Six UK Students Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Career Opportunities Luncheon
Special luncheon for Biology Graduate Students with Dr. Landel, Thursday May 9th at noon in THM 305/308.
Dr. Landel, currently with Transposagen Biopharmaceuticals, was part of our seminar series this past spring and has experience in both academic and industrial sectors. This will be an exceptional opportunity for the students to gather information about career opportunities. In addition, the founder of Transposagen will be developing a new company, which may align with the research interests of our graduate students.
Carlisle P. Landel Ph.D.
Director, Custom Animal Model Division
Transposagen Biopharmaceuticals
535 West Second St., Suite L102
Lexington, KY 40508
www.transposagenbio.com
clandel@transposagenbio.com
Transposagen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., a Lexington, KY-based company, is a worldwide leader in technologies and services for genetic modification. Transposagen is dedicated to providing better disease models through genetic modification. Transposagen specializes in custom and off-the-shelf XTN™ site-specific nucleases, animal models, cell lines, stem cells and cutting-edge research tools and technologies to improve drug discovery and development research. These unique technologies and services for genetic modification give customers the ability to create nearly any genetic modification in any genome for both research and protein production purposes.
M.S. Defense Seminar: “Factors Influencing the Establishment and Survival of Native Hardwood Tree Seedlings of the Kentucky Inner Bluegrass Blue Ash-Oak Savanna-Woodland”
M.S. Defense Seminar
Jim Shaffer
Advisor: Dr. Scott Gleeson
“Factors influencing the establishment and survival of
native hardwood tree seedlings of the Kentucky Inner
Bluegrass blue ash-oak savanna-woodland”
Kuehne Room, Small Animal Building
Tuesday May 7, 2013
1 p.m.
Kentucky NSF EPSCoR Success Stories Featured in Video Series
Two A&S Faculty Team Up for New Book on Kentucky's Robinson Forest
UK Students to Present Research at Showcase for Undergraduate Scholars
Opening New Doors: Debdas Mukerjee
University of Kentucky alumni Debdas Mukerjee graduated in 1962 with his Ph.D. in genetics. After UK, Mukerjee contributed his expertise to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center before his career finally carried him to the Environmental Protection Agency where he was a Senior Environmental Health Scientist for the United States.
Doctoral Exit Seminar "The Causes and Consequences of Individual Variation in Parental Care Behavior"
Daniel Wetzel
Department of Biology
Advisor: Dr. David Westneat
Monday, April 8th
Kuehne Room, Small Animal Building
8:30 am