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  • Prof. Jeff Trimarchi, an assistant professor in the GDCB Department, uses state-of-the-art technologies to analyze the changes of gene expression that accompany eye development or disease.  Dr. Trimarchi is one of the few scientists who do this kind of analysis at the single cell level.

    This summer, Dr. Trimarchi and a graduate student, Jillian Goetz, a Ph.D. candidate in Neuroscience, were invited to write a review of new developments in the field.  The article was published in the August 7, 2012 issue of Nature Biotechnology.

  • GDCB would like to congratulate the following students affiliated with the department who graduated in summer term.

    Undergraduate Students
    Biology: Sarah Caudill, Colin Coulter, Sara Garton, Luke Hardi, Kyleigh Huth, Drew Iannone, Angela Johnson, Timothy Landwehr, Carmen Leon, Christine Lim, Amy Podaril, Dustin Peyton, Amy Ratermann, Marie Valderrama Figueroa, and Katherine Wilson. Genetics: Philip J. Brando.

    Graduate Students
    Margaret Pruitt received her Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology. Maggie was mentored by Prof. Clark Coffman and is currently a postdoctoral research associate in the laboratory of Prof. Stephan Schneider. Maggie is also the recipient of the Graduate College’s Research Excellence Award.

  • Dr. Marty Spalding, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Associate Dean and Professor in GDCB, has received a three-year sponsored grant award of $510,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy for his research project entitled, Structure/Function of the Novel Proteins LCIB and LCIC in the Chlamydomonas CCM.

  • How does the altered gravity experienced during space flight change the abilities of animals to respond to stress or to resist food-borne pathogens? A team of ISU scientists, including GDCB Professor and Interim Department Chair, Jo Anne Powell-Coffman, has received funding from NASA to examine this question. The initial studies of their research project, entitled, NRA:  Research Opportunities in Space Biology, Integrative Response of C. elegans to Environmental Stresses in Microgravity, are land based, and they use the microscopic nematode C. elegans as a genetic model organism. This project is supported by a diverse team of investigators, including Dr. Jo Anne Powell-Coffman, Dr. Gregory Phillips in the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, and Drs.

  • The growth of an existing endowment fund at Iowa State University will create a new professorship in plant biology in the Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology (GDCB).  The Loomis family established the Walter E. and Helen Parke Loomis Fund in 1981 to maintain and build upon Professor Loomis’ legacy. In the past 30 years the Loomis Lecture Series has brought renowned scientists to Iowa State to discuss cutting-edge plant biology research, and it has inspired faculty, staff and students.  Some of the endowment funds have been set aside to support the continued success of the Loomis Lecture Series.

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    Jim Colbert, Associate Professor of Biology in EEOB and courtesy joint faculty in GDCB, is this year’s recipient of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ Cassling Family Faculty Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching.  Prof. Colbert was formally recognized by the College at their Faculty and Staff Convocation on August 29, 2012.

    Prof. Colbert’s primary focus is biology education.  He currently serves as the Undergraduate Biology Program Coordinator, a program which is co-administered by the EEOB and GDCB departments.  He teaches both large introductory classes and smaller upper-level classes in ways that engage students and promote deep learning about aspects of biology.

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