QCB News
Marcyk Publication
February 4, 2019
Paul Marcyk (Cook lab) was first author on Stereoinversion of Unactivated Alcohols by Tethered Sulfonamides, a paper published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
Selivanovitch Publication
January 18, 2019
Kate Selivanovitch (Douglas Lab) was second author on Cargo Retention inside P22 Virus-Like Particles, a paper published in Biomacromolecules.
Ramos Publication
December 17, 2018
Sashary Ramos (Thielges Lab) was first author on Conformational Change Induced by Putidaredoxin Binding to Ferrous CO-ligated Cytochrome P450cam Characterized by 2D IR Spectroscopy, a paper published in Frontier in Molecular Biosciences.
Spring Travel Awards
December 5, 2018
Congratulations to Brenna Walsh (Giedroc lab) for receiving two travel awards! She received the Provost’s Travel Award for Women in Science and the Fall College of Arts and Science Travel Award to attend a Gordon Research Conference and Seminar in January.
2018 Women in Science Conference
November 6, 2018
Congratulations to Kate Selivanovitch (Douglas lab) on receiving a first place Oral Presentation Award at the 2018 Women in Science Conference held at Notre Dame University. Kate also received a travel grant to attend and share her work at the conference.
Last QCB Evening of the Fall 2018 Semester
November 2, 2018
Join us for another QCB Evening on Monday, November 5th from 5:30-7:00 pm in Chemistry C033. Talks will be given by current QCB Trainees, Paul Marcyk (Cook lab) and Jhavni Sharma (Douglas lab). Pizza and beverages will be provided.
9th Annual August M. Watanabe Symposium in Chemical Biology: Virology and Antivirals
October 3, 2018
We would like to invite you to the 9th Annual August M. Watanabe Symposium in Chemical Biology: Virology and Antivirals.
The Watanabe Symposium will be held on the campus of Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, in the Department of Chemistry on Saturday, October 20, 2018. This year the emphasis will be on virology and antivirals. A light breakfast will be available starting at 8 am and the first presentation begin at 8:50. Talks and posters continue through the day to 5:00 pm. There is a wonderful list of speakers, so we encourage you to join us. You can follow the link below to register for the event. Priority will be given to QCB Trainer Labs for Poster Session.
Invited speakers this year:
Paul Ahlquist, University of Wisconsin, Madison, HHMI
Steve Harrison, Harvard Medical School, HHMI
Priscilla Yang, Harvard Medical School
Z. Hong Zhou, UCLA
Registration: https://iuqcb.indiana.edu/events/watanabe-symposium/
Agenda and speaker bios: 2018 Watanabe Symposium Program
The Watanabe Symposium honors the late August “Gus” Watanabe, a renowned physician, researcher and professor who led research and development at Eli Lilly and Company for nearly a decade, and who was a pioneer in the study of the cellular mechanics of the heart. IN 1994, Watanabe assumed the role as President of Lilly Research Laboratories and is responsible for launching eleven new and pivotal pharmaceutical products.
First QCB Evening of Fall 2018
September 25, 2018
Join us for the first QCB Evening of the Fall 2018 semester on Monday, October 1st from 5:30-7:00pm in Chemistry C033. Talks will be given by current QCB Trainees, Mallory Kern (Pohl lab) and Brenna Walsh (Giedroc lab).
QCB TP Steering Committee Announces Six New Appointments and More
July 15, 2018
The QCB TP Steering Committee is pleased to announce six (6) new fellowship appointments and three (3) reappointments for the upcoming 2018-2019 academic year.
Three two-year NRSA fellowships were awarded to upcoming second year students, Brooke Brown (Clemmer group), Rachel Fadler (Flood group), and Lily Klapper (VanNieuwenhze group). Three one-year fellowship awards were made to rising third-year students Mallory Kern (Pohl group) and Kate Selivanovitch (Douglas group) and an upcoming second-year student Matthew Jordan (Giedroc group). Their photos and biographical information are forthcoming! Check back to our Current Trainees page!
Three additional trainees were re-appointed to their second year of support: Steven Ratvasksy (Zaleski group), Frank Roushar (Schlebach group) and Brenna Walsh (Giedroc group).
Congratulations to all!
QCB trainee JB Holmes was highlighted in a commentary published in Nature
June 1, 2018
QCB trainee JB Holmes (Dragnea group) was highlighted in a commentary published in Nature on the American Physical Society’s innovative Bridge Program, which seeks to diversify the Physics academic community. Congratulations JB!
