Happy Hour

Do you deserve a nice cold refreshment after a week of torturous finals?
Have you recently studied until you can no longer see straight?
Join your MCIP group at Happy Hour this Friday. 12/10/13
Meeting at The Graduate at 5pm.
Hope to see you there!

New Student Lunch Next Week

Don't forget to meet us at Tres Hermanas new student lunch next Thursday!  Check your email for details.

2013 MCIP Lunch

Welcome back!  The Fall quarter is fast approaching, so it's time to get together and celebrate the new year.  Come meet the new MCIP students and socialize with current MCIP students and faculty members.  Oh, and there's free food!  The 2013 MCIP Lunch is on Friday, September 20th, from 12-2 pm in the Life Science Courtyard

MCIP Student Achievements

Before the new school year starts up next month, we wanted to recognize the many MCIP graduate student achievements from this past year.  If you know someone that should be on this list, let us know!  Congratulations and keep up the great work this coming year.

Publications:

• Nick Aguirre: The Role of Amino Acids in Skeletal Muscle Adaptation to Exercisehttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23899757
• George Crocker: Combined effects of inspired oxygen, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide on oxygen transport and aerobic capacity.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Crocker%20GH%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=23813529
• Danny Daughety: A TSPO ligand is protective in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23681668
• Tony Herren:  Post-translational modifications of the cardiac Na channel: contribution of CaMKII-dependent phosphorylation to acquired arrhythmias.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23771687
• Lucy Lu: Measuring local gradients of intramitochondrial [Ca(2+)] in cardiac myocytes during sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) release.
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23243207
• Adam Ross: A Mutation in Mouse Pak1ip1 Causes Orofacial Clefting while Human PAK1IP1 Maps to 6p24 Translocation Breaking Points Associated with Orofacial Clefting.
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23935987
• Michael Steinman: Nongenomic effects of estradiol on aggression under short day photoperiods.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23763907 

Grants/Fellowships:

• Nick Aguirre - MCB training grant - Muscle-specific LAT1 KO on mechanical and nutritional post-translational signaling
• Kristi Hamilton - Chateaubriand fellowship- Beneficial effects of pre- and probiotics in obesity
• Tony Herren  - T32 Pharmacology Training Program –CaMKII Based Regulation of the Cardiac Voltage Gated Na+ Channel
• Lucy Lu:  American Heart Association WSA Predoctoral Fellowship
• Collin McCoin - T32 Predoctoral Clinical Research Training Program - Acylcarnitines and Inherited Disorders of Fatty Acid Oxidation: From Clinical Diagnostics to Active Players in Driving Inflammation and Myopathy
• Marissa McMackin - NIH NINDS- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - Friedreich's Ataxia research in mouse models
• Angeliki Papalamprou -  American Heart Association WSA Predoctoral Fellowship - Antigen removal for the production of immunoacceptable xenogeneic scaffolds for myocardial patch tissue engineering. 

Happy Hour at the Grad!

Get ready for the final happy hour of the year.  We will be at the Davis Graduate at 6pm on Wednesday June 5th.  See you all there!

Happy Hour in the Park!

Set your calendars for relaxing fun on Tue May 7 at 5:30pm.  The MCIP social committee is planning a happy hour in the park.  We will be at Sycamore Park, so plan on being there for drinks and snacks!  Also, maybe someone should bring a frisbee...

Congratulations Philip!

Congratulations to Philip Matern for receiving the 2013 Outstanding Graduate Student teaching award.  

Way to go Phil!

Phil's MCIP profile

Dinner with the Faculty

Just a friendly reminder that we will continue our "Dinner with the Faculty" series this month with Dr. Don Bers on Tuesday, April 23rd at 6:30pm.


Dr. Bers research focuses on the cellular and molecular mechanisms controlling cardiac contraction.  MCIP students are invited to attend this informal dinner for a friendly conversation about life, science, and maybe something about calcium.

Please RSVP here and be on the lookout for more information as we get closer to the date.