In Brief
Gottlieb Receives Tenure
Roberta A. Gottlieb has been promoted to the rank of associate professor
with tenure. Gottlieb (B.A., The Johns Hopkins University; M.D., The Johns
Hopkins University School of Medicine), has been at TSRI since 1993, when
she joined the Babior lab as a postdoctoral fellow. Gottlieb now directs
research focusing on apoptosis (programmed cell death) in response to
myocardial ischemia and reperfusion, with emphasis on mitochondrial alterations
and the production of reactive oxygen species.
Anonymous Gift of $425,000 Endows Student Fellowship
The Kellogg School has received a gift of $425,000 to permanently endow
a fellowship for a student in his or her first critical year of study.
The fellowship, entitled the Bagel (pronounced "ba - jél") Fellowship,
will fund a student in the graduate program every year in perpetuity beginning
in 2004.
Burton to Speak in Faculty Lecture Series
Professor Dennis Burton will speak on "The Search for an HIV Vaccine"
as part of the Faculty Lecture Series on Wednesday, November 12.
Other events in the 2003/2004 Faculty Lecture Series will include:
- Professor Linda Sherman, "Using an Autoimmune Disease to Inform Immunotherapy,"
January 14;
- Guest Scientist Kurt Wüthrich, "Viewing Proteins with NMR Eyes,"
January 28;
- Professor Dale Boger, "Targeting Protein-Protein and Protein-DNA
Interactions," March 10;
- Professor David Nemazee, "Immunological Tolerance in B Lymphocytes,"
April 14;
- Professor Carlos Barbas III, "Polydactyl Zinc Finger Proteins: Developing
Strategies to Control and Discover Genes," May 12;
- Associate Professor Benajmin Cravatt, "The Enzymatic Regulation of
the Fatty Acid Amide Class of Neural Signaling Lipids, June 9.
All lectures will take place in the Timken Amphitheater, Green Hospital,
at 5 PM. Receptions will follow in the Immunology Building Galleria.
Twenty-Six Medals in 2003 for Thorpe of TSRI Security
In 2003, 65-year-old Security Guard Karl Thorpe has racked up 26 medals
in track and field meets across the country. His seven gold, fourteen
silver, and five bronze medals are in sprinting events, in which he has
run 50 meters in 7.04 seconds, 100 meters in 13.26 seconds, and 200 meters
in 29.49 seconds. Thorpe placed 14th nationwide at a meet in June.
Educational Initiative Wins Communication Award
A science education project sponsored by TSRI and McDonalds Corp. won
a Helios award from the Orange County chapter of the International Association
of Business Communicators. The project, which involved creating educational
tray liners aimed at elementary-school-age children, and distributed by
McDonalds franchises, was led by Jason Socrates Bardi, Kevin Fung, and
Denise Scalzo.
NWIS Workshop: "Understanding Personalities for Effective Communication"
The Network for Women in Science at TSRI (NWIS) is sponsoring a workshop,
"Understanding Personalities for Effective Communication," on Wednesday,
November 19 at noon in the Keck Amphitheater. Nancy S. Haller of Applied
Psychometrics will speak on different communications styles using a Myers-Briggs
framework. The second workshop in this series, "Effective Communication
in Difficult Situations in the Workplace," will be held Wednesday, December
10.
Traffic Update
Sewer pipe construction continues in the area from Friday November 14
to Wednesday, November 26. AtÊ Salk Institute Road, one lane will be open
to traffic, with flag persons at each end. Also, the ramp from La Jolla
Village Drive to Gilman Drive will be closed for a portion of this time.
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