BCMP SCIENCE NEWS:
1) There's another milestone from our NMR
researchers. Attached please see the pictures for the new 900 MHz
magnet now installed at the MIT/HMS Magnet Center. As many of you will
know, DR. GERHARD WAGNER has worked very hard to help raise the money
for the purchase, installation, and running costs of this new magnet.
Congratulations to Gerhard and to all those who have made the expansion
of our capabilities for NMR structural determinations a reality.
http://web.mit.edu/chemistry/www/faculty/griffin.html
http://web.mit.edu/fbml/cmr/griffin-group/index.html
2)
Congratulations to DR. JOSH LABAER and his group. They recently
announced a collaboration between his lab and the company, Lumera. The
goal of the work will be to develop surfaces that will support the in
situ synthesis of an entire proteome on a single array. Lumera has its
roots in the telecommunications industry, and their surfaces are
variations of the kind of silica wafers used in computer
microprocessors, and the work will adapt their surface chemistries to
the NAPPA protein microarrays developed in the LaBaer lab.
3) Congratulations to DR. CHARLES RICHARDSON who has
been selected to receive the 2006 Herbert Tabor/Journal of Biological
Chemistry Lectureship Award for his work in DNA replication.
NOTICES
4) The dissertation defense
seminar of EMILY ELIZABETH ARIAS, “Replication-dependent destruction of
Cdt1 restricts DNA replication to once per cell cycle,” will be held
Friday, April 7, at 2:00 pm in the Cannon Room, C-114.
5) The new Harvard Sponsored Travel Policy has gone into effect. [http://bcmp.med.harvard.edu/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=44 then click on “sponsored travel policy”]
In summary…
a) A preferred travel agency (see above link for list) must be used for airline reservations if using federal funds.
b) US Flag Carriers must be used for travel within the US and when departing from the US and where available while abroad.
c) The lowest coach or economy class tickets for a reasonable itinerary is required.
d) Make your reservations at least 2 weeks in advance.
e) Amtrak train travel is an option when economical.
*
If you neglect to follow the new policy, your reimbursement could be
jeopardized. Please contact your grant manager with any questions.
6) A schedule change for the M2: Cambridge Shuttle has taken effect. For the new schedule, go to http://www.masco.org/transit/ptsM2.htm
7)
If the alarm sounds EVERYONE MUST LEAVE THE BUILDING and assemble in
the designated area where Building Evacuation Monitors can account for
evacuees. Do not enter any building that has the fire emergency
strobes flashing. This is an indication the building is still in alarm.
When it is safe to enter the strobes will stop flashing.
* C Building Assembly Area: Quad in front of Goldenson
* Mudd Building Assembly Area: Quad in front of TMEC
* LHRRB Building Assembly Area: Shattuck Lot by Gordon Hall
* Armenise Building Assembly Area: Quad in front of TMEC
http://bcmpinfo.med.harvard.edu/images/stories/Bldg._Evacuation_Assembly_Areas.pdf
8) Having received a foosball table for Christmas, DR. FRITZ ROTH wanted to
share
the joy. He organized the first-ever BCMP Foosball Tournament, with
both doubles and solo events now underway. ED HARLOW pledged prizes of
$350 towards social events for the winners' groups. BCMPers are
welcomed to come by and use the foosball table (in Seeley Mudd 322c)
any time.
WELCOME:
9) MONICA T. PUPO (Clardy
lab) did her undergrad at Universidade de Sao Paulo in Ribeirao Preto,
Brazil, receiving a BS in Pharmacy. She received a Ph.D. in Organic
Chemistry, at Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Brazil. She did a
phytochemical investigation on the plant Trichilia claussenii with Dr.
Paulo C. Vieira. She did a postdoc at the Universidade de Sao Paulo in
Sao Carlos, where she studied the inhibition of the T. cruzi gGAPDH
enzyme by natural products with Dr. Glaucius Oliva. Since 1998 she is
a Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at Faculdade de Ciencias
Farmaceuticas at Universidade de Sao Paulo in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil,
where she has been studying bioactive natural products produced by
endophytic and soil fungi.
10) SAHAR SIBANI (LaBaer lab) did her undergrad at
McGill University, Canada, receiving a B.S. in Biology. She did her
M.S. in human genetics in the laboratory of Dr. Rima Rozen, McGill
University, where she studied genetic causes of folate deficiency, and
their effect on colon cancer incidence in mice. She then went on to
received a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from McGill University, Canada.
There, she studied the role of the Ku heterodimer in initiation of DNA
replication. She is currently pursuing her first postdoc in the lab of
Dr. Joshua LaBaer, in which she is using proteomic microarray
technology to identify biomarkers of type 1 diabetes.