Anne's manuscript (and our labs' first genome) has been accepted for publication at BMC Genomics. Look for it soon, and congratulations to Anne (and thanks to our collaborators from Texas Tech University), it was a monster of a manuscript to get out there!
AA Andere, RN Platt II, DA Ray, CJ Picard. (2016)"Genome Sequence of Phormia regina Meigen (Diptera: Calliphoridae): Implications for medical, veterinary and forensic reserach." BMC Genomics, 17: 842.
The updates have been slow, but we have have a new MS student who has joined the Picard lab. Sarah Lewis, a graduate of our Forensic & Investigative Sciences Program here at IUPUI started in the fall on her Masters in Forensic Science. Sarah's project is that she is looking at candidate developmentally regulated genes in our Cochliomyia macellaria genomes. Welcome Sarah!
Last night we had a presentation and reception honoring Gina Dembinski (PhD, 2013-) as she received her prestigious J. Edgar Hoover Scientific Scholarship award ($25,000). William Branon (Chairman of the Board and Director of the J. Edgar Hoover Scholarship Foundation) as well as IUPUI and School of Science administrators were on board to celebrate her achievements. It was an evening of pride all around.
The Picard & Walsh Labs (http://www.iupui.edu/~walshlab/) were awarded a Department of Defense U.S. Army Equipment grant to purchase our very own Illumina MiSeq instrument. The instrument will be useful for improving DNA phenotyping.
Welcome Anne Ullyot (Park Tudor High School) to a summer of stinky volunteer work in the lab!
Anne Andere and Charity Owings have both passed their PhD qualifying exams and are now officially PhD candidates. CONGRATS!!!!
Thalles Souza Lopes joining us for the summer (working on Chrysomya rufifacies genome annotation) from University Center of Belo Horizonte (UniBH) in Belo Horizonite in Brazil.
Grace LeFevre joining us for the summer as a Project SEED student, currently home-schooled in Indianapolis. She will be working on the annotation of development genes in Cochliomyia macellaria.
Gina Dembinski is awarded the prestigious J. Edgar Hoover Foundation Scientific Scholarship! CONGRATS!!!!
The Picard Lab goes Global with a new publication in JME based on Egyptian Chrysomya population geentics. Nice work Abeer!
The Picard Lab represents at the Indiana Academy of Sciences Annual Conference in Indianapolis, IN - all 4 with posters.
John Whale successfully defends his MS thesis. Congrats John!
Anne and Charity attend the Annual Entomological Society of America meeting, in Portland, Oregon.
Anne attends the 12th annual Ecological Genomics Symposium hosted by Kansas State University in Kansas City, Mo. and presented a poster entitled "Genetic variation in developmental time studied on the genomic sequences of three geographically distinct populations of the blow fly Cochliomyia macellaria (Diptera: Calliphoridae)."
Kelsie Faulds's (former undergraduate and research associate - now a PhD student at University of Colorado Denver) first first author publication comes out! Congrats Kelsie!
Gina attends the 25th Annual International Symposium on Human Identification in Pheonix, AZ. She presented a poster entitled "DNA Phenotyping: Predicting pigmentation traits in a United States population".
Anne, Charity and Christine traveled to St.Petersberg, FL for the annual NAFEA meeting. All three gave presentations! It was a good and busy meeting.
Kevin Smolar successfully defended his MS Thesis in Forensic Science and is off to begin his career as a quality control specialist with his favorite brewery in Indianapolis! Congrats Kevin.
Anne Andere successfully defended her MS Thesis in Biology, and is gearing up to start her PhD in the Picard Lab! Congrats Anne!
Lisa Beach successfully defends her MS Thesis in Forensic Science and with that she continues her career as a Forensic Biologist with the Indiana State Police! Congrats Lisa!
Christine Picard (along with 5 other U.S.A. colleagues) traveled to China for 2 weeks giving presentations on lab research.
Charity Owings (MS, Texas A&M University) arrives in the lab to start her PhD. Welcome Charity!
Kevin Smolar gave an oral presentation at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) in Seattle, WA.
Abeer Mohsen (visiting PhD scientist) arrives to begin two years as a research scientist in the Picard lab. Welcome Abeer!
Anne Andere (MS student) & John Whale (MS student) both received funds to travel to the NAFEA 2013 meeting in Dayton, OH from the School of Science Graduate Student Committee! Congrats Anne and John!
Gina Dembinski (MS student) successfully defends her Masters thesis to a packed room! Congrats Gina!
Anne Andere (MS student) is presenting her research on the assembly of the Phormia regina genome at NAFEA 2013 in Dayton, OH. Congrats Anne!
Gina Dembinski (soon-to-be PhD student) receives the prestigious University Fellowship from IUPUI to 'buy' her out of teaching for the first year of her PhD! Congrats Gina!
Gina Dembinski (MS student) wins a travel award to attend the 2013 American Academy of Forensic Scientist (AAFS) annual meeting in Washington, DC from the Forensic Science Foundation. Congrats Gina!
John Whale (MS student) arrives to begin his research in the Picard Lab. Welcome John!
Gina Dembinski (MS) has her abstract accepted to present her MS research at the annual 2013 AAFS meeting in Washington, DC. Congrats Gina!
Anne Andere and Kevin Smolar begin as a MS students in the Picard Lab. Welcome Anne and Kevin!
Megan Carter graduates with her MSFS! Congrats Megan.