Navigation Links
2 University of Illinois researchers named HHMI investigators
Date:5/28/2008

Two University of Illinois researchers, Phillip A. Newmark, a professor of cell and developmental biology, and Wilfred A. van der Donk, the William H. and Janet Lycan professor of chemistry, have been named Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators.

Newmark and van der Donk are among 56 biomedical scientists chosen from among 1,070 applications submitted in a nationwide competition. The 2008 investigators were selected for their ability to bring new and innovative ways of thinking about biology to the HHMI community, said Thomas R. Cech, the president of the institute.

The Maryland-based institute is a private philanthropy dedicated to supporting biomedical research and science education. It is committing more than $600 million to support new research conducted by the 56 investigators in their first term of appointment.

Two other U. of I. faculty members have received HHMI awards. Chemistry professor Yi Lu was named an HHMI professor in 2002, and physics professor Taekjip Ha became an HHMI investigator in 2005. The campus has received numerous educational grants from the institute, beginning in 1993.

Newmark long has been fascinated by the freshwater planarian, a flatworm that has remarkable powers of regeneration. Cut it into numerous pieces and each piece will regenerate missing body parts, including brains, digestive organs and in most cases, reproductive organs.

According to those making the award, Newmark has been instrumental in establishing planarians as a model system for studying regeneration at the molecular level. (He) is exploring a central question that has long intrigued biologists what are the signals or cues that tell a cell to become a germ cell? He hopes to answer that question by studying the ways planarians develop and regenerate their germ cells.

The department is delighted and proud of Dr. Newmarks selection as an HHMI investigator, said cell and developmental biology professor an
'/>"/>

Contact: Diana Yates
diya@illinois.edu
217-333-5802
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Source:Eurekalert

0

GOOD

Page: 1 2 3

Related biology news :

1. New family of gecko discovered by researchers from the U of Minnesota and Villanova University
2. Montana State University researchers map iron transport protein
3. University of Minnesota to host worlds largest conference on evolution
4. Rockefeller University Press allows authors to retain copyright to their published work
5. Montana State University research reaches Supreme Court of India
6. BP funds scholarship for University of Houston to help fill industry ranks
7. Energy Crossroads conference April 30 and May 1 at Stanford University
8. McMaster University engineering professor receives Humboldt Research Award
9. Rockefeller University hosts 2-day evolution symposium, May 1-2, 2008
10. UTMB inventions win University of Texas System commercialization awards
11. University of Arizona scientist shares in discovery of microbe filaments power
Post Your Comments:
*Name:
*Comment:
*Email:
(Date:7/2/2009)...re to study a group of proteins that are highly ef...he key to developing new types of antibiotics. , ...ds have been awarded 3.3m from the Biotechnology a... find out how a family of proteins known as colici...troying them. , The team, led by Professor Colin...
(Date:7/2/2009)...EY, Fla. As the nation celebrates its birth on th...Diego Lirman and fellow Caribbean coral reef nurse...tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOA... its partners, staghorn and elkhorn coral recovery...ational Park, will receive support from the Americ...
(Date:7/1/2009)...ses including plague, Ebola and Rift Valley Fever ...pound international partnership involving African ...nt Centre (LIDC). The Southern African Centre for ...ical and veterinary institutions from five African...frican institutions to detect, identify and monito...
(Date:7/1/2009)..., only a few genes had been associated with the fo...esearchers of the Max Delbrck Center for Molecular... Medicine Berlin, Germany, have identified 115 gen... and in its metastases. In the future, their findi...ors at an earlier stage ( Gastroenterology 2009, ...
Breaking Biology News(10 mins):Nursery programs for corals receive TLC from NOAA this Independence Day 2Research network wins approximately £5.7 million to target human and animal diseases in Africa 2Research network wins approximately £5.7 million to target human and animal diseases in Africa 3Colorectal cancer 2Inverness Medical Innovations Participates in Meeting on HIV AIDS with UN Secretary General 3266 1Inverness Medical Innovations Participates in Meeting on HIV AIDS with UN Secretary General 3266 2Inverness Medical Innovations Participates in Meeting on HIV AIDS with UN Secretary General 3266 3Recommendations for childrens exercise lacking say experts 5324 1Recommendations for childrens exercise lacking say experts 5324 2World Food Day brings attention to food security around the globe 5320 1World Food Day brings attention to food security around the globe 5320 2Pregnancy not turning minds to mush 3A Study 5318 1Pregnancy not turning minds to mush 3A Study 5318 2
... exposure to marijuana smoke is linked to many of ... increased respiratory symptoms like cough, phlegm...rs at Yale School of Medicine. , Marijuana is the...s, and abuse of the drug is on the rise. The study...cine. First author Jeanette M. Tetrault, M.D., and...
...re is no cure for lingering viral infections such ...versity suggests it may be possible to deactivate ...tic switch. , Princeton scientists Leor Weinberge... the processes by which human immunodeficiency vir... phases in their hosts. The researchers have disco...
...rs at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have found ... properties. With a $1.4 million grant from the Na...the details behind how cells decide to stick to a ...g of the importance of this pathway to the physiol...eract with each other to produce system responses,...
...rs from the Virginia Commonwealth University Masse...ch at the American Association of Cancer Research,... combination treatment for chronic lymphocytic leu...t, M.D., Massey,s associate director of translatio...romidepsin (Gloucester Pharmaceuticals) and bortez...
Other Biology News:Long-term marijuana smoking leads to respiratory complaints 2Scientists find potential 'off-switch' for HIV virus 2Scientists find potential 'off-switch' for HIV virus 3Scientists find potential 'off-switch' for HIV virus 4New molecular pathway could reveal how cells stick together 2
(Date:7/1/2009)... collaborating effectively with government and NGO...elivering Pfizer-donated Zithromax , , ATLANTA...nal Trachoma Initiative (ITI) has a new leadership... among governments and NGOs in 56 trachoma endemic...es to support local, national, regional, and inter...
(Date:7/1/2009)... July 1 Encorium Group,...onal contract research organization (CRO) that pro...ties for clinical trials and patient registries to...ies, today provided an update to the expected time...of intent with Pierrel SpA, an international contr...
(Date:7/1/2009)...Ariz., July 1 SenesTech, Inc., a b...r humane animal population management, announced t...nt of Business Development. , , Siegel has over...ecutive management positions. He has served as Ch...formation Technology Group, Inc., Director of ILIN...
(Date:6/30/2009)...., June 30 Zimmer Holdin...its second quarter 2009 sales and earnings confere...on Thursday, July 23, 2009, at 8:00 a.m. Eastern T...ts will be made available at 7:00 a.m. the morning...cast can be accessed via Zimmer,s Investor Relatio...
Breaking Biology Technology:New Leadership Team at International Trachoma Initiative to Build Stronger Partnerships to Eliminate Blinding Trachoma 2Encorium Group Updates Expected Timeframe with Respect to the Sale of its U.S. Business 2Encorium Group Updates Expected Timeframe with Respect to the Sale of its U.S. Business 3Encorium Group Updates Expected Timeframe with Respect to the Sale of its U.S. Business 4SenesTech Announces New Vice President of Business Development 2
... Mass spectrometry has proven to be a valuable to...atrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization (MALDI)... that it is rapid, easy to use and requires relati...ty of MALDI-TOF MS to follow the progress of solid...ented by A. Falick, G. Tarr and N. Sole at ABRF 96...
...uction , Amplified fragment length polym...ique that uses selective amplification of a subset...enerate a unique fingerprint for a particular geno...is is used for a variety of applications, such as:...es. , Determination of relatedness among...
...on-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) converts and... abundant double-stranded DNA product (1,2,3). RT...ssion and for characterization of RNA splice varia...-step RT-PCR, in which all reagents are combined i...ly in this tube (1,3) or two-step RT-PCR, in whic...
...cleotide Kinase (PNK) (1,2,3) is commonly used fo...nd oligonucleotides. Labeling, in particular, can ...ction and the exchange reaction (Fig. 1) (3) . His...ecular biology and it continues to be important in...dization, sequencing or mapping of transcripts and...
Other Biology Technology:Direct Monitoring of Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis by MALDI-TOF MS 2Direct Monitoring of Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis by MALDI-TOF MS 3Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) Analysis on Applied Biosystems Capillary Electrophoresis Systems 2Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) Analysis on Applied Biosystems Capillary Electrophoresis Systems 3Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) Analysis on Applied Biosystems Capillary Electrophoresis Systems 4Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) Analysis on Applied Biosystems Capillary Electrophoresis Systems 5Simple Approaches for Optimization of RT-PCR 2Simple Approaches for Optimization of RT-PCR 3Simple Approaches for Optimization of RT-PCR 4Simple Approaches for Optimization of RT-PCR 5 USB OptiKinase Eliminates Base Bias in Labeling of Oligonucleotide 5'-Ends 2 USB OptiKinase Eliminates Base Bias in Labeling of Oligonucleotide 5'-Ends 3