancer and viral infections. Liver cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with a major cause if it being Hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV replicates exclusively in the liver and has chronically infected 170 to 300 million people worldwide. Dr. Suo’s past as The Jane Coffin Childs memorial Fund Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University Medical School, a member of the research team at Lilly which successfully developed an FDA and EU approved anti-Hepatitis C virus protease inhibitor based drug in collaboration with Vertex Pharmaceuticals, and also his current role as a consultant with Gilead Sciences leave no reason to wonder why he was selected for this noteworthy role.
See the full article at http://www.nationwidechildrens.org/news-room-articles/biosortia-pharmace…
Source: Chemistry.osu.edu
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JVJ3ZXM
Deadline to cast your vote is FRIDAY April 29 at 12 noon!
Please join me in congratulating Christine Wachnowsky for receiving a Presidential Fellowship in the Spring 2016 competition. The Presidential Fellowship, the highest award given by the Graduate School for outstanding scholarship, supports the fellow in the final year of dissertation work. Only 24 of OSU’s over 10,000 graduate students are recognized in each biannual competition.
Christine was an honors student in both Biochemistry and German at Allegheny College, and she started at Ohio State in 2012. Christine joined the lab of Dr. Jimmy Cowan in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. Her work is largely focused on the biogenesis of iron sulfur cluster proteins, with a significant additional project on antimicrobial metallodrugs.
Congratulations, Christine!
Starting this summer, all post-candidacy students will be required to develop an IDP as part of their annual committee meeting. We have the unique opportunity to learn about the tool and how to make the most of if from one of the developers. Cynthia Fuhrmann will join us on Apr. 26 at 4:00 pm in the US Bank Theater of the Ohio Union for a seminar entitled, “Using Individual Development Plans to Enhance Both Research Productivity and Career Development.” Dr. Fuhrmann is the Assistant Dean for Career & Professional Development at UMass Medical School. http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/
The nominations have been compiled and put into a convenient poll for you to select your TOP 3 CHOICES for this year’s plenary speaker. The professor with the highest vote total by this Friday at 5 pm will be selected as our speaker!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XXSM6RY
If your nomination is not included in the list, it is because they were selected within the last 5 years to present at IGP by one of the graduate programs.