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October, 2009
Jim Shorter, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics in the School of Medicine, is a recipient of a 2009 Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar Award in Aging. The award provides support for newly independent investigators, beginning in their first three years after their postdoctoral training. It also provides funding up to $100,000 per year for a four-year period to a maximum of 25 scholars. Dr. Shorter studies how baker’s yeast can be applied to the study of such lethal nerve degeneration disorders as Alzheimer’s disease.
September, 2009
Mark Lemmon, Diego Alvarado, and Daryl Klein coauthored a paper, “ErbB2 resembles an autoinhibited invertebrate epidermal growth factor receptor” published in the September 10, 2009 edition of Nature. Read it here.
July, 2009
Walter Englander has been named the winner of the 2010 Founders Award of the Biophysical Society "for pioneering the development of hydrogen exchange ('HX') techniques for exploring the stability, interactions and dynamics of macromolecules and their folding." He will receive the Award at the 2010 meeting of the Biophysical Society in San Francisco in Feb 2010.
Kristen Lynch has been appointed Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics and joins the Department July 1.
June, 2009
Eiko Nagamaru-Ogiso was appointed Research Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics.
May 2009
Ben Black received a 2009 Rita Allen Foundation Award. The Rita Allen Foundation Scholar Award is made to early stage investigators at leading medical research institutions who show promise of becoming leaders in the fields of neuroscience, immunology, and in the cure and treatment of cancer, cerebral palsy, and multiple sclerosis. Ben was recognized for his project: Exploring and Exploiting Epigenetic Centromere Mechanisms for Establishing Chromosome Stability.
Congratulations again to Ben Black (and Emily Bassett and Stacey Wood) for their paper published in the May 1, 2009 edition of Cell.
April 2009
 On April 19, 2009 Dr. Britton Chance received an honorary degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) in Wuhan, China. Dr. Chance is a strong supporter of Biomedical Photonics in China and has a center named in his honor, the BC CBMP, at HUST.
March 2009
Mildred Cohn will be inducted in the National Women's Hall of Fame (2009). This year's receipients represent the "very best of America. Overcoming sexism, stereotypical expectations of women, and personal obstacles, each has become a stellar example of greatness in her field." In addition, Mildred has been named a Fellow in the International Society of Magnetic Resonance (ISMAR) 2008.
February 2009
Congratulations to Mitch Lewis, recipient of the 2009 Dean's Award for Excellence in Basic Science Teaching. This award was established in 1987 to recognize teaching excellence and commitment to medical education in the basic sciences.
 In honor of the Darwin Bicentenary, the department is offering a t-shirt with the first known sketch of an evolutionary tree drawn by Darwin himself. The shirts sells for $6 and can be purchased in the Academic offices, 245 Anatomy-Chemistry Building. Click on the image at left to see the entire design.
December 2008
 Six Years of Science Trivia goes on sale. This quiz book is a compilation of questions and answers from the running monitor displays in the hallways of the Anatomy-Chemistry Building and the Stellar-Chance Labs. See Angie in the departmental office to buy your copy. $10.
September 2008
A Life in Resonance: A Scientific Symposium to Honor the Memory and Scientific Contributions of John S. Leigh, Jr., Ph.D. was held Friday September 12, 2008 in the Dunlop Auditorium. More details.
July 2008
Mark Lemmon becomes Interium Chair of the Department.
April 2008
William DeGrado receives the American Chemical Society's 2008 Ralph F. Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry, sponsored by Merck Research Laboratories. The award recognizes and encourages "outstanding achievements in the chemistry, biochemistry, and biophysics of peptides.
September 2007
Jim Shorter is the recipient of a 2007 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award for his research in developing biochemical methods to combat diseases caused by nerve degeneration, such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and Huntington’s Diseases.
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