Are you a graduate student interested in being a mentor to first year WiSE graduate students? Apply to be a mentor in WiSE’s Mentorship Program! Through fun activities organized by WiSE, mentors will ease their mentee’s transition by providing her with valuable insight about graduate school and life at USC. For the application, click here.
Monday, March 18, 2019
WiSE Mentorship Program
Applications due Friday, March 29
Are you a graduate student interested in being a mentor to first year WiSE graduate students? Apply to be a mentor in WiSE’s Mentorship Program! Through fun activities organized by WiSE, mentors will ease their mentee’s transition by providing her with valuable insight about graduate school and life at USC. For the application, click here.
Are you a graduate student interested in being a mentor to first year WiSE graduate students? Apply to be a mentor in WiSE’s Mentorship Program! Through fun activities organized by WiSE, mentors will ease their mentee’s transition by providing her with valuable insight about graduate school and life at USC. For the application, click here.
Monday, March 4, 2019
20th Annual BioResearch Product Faire
USC Health Sciences Campus, Pappas Quad
When: Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019
Where: Pappas Quad
Time: 10 AM - 2:30 PM
Stop by the event to:
* Network with other Researchers
* View Product Demonstrations
* Connect with Industry Experts
* Discover New Research Tools
* Learn Troubleshooting Skills
* Hear About Laboratory Services
* Learn about Career Opportunities
Using the right tools for your research saves you time at the bench.
**THIS EVENT IS FREE TO ATTEND & INCLUDES AN EXTENSIVE BUFFET OF
REFRESHMENTS**
Visit the link below to find
* A list of exhibitors
* A link to pre-register online (Save time by pre-registering online! If you pre-register, please be sure to print and bring your registration form with you!)
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.biotech-2Dcalendar.com_showinfo_poster.php-3FshowCode-3DUSC19S-23&d=DwIFAw&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=RtxlM6yx4AGZYYBNil6J3hLi81Gtr7JES1hpJghr1mc&m=gKlrdU9DVbhTNFNs4Kj8ERddFm88aCYbMbQlCU-Hjfk&s=yBkX_lZQvsK9t-W1VtMenswa0g93_2Zh14oryWQgoME&e=
When: Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019
Where: Pappas Quad
Time: 10 AM - 2:30 PM
Stop by the event to:
* Network with other Researchers
* View Product Demonstrations
* Connect with Industry Experts
* Discover New Research Tools
* Learn Troubleshooting Skills
* Hear About Laboratory Services
* Learn about Career Opportunities
Using the right tools for your research saves you time at the bench.
**THIS EVENT IS FREE TO ATTEND & INCLUDES AN EXTENSIVE BUFFET OF
REFRESHMENTS**
Visit the link below to find
* A list of exhibitors
* A link to pre-register online (Save time by pre-registering online! If you pre-register, please be sure to print and bring your registration form with you!)
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.biotech-2Dcalendar.com_showinfo_poster.php-3FshowCode-3DUSC19S-23&d=DwIFAw&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=RtxlM6yx4AGZYYBNil6J3hLi81Gtr7JES1hpJghr1mc&m=gKlrdU9DVbhTNFNs4Kj8ERddFm88aCYbMbQlCU-Hjfk&s=yBkX_lZQvsK9t-W1VtMenswa0g93_2Zh14oryWQgoME&e=
External Fellowship writing workshop for early career PhD students
WiSE is gauging interest for a writing workshop in the late Spring and early Fall for eligible WiSE graduate students interested in applying for one of the upcoming external fellowships e.g. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program and the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program.
The workshops are intended to review the application components in depth, help participants brainstorm and write their statements, and facilitate peer and faculty review of the finished materials. The workshops will be designed to accommodate the schedules of participants during each semester.
If you are interested in participating, please fill out this short interest survey by next Wednesday, March 6. A follow-up email will be sent to with more information.
The workshops are intended to review the application components in depth, help participants brainstorm and write their statements, and facilitate peer and faculty review of the finished materials. The workshops will be designed to accommodate the schedules of participants during each semester.
If you are interested in participating, please fill out this short interest survey by next Wednesday, March 6. A follow-up email will be sent to with more information.
PhD Achievement Awards
To recognize our current PhD students’ academic professional development, the Graduate School will provide USC PhD Achievement Awards for students with exceptional academic profiles. Six awards of $3,000 will be made to students from across the university. Each recipient’s primary faculty advisor will receive a $500 USC Graduate School PhD Mentoring award. Each USC PhD program may nominate one candidate.
Current students from every PhD program at USC are eligible. The award is for exceptional achievement as a USC PhD student. The student’s overall profile as a doctoral candidate may include such elements as significant publications as the sole or primary author; job offers that signal the outstanding quality of the student’s doctoral work; major awards in a broadly conceived field; and other markers of excellence appropriate to the student’s field.
Departmental nominators will be asked to submit applications with the following information:
Submissions will be reviewed by an interdisciplinary faculty committee. Recipients of the USC PhD Achievement Awards will be invited to lead the column of PhD graduates at the university commencement.
Current students from every PhD program at USC are eligible. The award is for exceptional achievement as a USC PhD student. The student’s overall profile as a doctoral candidate may include such elements as significant publications as the sole or primary author; job offers that signal the outstanding quality of the student’s doctoral work; major awards in a broadly conceived field; and other markers of excellence appropriate to the student’s field.
Departmental nominators will be asked to submit applications with the following information:
- A statement by the student describing her or his academic vision – what s/he has achieved and hopes to achieve in terms of an academic contribution to the relevant field (up to 500 words)
- Documentation for publications, awards, job offers, other achievements
- A letter of nomination from the student’s academic advisor or other faculty member who can put the student’s work into the broader context of the given field
- A copy of the student’s most recent curriculum vitae and transcript
- Sign-offs from the department chair and dean of the school supporting the nomination.
- Contact and general academic information for the nominee and primary faculty advisor
Submissions will be reviewed by an interdisciplinary faculty committee. Recipients of the USC PhD Achievement Awards will be invited to lead the column of PhD graduates at the university commencement.
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MCB Colloquium Series | Francesca Storici, Ph.D.
Francesca Storici, PhD
Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Biological Sciences
Lab Website
Mechanisms of RNA-mediated genomic stability and instability
Abstract: Can genetic information flow from RNA to DNA in a more general fashion than anticipated? We uncovered that RNA serves as template to repair DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) in budding yeast. We found that transfer of genetic information from RNA to DNA occurs with an endogenous generic transcript, and is thus a more common mechanism than previously anticipated. Our results suggest that transcript RNA, like non-coding RNA, may have a significant role in genome stability and genome modification, much more prominent than previously anticipated.
DNA is heavily ‘contaminated’ with RNA! We recently developed a technique, ribose-seq, to map ribonucleotides (rNMPs) present in genomic DNA. We have also implemented a new software, Ribose-Map, as an easy bioinformatics toolkit for the analysis of ribose-seq data. In studies using genomic DNA from yeast cells, we found that rNMPs are widespread but not randomly distributed in nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. We revealed specific strand bias incorporation and hotspots. By exploring the location and distribution of rNMPs in DNA of many cell types, we may begin to understand the role that rNMPs play in genome instability and, ultimately, disease.
Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Biological Sciences
Lab Website
Mechanisms of RNA-mediated genomic stability and instability
Friday, March 8, 2019
12 PM
RRI 101Abstract: Can genetic information flow from RNA to DNA in a more general fashion than anticipated? We uncovered that RNA serves as template to repair DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) in budding yeast. We found that transfer of genetic information from RNA to DNA occurs with an endogenous generic transcript, and is thus a more common mechanism than previously anticipated. Our results suggest that transcript RNA, like non-coding RNA, may have a significant role in genome stability and genome modification, much more prominent than previously anticipated.
DNA is heavily ‘contaminated’ with RNA! We recently developed a technique, ribose-seq, to map ribonucleotides (rNMPs) present in genomic DNA. We have also implemented a new software, Ribose-Map, as an easy bioinformatics toolkit for the analysis of ribose-seq data. In studies using genomic DNA from yeast cells, we found that rNMPs are widespread but not randomly distributed in nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. We revealed specific strand bias incorporation and hotspots. By exploring the location and distribution of rNMPs in DNA of many cell types, we may begin to understand the role that rNMPs play in genome instability and, ultimately, disease.
MEB Seminar Series | Mark Huntley, Ph.D.
Mark Huntley, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar, Cornell University, Dept. of Biological & Environmental Engineering
Research Profile
Reversing Climate Change Within a Generation – the Pivotal Role of Algae
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
12 PM
AHF 153 (Torrey Webb Room)
Visiting Scholar, Cornell University, Dept. of Biological & Environmental Engineering
Research Profile
Reversing Climate Change Within a Generation – the Pivotal Role of Algae
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
12 PM
AHF 153 (Torrey Webb Room)
ABSTRACT - Reversing Climat... by on Scribd
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