Major advances in biomedicine and human health will be increasingly dependent on scientists that are trained to understand the chemical logic of biological systems in physical and quantitative terms. Training in Quantitative and Chemical Biology (QCB) accomplishes exactly this. At Indiana University, QCB is unique in that it seeks to link our renowned expertise in mass spectrometry with world-class research faculty and facilities in nanocharacterization and nanofluidics, chemical synthesis, biophysical chemistry and structural biology. For example, we have a state-of-the-art nanofabrication and characterization facility, a 300 keV cryo-transmission electron microscope and 800 and 600 MHz NMR spectrometers with cryoprobe systems. In addition, we recently obtained a DeltaVision|OMX light microscope to be housed in the Light Microscopy and Imaging Center. These acquisitions coupled with myriad high resolution mass spectrometers used for proteomics, glycomics and metabolomics, make the Bloomington campus an outstanding venue in which to build a cross-disciplinary graduate training program in QCB.
Lizz Siegel (M. Jarrold Lab), Zach Harms (Jacobson Lab) and Andrey Malyutin (Dragnea Lab) have been selected to receive the QCB graduate fellowship. This fellowship will provide funding for a one- two year period and is effective staring January 1, 2012. Congratulations Lizz, Zachary and Andrey!
Professor Erin Carlson has received the NIH Director's New Innovator Award which will provide $1.5 million to support her work to develop improved treatments for drug-resistant infections.
John Lisher, Giedroc Lab, and Kaelyn Wilke, Carlson Lab, have been selected to receive the QCB graduate fellowship. This fellowship will provide funding for a two year period and is effective starting January 1, 2011. Congratulations John and Kaelyn!
Mu-Hyun Baik receives the 2010 Scialog Research Award Grant from the Research Corporation.
Erin Carlson named to the prestigious Pew Biomedical Scholars program.
New microscope at IU Bloomington, a DeltaVision OMX super-resolution model from Applied Precision, breaks light microscopy resolution barrier.
Martha Oakley’s research group recently published studies that provide new information about segregation of bacterial chromosomes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2010 Oct 4.
Richard DiMarchi was named the 2009 August M. Watanabe Life Sciences Champion of the Year and honored at the Indiana Life Sciences Forum.
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IU is hosting the third annual symposium to honor the late August "Gus" Watanabe, a renowned physician, researcher and professor who led research and development at Eli Lilly and Company for nearly a decade, and who was a pioneer in the study of the cellular mechanics of the heart. Watanabe assumed the role as President of Lilly Research Laboratories in 1994. Under his guidance, Lilly launched 11 important new pharmaceutical products and, upon his retirement, he left the company well positioned with a rich pipeline of innovative drugs in development.
This event will occur on Saturday, September 29, featuring oral presentations by four internationally recognized invited speakers, short presentations by several IU researchers and a poster session to showcase research activities in QCB trainer laboratories.