The INBRE project is designed to enhance the competitiveness of biomedical research in Nebraska by developing the human and technological resources essential for cutting edge research in functional genomics. The foundation of the project is a collaboration between eight undergraduate institutions, two community colleges and the three Ph.D. granting institutions located throughout the State. This collaboration is intended to develop a culture that recognizes and appreciates the value of biomedical research and provide opportunities to pursue such research at the cutting edge of current technologies.   Check out the information on upcoming symposiums and conferences!   Third Workshop in Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics Durham Research Center Auditorium and Atrium University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, Nebraska Monday, July 13, 2009 9:00 AM              Workshop check-in and continental breakfast   10:00 AM            Dr. Olke Uhlenbeck, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, Northwestern University "tRNA Tuning in Translation" 11:00 AM            Dr. Phoebe Rice, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago "Serine-based DNA Recombinases: Molecular Gymnasts" 12:00-2:00 PM   Lunch and "Lunch & Learn" presentations by corporate sponsors (GE Healthcare, HORIBA Jobin Yvon, Inc., and Veeco) 2:00 PM              Dr. Stephen White, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of California - Irvine "How Translocons Select Transmembrane Helices" 3:00 PM              Dr. John Gross, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of California - San Francisco "Linking Conformational Dynamics to the Control of Eukaryotic mRNA Decapping" 4:00-6:00 PM     Poster session with refreshments and corporate sponsor displays (GE Healthcare, HORIBA, Veeco, Rigaku, Hampton Research, TA Instruments, Formulatrix, QIAGEN, Art Robbins              Instruments)                              . Registration for the Third Workshop in Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics is free and open to the public, but hurry because seating is limited!  To register for the workshop, please visit the Eppley Structural Biology Facility website at: http://esbf.unmc.edu/workshop2009/registration.  The registration deadline is July 7th. A journal club led by Drs. Gloria Borgstahl, Luis Marky, and Paul Sorgen will be held in preparation for the Workshop, with meetings scheduled for June 11th, June 18th, June 25th, and July 2nd from 12:00-2:00 PM in the UNMC College of Nursing Room 2017.  Registration is not required for the journal club, and journal articles can be accessed at: http://esbf.unmc.edu/workshop2009/schedule. For questions, please contact Kelly Houston at houstonkl@unmc.edu or (402) 559-4650.    Evolution Conference at UNK September 2-4, 2009 The unifying theme in the biological sciences, the one theory that makes sense of an otherwise disjointed set of facts in the discipline of Biology, is the theory of evolution.  Great strides in our understanding of evolution have taken place since your time here at UNK and we would like you to be part of some of these new and exciting developments.  We in the Biology Department are organizing a major symposium September 2-4, 2009 in celebration of two milestone anniversaries. The first is Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday, which was February 12th and the second is the 150th anniversary of the publication of his landmark work, On the Origin of Species, which will be official this November.   We are excited about the speakers participating and the topics of presentation.  Speakers include Jack Horner, world-renowned expert on dinosaurs, Shannon Williamson, part of the Decoding the Oceans Project, of the J. Craig Venter Institute, and Nick Matzke, formerly of the National Center for Science Education, and now a graduate student at the University of California at Berkeley, who prepared some of the testimony documents for the Plaintiffs in the Dover, PA Intelligent Design trial.   Several other speakers will be part of our venue as well. Please see www.evolution2009.org for a complete listing and further information.  REGISTRATION FOR THE CONFERENCE IS NOW FREE!!!  Unfortunately, space is limited for the conference to 300 attendees and the workshop to 40 participants, so it is important that you register for the conference by the August 15th deadline.  There will be poster sessions as well.   We hope that you can join us.     Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Symposium (BIOT-2009) October 9-10, 2009 - Lincoln, NE (click here for more information)