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If There's One Summary About Itasca, It's That Seven Strangers Became Friends 12/01/2010 Volume 1 Issue 2 If there's one summary about Itasca, it's that seven strangers became friends. We learned all sorts of useful and interesting things about plants from the various talks and mini-lab sessions we attended: from Dan Voytas, that high-precision zinc nucleotides are available that can modify specific nucleotides of a plant genome, from David Marks, about important fluorescent proteins and imaging technology to study cellular and sub- cellular behaviors of native or transgenic proteins, as well as many other details of faculty and student research. We also learned other important things: that when studying signaling pathways, it is very helpful to study pancake making; that cutting the same mushroom open again and again to watch it turn blue in an oxidation reaction is endlessly mesmerizing; that the floating bog peat at Itasca tastes rather grassy, and that Gail The 2010 incoming class at their Itasca Orientation clockwise from left: is disturbingly good at (the card game) Mohamed Yakub, Rachel Hillmer, John Fankhauser, John Vincent, Apples to Apples. We returned home with Kevin Dorn, Xin Li, Amber Eule-Nashoba a better knowledge of wild fungi, information about how to get started with Contents MSI computing resources, and the Director’s notes friendships and resources that will help us walk confidently, and hopefully Meet the 2010 Students efficiently, through our graduate years. Student Achievements Phytograds -Rachel Hillmer Research:Students Research:Faculty Word from the Alumni Volume 1 Issue 2 Director’s notes -Jane Glazebrook I am happy to introduce the second issue of the PBS Medium. Following the success of the inaugural issue, this issue is much larger, with lots of exciting reports about the PBS program! We are very happy to welcome a new class of seven first-year students, who all introduce themselves in the following pages. As you can see, they are a very interesting group with a wide range of interests. They are also ambitious and energetic! While explaining Jane’s Recommended Plan for Timely Ph.D. Completion during the Itasca Orientation, I was surprised to find that the most common questions were “How can I do it faster?”, and “Why do I have to wait for my second year to do my qualifying exams?” Luckily for me, I could assure them that they do not need to take qualifying exams earlier in order to finish earlier. Otherwise, I might have had to re-design the program on the spot! Meanwhile, our other students have been making great progress. Recently, the success rate in preliminary examinations has been very high, which makes everyone happy. As Phytograds President Ye Sun explains, this may have a lot to do with teamwork and coaching from more advanced students. Many students have also received prestigious fellowships for support of their studies. This no doubt reflects the excellent quality of the students and their projects, and of course is most welcome in these days of budget- trimming everywhere. The research activities in PBS are lively and fascinating, as always. This issue features research highlights from students Tim Whitfeld, Suma Sreekanta and Ye Sun, as well as faculty member Nathan Springer. Somehow the PBS students manage to find time for fun amid their studies. The Phytograds have been very active recently, and are planning more fun events for the rest of this year (hint, DGSs love ice cream!). We are glad to have reports from four PBS alumni in this issue. They have graduated from our program, but we have not forgotten them, and we love to hear about what they are doing now. Upcoming Events... PBS Open House January 27-29, 2011 Plant Biological Sciences Graduate Program Annual Retreat May 16, 2011 - visit http://www.cbs.umn.edu/plantbio/events/index.shtml Transitions Assistant Professor and Bell Museum Herbarium Curator Imke Schmitt returned to her home country, Germany, at the end of June 2010. She is a Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity at Goethe University and holds a research position at the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, both in Frankfurt. Dr. Schmitt will remain an Adjunct Assistant Professor with the University of Minnesota’s Plant Biology Department. Volume 1 Issue 2 Meet the 2010 PBS Students! John Vincent I am a first year student in the Plant Biological Sciences Graduate Program at University of Minnesota working with Jeannine Cavender‐Bares. I’ve worked in forestry and physiological ecology in the Pacific Northwest and in Costa Rica. Broadly, my interests include community ecology, plant physiology and stable isotope biogeochemistry. Last year in December I finished my undergraduate degree (B.S. Biology) at Seattle University, after being born and raised in Billings, Montana. I spend my free time mountain biking, reading, listening to music and enjoying the great outdoors. Mohamed Yakub I completed my B.S in Microbiology and M.Sc. in Biology at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, where I worked on gene expression in Arabidopsis. I then spent a year working in Leonie Moyle's lab at Indiana; my work there was focused on fine-scale mapping pollen and ovule sterility QTL in tomatoes. I am very excited to be a student at the University of Minnesota; I have wanted to attend here since sophomore year in high school. Aside from courses and research, I enjoy teaching hands-on science to young kids and have been involved as a judge for Science Olympiad for 5 years (the MN State Science Olympiad will be held in March, and we always need volunteers!). I also love theatre, and finally had the opportunity to watch Wicked the Musical during their tour through MN; it was an amazing experience! Kevin Dorn I am originally from New Prague, Minnesota. I completed my undergrad here at the "U", where I graduated in 2008 with double major in plant biology and genetics. I then joined Teach For America, where I served in St. Louis, Missouri as a high school science teacher for two years. I am now back at the U for my PhD, where I will be working in David Marks' lab. Aside from my interests in science and education, I enjoy spending time with my new wife, Katie, and my cat, Bear. You'll often see me biking around campus, reading the Minnesota Daily, or drinking Diet Coke. Volume 1 Issue 2 Meet the 2010 PBS Students! Johnathon Fankhauser I have a Bachelor’s degree in microbiology from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. As an undergraduate, I studied lichen chemistry, biosynthetic genes (PKS’s), and also worked as a TA. This picture is from the spring of 2010 when I traveled to Papua New Guinea with Dr. Imke Schmitt to start field work on a project bio- prospecting endophytic fungi and will continue to work on this project in the coming years with Dr. Georgiana May; I will not, however, be hunting with a bow and arrow anytime soon. My interests are plant fungal interactions (especially metabolites), Keystone projects, chemical analysis of fungal metabolites, exploring the difference between endophytes and pathogens, and experimental evolution. I like to snowboard, paint, play video games, debate the intricacies of life’s existence, and spend time with friends- of course, sometimes, all at the same time. You will rarely find me without a Mountain Dew in hand except of course in the jungle where serious caffeine withdrawals and malaria keep me occupied. Amber Eule-Nashoba My master’s project examined differences and explanatory factors of seed size in lacustrine and riverine populations of Z. palustris (wild rice). Currently I am interested in plant ecological relationships on a medium to small scale. Particularly, I would like to apply these relationships to problem solving. Rachel Hillmer I grew up in sunny Atlanta, GA (Hotlanta as we call it) and finished my B.S. in Physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2007. I then completed a master's in Bioengineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2010. I have joined the Katagiri lab, and will be doing my second rotation with Les Szabo. I am interested in plant biotechnology and the forward engineering of plant systems, especially with applications to crop plants. When not in the lab, I enjoy cooking. Volume 1 Issue 2 Meet the 2010 PBS Students! Xin Li I am Xin Li, and I got my B.S. degree from Wuhan University in China in 2010. As a new Ph.D. student, I am currently on rotation. My interest in research is about molecular/genetic and genomic mechanisms of plant development and plant metabolism. I like playing badminton, cooking Chinese food and watching football games! Student Achievements Congratulations to the students passing their Preliminary Written Examination during Summer 2010!: Roseanne Healy, Advisor: Dave McLaughin/Imke Schmitt Jo Heuschele, Advisor: Florence Gleason Brendan Epstein, Advisors: Peter Tiffin/Mike Sadowsky Suma Sreekanta, Advisor: Jane Glazebrook Mike Wilson, Advisor: Jerry Cohen Mike Nelson, Advisor: Neil Anderson Jing Chen, Advisor: Adrian Hegeman Congratulations to the students who also passed their Preliminary Oral Examination: Jo Heuschele, Advisor: Florence Gleason Mike Nelson, Advisor: Neil Anderson Suma Sreekanta, Advisor: Jane Glazebrook Rosanne Healy, Advisor: David McLaughlin Mike Wilson, Advisor: Jerry Cohen Great Accomplishments -- PBS students received an array of awards! Suma Sreekanta received a MPGI travel grant and GAPSA travel grant to present a poster at the American Society of Plant Biologist’s conference in Montreal this past August. Rachel Hillmer received an NIH Biotechnology Training Grant under the direction of Plant Biology faculty member Fumiaki Katagiri and Chemical Engineering faculty Wei-Shou Hu. Johnathon Fankhauser received a Diversity of Views and Experiences fellowship.
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