NEWS
Joan Conaway, BMB Affiliate Faculty at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences
CONGRATULATIONS!
Several BMB faculty have won M1/M2 teaching awards and that will be awarded at this year's (virtual) Grande Affair:
• Dr. Joseph Fontes will be honored with the M1 Above and Beyond award AND the M2 Above and Beyond award
• Dr. Stephen Parnell will be honored with the M1 Illuminator award
• Dr. Chad Slawson will be honored with the M1 Mighty Punch award
Dr. Christy Hagan was designated as a "NextGen Star" for American Association for Cancer Research. She will give a research presentation at upcoming AACR conference.
Formal Seminars
Date: February 12
Speaker: Dr. Olivia Veatch,University of Kansas Medical Center
Title TBA
Literature Seminars
Date: TBA
Speaker: TBA
Heartland Undergraduate Biochemistry Forum (HUB)
The 2021 HUB Forum has been scheduled for November 13th, 2021
Speaker: Dr. Tamir Gonen, University of California - LA
OPEN POSITIONS
Research Technician
A research technician position is available immediately in the NIH-funded Genome Maintenance and Structural Biology group of Dr. Bret Freudenthal. The candidate selected for the position will work as part of a diverse research group, encompassing undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral level scientists, employing multiple structural, cellular, molecular biology, and biochemical approaches focusing on determining how genome stability is maintained in response to DNA damage. The technician will work on a number of projects in the lab as needs arise. Past technicians have been on multiple publications in from the lab. For more information about the laboratory, please see our website at www.freudenthallab.com. View the position description and apply.