Ohio State Biochemistry Program

OHIO STATE BIOCHEMISTRY PROGRAM moved to
our new office at

784 Biological Sciences
484 W. 12th Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210

Au 07 Class

AUTUMN 2007 CLASS
Our students come from around the world
to study at Ohio State.
All students receive full financial aid
as Graduate Research Associates.
This year Tiffany Waller(4th, back row)
won the University Fellowship.
Dr. Ross Dalbey, Director of the OSBP,
is pictured at the far right.

CONGRATULATIONS GRADS

Dileep Pulukkunat, Ph.D.
Dr. Venkat Gopalan, Advisor
Spring Quarter 2008

Michelle Roettger, Ph.D.
Dr. Ming-Daw Tsai, Advisor
Spring Quarter 2008

Jiqiang Ling, Ph.D.
Dr. Michael Ibba, Advisor
Summer Quarter 2008

Frank Ragone, Ph.D.
Dr. Juan Alfonzo, Advisor
Summer Quarter 2008

Jeffrey Voorhees, Ph.D.
Dr. Charles Brooks, Advisor
Summer Quarter 2008

Rui Zhang, Ph.D.
Dr. John Oberdick, Advisor
Summer Quarter 2008

CBI AWARDS FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2008-2009 ANNOUNCED
Ryan Hard, Christopher Jones, Jeff Joyner, Brandon Sullivan, Tiffany Waller and Shanen Sherrer received
fellowship awards from the Chemistry Biology Interface NIH Training Grant for the academic year beginning
Autumn 08.

Jessica Brown is the winner of a
2008-2009 International P.E.O. Scholar Award
P.E.O. is a philanthropic organization where women celebrate the advancement of women; educate women through scholarships, grants, awards, loans, and stewardship of Cottey College; and motivate women to achieve their highest aspirations.

Shanen Sherrer won 2008 Robert H. Edgerley Environmental Toxicology Summer Fellowship.

Jess Brown won the American Heart Association Pre-Doctoral Fellowship for the years of 2008-2009 and 2009-2010.

More Student Accomplishments .....

NEW FEATURE!
OUR GRADUATES - WHAT THEY ARE DOING NOW

Drs. Thomas Conrads and Brian Hood, former graduate students of the OSBP who both earned their Ph.D.s under the direction of Dr. Russ Hille, recently established a new laboratory housed in the Hillman Cancer Center at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI). Dr. Conrads joined the Faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine as Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Co-Director of the Clinical Proteomics Facility in the UPCI. Dr. Brian Hood, after working with Dr. Conrads when he was director of the mass spectrometry laboratory at the National Cancer Institute, was recruited as a Senior Research Scientist to assist with the initiation and implementation of their efforts in clinical proteomics.

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		ANNOUNCEMENTS
		We are now accepting applications for the Autumn 09 incoming class. For more information ....

		RESEARCH AT OHIO STATE
		(from the November 1, 2007 OnCampus newspaper)
		Ohio State now has the most faculty chosen as "fellows" of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. This information is from the announcement in the latest issue of the journal of Science. 15 OSU Faculty members were appointed to the AAAS as fellows. Two Ohio State Biochemistry Program professors were honored: Dr. Kathleen Boris-Lawrie, member of Veterinary Biosciences and Molecular Virology,Immunology and Medical Genetics (MVIMG) for her contributions to the field of molecular virology. Dr. Lee Johonson (Emeritus Professor), former Chairman of Molecular Genetics for his contributions to the field of Molecular Genetics. Next on the list of fellows was University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign with 11 fellows. Others included Yale, with 10 fellows, and Harvard with 9.
		Dr. James Cowan - OSBP faculty member from the Chemistry Dept. - won the Ohio State University Distinguished Scholar Award. Dr. Cowan's research focus is understanding the biological chemistry of metal ions. more information about Dr. Cowan's research lab

		From OSU Today:
		Dr. Joseph Krzycki Elected American Academy of
		Microbiology Fellow -
		OSU professor of microbiology Joseph Krzycki has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, an honorific leadership society within the American Society of Microbiology. Five years ago, Krzycki, along with OSU biochemistry professor Michael Chan, led two research teams that identified the 22nd genetically encoded amino acid, pyrrolysine. With Krzycki's induction, Ohio State now has 10 fellows in the AAM.

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