Wei Li , "The Role of Activator Protein 2 Transcription Factors in Zebrafish Neural Crest Development " Thesis presentation is scheduled on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 in 1-561 BSB (Bowen Science Building) McEwen Conference Room, at 1 p.m. Defense follows 2 p.m.

Sigmund named to Carver Chair in Hypertension Research
Curt D. Sigmund, Ph.D., professor of internal medicine and molecular physiology and biophysics in the UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, has been named to the Roy J. Carver Chair in Hypertension Research. The five-year appointment was effective July 1.
http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/july/070208sigmund-carverchair.html

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. Greally, Genetics Seminar Series Speaker, with current Genetics graduate students, Bill Lanier and Colleen Campbell.