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Greetings!
With the school year underway, things are rapidly accelerating at the BioFrontiers Institute. Three talks in our BioFrontiers Seminar Series have already proven to be popular. Many of our faculty, task force and advisory board members are in the news this month. Our IQ Biology students are finding firm foundations in their new classes and labs. Read on for more details.
P.S. Yes, you are receiving our September newsletter in October due to all our late breaking news. We hope you don't mind hearing from us twice this month!
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Butcher Award Lecture 
On Sept. 27, Nobel Laureate, Elizabeth Blackburn (second, from left) presented her work on telomeres and their impact on health and aging to a full house of faculty, BioFrontiers advisory board members and students in JSCBB's Butcher Auditorium.
The award is given to world-renowned scientists who have made significant contributions to bioscience and biotechnology. It is part of the Butcher Program, which also includes seed grants and a biannual symposium. Dr. Blackburn's lecture was followed by a dinner at Jane Butcher's (second, from right) home. Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper (center) attended the event.
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BioFrontiers in the News
September's first meeting of the Senate's Science, Technology and Policy Froum was held to zero in on a discussion of the human genome and its implications for medicine. BioFrontiers Director Tom Cech attended the session. Read more
A new biomedical company, MyoKardia, is developing small molecule therapeutics that address key clinical needs for patients with genetic heart disease. BioFrontiers Chief Scientific Officer Leslie Leinwand is one of four company founders. Read more
The National Science Foundation's Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program announces 18 new awards to develop transformative interdisciplinary research and training programs for Ph.D. students at institutions across the country. Among the new principal investigators is Thomas Cech, a University of Colorado, Boulder, professor and winner of the 1989 Nobel Prize in chemistry. Read more
In mouse models of cancer, HHMI investigators Tyler Jacks and Scott Lowe restored p53 activity in tumors and the tumors regressed. However, p53 activation kills some cancer cells, but not others, and no one knows why. HHMI early career scientist (and BioFrontiers Task Force Member) Joaquín Espinosa has set his sights on finding an answer, and with it, a strategy for making p53-based therapies effective. It's a goal he's pursued with relentless passion. Read more
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IQ Biology Blog: Science in Pictures
by: Topher Weiss-Lehman
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Recently I was lucky enough to present a poster at the Ecological Society of America (ESA) conference in Portland, Oregon. This is the largest conference of ecologists and evolutionary biologists in the U.S., with more than 4,000 attendees this year.
With so many researchers attending a single conference, the diversity of research topics is vast. In my opinion, what made this conference interdisciplinary wasn't so much the range of research discussed, but the setting of the conference itself.
I discovered Portland to be a highly interdisciplinary city. I don't think you can mix disciplines any more thoroughly than bacon on donuts or artsy paintings of PBR cans on billboards. Read more
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IQ Biology Program Awards First Certificate 
The IQ Biology Program recently awarded its first certificate in interdisciplinary quantitative biology to Dan Knights. Dan also received a PhD in computer science. He is now enjoying a post-doctoral position at the Broad Institute, after which he will become a professor at the University of Minnesota. Congratulations Dan!
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Upcoming EventsBioFrontiers Seminar
Hubert Yin, CU Boulder
Tenure Talk
Oct. 9, 4-5 pm
JSCBB - Butcher Auditorium
Biochemistry Seminar
Michael Snyder, Stanford
Oct. 17, 3:30 pm
JSCBB-Butcher Auditorium
BioFrontiers Seminar
Roy Parker, CU Boulder
Nov. 13, 4-5 p.m.
JSCBB - Butcher Auditorium
BioFrontiers Seminar
Zhongping Tan, CU Boulder
Dec. 11, 4-5 p.m.
JSCBB - Butcher Auditorium
Biochemistry Seminar
Erin O'Shea, Harvard/HHMI
January 16, 3:30 pm
JSCBB - Butcher Auditorium
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Recent Awards
The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, which for 67 years has championed the greatest advances in medical research recently announced that BioFrontiers Advisory Board Member Tom Maniatis was awarded one of seven 2012 Lasker Awards. The awards, considered one of the most respected science prizes in the world, honor visionaries whose insight has led to dramatic advances that will prevent disease and prolong life.
BioFrontiers Task Force Member, David Bortz recently received a grant from the NSF's Division of Mathematical Sciences for his work on "Microbial Flocculation Dynamics." This project aims to transform scientific understanding of microbial flocculation and apply it to areas including biofuel production efficiency, sustainable wastewater handling and managing oceanic algal blooms.
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Now Hiring
at BioFrontiers
Tenure Track Faculty Position
BioFrontiers is looking for its next interdisciplinary researcher. We are hiring for a tenure track faculty position.
Desktop and AV Support
We are looking for a technical guru to support the faculty and staff at JSCBB.
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STEM Recruitment Initiative Underway
 The Colorado Diversity Initiative recently announced is fall program to recruit underrepresented minority students into STEM doctoral program. The Colorado Advantage will bring about 12 prospective students to the Boulder campus for a long weekend to learn about graduate opportunities and meet faculty and current graduate students.
Applications are being solicited from prospective students interested in applying for admission in fall 2013. The Colorado Advantage event will take place November 1-3, 2012.
This program is a great opportunity to recruit high-quality students into your doctoral program. You will receive the applications appropriate for your department, and you will be able to decide if an applicant meets the qualifications for admission.
We are also seeking faculty involvement to participate in panel discussions, workshops and one-on-one meetings with students. For more information
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Save these Dates!
Butcher Symposium
Friday, November 1, 2013
BioFrontiers Symposium
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
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More information?
You can read all of our BioFrontiers Newsletters
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