November 15, 2011
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Texas
A&M University, will honor Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup on his
promotion to Distinguished Professor. He received this honor in
recognition of his contributions to computer science and software
development at Texas A&M University. His elevation to
Distinguished Professor is a very noteworthy achievement as... (Read More)
November 15, 2011
On Sep 16, James met with Amber Pearce, Director of Government
Relations for Pfizer, and Suzanne Russo, Vet Academic Liaison for
Pfizer in the New York Office. Amber previously worked with the
Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute as the Policy Director
advocating for policies providing and promoting a strong R&D
and Commercialization environment within t... (Read More)
November 15, 2011
The Wall Street Journal survey (http://bit.ly/aXT5k0) ranks Texas
A&M second (behind Penn State) for graduates who are
academically well-rounded and prepared for the job market,
according to nearly 500 companies that recruit graduates.
Incidentally, about 250 companies are on campus this week for the
Engineering Career Fair, one of the nation's largest.
Al... (Read More)
November 15, 2011
Dr. Hao Song from the Department of Biology, University of
Oregon, is going to visit our lab on September 28, 2010. He will
give a seminar titled "Hematopoietic cell lineage switching
mediated by zebrafish Stat1b" in the conference room 378, Research
Building, at 10:30 AM. You are more than welcome to attend the
seminar and share ideas with him.
Here is the ab... (Read More)
November 15, 2011
A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Dr.
James Cai in the Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences
at the Texas A&M University (College Station, TX). The Cai lab
(vetmed.tamu.edu/cailab)
focuses on computational research in population genomics and
molecular evolution.
Candidates should have obtained a PhD degree in Biology,
Bi... (Read More)
November 15, 2011
James is going to participate in The
Genomics of Common Diseases 2010 on October 6-9 in Baylor
College of Medicine, Houston, TX. This is the fourth annual
conference supported by the Wellcome Trust and Nature Genetics,
which will aim to address the many topics, including translational
genetics and pharmacogenomics, animal models and new genomic tools,
from GWAS ... (Read More)