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2012 |
February 1, 2012: |
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Morgan is awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)! |
January 19, 2012: |
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Jim presents invited seminar at Penn CNDR |
January 6, 2012: |
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Research report with Oliver King and Aaron Gitler entitled: 'The tip of the iceberg: RNA-binding proteins with prion-like domains in neurodegenerative disease.' accepted at Brain Research. |
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2011 |
December 28, 2011: |
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Disease Models and Mechanisms highlights TAF15 paper. |
December 27, 2011: |
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TAF15 paper featured on the cover of PNAS! |
December 7, 2011: |
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The Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins renews our funding to collaborate with Aaron Gitler's group to study FUS misfolding |
December 6, 2011: |
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Jim presents invited seminar at The American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting, Minisymposium, Cellular Mechanism of Disease and Aging. |
December 6, 2011: |
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Nature Reviews Neurology features TAF15 paper. |
December 5, 2011: |
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Scott wins Chemistry-Biology Interface (CBI) Fellowship! |
December 2, 2011: |
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Henry presents seminar at CBI symposium |
November 25, 2011: |
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Alzforum features connection between RNA-binding proteins with prion-like domains and neurodegeneration |
November 18, 2011: |
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Alzforum features the 'Gitler-Shorter approach' to ALS gene discovery |
November 10, 2011: |
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Jim presents invited seminar at the 6th Brain Research Conference, RNA-Binding Proteins in Neurological Disease (official satellite to the 2011Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience) |
November 6-10, 2011: |
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Morgan (poster) and Elizabeth (poster+talk) present at the 9th International Conference on AAA proteins in Kumamoto, Japan. |
October 28, 2011: |
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Mimi wins poster prize at the CNDR Retreat! |
October 13, 2011: |
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Collaborative work with Aaron Gitler's group on predicting new ALS genes with prion-like domains accepted at PNAS! See highlight in PNAS. See press release from the Packard Center. See Penn press release. |
September 23, 2011: |
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Jim's paper on the mammalian disaggregase machinery accepted at PLoS ONE! |
August 12, 2011: |
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Jim presents invited seminar at Boston Biomedical Research Institute. |
August 10, 2011: |
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Commentary on RNA-binding proteins with prion-like domains in ALS and FTLD-U featured on the cover of Prion. Cover design and scientific illustrations by Lili Guo. |
July 29, 2011: |
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Morgan presents seminar at CBI Retreat at Villanova University. |
July 19, 2011: |
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Commentary on RNA-binding proteins with prion-like domains in ALS and FTLD-U with Aaron Gitler accepted at Prion. |
July 19, 2011: |
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Jim presents invited seminar at Gordon Conference: 'Stress Proteins in Growth, Development and Disease' |
July 19, 2011: |
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Morgan's review is accepted at BBA-Molecular Cell Research! |
July 1, 2011: |
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MDA (Muscular Dystrophy Association) features our work on FUS |
June 24, 2011: |
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Morgan wins a poster prize at The Dr. George Raiziss 28th Annual Retreat! |
June 24, 2011: |
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Elizabeth receives an honorable mention for her poster at The Dr. George Raiziss 28th Annual Retreat! |
June 19, 2011: |
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Meredith's commentary is accepted at the Journal of Clinical Investigation! |
June 15, 2011: |
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Elizabeth's Hsp104 purification protocol is accepted at the Journal of Visualized Experiments! |
May 26, 2011: |
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Meredith wins an American Heart Association Post-Doctoral Fellowship! |
May 20, 2011: |
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Aaron Gitler & Jim present at the Packard Center PI Meeting at Johns Hopkins Medicine Brain Science Institute |
May 12, 2011: |
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Laura passes her prelim! |
May 10, 2011: |
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Alzforum covers Zamia's paper with Zhihui from the Gitler lab concerning FUS and ALS. |
April 29, 2011: |
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Mike passes his prelim! |
April 28, 2011: |
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Eunice wins award for her superb poster at The Annual Biochemistry Major Poster Session! |
April 28, 2011: |
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Mike selected as a 2011 predoctoral trainee for Dr. Meera Sundaram's T32 Predoctoral Training Grant: Genetics Training Program! |
April 26, 2011: |
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Penn Medicine highlights Zamia's paper with Zhihui from the Gitler lab concerning FUS and ALS. |
April 5, 2011: |
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Laura wins a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship! |
March 31, 2011: |
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Jim presents invited seminar on collaborative work with Gitler lab at The Packard Center Annual Symposium |
March 21, 2011: |
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Jim presents invited seminar at a Keystone Symposia: AAA+ and Related ATP-Driven Protein Machines: Structure, Function and Mechanism |
March 1, 2011: |
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Zamia's paper with Zhuhui from the Gitler lab accepted at PLoS Biology! See also back to back paper from Greg Petsko, Dagmar Ringe and colleagues at Brandeis University and PLoS Biology synopsis. |
January 28, 2011: |
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Penn Medicine highlights our biochemical studies with purified TDP-43. |
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2010 |
December 4, 2010: |
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Jim presents invited seminar at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meeting. Neurodegenerative Diseases: Biology & Therapeutics. |
December 3, 2010: |
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Mimi presents poster at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meeting. Neurodegenerative Diseases: Biology & Therapeutics. |
October 8, 2010: |
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The Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins funds our collaboration with Aaron Gitler's group to study FUS misfolding. |
September 20, 2010: |
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Jim presents invited seminar at Biochemistry & Biology Dept. at Haverford College |
September 12, 2010: |
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Review with Martin Duennwald accepted in Prion. |
September 9, 2010: |
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Jim presents at The Society for General Microbiology Meeting at The University of Nottingham. |
June 22, 2010: |
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Mimi is awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)! |
May 28, 2010: |
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Elizabeth and Mimi are awarded American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowships! |
May 18, 2010: |
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Morgan's journal club published in Disease Models & Mechanisms! |
May 10, 2010: |
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Jim receives a Grand Challenges Explorations Award from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation! Gates Foundation Press Release. Penn Press Release. |
April 13, 2010: |
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Morgan passes her prelim! |
April 8, 2010: |
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Jim's Molecular Biosystems review accepted. |
April 6, 2010: |
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Morgan is accorded an Honorable Mention from the National Science Foundation. |
March 25, 2010: |
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Noelle is among the prizes at Penn Vet Phi Zeta Student Research Day! |
March 2, 2010: |
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Noelle's abstract selected for an oral presentation at Penn Vet Phi Zeta Student Research Day! |
February 16, 2010: |
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Mimi's review with Brian from the Gitler group accepted! |
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2009 |
November 13, 2009: |
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Morgan wins Chemistry-Biology Interface (CBI) Fellowship! |
September 29, 2009: |
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R21 proposal funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)! |
September 9, 2009: |
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Jim presents invited seminar at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Cell Pathology Series. |
September 8, 2009: |
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Hsp104 review by Shilpa and Mimi accepted! |
September 4, 2009: |
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Blake's paper accepted in Nature Chemical Biology! See BBRI press release. See Penn press release. |
August 13, 2009: |
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Elizabeth selected as a 2009 predoctoral trainee for Dr. Mitch Lewis’ T32 Grant: Structural Biology Training Program |
July 31, 2009: |
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Mimi selected as the 2009 predoctoral trainee for Dr. Virginia Lee’s T32 Grant: 'Training in Age-Related Neurodegenerative Diseases' |
July 13, 2009: |
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Jim presents at the 8th International Meeting on AAA Proteins. See pictures. |
July 1, 2009: |
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Jim receives a New Scholar in Aging Award from the Ellison Medical Foundation. |
June 19, 2009: |
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Elizabeth Sweeny wins the A. Joshua Wand poster prize for best poster at The Dr. George Raiziss 26th Annual Retreat! |
June 5, 2009: |
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TDP-43 paper featured by Alzforum |
May 22, 2009: |
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TDP-43 collaboration with Gitler group published in The JBC! |
May 14, 2009: |
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Jim presents invited seminar at Penn CNDR |
May 7, 2009: |
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Mimi passes her prelim! |
May 5, 2009: |
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Jim presents invited seminar at The Cell Biology Dept. at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. |
April 24, 2009: |
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Jim presents invited seminar at Biochemistry Dept. at Haverford College |
April 9, 2009: |
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Motor mechanism of Hsp104 function published in Molecular Cell! |
April 7, 2009: |
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Elizabeth passes her prelim! |
March 30, 2009: |
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David accepted into Penn MD/PhD program! |
March 13, 2009: |
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Jim wins Penn Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center (DERC) Pilot Award! |
February 26, 2009: |
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Noelle accepted into Penn VMD/PhD program! |
February 5, 2009: |
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Jim presents invited seminar at Penn Chemistry Dept. Biological Chemistry Seminar Series |
January 22, 2009: |
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Elizabeth's first review accepted in Prion! |
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2008 |
October 2, 2008: |
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Hsp104, Hsp70 and Hsp40 interplay in Sup35 prionogenesis published in The EMBO J! |
August 14, 2008: |
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Hsp104 and Parkinson's Disease work published in The JCI! See the press release. |
June 20, 2008: |
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Elizabeth Sweeny and Kathleen Molnar among the prizes for best poster at The Dr. George Raiziss 25th Annual Retreat! |
June 4, 2008: |
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Blake's first review is published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology! |
June 2, 2008: |
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Research on small molecule DAPH highlighted in National Institute of Health News Release: "Molecule Dissolves Fibers Found in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients."
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May 16, 2008: |
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Huan's latest work highlighted by Penn Medicine: "Researchers Discover How a Small Molecule Can Take Apart Disease-Associated Protein Fibers."
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May 14, 2008: |
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Huan's first paper is published in PNAS!
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February 8, 2008: |
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Collaborative work on Sse1 with Heather Sadlish accepted at PLoS ONE!
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January 25, 2008: |
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Neurology Journal Devotes Special Issue to Penn Research. See the press release.
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2007 |
December 28, 2007: |
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Cryo-EM models of Hsp104 structure published in Cell!
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October 1, 2007: |
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Jim is awarded NIH Director's New Innovator Award! See the press release.
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May 31, 2007: |
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Jim presents invited seminar at Penn CNDR |
May 2, 2007: |
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Jim wins Penn Institute of Aging Pilot Award! |
April 27, 2007: |
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Jim wins Penn Alzheimer's Disease Core Center Pilot Award! |
April 1, 2007: |
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Shorter lab opens!! |
