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Dr. Joseph Petolino, from Dow AgroSciences, has published the paper titled “Designed transcriptional regulators for trait development” in the journal Plant Science. Please use the attached link to read the abstract of the paper http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23352411.


Dr. Chuansheng Mei, from the Institute for Sustainable and Renewable Resources/The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (Danville, VA), received grant funding from the DOE/USDA for the project titled “Plant feedstock genomics for bioenergy: develop a low input switchgrass feedstock production system utilizing beneficial bacterial endophytes “.

Dr. Mei published a manuscript titled “Plant hormone jasmonate prioritizes defense over growth by interfering with gibberellin signaling cascade” in the journal Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. Please use the attached link to read the abstract of the paper http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Mei+C+AND+PNAS . This article has already been cited 16 times.

Dr. Mei also published a manuscript titled “Growth promotion and colonization of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) cv. Alamo by bacterial endophyte Burkholderia phytofirmans strain PsJN” in the journal Biotechnology for Biofuels.

Please use the attached links to learn more about this paper, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Mei+C+AND+biotechnology+for+biofuels, http://www.biotechnologyforbiofuels.com/content/5/1/37. This article has already been accessed 1,812 times and has been cited 3 times.

In addition, Dr. Mei gave a presentation in Plant and Animal Genomics in San Diego, CA in January 2012, and at the National Sun Grant Conference in New Orleans, LA in October 2012, and will give a presentation at the 3rd World Biomass Conference in Nanjing in April 2013.


Dr. Özge Çelik, Assistant Professor at İstanbul Kültür Üniversitesi, has published the following book chapter and book:

Dr. Çelik’s book chapter titled “Micropropagation of Anthurium spp.” has been published in Plant Science book. The book has been edited by Nabin Kumar Dhal and Dr. Sudam Charan Sahu and published by InTech Open Access Publisher. ISBN number is 978-953-51-0905-1 and DOI number is 10.5772/51426.

You can also reach the chapter with this web-site: http://www.intechopen.com/books/plant-science/micropropagation-of-anthurium-spp-

Dr. Çelik’s book has been published by Lambert Academic Publishing. The name of the book is “Biochemical Markers of Plant Salt Tolerance: Comparative Investigation on Antioxidative Metabolism”. The book has been published in August, 2012. ISBN numbers are ISBN-10: 3659228214, ISBN-13: 978-3659228216. You can also reach the book from this web site: http://www.amazon.com/Biochemical-Markers-Plant-Salt-Tolerance/dp/3659228214

Dr. Özge Çelik has aslo recently published the following publications listed below:

Sevim Akyüz, Tanıl Akyüz, Özge Çelik, Çimen Atak. FTIR AND EDXRF investigations of salt tolerant soybean mutants. Journal of Molecular Structure Doi: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2013.01.025 Özge Çelik, Çimen Atak. The effect of salt stress on antioxidative enzymes and proline content of two Turkish tobacco varieties. Turkish Journal of Biology 36:339-356, 2012

Özge Çelik, Çimen Atak. Evaluation of the proline accumulation and Δ’-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase (P5CS) gene expression during salinity stress in two soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) varieties. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies 21(3): 559-564, 2012


Dr. Murray Boase, Senior Scientist of the New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research, has had two abstracts accepted for presentation at the 20th Biennial Meeting of the New Zealand Branch of the International Association for Plant Biotechnology (IAPB); February 25 – 28, 2013 at Waiheke Island in Auckland (Click here for meeting information). The titles of the abstracts are listed below.

  • Complementation of an anthocyanin regulatory mutant in Cymbidium orchid by stable transformation with R2R3-MYB and bHLH transcription factors from maize produced red-leaved phenotypes.
  • Contrasting phenotypes produced from complementation of an anthocyanin MYB regulatory mutant in ‘Mitchell’ petunia with intragenic and heterologous autoregulatory R2R3-MYB transcription factor constructs.

 

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Dr. Kolla Kristjansdottir, Assistant Professor in the Biomedical Sciences Program at Midwestern University (Downer Grove, IL), is a co-author on the paper titled “CDK-dependent Hsp70 Phosphorylation controls G1 cyclin abundance and cell-cycle progression” that was published in the journal Cell. Please use the attached link to read the abstract of the paper http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23217712.


Dr. James Radosevich, from the University of Illinois at Chicago, is the Editor of a book titled “HPV and Cancer” that was recently published by Springer. Please use the following link to learn more about this book
http://www.springer.com/biomed/cancer/book/978-94-007-5436-2.
ISBN 978-94-007-5436-2
ISBN 978-94-007-5437-9 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-5437-9
Library of Congress Control Number: 2012954176


Dr. Nelly Auersperg has retired from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, Women’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Listed below are some of the recent awards and publications which highlight her distinguished career in cancer research.

Honors and awards

  • University of B.C., Faculty of Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award, 2007
  • Nelly Auersperg Symposium on the Origin of Ovarian Cancer, 2008
  • Doctor of Science, h.c., Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C,.2008
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (UK), 2008
  • U.B.C. Alumni Life Time Achievement Award, 2011

Publications (2010 – present)

  • Zheng J, Mercado-Uribe I, Rosen DG, Chang B, Liu P, Yang G, Malpica A, Noara H, Auersperg N, Mills GB, Bast RC, Liu J. Induction of papillary carcinoma in human ovarian surface epithelial cells using combined genetic elements and peritoneal microenvironment. Cell Cycle. 2010 Jan 1;9(1):140-6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20016289
  • Maines-Bandiera S, Woo MM, Borugian M, Molday LL, Hii T, Gilks B, Leung PC, Molday RS, Auersperg N. Oviductal glycoprotein (OVGP1, MUC9): a differentiation-based mucin present in serum of women with ovarian cancer. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2010 Jan;20(1):16-22. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20130498
  • Cheng JC, Auersperg N, Leung PC. Inhibition of p53 induces invasion of serous borderline ovarian tumor cells by accentuating PI3K/Akt-mediated suppression of E-cadherin. Oncogene. 2011 Mar 3;30(9):1020-31. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20972462
  • Cheng JC, Auersperg N, Leung PC. Inhibition of p53 represses E-cadherin expression by increasing DNA methyltransferase-1 and promoter methylation in serous borderline ovarian tumor cells. Oncogene. 2011 Apr 11 Sep 15;30(37):3930-42. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21478913
  • Auersperg N. The origin of ovarian carcinomas: a unifying hypothesis. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2011 30:12-21. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21131839
  • Klausen C, Auersperg N. HOXA4 protein levels and localization in the aorta and in human abdominal aortic aneurysms. BMC Physiol. 2011 Dec 14;11:18. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22168796
  • Cheng JC, Auersperg N, Leung PC. EGF-induced EMT and invasiveness in serous borderline ovarian tumor cells: a possible step in the transition to low-grade serous carcinoma cells? PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e34071. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22479527
  • Cheng JC, Auersperg N, Leung PC.TGF-beta induces serous borderline ovarian tumor cell invasion by activating EMT but triggers apoptosis in low-grade serous ovarian carcinoma cells.PLoS One. 2012;7(8):e42436. Epub 2012 Aug 15. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22905131
  • Auersperg N.The origin of ovarian cancers – hypotheses and controversies . Front Biosci (Schol Ed). 2013 Jan 1;5:709-19. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23277080

Dr. Frank Barile, Professor of Clinical & Applied Toxicology at St. John’s University College of Pharmacy, has been given the distinguished position of Editor-in-Chief (Rest of World) for Toxicology in Vitro, along with Daniel Acosta and Bas Blauboer; replacing Daniel Dietrich. Dr. Barile also publsihing the 2nd edition of Principles of Toxicology Testing, CRC Press, New York and U.K., January 2013 (formerly published with InformaHealthCare Publishers).

Frank A. Barile, Ph.D.
Professor of Clinical & Applied Toxicology
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
St. John’s University College of Pharmacy
Clinical Toxicology: Principles and Mechanisms, Second Edition
Principles of Toxicology Testing


 

The following Biotechnology training courses are being offered at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD.  These Workshops are sponsored by the Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences.  For more information on these workshops please visit www.biotrac.com.

 

March Workshops

Stem Cell: Principles & Applications, March 4-8, 2013
iPSC II: Induced Human Pluripotent Stem Cells (hiPSC); Differentiation to Neural Lineages, March 11-15, 2013
Immunocytochemistry, March 20-22, 2013
Proteomics: Principles and Methods, March 25-29, 2013

April Workshops

Epigenetics, April 2-5, 2013
Nanotechnology in Medicine, April 10-12, 2013
Hybridization Techniques: Labeling, Detection & Applications, April 16-19, 2013
Immunochemistry and Monoclonal Antibody Production, April 22-26, 2013
Animal and Human Cell Culture: Method and Applications, April 29-May 3, 2013

May Workshops

Animal and Human Cell Culture: Method and Applications, April 29-May 3, 2013
Flow Cytometry: Principles and Methods, May 7-10, 2013
miRNA: Tools and Technologies for the Quantitative and Functional Analysis in Mammalian Cells, May 20-23, 2013
Protein Informatics, May 14-16, 2013
Advanced Microarray Analysis and Pathway Integration, May 20-23, 2013
Mitochondrial Molecular Biology and Pathology Workshop, May 21-23, 2013

June Workshops

Recombinant DNA Methodology, June 3-7, 2013
Clinical Proteomics and Biomarker Discovery, June 17-21, 2013

July Workshops

PCR Methodology: Principles, Optimization and Applications, July 9-12, 2013
Bioinformatic Analysis of Next Generation Sequencing Data, July 9-12, 2013
Real Time Quantitative PCR, July 15-19, 2013
Using TALENS for Gene Enginerring, July 29-31, 2013

August Workshops

Laser Capture Microdissection: Methods for Microgenomic Analysis, August 5-9, 2013
Making iPSC from Blood, August 12-16, 2013

September Workshops

Principles and Applications of DNA Microarrays, September 9-13, 2013
Biotechnology Techniques, September 16, 20, 2013
Proteomics: Principles and Methods, September 23-27, 2013

October Workshops

Stem Cell: Principles & Applications, September 30-October 4, 2013
IPS: Principles and Methods, October 8-10, 2013
Bioinformatic Analysis of Next Generation Sequencing Data, October 8-11, 2013
Small Interfering RNA (siRNA) & Functional Genomics, October 30 – November 1, 2013
Vaccines: Development and Evaluation of Efficacy, October 22-25, 2013
miRNA: Tools and Techniques for the Quantitative and Functional Analysis in Mammalian Cells, October 20 – November 1, 2013

November Workshops

Protein-DNA Interactions: Gene Specific and Epigentic Regulation of Expression of the Mammalian Genome, November 4-8, 2013
Flow Cytometry: Principles and Methods, November 12-15, 2013
Expression, Detection & Purification of Recombinant Proteins in Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic Cells, November 20-22, 2013

December Workshops

Epigentics, December 3-6, 2013
Digital Imaging, December 9-11, 2013

January Workshops

Transgenic Technology: Methods and Application, January 27-31, 2014
Immunofluorescence & Confocal Microscopy, January 21-24, 2014
Real Time and Quantitative PCR, January 27-31, 2014

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