C2C turns 1!

Commitment to Catalysis turns 1 today!

Thanks to everyone who is following. My goal for this next year is to post more frequently--I am aiming for 2-3 times per week. Watch your feed for more updates from the wonderful field of chemical biology and exciting commentary from a graduate student.

Forbes 30 under 30

Congratulations to UCSF student Jon Ostrem (left) and UCSF fellow David Weinberg (right) for being named to Forbes 30 under 30 list in the field of Science!

 

Ostrem, a student in the lab of Kevan Shokat, created mutant-specific inhibitors of the oncogene K-Ras.

Weinberg, a fellow at UCSF,  is studying how cells determine how much protein to produce.

I expect we will continue to hear many awesome things from these two! For the full list, follow This Link. 

QBC Retreat 2013

My program and several other graduate programs in the Quantitative Biosciences Consortium (QBC) just returned from our annual retreat to Asilomar in Pacific Grove, CA. While there we heard talks from both students and professors, enjoyed humorous skits performed by the second years, and despite the chilly temperatures people braved walks on the beach during conference breaks. 

I feel as though I am sometimes in a chemistry bubble, so it was great to see the research interests of students in other programs. I myself presented at one of the poster sessions. The people who stopped by my poster had lots of positive feedback and suggestions for experiments.  I'm not sure how much time I will have to begin things before the holidays, but I'm excited to try some of these new directions come January! 

June Updates

My apologies for the diminished frequency of updates As was hinted by my previous post, I recently (and successfully) undertook the oral qualifying exam at my university. Needless to say, the process of writing the proposal and studying for the exam left very little time for other things last month. 

I hope that I can now return to my usual updates of 2-3x per week. On the plus side, all of my studying has giving me some great ideas for new posts. 

Hoping to have some new content out by the end of the week, until then, please enjoy the following article about the Art of Science.