MCDB News

Donate to earthquake relief in China

2008-05-15T11:55:49Z

The Chinese Students and Scholars Association at the University of Colorado at Boulder will raise funds for earthquake relief efforts at various locations around the campus and the city from May 15 through May 18.

"The sooner we can act, the less they will suffer," said association President Jing Yin, a doctoral candidate in the CU-Boulder physics department. All of the money collected will be donated to the Red Cross Society of China to help with relief efforts for those affected by this week's deadly quake in China's Sichuan Province.

The Chinese student group will accept donations at tables set up at the following times and locations:

Thursday and Friday, May 15 and 16, from noon to 1 p.m.:

o Near Broadway and Euclid Avenue outside the University Memorial Center

o Near Colorado Avenue and Regent Drive outside the Engineering Center

o Near Broadway and College Avenue outside the Colorado Bookstore on University Hill

Saturday and Sunday, May 17 and 18, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.:

o At the 29th Street Mall outside Borders Bookstore

o Outside King Soopers near Broadway and Table Mesa Drive

Saturday and Sunday, May 17 and 18, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.:

o On the Pearl Street Mall near Broadway and Pearl Street

Cash or checks will be accepted. Checks should be made payable to the Chinese Students and Scholars Association. Names of all donors and the total amount collected will be posted on the CSSA Web site at www.colorado.edu/studentgroups/cu-cssa/.

Donations also may be arranged by contacting Yin at 303-960-6620 or jingphysics@gmail.com, or CSSA Vice President Quan Zhang at 720-771-3033 or quanzhangustc@gmail.com.

Any amount of donation will be appreciated, Yin said. A $50 donation would provide enough food for a typical Chinese family for a month, she said.

Contact

Jing Yin, 303-960-6620
jingphysics@gmail.com
Quan Zhang, 720-771-3033
quanzhangustc@gmail.com
Peter Caughey, 303-492-4007

http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/db29e9e25523d178ea5ff066b30b9a84.html

Nobel Laureate Tom Cech To Return To CU From Howard Hughes Medical Institute In Spring 2009

2008-04-09T01:59:05Z

From CU News Center

Howard Hughes Medical Institute President and University of Colorado at Boulder Distinguished Professor Tom Cech announced today that he will step down as the top HHMI administrator and return to CU in spring 2009 to resume his research and teaching.

Cech, who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his discovery that RNA in living cells is not only a molecule of heredity but also can function as a catalyst, has been president of HHMI since January 2000 and a faculty member at CU-Boulder since 1978. He will resume his position at CU as an HHMI Investigator, which he began in 1988, after he steps down as HHMI president

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MCDB Assistant Professor Gia Voeltz is featured in a J. Cell Biology profile

2008-01-30T20:28:34Z

Gia Voelz, MCDB's newest Assistant Professor, is profiled in a recent Journal of Cell Biology feature entitled: "Gia Voeltz: Shaping Ideas about ER Shape". In it she discusses both personal and professional forces that have shaped her career and how her ideas are shaping the discussion about membrane topology.

MCDB Faculty Member Norm Pace has been named distinguished professor at CU Boulder

2008-01-24T20:50:46Z

Three University of Colorado at Boulder faculty members have been named distinguished professors, the highest honor bestowed by CU on its teaching faculty. The prestigious designation was awarded to Professor Kristi Anseth, of the chemical and biological engineering department; Professor Margaret Murnane, of the physics and electrical and computer engineering departments and JILA; and Professor Norman Pace, of the molecular, cellular and developmental biology department, during the Jan. 24 meeting of the CU Board of Regents. Anseth, Murnane and Pace join 34 other CU-Boulder faculty members who have been named distinguished professors since the Board of Regents established the designation in 1977. “Professors Anseth, Murnane and Pace represent the best of our CU-Boulder faculty,” said CU-Boulder Provost Phil DiStefano. “They have distinguished themselves through their scholarship and teaching and join a prestigious group of colleagues.”

Technique developed in MCDB's Pace Lab used to identify bacteria in Cystic Fibrosis Patients

2007-12-05T00:02:03Z

Molecular technology developed by a University of Colorado at Boulder professor to probe extreme life forms in undersea hydrothermal vents has been used to identify unexpected bacteria strains in the lung fluid of Denver children suffering from cystic fibrosis, findings that may lead to more effective therapies.

Vote for Graduate Student Symposium Title

2007-11-12T13:47:52Z

We have a website on which you can post your ideas for the title of the 2008 Graduate Student symposium. You can also view other peoples ideas and reply if you think we should tweak them.
To post or reply you need to be logged on to the mcdb website.

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2007 MCDB Retreat Website Now Available

2007-09-20T15:02:39Z

The 2007 MCDB retreat website has been created. Please visit http://mcdb.colorado.edu/2007-retreat for more information. For people who are presenting a poster there is important information available regarding printing procedures. Please check back often for regular updates.