News from 2013

ON APRIL 11, STEVE MCKNIGHT PRESENTS 2013 BLOCH LECTURE

       This year’s Bloch Lecture will be given by Steve McKnight, Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.  The title of…

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MOLECULAR CLOCKWORK OF BACTERIAL TIME-KEEPING [O’SHEA LAB]

Erin O'Shea (l) and Andrian Gutu The day-night cycle is the most predictable environmental variation on Earth. Many organisms, ranging from bacteria to humans have evolved endogenous time-keeping…

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ONE GENE, MANY MUTATIONS, CONTRIBUTE TO MOUSE SURVIVAL [HOEKSTRA LAB]

In recent years, a growing number of studies have reported the identity of genes that contribute to phenotypic variation.  However, few have narrowed the causative effects down to…

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Steve Zimmerman Receives 2013 Dean’s Distinction Award

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Prof. John Dowling to Speak at Faculty Author Series

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ROBERT LUE FILLS NEW FACULTY DIRECTOR POSITION AT BOK CENTER

Robert A. Lue, professor of the practice of molecular and cellular biology, is the inaugural Richard L. Menschel Faculty Director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and…

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Jeff Lichtman Lecture – Connectomics: Mapping of the Brain

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NATURE VIDEO FEATURE [ENGERT LAB]

Read full story in Nature I NEWS FEATURE Further reading on this work in Nature or download PDF; Nature 485, 471-477 (24 May 2012)  View Florian Engert's Faculty…

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MODULARITY OF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS ENABLES MULTIFUNCTIONAL SIGNAL PROCESSING [O’SHEA LAB]

Nan Hao (l) and Erin O'Shea Living organisms respond to external cues and initiate appropriate physiological responses through activation of transcription factors, which regulate expression of target genes.…

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