Congratulations ⁦Jaigeeth Devershetty⁩ !!! He brings home the best poster award and to our total shock was also awarded the Emerging New Scientist award by ⁦Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society⁩. All in recognition of his work on structural studies of Rad52 and HR! ⁦SLU-SOM Biochemistry & Molecular Biology⁩

Congrats Ben Ben Ryan for winning best oral presentation at the Midwest DNA repair meeting! 🎉👏

We were waiting for 3 years, and it is already over ...Midwest DNA repair meeting was a lot of fun! Thank you Maria, Sarit and Becky for organizing! Thank you Doug, Sharon and Eric for amazing Keynote talks! And I am also thankful to my lab for being great hosts!

BIR team

“Chaos is why humans exist” #themanwhofelltoearth

📢🔥Preprint from the lab from Beth Osia RAD52 and ERCC6L/PICH have a compensatory relationship for genome stability in mitosis. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

The UIowa Genetics Graduate Program Graduate Program is having their annual retreat public talk on Friday, Sept. 22 at 4pm in Kollros Auditorium (Room 101), Biology Building East (BBE). The keynote speaker is Susan Rosenberg, Ben F. Love Chair in Cancer Research, Baylor College of Medicine.

Always wonderful to start the week with 'Paper Accepted'. Woo Hoo.... More details when everything is approved for release!

📢 FASEB Genetic Recombination & Genome Rearrangements. Talk and poster presentation opportunities available. ABSTRACT DEADLINE MAY 19. tinyurl.com/4pyrk769 Apply for a trainee scholarship: tinyurl.com/mry67y23

📢 FASEB Genetic Recombination & Genome Rearrangements. Talk and poster presentation opportunities available. ABSTRACT DEADLINE MAY 19. tinyurl.com/4pyrk769 Apply for a trainee scholarship: tinyurl.com/mry67y23

Last chance to save $150 in registration fees for #GRSRC. It's the only scientific meeting on the fundamental DNA repair process in biological research. Join organizers Neil Hunter and Anna Malkova and save your space by June 2: hubs.ly/Q02y5QGc0

Relocating to Texas to UT Health San Antonio. Thank you, University of Iowa for 10 amazing years! We are ready to new adventures!

Amazing science and traditional hike at FASEB "Genetic Recombination and Genome Rearrangements 2024" conference in Tucson, AZ. Such a beautiful location!!!

Amazing Genetic recombination and Genome rearrangement FASEB meeting in the stunning Tucson Arizona. Thanks Anna Malkova and Neil Hunter for organizing this terrific meeting and giving me the opportunity to talk about our work. Thanks everyone for the awesome discussions!