PCMB Facilities
Jennings Hall
1735 Neil Avenue
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Jennings
Hall will be renovated in 2005-2006 and will house modern teaching labs
and offices for the Department of PCMB as well as other units in the
College of Biological Sciences.
Directions to Jennings Hall
From State Route 315 - Exit at Lane Avenue and
go east. Turn right on Olentangy River Road. Turn left on John Herrick
Drive. Turn right on Cannon Drive. Turn left on West 12th Avenue. Jennings
Hall is at the corner of W. 12th and Neil Ave.
From I-71 - Exit at 11th Avenue and go west. Follow
11th Avenue to Grant Avenue. Turn right and make an immediate left onto
Chittenden. Turn left on High Street and make an immediate right on 11th
Avenue. Turn right on Neil. Turn left on West 12th Avenue. Jennings Hall
is at the corner of W. 12th and Neil Ave.
From I-70 - Exit at 71 North and take 670 West.
Follow the signs to 315 North. Exit at Lane Avenue and go east. Turn right
on Olentangy River Road. Turn left on John Herrick Drive. Turn right on
Cannon Drive. Turn left on West 12th Avenue. Jennings Hall is at the corner
of W. 12th and Neil Ave.
Visitor Parking: There are several parking garages
(see
map) within walking distance of Jennings Hall. Garage K is the closest
garage to Jennings Hall, located behind Jennings Hall on West 12th Avenue.
COTA Bus Service: The COTA Bus System serves the
Jennings Hall area, stopping at the intersection of West 12th Avenue and
Neil Avenue. For schedule information, please call (614) 228-1776 or visit COTA's
web site
PCMB NEWS
A MDA (Muscular Dystrophy Association) sponsored post-doctoral position is available in the Department of Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology/Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, starting on August 1st 2008.
The researcher will work in the field of mitochondria biogenesis and study the assembly process of c-type cytochromes, a class of hemoproteins with covalent attachment of the heme co-factor to a CXXCH motif on the apocytochrome. Cytochromes c are versatile molecules that function in electron transfer reactions but also in signaling the death pathways. Their assembly process is not understood and in humans mutations in the only known cytochrome c assembly factor cause a neurodevelopmental disease with cardiomyopathic manifestations.
The future hire will use yeast as an experimental system and focus on 1)
elucidating the biochemical activity of Cyc2p a novel mitochondrial flavoprotein that controls a yet-to-be-defined redox step in the heme attachment reaction to apocytochrome and 2) identifying additional mammalian cytochrome-c assembly factors. Because we suspect a role of
Cyc2p in thiol-based chemistry, the researcher will also take part in on-going genetic experiments to 3) further dissect the pathway(s) that operate in intermembrane thiol-based redox chemistry. Thiol-based chemistry in the
mitochondrial intermembrane space is a recent and novel development in the field since the discovery of catalysts that promote disulfide bond formation. Molecular genetics and biochemical approaches will be used to answer the scientific questions we are interested in. Interested candidates
should send a cover letter, resume, and a list of three referees to Dr. Patrice Hamel at hamel.16@osu.edu. Use Post-doctoral Position in the subject line. For additional information, see also Dr. Hamel's Web Site.
Erich Grotewold Receives Grant from US-Israeli Binational Agricultural
Research and Development Fund
We are pleased to announce that Erich Grotewold has been awarded another new grant.
This is a 3-year award from the US-Israeli Binational Agricultural
Research and Development Fund. It is in the amount of $137,000 and is
entitled "Regulation of tomato fruit development by interacting MYB proteins."
Erich Grotewold Receives DOE And NSF Grants
Erich Grotewold has been awarded 3-year grant in the amount o $449,390 from the DOE, entitled "Engineering phenolic metabolism in the grasses using transcription factors."
Erich has also been awarded a second, major grant from NSF (Plant Genome). It is a 3-year award in the amount of $2,479,632 entitled "The Grass Regulome Initiative: Integrating control of gene expression and agronomic traits across the grasses.
David Somers' Lab Published In Nature
David Somers’ group has published an article in Nature (Sept. 20)
entitled, “ZEITLUPE is a circadian photoreceptor stabilized by GIGANTEA
in blue light.” Woe-Yeon Kim and Sumire Fujiwara are co-first authors.
Erich Grotewold Awarded USDA Grant
Erich Grotewold has been awarded a grant from the USDA in the amount of $201,025 for a two-year study entitled, “Transposons as gene control elements.”
Rebecca Lamb Receives OPBC Award
Rebecca Lamb has received an award of $57,567 over two years from the OPBC for a study entitled, ”Two Arabidopsis WWE-PARP proteins involved in abiotic stress response and development.”
Plant Biotechnology In-Floor Seminar Series Schedule
Follow the link below for a schedule of informal 30-40 min seminars that
will take place at noon on Fridays in room 189 of Rightmire Hall.
Schedule
[pdf]
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