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December 2006

Alan Herbert and Colleagues to publish over 200 genetic associations in upcoming Nature Genetics article

Michael Christman speaks on obesity genetics at the National Press Club

October 2006

Genetics and Genomics Researchers Team with Howard Univerisity in First African American Genome Scan for Disease Genes

Open access data sharing paradigm of the Genomic Medicine Database (GMED) highlighted in BU Today article

September 2006

Genomic Medicine Website “GMED” Goes Live as described in Science 313 (2006) Netwatch- Best of the Web in science
http://gmed.bu.edu

August 2006

Hyunjoo Lee, an M.D./Ph.D. student successfully defended her thesis in July 2006

May 2006

Damien Slater is Awarded the Russek Student Achievement Day First Prize

April 2006

Custom-built Data Repository Speeds Obesity Research

Researchers Identify Common Genetic Variant That Elevates Obesity Risk

February 2005

Tovah Day Wins Ruth and Martin Levine Award in Graduate Medical Education.

December 2004

Cyrus Vaziri agrees to membership on Cancer Etiology Study Section at NIH

Proteomics Facility Opens

November 2004

Beth Sullivan publishes cover article in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Department retreat on Cape Cod, November 4th and 5th 2004

At Department Retreat, Sullivan Lab Student Dorothy Pazin Wins Poster Competition, and Christman Lab Student Courtney Sill is Runner-Up.

May 2004

Ph.D. and Masters Programs in Genetics and Genomics Approved by Trustees

April 2004

Department Scientific Advisory Board Chair Erin O'Shea of UCSF and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute is Elected to National Academy of Sciences

March 2004

Proteomics Expert Martin Steffen Joins Genetics and Genomics Faculty

February 2004

Beth Sullivan Wins National Award

December 2003

Microarray Resource Acquires Affymetrix GeneChip Scanner 3000

Alan Herbert reviews versatile RNAs in Nature Genetics

Thiagalingham lab student Kuang-hung Cheng wins poster competition

November 2003

Department retreat on Cape Cod, October 2003

 

 


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