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The Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Michigan Medical School educates and trains undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-graduate students in the areas of cell biology, embryology, neurobiology, organogenesis and developmental biology. The history of the department is a fascinating one.

Announcements

Student and Faculty Committee Lists available.

Congratulations To:

Sun-Kee Kim on his 2011 Endowment for the Basic Sciences Teaching Award.

Yukiko Yamashita has won the prestigious MacArthur award

Jun-Lin Guan and Lois Weisman are among newly elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Bing Ye has been named a 2010 Pew Scholar, along with 20 other outstanding early to mid-career biomedical scientists. In addition, he has been awarded a Klingenstein Fellowship Award in Neuroscience.

Brandon Carpenter, has been awarded a Rackham Graduate Student Research Grants for 2011-2012.

Mo Weng (Lee Lab) recepient of a Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship 2011-2012 and Rackham Conference Travel Grant.

Ajay Prakash for earning an F30 NRSA grant award from the NIH

Stef Linn (Barald lab) has received the Outstanding GSI Award!

Lori Longeway received a 'Making A Difference' award from the Health System


Events

Noon BSRB Seminar Room ABC, unless otherwise noted

November
Harnessing Actin Dynamics for Endocytic Trafficking
David G. Drubin, UC Berkeley Molecular and Cell Biology		 Nov 9
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Endogenous retroviruses coordinate gene expression and cell fate during embryonic development
Todd S. Macfarlan, Salk		 Nov 14
Chalk Talk
Todd S. Macfarlan, Salk		 Nov 15
Physiological Functions of Mitochondrial Dynamics
David Chan, California Institute of technology		 Nov 16
December
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Establishment of Neuronal Connectivity
Alex Kolodkin, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine		 Dec 14
January
Super size me: Stem cells as agents of adult organ adaptation
Lucy O'Brien, UC Berkeley 		Jan 9
Chalk Talk
Lucy O'Brien, UC Berkeley 		Jan 10
Progressive impairment of aA-and aB crystallins neuroprotective function in diabetic retinopathy
Patrice Fort, University of Michigan		 Jan 18
February
Molecular mechanisms underlying neuronal polarity and morphogenesis in vivo
Franck Polleux, Scripps Research Institute 		Feb 8
11:30
MS I**
Burton Baker Lecture
Using Stem Cell and Reprogramming Approaches to Study Motor Neuron Disease
Kevin Eggan, Harvard		 Feb 15
3-4
BSRB Kahn Auditorium
A new player in the regulation of AMPK signaling
Ken Inoki, University of Michigan		 Feb 22
March
Hisashi Umemori Mar 14
Barbara Conradt, Ludwig Mar 28
5915 BUHL
April
Sarah Newman Lecture
Norert Perrimon		 Apr 11
3-4
May
Dan Camerini-Otero, NIH May 9
Phil Newmark, University of Illinois May 23
** MS I refers to 2710 Furstenberg, Medical Science Building
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