Mark Your Calendar
- Wed, 07/15/2009 15:00
Highlights from the Penn Genome Frontiers Institute
Educational Facility Faculty Workshop: "Basic wet lab techniques for genomics research," (8/14-8/21/09) is now accepting applications.
PGFI Grant Recipients Advance Genomics at Penn
The Penn Genome Frontiers Institute is pleased to announce the results of the three most recent PGFI grant competitions in the areas of cell-based screening, optical sensors, and high throughput sequencing. PGFI received many outstanding proposals and congratulates the below recipients.
- Drs. B. Gregory and L. Wang: “Genome-wide analysis of the double-stranded RNA component of eukaryotic transcriptomes”
- Dr. R. Greenberg: “Dynamic Imaging of Ubiquitination at DNA Double Strand Breaks”
- Drs. S. Cherry and D. Roos: “Genome-wide siRNA screening in human macrophages to dissect mechanisms of cell-intrinsic immunity against the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii.”
- Dr. S. Ross: “Identification of intracellular molecules required for mouse mammary tumor virus entry.”
PGFI Undergraduate Student Award 2009
Boris Zinshteyn is the Penn Genome Frontiers Institute Excellence in Genomics Undergraduate Award recipient for 2009. Boris majored in biochemistry, with a minor in computer and information science, and was sub-matriculated in the MS chemistry program. His BA and MS degrees were awarded in May 2009. Click here for full story...