Cancelled due to weather,has been rescheduled to April 28th. Dr. George Weinstock (Washington University, St. Louis, MIssouri) will present "New Directions in Genomics from Microbes to Man" at the Genetics & Environment Seminar on April 28th, 2117 MERF (Medical Education and Research Facility) at 4 p.m

Dr. Michael Owen, Iowa State University, will present "Impact of GMO-based Crop Production Systems on Agroecosystems Selection for Evolved Resistance to Glyphosate in Weed Populations" at the Genetics & Environment Seminar on April 21th, 2117 MERF (Medical Education and Research Facility) at 4 p.m.

Dr. John Greally, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, New York, will present "The Unexpected Relationship of Cytosine Methylation with Gene Transcription" at the Genetics & Environment Seminar on April 7th, 2117 MERF (Medical Education and Research Facility) at 4 p.m.

Dr. William Wilson, Senior Research Scientist Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in W. Boothbay Harbor, Maine will present "Berry Stone Viruses: 30-years of Climate Control and Face Cream" at the Genetics & Environment Seminar on March 24th, 2117 MERF (Medical Education and Research Facility) at 4 p.m.

Dr. Alex Bassuk, Assistant Professor in Pediatrics, The University of Iowa Department of Pediatics will present "The Genetics of Human Neural Tube Defects" at the Genetics & Environment Seminar on February 25th, 2117 MERF (Medical Education and Research Facility) at 4 p.m.

Anthony Fisher, "Augmenting Antiviral Host Defense in the Respiratory Epithelium" Thesis presentation is scheduled on March 7, 2008 in 2117 MERF (Medical Education and Research Facility) at 2 p.m. defense follows in 240 G, EMRB at 3 p.m.

Matthew Dickson, "Role of USF in Regulating Angiotensinogen Expression: A Tail of Two Alleles" Thesis presentation is scheduled on March 27, 2008 in 2117 MERF (Medical Education and Research Facility) at 9 a.m. defense follows in 3112 MERFat 10 a.m.

Fedik Rahimov, "Interferon Regulatory Factor 6 and Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip and Palate" Thesis presentatin is scheduled on April 10, 2008 at 2189 MERF (Medical Education and Research Facility) at 2 p.m. defense follows in 1176 Medical Lab at 3 p.m.

Recruitment weekend for Ph.D. students at The University of Iowa have been scheduled for February 7-10 and March 6-9, 2008.

Stone reappointed as Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. (10/31/07)

UI's Bhattacharya, Flatté, Stinski elected 2007 AAAS Fellows. (10/25/2007)

UI Genetics Welcome David C Page, Director of Whitehead Institute for Retreat. (10/22/07)

UI signs third $1.5 million Alcon contract for study of blinding eye diseases. (10/11/07)

UI receives funds in genetics collaboration. (9/10/07)