University of Iowa
Department of Biochemistry
4-403 BSB
Iowa City, IA 52242-1109 USA phone: 877-846-8569
or 319-335-7932
fax: (319) 335-9570
biochem@uiowa.edu

Department of Biochemistry

selected cover story publications - ordered left to right

1. PK Geyer & M. Wold labs (2006) Mol. Cell. Biol. 26:5983-5993. 2. JE Donelson lab (2005) Science 309:404-409. 3. S. Ramamswamy lab (2006) J. Mol. Biol. 355:72-84. 4. DL Weeks lab (2000) Developmental Biology 218:64-73. 5. DH Price lab (2007) Molecular Cell 27:262-274.

Excellent research facilities and a research-oriented faculty allow our department to offer broadly based programs of undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate study.

events

4 September 2008
"Dynamic Interactions Between Nucleosomes and Stalled Polymerase," Karen Adelman, Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, NIEHS
10:30 AM, 1117 MERF
9 September 2008
"Simple Models of Molecular Flexibility and Their Application to Drug Design and Protein Folding," Tam Frembgen-Kesner, Biochemistry PhD candidate, Thesis Presentation
12:30 PM, Spivey Auditorium (Aud. 2), BSB
11 September 2008
"What Drives the Folding of Membrane Proteins?" James Bowie, Dept. Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA
10:30 AM, 2117 MERF
12 September 2008
Biochemistry Department Welcome Party
3:00 PM, EMRB Arium

news

29 July 2008
Dr. Michael Vitalini, postdoctoral scholar in the lab of Dr. Lori Wallrath, Assoc. Professor of Biochemistry, received a best poster award at the recent Michigan State University Summer Symposium on Transcriptional Regulation and Systems Biology for his poster titled "Requirements for Drosophila HP1 Spreading and Gene Silencing." Also receiving a best poster award at the symposium was David Marion, genetics graduate student in the lab of Dr. Pam Geyer, Professor of Biochemistry, for his poster titled "Use of LacI;LacO Tethering System to Define Mechanisms of Insulator Action." The symposium was held July 18-20 in East Lansing, Michigan.