Dr. Hu was presented with Association of Former Students College-Level Teaching Award by Dr. Allan Sams and Mr. Marty Holmes who attended the Biochemistry and Biophysics department faculty meeting on September 4, 2017. Dr. Hu has been a member of the department for 25 years and has been very innovative in his teaching career by… Read More →
YES, We Played, YES, We Won
Hurricane Harvey had us all thinking our friendly little game would not be taking place on Friday, August 25, 2017, but that was not the case. Thankfully, the rains didn’t begin until later that night. As usual the softball game was a lot of fun. It seems like every year, the graduate students start off… Read More →
In the News Around the Country
Dr. Mei Liu, Program Director for the Center for Phage Technology reports, “In February 2016, the Center for Phage Technology (CPT, cpt.tamu.edu) was approached to help develop an emergency phage-based treatment for a patient in the ICU of the UC San Diego Medical Center with an intractable, pan-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infection. In collaboration with the… Read More →
Welcome Our New 2017 NSF REU Students
Bottom to top rows, left to right Megan Welliver, Mandy Truelock, Jeffrey Rodriguez, Victoria Yell Harley Parker, Joyce Rivera, Allyson Li, Anthony Rudd Cameron Atkison, Erin Ruhlman, Emily Desormeaux, Joe LaMartina Mary Bryk, Rebekah Frazier, Jerry Cordero-Sepulveda, Gary Kunkel Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) has graciously been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Co-PI’s… Read More →
X. Zhang’s lab finds two new genes for RNA silencing
miRNAs play critical roles in almost every biological processes in eukaryotes. The tiny RNAs function in cytoplasm to silence target transcripts whereas they are born in nucleus in plants. On the other hand, the factory components that are used to produce miRNAs are made in cytoplasm while they need to be transported into the nucleus to process raw miRNA precursors. HYL1 is one of the core… Read More →
Rafael Almanzar Recipient of the 2017 President’s Award for Academic Advising
During the University Advisors and Counselors Annual Awards Breakfast held on May 2, 2017, Rafael Almanzar was awarded the 2017 President’s Award for Academic Advising. Established in 2004, this award recognizes outstanding individuals who exemplify the qualities and practices of exceptional academic advising and service to students. “In my eyes, this is the most prestigious… Read More →
Dr. Tim Devarenne and colleagues publish genome sequence of the fuel-producing green microalga Botryococcus braunii
Writer: Kathleen Phillips, 979-845-2872, ka-phillips@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Tim Devarenne, 979-862-6509, tpd8@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – The genome of the fuel-producing green microalga Botryococcus braunii has been sequenced by a team of researchers led by a group at Texas A&M AgriLife Research. The report, in Genome Announcements, comes after almost seven years of research, according to Dr…. Read More →
Our Successful Students at the 20th Student Research Week
Victor Cardenas (MBIO), Nora McGuffey (BICH), Christina Higdon (MBIO/NUTR) and Marvin Wirianto (BICH Congratulations to everyone who participated and placed during the 20th Student Research Week. The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences was well represented and we are very proud of the hard work that you are all doing. Keep it up and you… Read More →
Pingwei Li’s lab solves the structure of a Zika Virus RNA polymerase
The March 27 issue of Nature Communications will include an important structure from the lab of Prof. Pingwei Li in the Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophyics at Texas A&M. Zika virus (ZIKV) is causing a global public health emergency. ZIKV infection, spread by mosquitos, is linked to severe congenital diseases and high incidence of Guillan-Barré syndrome. Currently,… Read More →
Charli Baker Recipient of the Make-A-Difference Memorial Award by Susan Arseven
href=”http://aglifesciences.tamu.edu/biochemistry2/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/Charli-Baker-1-e1489175845648.jpg”> Charli Baker Make-A-Difference Memorial Award for WISE[/caption] Congratulations to Charli Baker who received the Susan Arseven Make-A-Difference Memorial Award on Feb. 18, 2017 at the annual WISE conference. Pictured with her, is her committee chair, Dr. Vishal Gohil. This award was established to encourage women pursuing advanced degrees in science and engineering. It is… Read More →