Metabolomics Interest Group (MIG)
A new interest group focused on "Metabolomics" will meet monthly. The MIG is intended as an informal venue for both current research groups, as well as new users, to i) more effectively utilize campus metabolomics resources, ii) obtain user support and provide community feedback, and iii) promote opportunities for collaborative interactions.
The aims of the Metabolomics Interest Group will be to cover:
- Advances in methods/technologies/instrumentation - primarily MS techniques.
- Strategies for small molecule quantification and biomarker identification.
- Data processing pipelines and software for manipulation of large omic datasets.
- Basic training for open access instruments in the UCI Mass Spectrometry Core Facility.
The meetings will be a mix of journal club format, short presentations on specific topics and training opportunities.
Our first meeting will be on Monday, Feb 23 @ 1:00 - 2:00 pm, in BioSci III, Rm 2120 (conference room).
Monday's topic: Targeted analyte quantitation by UPLC-MS/MS.
Demonstration: MS Core Facility, Waters Quattro Premier XE (triple quadropole MS).
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Chromatin Dynamics Interest Group
Michelle Digman and Paolo Annibale will be hosting the renewal of the "Chromatin Dynamics Interest Group" on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from 3:30 - 4:30pm in Natural Sciences II, Rm 3201. (Subsequent meetings will be held every other Wednesday during the winter quarter at this same time and location).
Wednesday's topic: "Transcription kinetic heterogeneity of identical genes measured simultaneously within the same cell using fluorescence particle tracking" will be presented by Dr. Enrico Gratton (estimated time: 40 minutes + 20 minutes for questions and discussion).
Light refreshments will be provided.
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Modeling and Theoretical Biology Interest Group
The next meeting of the "Modeling & Theoretical Biology Interest Group" (MTBIG) will be on Monday, March 9 from 3:30 - 4:30 pm in BioSci III, Rm 2622 (CCBS conference room).
Discussion leader: Abed Alnaif
Topic: Coordination of patterning and growth by morphogen gradients
Discussion Paper: "Coordination of progenitor specification and growth in mouse and chick spinal cord."
Anna Kicheva et al. Science (2014), 345, 1254927; DOI: 10.1126/science.
Anna Kicheva et al. Science (2014), 345, 1254927; DOI: 10.1126/science.
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Mitochondrial Special Interest Group
The Mitochondrial Special Interest Group will be meeting next on Friday, March 13 from 3:30 - 5:00 pm in NatSci II, Rm 2201.
Dr. Chris Kenney and Dr. Pinar Coskun will be presenting on "mtDNA."
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Daniel Quang wins prize at Tsukuba Global Science Week, September 28-30, 2014
Congratulations to MCSB student Daniel Quang for winning top prize as "Outstanding Student Speaker" for his presentation on "Motif Signatures in Stretch Enhancers" at the Tsukuba Global Science week in Tuskuba, Japan.
Professor Mitsuyasu Kato presented the awards. The prize includes an invitation for a future 1-week expenses paid return trip to Japan.