Program News
Dr. Ted Karginov joins GGB
March 21, 2013
We are happy to announce that Dr. Ted Karginov has joined GGB. Dr. Karginov's research focuses on small RNAs and RNA-binding proteins in gene regulation.
Welcome Dr. Karginov!
Graduate Student, Divya Sain, Receives the Klotz Award
January 16, 2013
Congratulations to Divya Sain who received the Klotz Memorial Award award of $1000 and a UCR GSA Travel Grant award of $300 to present her research, ' A RNA-Seq directed functional genomics screen to identify novel cell wall genes in the hyphal tip of Neurospora crassa' at the 26th Fungal Genetics Conference at Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA (12-17th March 2013).
Dr. I-Chueh Huang and Dr. Julia Lyubovitsky join GGB
November 15, 2012
We welcome Dr. I-Chueh Huang and Dr. Julia Lyubovitsky to GGB!
Dr. Huang's research objective is to contribute to a comprehensive understanding of the innate immune control of viral infections, and help create novel therapies for viral diseases based on this understanding.
Dr. Lyubovitsky's laboratory is pursuing interdisciplinary research spanning disciplines such as Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Engineering with a goal to develop molecular level understanding and control of protein/peptide assembly and disassembly and to apply this knowledge to diseases, tissue engineering, nanotechnology and biomaterials.
Again, a warm welcome to GGB!
Welcome Fall 2012 Incoming GGB Graduate Students!
October 18, 2012
The Fall 2012 Graduate Students are here! (L-R) Maggie Lu, Tim Tran, Eric Smith, Michael Matson, and Quynh Lam. (Not pictured: Patrick Schreiner.)
Congratulations to Amruta Garud for Best Presentation and Stephanie Coffman for Honorable Mention at the 2012 GGB Graduate Student Research Symposium
September 19, 2012
Once again the GGB Graduate Student Research Symposium, held on September 19, 2012, was a great success. We thank all the students for their outstanding presentations and the faculty members who participated.
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Samantha Lewis Wins Awards and a Fellowship
July 26, 2012
Good job, Samantha! She was awarded a Student Travel Award and Best Poster Award at the Society of Nematologists Symposium on Nematode Genomics. Also, Samantha won the Carl Storm Minority Fellowship at the Gordon Research Conference on Mitochondria and Chloroplasts. Keep up the good work!
Welcome to GGB's Newest Faculty Member, Bradley White
July 13, 2012
A warm welcome to Dr. Bradley White, Assistant Professor of Entomology.
Dr. White's research is on the genetic basis of phenotypic diversity in Anopheles malaria mosquitoes. He is particularly interested in studying traits of medical and/or ecological importance. To do this, he and his lab utilize a variety of techniques ranging from experimental genetics to computational genomics to field studies.
Steven Ahrendt Receives Klotz Memorial Travel Award
July 12, 2012
The Honors and Awards Committee of the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology has awarded GGB Graduate Student, Steven Ahrendt, a Klotz Memorial Travel Award to support his travel to the 2012 Mycological Society of America meeting to be held at the New Haven, CT, July 15 – 18, 2012, to present "Analysis of a putative sensory rhodopsin in the Chytridiomycota." Congratulations, Steven!
The 2012-2013 Guru Gobind Singh Fellowship is Awarded to Divya Sain
July 9, 2012
We are pleased to announce that Divya Sain has been award the prestigious Guru Gobind Singh Fellowhsip for 2012-2013! This award is a UC- system wide award given to one graduate student every year among all the UCs. Good job, Divya!
In 1988 the University received a bequest from the late Mr. Karam Singh Maughan to establish an endowment to support graduate fellowships (named for Guru Gobind Singh, the Sikh religious leader) to be awarded to graduates of universities in a specific area of India and Pakistan for the purpose of pursuing graduate study at the University of California.
To be eligible, a student must (1) be a graduate of an Indian or Pakistani university, (2) be committed to returning to her or his country of origin after receiving the degree, and (3) not have engaged previously in graduate study at any other institution of higher learning in the United States. Mr. Maughan also specified that individuals already holding the master's degree will have preference.
The award for the 2012-13 year is for $30,000, which can be used to pay fees and stipend.
Stephanie Coffman is Accepted into the UC Riverside NSF Integrated Graduate Education Research and Training (IGERT) Program in Video Bioinformatics
October 19, 2011
Congratulations Stephanie! Video Bioinformatics themes are organismal dynamics, intercellular and tissue dynamics, intracellular dynamics. Stephanie will gain an understanding of the engineering principles involved in multiple imaging modalities, video processing, analysis, data mining, and databases.
Rizi Ai is Awarded a 2011-2012 Dissertation Year Program Fellowship Award
October 18, 2011
Good job, Rizi Ai--she was awarded a Dissertation Year Program Fellowship Award for 2011-12. Rizi's proposal is titled "Modeling of Protein Flexibility and Inter-molecular Interactions: Application to Drug Design and Discovery."
Welcome Fall 2011 Incoming GGB Graduate Students!
October 18, 2011
An enthusiastic welcome to our incoming Fall 2011 Graduate Students, (L-R) Caroline Sjogren, Holly Smith, Raissa Green, Arit Ghosh, and Ji Su Ha. (Not pictured: Jolly Shrivastava.)
2011 GGB Graduate Student Research Symposium is Another Great Success!
September 19, 2011
Congratulations to Patrick Schacht for Best Presentation and Sumana Pasala for Honorable Mention at the 2011 GGB Graduate Student Research Symposium. The presentations were excellent, and we thank all of the students and faculty members who participated.
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Ritu Chaudhury Awarded Prestigious Guru Gobind Singh Fellowship for 2011-2012
July 26, 2011
We are happy to announce that GGB Graduate Student, Ritu Chaudhary, has been awarded a Guru Gobind Singh Fellowship for 2011-2012. In 1988 the University of California established an endowment to support graduate fellowships (named for Guru Gobind Singh, the Sikh religious leader) to be awarded to graduates of universities in a specific area of India and Pakistan for the purpose of pursuing graduate study at the University of California. Congratulations Ritu!
Samantha Lewis is selected to be part of the USA delegation at the Lindau Nobel Meeting in Germany
June 9, 2011
Good news! GGB Graduate Student, Samantha Lewis, has been selected to be part of the Lindau Nobel Meeting in Germany. The 61st Meeting of Nobel Laureates is dedicated to Physiology or Medicine and takes place from June 26th to July 1st, 2011 at Lindau/Germany. 24 Nobel Laureates and 570 young researchers from 80 countries will attend this unique forum.
Distinguished Professor of Genetics, Susan R. Wessler, has joined GGB
March 22, 2011
A warm welcome to Dr. Susan R. Wessler, Member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Wessler's major focus is Transposable elements(TEs) in plants with a focus on the characterization of active transposable elements and a determination of how they contribute to genome evolution and adaptation. To address these questions her lab uses a combination of genetic, biochemical and genomic approaches. TEs are genetic elements that can move (transpose) from one position to another in the genome. They vary in structure, mechanism of transposition, and target site preference. Most TE families include autonomous copies that can code for the transposition enzymatic machinery, and nonautonomous copies that are unable to encode these enzymes, but that can still be mobilized in trans. TEs or sequences derived from TEs are believed to be ubiquitous in all living organisms. However, the impact of TEs on the evolution of plants and other higher organisms has been the subject of considerable discussion and even controversy.
Congratulations to Divya Sain for 2011 Klotz Memorial Travel Award
February 8, 2011
We congratulate Divya Sain, who was awarded a 2011 Klotz Memorial Travel Award for attending the Fungal Genetics Conference in Pacific Grove, Asilomar, CA from 15th to 21st March 2011. The Leo J. Klotz Memorial Endowment Fund assists graduate students in the department of Plant Pathology in attending national meetings to present papers.
Welcome Fall 2010 Incoming GGB Graduate Students!
September 28, 2010
We welcome our new incoming Fall 2010 Graduate Students, (L-R) Jifeng Lu, Keira Lucas, Sarah Perry, Mitchell Lucas, Amruta Garud, Stephanie Coffman, and Steven Ahrendt. (Not pictured: Meenakshi Kagda.)
2010 GGB Graduate Student Research Symposium a Great Success!
September 22, 2010
Thank you to all of the students for their excellent presentations this year! We appreciate all the faculty members who attended, judged, and participated.
Congratulations to Rizi Ai for Best Presentation and Sovrav Roy for Honorable Mention. Click here for pictures!
Shruti Lal is Awarded the Gordon Research Conference on Plant Molecular Biology Travel Award, and UCR-GSA Conference Travel Award, 2010
September 16, 2010
Our congratulations to GGB Graduate Student, Shruti Lal, who was awarded the Gordon Research Conference on Plant Molecular Biology Travel Award, and the UCR-GSA Conference Travel Award. The Gordon Research Conferences provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of frontier research in the biological, chemical, and physical sciences, and their related technologies.
Graduate Student Samantha Lewis Receives Prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2010-2013
May 10, 2010
We congratulate Samantha Lewis on her receipt of a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship.
The title of her proposal was "Mitochondrial DNA recombination in a natural population of the nematode Thaumamermis cosgrovei."
Only 20 awards were given in the field of Genetics nationwide, and Samantha's was the only one awarded to CNAS in 2010. There were 8 awards to the campus total. The fellowship comes with a three-year annual stipend with a cost of education allowance for tuition and fees, and a one-time international travel allowance. More information about this award can be found at (http://www.nsfgrfp.org/about_the_program/promotional_materials).
James Starret is awarded a Dissertation Year Program Fellowship
May 8, 2010
We would like to recognize GGB Graduate Student, James Starret, who was awarded a Disseration Year Program Fellowship for 2010. This fellowship will provide James with stipend support plus payment of fees. All students who received these awards campus wide were ranked both by their own programs and by a subcommittee of the Graduate Council based on a number of factors.
James' proposal was "Spide Silk Evolution Across Ancient and Recent Divergences."
Congratulations on your accomplishment, James!
GGB GSA Picnic, Winter 2010
May 7, 2010
The GGB GSA hosted a picnic for GGB graduate students and their friends and family in Winter quarter.
A good time was had by all. Check out the pictures here!
Alexander Michkov Receives the 2010 Klotz Memorial Travel Fund Award
May 7, 2010
Congratuations to Graduate Student, Alexander Michkov, who received the 2010 Klotz Memoriai Travel Fund Award for travel to the Neurospora conference in Asilomar. Established in 1985, the Leo J. Klotz Memorial Endowment Fund assists graduate students in the department of Plant Pathology in attending national meetings to present papers. Dr. Klotz was a Professor of Plant Pathology from 1928-1962, chairing the department from 1946 to 1957.
Sourav Roy is Awarded the Klotz Memorial Travel Fund Award And the Oomycete Molecular Genetics Workshop Travel Award
May 7, 2010
We congratulate GGB Graduate Student, Sourav Roy, on his two 2009 travel awards, the Klotz Memorial Travel Fund Award and the Oomycete Molecular Genetics Workshop Travel Award. The Oomycete Genomics Research Collaboration Network provides training to oomycete molecular genetics researchers in the use of bioinformatics and genomics resources.
GGB Graduate Students are Publishing In Scientific Journals
May 6, 2010
Kudos to our graduate students who are publishing in scientific journals. Below is a list of their recent publications. Keep up the good work!
Matthew Collinis a first author for the following publications.
Collin, M.A., Mita, K. Sehnal, F., Hayashi, C.Y. Molecular evolution of lepidopteran silk proteins: insights from the ghost moth, Hepialus californicus. Journal of Molecular Evolution(Accepted) DOI 10.1007/s00239-010-9349-8.
Collin M.A., Camama, E., Swanson, B.O., Edgerly, J.S., Hayashi, C.Y. (2009) Comparison of embiopteran silks reveals tensile and structural similarities across taxa. Biomacromolecues. 10, pp. 2286-2274.
Collin, M.A., Garb, J.E., Edgerly, J.S., Hayashi, C.Y. (2009) Characterization of silk spun by the embiopteran, Antipaluria urichi. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 39, pp. 75-82.
Sourav Roy is co-author of papers in Nature and Fungal Genetics and Biology:
Haas BJ, Kamoun S, ..., Roy S, ..., Judelson HS, Nusbaum C. 2009. Genome sequence and analysis of the Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Nature. 461(7262):393-8.
Xiang Q, Kim KS, Roy S, Judelson HS, 2009. A motif within a complex promoter from the oomycete Phytophthora infestans determines transcription during an intermediate stage of sporulation. Fungal Genet Biol. (5):400-9.
Divya Sain co-authored a paper published in Nature: Li-Jun Ma, H. Charlotte van der Does, Katherine A. Borkovich, ..Divya Sain,.. H. Corby Kistler, Martijn Rep. 2010. Comparative genomics reveals mobile pathogenicity chromosomes in Fusarium. Nature. 464, 367-373.