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2013

June

The International Symposium on Imaging and Metabolic Spectroscopy honoring the Centennial of Britton Chance's birth held at the University of Pennsylvania on June 18-19, 2013

May

Jim Shorter promoted to Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics effective July 1, 2013.

The life of Paul Mueller, who was Research Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics from 1981 - 1992, was remembered at a "Meeting of the Friends of Paul Mueller" on Friday, May 10, 2013. Dr. Mueller was one of the pioneers of the field of lipid bilayers, as well as neuromorphic engineering, bioinspired smart electronics and biomimetic systems. Penn Alamanac Obituary

2012

November

A Retrospective of Annemarie Weber by Clara Franzini-Armstrong published in ASBMB Today. (See page 16-18)

October

Jim Shorter won 2012 Michael S. Brown New Investigator Research Award, which recognizes emerging faculty engaged in innovative discoveries.

The Chemical Heritage Foundation includes Mildred Cohn in their video series, Women in Chemistry. Dr. Cohn was highlighted on the Penn Medicine blog site: What would Mildred Do?

September

Rahul Kohli received a NIH Director’s New Innovator Award.

July

Annemarie Weber (1923-2012). Read more

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Cell | July 6, 2012

Cover article by Dreyfuss Lab

U1 snRNP Determines mRNA Length and Regulates Isoform Expression

By Michael G. Berg, Larry N. Singh, Ihab Younis,Qiang Liu, Anna Maria Pinto, Daisuke Kaida, Zhenxi Zhang, Sungchan Cho, Scott Sherrill-Mix, Lili Wan, and Gideon Dreyfuss

June

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Trends in Biochemical Sciences | June, 2012

Cover article by Black Lab

Molecular Underpinnings of Centromere Identity and Maintenance

by Nikolina Sekulic and Ben Black
Trends in Biochemical Sciences 37(6):220-229.

link to article

March

Mitch Lewis received a 2012 Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, Penn's highest teaching honor.

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