{"id":7391,"date":"2011-08-10t07:00:15","date_gmt":"2011-08-10t13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=7391"},"modified":"2011-08-09t20:46:08","modified_gmt":"2011-08-10t02:46:08","slug":"teaching-and-research-at-a-minority-serving-institution-august-19th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2011\/08\/teaching-and-research-at-a-minority-serving-institution-august-19th\/","title":{"rendered":"teaching and research at a teaching-intensive institution (august 19th)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>from this week’s bret office of career development<\/a> newsletter…<\/p>\n

“the bret office of career development and department of biological sciences are pleased to present a special seminar and discussion with dr. leticia vega, assistant professor of biology at barry university<\/strong>. dr. vega will present her research and talk about her role as a scientist and professor at a teaching-intensive, minority-serving institution. if you\u2019re contemplating a career in teaching, especially at a minority-serving institution, don\u2019t miss this opportunity to hear dr. vega on august 19.”<\/p>\n

getting to the end: pif1p, telomeres and telomerase in s. cerevisiae
\nfriday, august 19th<\/strong>
\n11:00am-12:00pm
\n415a-d light hall<\/p>\n

sponsored by the bret office of career development and department of biological sciences<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

dr. leticia vega received her ph.d. in cell biology from mit working in the laboratory of dr. frank solomon and was a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of dr. virginia zakian at princeton university. since 2005, she has been assistant professor of biology at barry university in miami, fl.\u00a0 dr. vega\u2019s research interests are in the regulation of chromosome end-replication in the yeast saccharomyces cerevisiae.\u00a0 her work has yielded new insights into the role of the helicase pif1 in regulating the length and structure of telomeres through its action on the telomerase enzyme.\u00a0 in addition to her research activities, dr. vega is an accomplished teacher and mentor and will share her insights and experiences as a faculty member at a teaching-intensive, predominantly minority-serving institution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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