| Molecular and Cellular Biology at Ohio University Ohio University offers interdisciplinary graduate study in molecular and cell biology through the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology. The Departments of , , , and contribute dynamic faculty and access to world-class research facilities to provide students with the broadest scientific educational opportunities.
MCB photo fall retreat 2008
The program offers the Ph.D. in a broad range of areas in molecular and cellular biology catered to student and faculty interests. M.S degrees with a concentration in molecular and cellular biology are available in the Departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Environmental and Plant Biology. Letter to prospective students MCB News... The MCB 25th anniversary 2008 Fall Retreat was held Friday and Saturday October 10-11, at the new Baker Center
Click here to see the photo gallery from the retreat. Click on a thumbnail to see a larger version of that image.
MCB SEMINARS: May 19th, Sulalita Chaki will present "Protein Splicing: Discovery and Application" at 4:10 pm, Porter Hall 104, all are welcome, refreshments served. Biological/Biomedical Sciences research seminar: "TUMOR INITIATION AND PROGRESSION", presented by: Dr. Zhongzhen Nie, Georgia Medical College. On: Monday, May 18, 2009, 4:10 p.m., Irvine Hall 159. Refreshments Will Be Served!
Environmental and Plant Biology: Friday, May 15th, 11:30 am, Porter Hall 104, Guo-Liang Wang, Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at The Ohio State University. Dr. Wang's talk is entitled "Dual functions of the SPL11-mediated ubiquitination pathway in the regulation of programmed cell death and flowering time in plants." Chemistry & Biochemistry: Monday, May 18, 4:00 pm, Walter Hall Room 135, Professor Ted Burkey, Department of Chemistry, University of Memphis. Topic: "Ultrafast Linkage Isomerization and Chelation Studies with Organometallics for the Development of Photochromic Materials" Molecular/Neurolunch: QBI Seminar: OTHER SEMINARS: Ethics in Research Lecture
As part of the Vice President for Research's ongoing efforts to inform the university community about ethics issues in research, the office is sponsoring a guest lecture by scientist Mark Hughes, MD.
Hughes, director of the Genesis Genetics Institute in Detroit, Mich., will deliver the talk "Genetic Testing of Human Embryos before Pregnancy: The Science, the Medicine and the Bioethics" at 4:10 p.m. on Wednesday, May 13, in 135 Walter Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public, and we strongly encourage your faculty and students to attend.
Hughes' research has focused on understanding gene expression in the early human embryo. The scientist and colleagues developed and performed the world's first cases of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, a laboratory procedure used in conjunction with in vitro fertilization to help detect certain diseases. His goal is to better understand and prevent many inherited birth defects. Prior to his role at the Genesis Genetics Institute, Hughes worked for the Human Genome Institute at the National Institutes of Health, chaired the human genetics program at Georgetown University and also directed the state of Michigan's "Life Sciences Genomics Hub." The Bioinformatics Distinguished Lecture Series presents:
Biological database lecture to be held May 6 An associate professor from the University of Wisconsin will hold a lecture
on how to increase effective data analysis in biological databases.
Presented by Ohio University, the free lecture will be held on May 6 from
2:10-3 p.m. in Stocker Center 103. Jignesh Patel, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer
science at the University of Wisconsin, will speak on "Indexing for Success:
Effective and Efficient Analysis of Biological Data." Modern life sciences
datasets are growing at a rapid rate, and the level of analysis biologists
want to conduct on these datasets is growing ever more complex. Current
forms of analysis slow down the scientific research of modern life science. Patel will describe the recent work in the Periscope project, which strives
to create more efficient, effective, and expressive tools to analyze
biological graphs and sequences more rapidly. With faster tools, scientists
can conduct more complex research and generate break-through results from
having a quicker turnover in data analysis. Patel's current focus at the University of Wisconsin is developing database
management techniques for life sciences. Previously, he was a faculty member
at the University of Michigan. He also worked for NCR Corporation to
commercialize his thesis project on parallel object-relational database
systems. Patel holds his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer sciences from
the University of Wisconsin. The Bioinformatics Distinguished Lecture Series is sponsored by the Russ
College of Engineering and Technology's School of Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science;Biomedical Engineering program; Center for Intelligent,
Distributed and Dependable Systems; and Bioinformatics Laboratory;the
College of Arts and Sciences' Molecular and Cellular Biology program and
Department of Biological Sciences; the College of Osteopathic Medicine's Department of Biomedical Sciences; the Ohio
University Genomics Facility; the Edison Biotechnical Institute; and
Diagnostic Hybrids, Inc.
Questions? Lonnie Welch, welch@ohio.edu Research News... |
