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BIOLOGY IN THE NEWS |
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Assistant professor's research on synapse assembly available on video abstract |
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Assistant Professor, Chris Deppmann, and his colleagues at the The Johns Hopkins University, Shandong University, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute report on the role of long-distance retrograde neurotrophin signaling in the establishment of synapses in the sympathetic nervous system. This research, published in the August issue of Neuron, reports that target-derived NGF is both necessary and sufficient for formation of postsynaptic specializations on dendrites of sympathetic neurons. This, in turn, is a prerequisite for formation of presynaptic specializations, but not preganglionic axonal ingrowth from the spinal cord into sympathetic ganglia.
View the complete article, including a video abstract at Cell.com>>
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Chris Deppmann, Assistant Professor of Biology |
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Good news! The Genomics Core Facility in the Department of Biology is now on Twitter. Get short timely messages about sequencing services now>> |
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Graduate student, Jessica Abbate,
publishes a new article on the mating capability of fungi in the August 2010 issue of The Journal of Evolutionary Biology. To read more about her article, "Dynamic linkage relationships to the mating-type locus in automictic fungi of the genus Microbotryum," visit the online abstract >> |
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W.L. Lyons Brown Professor, Robert Grainger, is the principal investigator on a new $3.4 million grant that will allow the Marine Biological Laboratory to establish a Xenopus frog facility. This facility will support research that aims to understand the potential for the regeneration of human tissues and organs. Press Release>> |
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Kudos to Assistant Professor, Sarah Kucenas, for securing a $333,000 NIH grant to support her research on the cellular and molecular mechanisms that mediate peripheral nerve development. This research has implications for facilitating new drug therapies intended to treat peripheral neuropathies. |
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Congratulations to Assistant Professors Martin Wu and Lei Li who recieved a faculty exploratory visit grant from the College of Arts and Sciences. This grant will provide funds as part of U.Va.'s initiative to deepen global education which includes a trilateral collaboration between U.Va., Hong Kong Univeristy of Science and Technology, and Peking University. |
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Assistant Professor, Melissa Henriksen, and two Biology graduate students, Shaili Shah and Lauren Buro, published a recent methodology paper in the Journal of Visualized Experiments. View the associated video>> |
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UPCOMING EVENTS__________________________________________________ |
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Thu, Sep 09: |
Keck Center for Cellular Imaging: "Open House," with Ammasi Periasamy, Ph.D., Research Professor of Biology and Director of the W.M. Keck Center, University of Virginia. 9:00am-5:00pm, Gilmer Hall Room 064. |
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Fri, Sep 10: |
Fleming Seminar: "Merging ecology and genomics to understand evolution during periods of rapid environmental change," Stephen Keller, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota. 12:00pm, Gilmer Auditorium 190. Refreshments served in the Lobby at 11:45am. |
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