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community of biologists who will work together to push the boundaries of knowledge.

College of Biological Sciences and Medical School faculty and students moved into

the new $80 million Molecular and Cellular Biology Building this summer, creating a

community of biologists who will work together to push the boundaries of knowledge.

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Welcome to the first issue of Bio, the College of Biological Sciences’

new magazine, which replaces Frontiers and reflects the growth and

change at CBS and in biology.

We chose the name Bio, Greek for ‘life,’ because life is what we areabout, from understanding how it works at the molecular level to pro-moting quality of life on our planet. Increasingly, the world’s problemsare biological in nature: the effects of pollution on ecosystems; thestrain of global population growth on food supplies; and the threat of

cancer, infectious diseases, and bioterrorism, to name a few. More and more, the world isturning to biologists for solutions.

As you can see, Bio brings us to you in living color. I was very glad to make this changebecause for me, biology is colors. There is nothing quite so disappointing as a black and whitephoto of a wild Minnesota orchid or a monarch butterfly. The cost difference between printingin black and white and color has narrowed over the past few years. And this year, we wereable to close the gap by doing design, production, and printing within the University ratherthan using outside services.

This year is one of other important changes for the College of Biological Sciences and theUniversity of Minnesota. Over the summer xx faculty and staff made the long-awaited moveinto the new Molecular and Cellular Biology Building on the Minneapolis campus. Thischange, which makes us the only two-campus college at the U, is an evolutionary event in ourhistory that presents many new research and education opportunities.

A $1.7 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to use Itasca as a base fortraining more K-12 biology teachers also extends our reach. This is a distinct change from therole the station has played in its 93 year history.

There are big changes at the top, as well. With the departure of Mark Yudof, regents haveentrusted Bob Bruininks and Chris Maziar with leadership of the University. As veterans of theYudof administration, they are very knowledgeable about the University and will provide greatleadership. We are in good hands. I look forward to working with them.

Please read this issue of Bio and let me know what you think. I welcome your feedback. Justsend an e-mail to [email protected].

Regards,

Robert Elde, Dean

Changes at CBS and the U

C O L L E G E O F B I O L O G I C A L S C I E N C E S

FROM THE DEAN

FALL 2002 ■ Vol. 1 No. 1

DEANRobert Elde

EDITORPeggy Rinard

ADVISERSJanene ConnellyDirector of Development and External Relations

Judd SheridanAssociate Dean

John AndersonAssociate Dean

Department HeadsDavid BernlohrBiochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics

Robert SternerEcology, Evolution, and Behavior

Kate VandenBoschPlant Biology

Brian Van NessGenetics, Cell Biology, andDevelopment

CONTRIBUTORSEmily JohnstonAlumni Relations Coordinator

Justin PiehowskiCommunications Intern

GRAPHIC DESIGNShawn Welch U of M Printing Services

PRINTINGU of M Printing Services

Address correspondence to:e-mail: [email protected]

Visit our Web site at www.cbs.umn.edu.

Robert Elde, dean

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9 More Than a Building The new Molecular and Cellular Biology Building provides $80 mil-lion worth of labs and classrooms for CBS faculty and students. Butthe opportunities it creates for collaboration are worth even more.

2 AbstractsBiodiversity, bugs, lions, Biodale, and books by faculty.

4 College NewsItasca Science Teachers Institute, Cedar Creek Anniversary,Microbial and Plant Genomics Building, CBS people.

15 Alumni NewsNew BSAS President and Board Members, Class Notes,Homecoming.

22 Calendar of EventsCheck out the line-up of fall events.

6 PLANT GENOMICS — Gene wars between plants and pests.

7 DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY — Fruit fly genes provide human cancer clues.

12 STUDENT LIFE — Summer at Lake Itasca.

13 FIELD NOTES — IMAX film about Jane Goodall’s research opens soon.

14 CAMPAIGN COUNTDOWN — Scholarships and fellowships are a top priority as Campaign Minnesota enters the last year.

16 BIOTECHNOLOGY — Julie Kirahara, president of ATG Laboratories and MNBIO.

18 Honor RollCBS donors for FY 2002

On the Cover Located between Moos Tower and Jackson Hall on Washington Avenue, the new Molecular andCellular Biology Building is at the entrance of the Academic Health Center and across the street from theInstitute of Technology. This strategic address will promote collaboration with health sciences and engineering.

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BIO is published three times a year by theUniversity of Minnesota College of BiologicalSciences for alumni, faculty, staff, and friendsof the college. It is available in alternative for-mats upon request; please call 612-624-0774or fax 612-624-2785.

Mark Sanders and Martin Blumenfeldhave invented a DNA chip reader that issmaller, lighter, and cheaper than anyother models on the market. An associateprofessor of genetics, cell biology, anddevelopment, Blumenfeld created thecompany Blizzard Genomics to commer-cialize their invention, which relies on LEDtechnology rather than costly lasers. LEDtechnology is used in traffic lights, taillights of cars, and stadium scoreboardlighting. The reader, which is the size of a

toaster and weighs 15 pounds, would costhalf as much as the least expensivemachine now on the market without sac-rificing technology. DNA chip scannersnow available are about the size of a copymachine, weigh up to 100 pounds, andcost $75,000. The U has filed threepatents for the device. Blizzard Genomicshas raised $1.6 million to produce andmarket this invention, and is attempting toraise another $5 million Sanders is direc-tor of the CBS Imaging Center. ■

The world is far less buggy thanpreviously believed, according to astudy involving CBS plant biol-ogist George Weiblen. Thestudy, which lowers the estimatefrom 31 million bug species (most-ly insects, spiders, and crus-taceans) to four to six million, isbased on the finding that insectsfeed on plant families rather thanindividual plants. Weiblen, principalplant biologist on the team, saysthat “bringing some reality” to estimatesof worldwide biodiversity will enable sci-entists to get a better handle on how fastspecies are being lost. The study, fundedby the National Science Foundation,looked at 51 rain forest plants in NewGuinea and more than 900 types of plant-

eating species. The total numberof species of all kinds on the earth isunknown. Estimates range from 7 millionto more than 50 million. Of the 1.8 mil-lion species documented thus far, abouthalf are arthropods. The study wasreported in the April 25 issue of Nature. ■

Craig Packer, ecology, evolution, and behavior, has received a five-year grant of$1,482,000 from the National Science Foundation for his research project, “ViralTransmission Dynamics in the Serengeti.” His study will investigate the transmis-sion dynamics of three viral pathogens: rabies, canine distemper virus, and canineparvovirus, identifying reservoirs of infection through a combination of approachesthat include intervention trials, genetic analyses, and disease surveillance. Of theemerging infectious diseases, zoonotic and generalist viral pathogens pose a par-ticular threat to public health and biodiversity. The effective control of these dis-eases requires both the identification of reservoirs of infection and an understand-ing of viral transmission dynamics within complex host assemblages. Yet for mostemerging infectious diseases, reservoirs remain to be identified and little is knownabout mechanisms by which infections are maintained. ■

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David Tilman, McKnight PresidentialProfessor of Ecology, was elected to theNational Academy of Sciences in May.Membership acknowledges distinguishedresearch and is considered one of thehighest honors for U.S. scientists. He isthe only U of M faculty member elected

to the NAS thisyear. Tilman’sresearch provesthat grasslandswith manyspecies of plantssurvive droughtbetter and pro-duce more vege-tation than landwith only a fewspecies. The NAS,

which acts as an adviser to the federalgovernment in matters of science andtechnology, was established in 1863 andhas 1,907 active members. Other NASmembers from ecology, evolution, andbehavior include emeriti professors HerbWright, Margaret Davis, and EvilleGorham. “I did not do this alone,” saysTilman. “Everything we accomplish in lifeis the result of team work. A lot of thecredit for these accomplishments goes tomy graduate students and colleagues.”Tilman was also named a RegentsProfessor—the University’s highesthonor for faculty—this spring. ■

Packer will study viral transmission among prides (socialgroups) of lions in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park andNgorongoro Crater.

Caterpillars (Lepidoptera) feed on the leaves ofFicus nodosa in the New Guinea rain forest.

More kudos for Tilman Less buggy world

Smaller, lighter, cheaper, DNA chip reader

Viral transmission in lions

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“Ecological Stoichiometry: The Biology ofElements from Molecules to the Biosphere,” byRobert Sterner and Jim Elser. This long-await-ed book on ecological stoichiometry – the balanceof chemical elements in ecological interactions –brings this field into its own as a unifying force inecology and evolution. Synthesizing a wide rangeof knowledge, Sterner, CBS professor and head ofecology, and Elser, University of Arizona, showhow an understanding of the biochemical deploy-ment of elements in organisms from microbes tometazoan provides the key to making sense ofboth aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The bookwon’t be published until Dec. 1, but can be ordered now on Amazon.com.

Books by faculty

There will soon be another “shop” openingat Biodale, CBS’ shopping mall for biotechresearch services. David Bernlohr receivedan NSF Research Instrumentation Grant of$490,891 to establish a Proteomics CoreFacility as part of the Biodale technologycorridor in the College of BiologicalSciences. The facility will house a roboticspot picker, digesters, and MALDI platespotter along with a 2-D gel system andsoftware license. It will interface with theMass Spectrometry Facility and be located in46 Gortner Laboratories. Bernlohr is aMcKnight Distinguished Professor and headof the Department of Biochemistry,Molecular Biology, and Biophysics. ■

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David Largaespada, genetics, cell biology,and development, reported on a new genetransfer method in the April 2 issue of theProceedings of the National Academy ofScience. Largaespada and his colleaguesdescribe the use of a transposon andSleeping Beauty transposase, an enzyme, togenetically modify a mouse. The techniquehas many potential applications for treatingdiseases such as hemophilia and cysticfibrosis. Largaespada, is co-founder ofDiscovery Genomics, which has exclusiverights to Sleeping Beauty technology. ■

Claudia Neuhauser, has published thesecond edition of her textbook“Calculus for Biology and Medicine.”Neuhauser developed a course and wrotethe text to relate calculus to life sciencesresearch. “I wanted students to under-stand calculus conceptually, not just to beable to differentiate and integrate func-tions,” she says. “And I wanted them to seehow calculus is used in cutting-edgeresearch and to enjoy it by using life sci-ences examples.” After discovering that nobook on the market addressed this issue,she wrote one herself. Neuhauser is a pro-fessor of ecology, evolution, and behavior.

Michael Simmons and Peter Snustadhave published the second edition oftheir very successful textbook,Principles of Genetics. The book,which has been translated into numer-ous languages, is a standard geneticstext in universities around the world.Simmons is professor of genetics, cellbiology, and development; Snustad isprofessor of plant biology.

The Advanced Genetic Analysis Center is one of sever-al “shops” in Biodale.

New gene transfer method

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Correction:The article “Living Laboratory” in the springissue of Frontiers contained incomplete infor-mation about the development of telemetry atCedar Creek Natural History area. In the late1950s John Tester and Dwain Warner, BellMuseum of Natural History, and engineeringprofessors Tom Irvine and James Hartnettexplored the possibility of studying wild ani-mals in their natural environment using equipment similar to that used to monitorLaika, the dog in the Russian sattelite, Sputnik.With funding from the Hill Family Foundationof St. Paul, a research team headed by WilliamCochran and Larry Kuechle developed radiotransmitters and receivers that were used tomonitor movements and activities of manykinds of animals. Our thanks to WilliamSchmid for calling this omission to our atten-tion, and to John Tester and Dwain Warner forproviding additional information.

You are invited to celebrate the 60thanniversary of Cedar Creek NaturalHistory Area from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. onSeptember 21. A living laboratory forecologists, Cedar Creek is the sitewere ecological theory was born andcontinues to thrive today. Researchconducted at Cedar Creek on thevalue of biodiversity is helping ecolo-gists understand how to manageglobal ecosystems. Cedar Creek isalso known as the place where radio-

tracking was developed to study ani-mal behavior. We hope you will beable to join us for the day to celebratethis unique University of Minnesotaresource. The event begins with aprogram at 1:30 p.m. followed byrefreshments, tours of Cedar Creek,and a radio-tracking demonstrationwith Goldy Gopher. Children are wel-come. For more information, contactEmily at [email protected] or612-624-4770. ■

CBS was awarded a $1.7 million grantfrom the Howard Hughes MedicalInstitute to support biology educationin northwest Minnesota. The grant willbe used to create the Lake ItascaScience Teachers Institute to ease theshortage of biology teachers in thearea and to encourage more NativeAmericans to enter this field. LakeItasca Forestry and Biological Stationwill serve as the campus for the pro-gram, which will provide rural intern-ships for future K-12 biology teachersand professional development for cur-rent middle school and high school

teachers in the Bagley, Bemidji, GrandRapids, Park Rapids, Waubun, andWhite Earth Reservation school dis-tricts. Program directors are RobertElde, CBS dean, and Steve Yussen,dean of the College of Education andHuman Development. Other partnersare the University of MinnesotaScience CentrUM, Itasca State Parknaturalists in the state Department ofNatural Resources, and the six schooldistricts. Jane Phillips, coordinator ofCBS instructional labs, prepared thegrant proposal and will be involved inits administration. ■

The Cargill Building Microbial and PlantGenomics building, under construction onGortner Avenue, reached its full height inJuly. To mark the occasion, the building wastopped off with a mature corn plant ratherthan the traditional evergreen tree. In June,Regents approved naming the building torecognize Cargill Foundation’s $10 milliongift, which covered half the cost of thebuilding. The 65,000-square-foot facility willsupport genomics research to improve thefood supply, clean up the environment, anddevelop new drugs. It will be used by facultyfrom CBS and the College of Agricultural,Environmental, and Food Sciences. A grandopening is planned for March, 2003. ■


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Celebrate Cedar Creek’s heritage on Sept. 21

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GGaarryy NNeellsseessttuueenn,, professor ofbiochemistry, molecular biology,and biophysics, is the first holder ofthe Samuel Kirkwood Chair inBiochemistry. The chair, whichhonors the memory of biochemistryprofessor Samuel Kirkwood, wascreated to support outstanding fac-ulty. Nelsestuen, a former studentof Kirkwood’s, is a leadingresearcher who studies mem-brane-protein interactions andmechanistic enzymology. He devel-oped a protein now licensed to EliLilly as the first drug to treat sep-sis. Kirkwood joined the biochem-istry department in 1956 and wasthe first professor to receive theMorse-University of MinnesotaAlumni Association Award for Undergraduate Education. He became head ofgeneral biology in 1981, retired in 1987, and died in 1999.

PPaallmmeerr RRooggeerrss,, professor emeritus of microbiology, died suddenly in Mayfrom an aneurysm at the age of 74. Rogers received his Ph.D. from JohnsHopkins University in 1957 and served on the faculty at the University ofMinnesota from 1962 until his retirement in 1999. A dedicated teacher andresearcher, he was much admired by his students and associates. Rogersserved the College of Biological Sciences as the Director of UndergraduateStudies for Microbiology and was recognized in 1998 with the StanleyDagley/Samual Kirkwood Undergraduate Education Award. An activeresearcher in the area of microbial physiology, he focused on genetics oforganic acid production by bacteria. With assistance from his wife, DonnaGunderson Rogers, CBS has established a Palmer Rogers MicrobiologyUndergraduate Scholarship Endowment. Contributions can be sent to:College of Biological Sciences, 123 Snyder Hall, 1475 Gortner Avenue, St.Paul, MN 55108, attention Janene Connelly.

BBiillll HHeerrmmaann,, genetics, cell biology and development, retired this springafter 36 years at CBS. After earning his Ph.D. at Northwestern University andgaining postdoctoral experience in endocrinology at the University ofCalifornia-Berkeley, Herman joined the zoology department at the Universityof Minnesota in 1966. He joined the genetics and cell biology department in1976 and served as head from 1980-89. Herman was devoted to teaching andresearch in invertebrate endocrinology. His classes were very well receivedand filled a clear need in this area. According to his long-time colleague,Ross Johnson, “If you ever wanted to see Bill wax enthusiastic, all you need-ed to do was ask him about the mode of action of a hormone.” He alsoenjoyed his studies of monarch butterflies. ■

$17.7 million for Plant Growth Facilitieswas included in the capital bonding billapproved by the 2002 MinnesotaLegislature and Governor Ventura at theend of May. Funds will be used to com-plete phase 2 of construction to replaceobsolete greenhouses. Dean Elde thanksall faculty, staff, alumni, and students whocontributed to the grass roots supporteffort by writing letters and making phonecalls. Special thanks go to Ruth Shaw, pro-fessor of ecology, and Dave Biesboer, pro-fessor of plant biology, who led planningfor the project and advocated for funding.Phase 1 of the project—a 9,600 square-foot biocontainment facility to study insectsthat transmit diseases—among cropplants, will be completed this fall. ■

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For the 13th consecutive summer, under-graduate students from across the coun-try participated in the Life SciencesSummer Undergraduate ResearchProgram, (LSSURP) at the College ofBiological Sciences. This year, 72 studentsengaged in intensive laboratory or fieldresearch experiences under the tutelageof U of M faculty, including 10 facultymentors from the College of BiologicalSciences. Objectives of the program,which is co-sponsored by the MedicalSchool, are to increase the number ofundergraduates who earn graduate orprofessional degrees in the life sciences,and increase the number of women andindividuals of color in these pools.

Undergrad research

Gene wars– the evolutionary

If you think the world’senergy resources are beinggobbled up too fast, ask

Georgiana May what’s happeningto our genetic resources. Thegenes that allow crops to resistpests also challenge the pests toevolve new means to pull an endrun around the resistance mech-anism. The result: a constantcycle of “gene warfare” in whichcrop breeders must run to stayone step ahead of whatever “bug”is breathing down their necks.

“Most major resistance traits lastabout five years,” says May, anassociate professor of ecology,evolution and behavior and ofplant biology. “After that, scien-tists have to scour the wild andcultivated relatives of crop plantsto find new genes that conferresistance.”

Overuse or misuse of differentforms of pest control leads not

only to vulnerablecrops, but to vulnerablepeople, says May.Antibiotics used inap-propriately to treathuman infections or inlivestock feed havebeen implicated in therise of drug-resistantbacteria, some of whichhave wreaked deadlyhavoc. The cycle isbound to continue, butMay is out to slow itdown. She is using herskills as an evolution-ary biologist to findgenes that will protectplants while evoking

milder or slower counter-evolu-tion of resistance in the pests andpathogens that afflict them.

As part of two efforts funded bythe National Science Foundation’sPlant Genome Project, May looksfor promising genetic material inseveral major crop species. Oneproject focuses on the plant familythat includes potatoes, tomatoes,eggplant, tobacco, and peppers.She has studied resistance genesand the molecular mechanisms bywhich the plants have evolvedmany and varied copies of thegenes. Now, May is drawing onher knowledge of those evolution-ary mechanisms to predict whichgenes will protect the cropsagainst future threats in a moresustainable manner. “We look forDNA sequences that are similar toknown resistance genes but occurin different species,” says May.“These are genes that have

already been ‘hanging around’ fora long time.”

In contrast to crops andpathogens at war with eachother, corn and the fungalpathogen known as corn smutseem to have declared a truce ofsorts, and this forms the basis ofa second project. Working withRon Phillips, Regents Professorin agriculture, May is investigat-ing why the smut isn’t a seriousproblem for corn, even thoughthe crop is usually planted inlarge monocultures—the classic“sitting duck” for any pathogenthat comes along.

“We’re trying to understand whycertain pathogens haven’t evolvedhypervirulence,” says May. “Cornbreeders early in the centurymust have done somethingright.” Because the geneticmakeup of smut is part of thisequation, May and Phillips areexamining its genome, too.

As efforts to protect both valu-able plants and nature’s reservesof genetic resources continue,May regards her evolutionaryapproach as the best because itgives a “big picture” of what’sgoing on. “I see myself as provid-ing evolutionary information thatwill help people manage geneticresources to provide moredurable resistance for crops anddevelop more ecologically sus-tainable systems,” she says.

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Georgiana May helps crop plants stay one gene aheadof pests.

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At first glance, a fruit flyseems distantly relatedto those of us with back-

bones. The multi-faceted eyesand elaborate bristle patterns onbody parts, which have appearedin many a science fiction movie,are outright alien.

Yet, as is often the case, appear-ances can be deceiving. At thecellular and molecular level, thesimilarity between fruit flies andhumans is stunning—a fact thatnew faculty member Scott Selleckuses to better understand, diag-nose, and treat cancer, the secondleading cause of death in the U.S.

Selleck joins a distinguishedteam of drosophila geneticsexperts, including MichaelO’Connor, holder of the OrdwayChair in Developmental Biologyand a Howard Hughes MedicalInstitute scholar. Alumnus EdLewis won the 1995 Nobel Prizein Medicine for pioneering workin fruit fly genetics and humandevelopment that he began at theUniversity of Minnesota.

Of the roughly 64 human geneslinked to tumor development, 70percent have a correspondinggene in the fruit fly. “That meansthat for more than two-thirds ofhuman cancers you can look tofruit flies for insight,” saysSelleck, who has been studyingDrosophilia melanogaster forthe past nine years as a profes-sor at the University of Arizonaat Tucson.

This fall, Selleck joins the facultyat Minnesota with appointments in

pediatrics and in genet-ics, cell biology, anddevelopment. He will alsohold the Martin LenzHarrison Land GrantChair in Pediatrics. Adevelopmental biologistwith an interest in dis-eases, Selleck holds M.D.and Ph.D. degrees fromWashington UniversitySchool of Medicine in St.Louis. And he spent fouryears as a post-doctoralfellow at M.I.T andBrandeis University,studying cell division in fruit flies,before setting up his own lab inTucson, where he also served asdirector of molecular genetics atthe Arizona Cancer Center.

Fruit flies are an ideal tool forstudying cancer development, hesays. “The basic mechanisms ofhow cells talk to one another,how development proceeds, andhow tissues are assembled, areall conserved in the evolutionarytree,” he says. Whether human orfruit fly, the genes that controlcell division operate in similarways. Understanding how celldivision is controlled during fruitfly development has led to a num-ber of discoveries relevant tohuman cancer.

“The first fruit fly gene we identi-fied at Arizona corresponded to ahuman gene that affects tumordevelopment,” Selleck says.

Humans who inherit a mutation inthat gene are more susceptible totumors, and loss of the gene is

associated with a number ofmalignancies. The gene Selleckdiscovered encodes a cell-surfaceprotein that affects how cellsrespond to messages from neigh-boring cells. “These moleculesare important regulators of howcells receive instructions govern-ing many biological processes,from cell division to the assemblyof blood vessels” Selleck adds. “Iam confident that understandingthis new class of molecularreceptors will have many medicalimplications.”

Selleck was attracted toMinnesota by opportunities to col-laborate, as well as the jointappointment and endowed chair.The U offers him the chance tobridge the gap between pediatricsand development biology, as wellas work with colleagues across awide range of disciplines.

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Fruit fly genes provide cancerdevelopment clues

Scott Selleck will join a distinguished team ofdrosophila experts.

Genetics of drosophila, or fruit flies, haslong been an area of strength at theUniversity of Minnesota.


CBS faculty members David Kirkpatrick, PeteMagee, and Judy Berman all conduct research onvarious forms of yeast, including CandidaAlbicans, a pathogen that causes a variety ofinfections in humans. Their labs are now joined,which enables them to work together more easily.

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n the upper floors of the gleam-ing new Molecular and CellularBiology Building on Washington

Avenue in Minneapolis, lab benchesstretch along the length of each wing,flowing one after another without walls or doors to separate them. In thewords of David Bernlohr, Head of theDepartment of Biochemistry, MolecularBiology, and Biophysics, “it’s impossibleto tell where one person’s lab stops andanother starts.”

Welcome to the University’s newest aca-demic building, where the traditionalboundaries between colleges and scien-tific disciplines blur, and researchers

form new alliances based on their inter-ests in addressing specific questionsabout life’s most basic processes.

A joint project of the College ofBiological Sciences and the MedicalSchool, the seven-story, 270,000-square-foot Molecular and CellularBuilding was designed and constructedwith state funding, at a cost of $80 mil-lion. Four upper floors are dedicated toresearch, and two lower floors aredevoted to undergraduate and graduateinstruction. There is also one floor ofresearch resources. On the outside, redbrick and pre-cast concrete integratethe building into its campus neighbor-

hood, which includes Jackson Hall, theBasic Sciences and BiomedicalEngineering Building, and Moos Toweron the South side of Washington Avenueand Institute of Technology buildingsacross the street. Lots of windows letample light into laboratories and meet-ing areas.

In this new building, scientists from theCollege of Biological Sciences and theMedical School work side by side, apply-ing the latest technologies in molecularand cellular biology to answer a varietyof research questions. Faculty fromthree departments are the primary ten-ants: About half are in the Department

The $80 million Molecular and Cellular Biology Building provides exceptional facilities for CBS facultyand students. More importantly, it creates a community of scientists where open labs and meetingspaces encourage collaboration, the key to discovery, and where biology students rub elbows with toplife sciences faculty.

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of Genetics, Cell Biology, andDevelopment; 40 percent in theDepartment of Biochemistry, MolecularBiology, and Biophysics; and 10 percentin the Department of Neuroscience. Thefirst two are joint departments of theCollege of Biological Sciences andMedical School; Neuroscience, which isaffiliated with CBS, is part of theMedical School. Researchers are clus-tered along programmatic rather thandepartmental lines. Cross fertilization isa primary objective in bringing thesedisciplines together.

The opening of the MCB Building culmi-nates years and in some respectsdecades of discussion and planning.Similar academic departments, such asbiochemistry and genetics, developedseparately on the St. Paul campus (tosupport agricultural research) andMinneapolis campus (to support med-ical research). Creating duplicatedepartments to support different pro-grams was common practice at large

research universities. The separationwas maintained when the College ofBiological Sciences was created in1965. But with advances in biology, thedifferences between basic biologicalresearch in agriculture and medicinegradually faded.

“Over the years there wastalk of merging the depart-ments,” says Bernlohr,whose father was a profes-sor of microbiology in theMedical School from 1961to 1974. “But because theyreported to separate deanson separate campuses,administrative hurdles gotin the way.”

In 1997, when PresidentMark Yudof identifiedmolecular and cellular biology as amajor university initiative, faculty-drivenplans for merging similar units re-sur-faced. Deans Robert Elde, CBS, and AlMichael, Medical School, took the lead

in crafting a plan to create joint basicresearch departments. And theUniversity’s commitment to win fundingfrom the Legislature for a new buildingto house the departments catalyzed thereorganization.

The Molecular & Cellular BiologyBuilding takes the reorganizationprocess one step further, giving 70researchers a strategically locatedhome at the intersection of medicine,liberal arts, and engineering. On thesimplest level, the new building allowsthem to share expensive equipment,making research more efficient eco-nomically. More importantly, it enablesthem to share and discover knowledge.Discoveries are often made at theboundaries where disciplines intersect.

Below is an overview of research in the new departments that occupy thebuilding.

Department of Biochemistry, MolecularBiology, and Biophysics (BMBB).Scientists in this department focus on thestructure and functions of molecules andassemblies. Their basic science investiga-tion provides new insight into fundamen-

tal biological and chemical processes andthe foundation for clinical research pro-grams in cancer biology, aging, diabetes,and other metabolic diseases.

The lobby of the new building provides a comfortable, quiet, andattractive study area for students.

Instructor Mark Decker leads a class in one of the new General Biology labs. The General Biology program offersbasic biology courses for undergraduates throughout the University.

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Department of Genetics, Cell Biology,and Development (GCD). Many facultyresearchers seek to understand howgenes function in normal and abnormalcell and organism development. Theseprograms are clustered around modelorganisms, such as yeast, worms,zebrafish, and mice. In addition, cellbiologists study functional mechanismsand structure of cells.

Department of Neuroscience.Neuroscience faculty study the controlof sensation, movement, and thought atthe molecular and cellular level. Theirwork has profound implications forunderstanding and treating chronicpain, addiction, and disabilities causedby stroke and spinal cord injuries.

tudents at all levels also benefitfrom the state-of-the-art labsand classrooms. The General

Biology Program, which provides basicbiology instruction for studentsUniversity-wide, and the CBSInstructional Laboratories which servesstudents majoring in biology, are bothhoused in the new building. There arealso instructional laboratories for med-ical and dental students. Graduate stu-dents and post-doctoral researcherswork in the new laboratories. The build-ing is a powerful lure to faculty mem-bers and graduate students who arebeing recruited into the University’smolecular and cellular biology pro-grams.

But it’s the building’s expected boost toresearch that administrators most lookforward to. The open design is at thecore of that excitement.

“One of the most important things adean can do,” says Bob Elde, dean ofthe College of Biological Sciences, “isbring people together. The new buildingis a magnet for bringing people togeth-er and encouraging them to interact innew ways.”

“Scientists used to live their livesinside a box—an individual lab withwalls,” says David Bernlohr. Peopletalk about ‘thinking outside the box.’ Inthis new building, there are no boxes.The implicit assumption is that thecombination of people and facilitieswill serve as a catalyst for thinkingoutside the box.”

Brian Van Ness, head of the Depart-ment of Genetics, Cell Biology, andDevelopment, expects the open designto enable scientists to apply lessonslearned from simple organisms, suchas yeast and zebrafish, to more complexorganisms. “The open format of thebuilding is uniquely designed to pro-mote those interactions,” he says.

Because biology is advancing at such arapid pace, a key advantage of the

building is its flexibility and openness.“As technologies change in the decadesahead, we can re-configure the space tosupport them,” Bernlohr says. “Theassembly of exceptional scientists andcombination of facilities, programmaticorganization, and open floor planassures that the Molecular and CellularBiology Building will be among the topresearch facilities in the country,” saysVan Ness.

The Molecular and Cellular BiologyBuilding opened this summer. A dedi-cation ceremony will be held October 9,2002. If you would like to attend, pleasecontact Janene Connelly,[email protected], or 612-624-7496.

—Frank Clancy

David Bernlohr head of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics (front); Tim Ebner, head ofNeuroscience (back left); and Brian Van Ness, head of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Biophysics, take time out ina beautifully designed break room. Faculty in their departments occupy the building’s four floors of researchlabs. Break rooms are located on each floor to encourage interaction.

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Majestic pines . . .pristine lakes . . .lifetime friendships

gained and lessons learned . . .such are the images Jon Rosscarries from the first year hespent at the Lake ItascaForestry and Biological Stationas an undergraduate in 1973.

Thirty years later, Ross—nowresident biologist and assistantdirector of the station—enjoyswatching the next generation ofstudents build memories oftheir own.

The Itasca station, established in1909, is high on the list of featuresthat make the University ofMinnesota a great place to be abudding biologist. Perched on the

edge of the headwaters of theMississippi River, surrounded by32,000-acre Itasca State Park, itoffers an invigorating venue foreducation and research for some1,000 station visitors each year.Located at the convergence ofthree great biomes—northernconiferous forest, prairie, andhardwood forest—the field sta-tion is a unique resource forbiologists.

Prominent among academicofferings is the summer biologyprogram. Two sessions give stu-dents the opportunity to take arich variety of classes focusingon topics such as botany, animalbehavior, photography, insectdiversity, and telemetry. Otherupper Midwestern colleges bringtheir own students for similarcourses in spring and fall.

Sarah Suskovic had a blast takingthe mammology course this year.“We watched beaver, caught andobserved bats, tracked smallrodents with fluorescent dye, andhowled for wolves and coyotes,”she says. “I enjoy the opportunityto be out in the field, to intensivelyconcentrate on an area withouteveryday distractions, and tointeract with others who share myinterests.”

The summer field biology programis one of many offerings at Itasca.Others include internationalexchange programs, neurosciencecourses, and before-school orien-tation programs to enable newundergraduate and graduate stu-

dents to get to know each otherand faculty. The station, particu-larly during the summer, is also amagnet for researchers becauseof the abundance of flora andfauna represented within the park.

The field station is a valuablecomplement to campus-basedclassrooms and labs says stationdirector David Biesboer.

The away-from-it-all atmospherealso creates a learning-enhancingcamaraderie among individualsfrom a variety of backgrounds

“It’s a terrific experience,” saysStephen Ekker, a faculty memberin the Department of Genetics,Cell Biology, and Development,who co-directs the molecular biol-ogy session. By the time fall ses-sion starts, he says, students“already have friends and facultythey’ve met, they’ve made s’moreswith, counted the stars with. . . .You can’t do that here in the TwinCities.”

—Mary K. Hoff


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University of Minnesota biolo-gy students have enjoyedsummers at Itasca since 1909.

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You won’t see Anne Puseyon screen in the film“Wild Chimpanzees” when

it premiers at the ScienceMuseum’s IMAX Theatre this fall.But she had a substantial behind-the-scenes supporting role in themaking of this film about JaneGoodall and her studies of chim-panzees.

Pusey took that role on a few yearsago when she accompanied agroup of Science Museum film-makers to Tanzania and gave thema tour of Gombe StreamNational Park whereGoodall’s research isbased. A student ofGoodall’s in the early1970s, Pusey nowheads up the JaneGoodall Institute’sCenter for PrimateStudies—housed at theCollege of Biological Sciences.

This fall, “Wild Chimpanzees,”which evolved from that initial visit,will premier in IMAX theatersacross North America. Slated forworldwide tour, the 42-minute filmtells Goodall’s story, features lotsof shots of cute chimps, and cham-pions the ongoing work of scien-tists such as Pusey and her stu-dents who study chimpanzeebehavior and work to preservetheir habitat.

Though she doesn’t appearonscreen, Pusey served as principalscientific adviser for the filmmakersand she reviewed the final script forscientific accuracy. CBS doctoralstudent Elizabeth Vinson Lonsdorfmakes her screen debut in the film.

As part of thefilm’s promotion, Lonsdorf willserve as a science educator andguest speaker, visiting classroomsand science centers across thecountry in the coming year.

The release of the film coin-cides with an extensive redesignof the center’s Web site(www.discoverchimpanzees.org).Funded by the Science Museum,the new Web site is an educa-tional tool and an interactiveshowcase for the center’s work.

Pusey hopes the film and Web sitewill bring the center more visibilityand attract financial support for itsmission. In 1995 Jane Goodallentrusted all of her hand-writtenfield notes, some in Swahili, andphotographs (38 years worth) as

well as videotapes to the center,making it the archives for herresearch and an importantresource for primate researchersworldwide. But the records mustbe cataloged, translated, andscanned before they can be madeavailable electronically. Pusey israising funds to make this possible.

Contributions may be sent to theCenter for Primate Studies c/oJanene Connelly, 123 Snyder Hall,1475 Gortner Ave., St. Paul, MN55108. For more information aboutmaking supporting the center,contact Janene Connelly at [email protected].

—Joel Hoekstra

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Behind the scenes of “Wild Chimpanzees”

See Jane Goodall and friends in the IMAX film “Wild Chimpanzees,”opening at the Science Museum October 17. Anne Pusey, director ofthe Goodall Center for Primate Studies at CBS, was scientific adviser.

State support for the University is shrinking and tuition isincreasing. Although the

University of Minnesota is a land-grantinstitution, it is rapidly becoming ahybrid university—a cross between apublic and a private university—as itsdependence on private support increas-es. That’s why contributions for schol-arships and fellowships are moreimportant than ever before.

Here at the College of BiologicalSciences, the need is particularly acute.CBS’ scholarship and fellowship endow-ment is much smaller than those ofmost other U of M schools and collegesbecause it is a relatively young school.Dean Elde hopes to increase this endow-ment to $10 million.

The College’s future is tied to buildingthe endowment because competition forthe best and brightest students is keen,Elde explains. Top high school studentsare recruited by other universities andoffered generous scholarships. At theUniversity of Minnesota, only 18 percentof new freshmen receive academicscholarships while more than half havefinancial need. Thus Minnesota is at riskof losing gifted young people to otherstates with more scholarship resources.Even though Minnesota may be the firstchoice of these students, their need forfinancial assistance may lead them else-where.

The College of Biological Sciences offersapproximately 70 scholarships and fel-lowships each year. There are many oth-ers who need and deserve this support.And CBS students are among the mostqualified at the University.

Gifts are needed for both endowed and

annual scholarships and fellowships.While the former insures that the futurewill be strong, the latter meets needs ofCBS’ growing number of current appli-cants.

You could help astudent likeMelinda Buck, asenior majoring ingenetics, cell biolo-gy, and develop-ment, who will bethe first person inher family to gradu-ate from college.Melinda receivedthe BiologicalSciences AlumniSociety scholarshipand the Paul MorrisScholarship.

Born in Bay City,Wisconsin, shebecame interestedin genetics in a sev-enth-grade scienceclass. After attend-ing Bethany Collegein Mankato for twoyears, she trans-ferred to theUniversity ofMinnesota becauseof opportunities toparticipate inresearch. She wasalso attracted by the small-college feel-ing of CBS.

“It’s been easy to make friends here,”she says.

Now president of the Genetics, CellBiology, and Development Club, she

passes a friendly welcome along to manyother students. She also sings with theUniversity of Minnesota gospel choir,and last summer recorded her own CD.

This year, Melinda is doing a directedresearch project in cancer genetics.After she completes her education, sheplans to be a genetic counselor or towork as a scientist for a biotechnologycompany.


C A M PA I G N MINNESOTA CAMPAIGN COUNTDOWNAS CAMPAIGN MINNESOTA WINDS DOWN, MANY GOALS HAVE BEEN REALIZED. BUT SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS

REMAINS A CRITICAL NEED. IN FACT, LEADERS HAVE IDENTIFIED IT AS A TOP PRIORITY.

Melinda Buck, the first member of her family to graduate from college,received the BSAS and Paul Morris scholarships from CBS.

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Meet Phill Lawonn, the newpresident of the BiologicalSciences Alumni Society. A

native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin anddie-hard Green Bay Packers fan, Phillreceived his B.S. degree in microbiolo-gy from CBS in 1984. He is now man-ager of analytical and regulatory serv-ices of Cellresin Technologies.

Phill lives in New Brighton with hiswife, Mary, sons Andrew andBenjamin, and German ShepherdShelby. Phill is involved with hischurch, enjoys most sports, and plays

golf and tennis as often as he can. Healso enjoys gourmet cooking, winetasting, and listening to jazz.

Phill decided to join BSAS to share hisexperiences with students and recon-nect with CBS alumni, he says. “I’vehad a great time so far, and I’m look-ing forward to many years of promot-ing the University while having funmeeting and networking with otheralumni.”

He’s particularly interested in helpingstudents as they make important edu-cation and career decisions.

“I decided to becomeinvolved with BSASbecause I felt my collegeand career experiencesmight enable me to helpother young biologistswrestling with the samequestions and decisions asI did,” he says. “I’mimpressed by the caliber oftoday’s CBS students, whoare very bright and moti-vated. I have had a greattime giving back, andencourage others to do thesame.”

As this year’s president,Phill has outlined threegoals for the board:increase active involvementand membership in BSAS;provide events that are useful andinteresting to a broad alumni base;and strengthen connections with CBSstudents.

“The common thread among thesegoals is drawing on our diverse alumnigroup to provide opportunities forcareer growth, networking, socializing,and mentoring students,” he says.

“If you are currently a member ofBSAS, let me say thank you for yourinvolvement. I hope we can continue tobe a group that you find fun and inter-esting. If you’re not a member, I askyou to think about those times whenyou got some helpful advice, and toconsider passing that along. You mayfind it as rewarding as I have.”

Don’t miss the CBS HomecomingExtravaganza on Friday, October 11.There will be fun and games for all toenjoy. There will be a barbeque on thelawn in front of Snyder Hall as well asthe bonfire later that night. So markyour calendar and get out the maroonand gold. Homecoming with CBS is justaround the corner! Watch for your invi-tation in the mail

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Meet BSAS PresidentPhill Lawonn

“I decided to become

involved with BSAS because I

felt my college and career

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CBS Homecoming

BSAS President Phill Lawonn is a manager atCellresin Technologies.

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Attention mentors! The 2002-2003 men-tor program will begin on November 7with the Mentor Program Kick-off at6:00 pm. Enjoy a light reception andtake this opportunity to meet your stu-dent, discuss your goals for the rela-tionship, and plan your activities. If youhaven't signed up yet, contact Emily at612-624-4770 or [email protected] www.alumni.umn.edu/cbsmentor .

CBS Mentor Program

“Julie is an

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derful person.”

—Pete Snustad

As a U biochemistry stu-dent in the 1980s, JulieAnderson Kirihara earned a

reputation among her peers andprofessors as researcher who wasgoing places. This fall, theUniversity will acknowledge thatshe has arrived. Kirihara, nowpresident of the biotechnologycompany ATG Laboratories, Inc.,and head of the trade groupMNBIO, will receive a 2002Outstanding Achievement Awardfor her work in cloning and herefforts to promote Minnesota’sbiotech industry.

Kirihara will accept the award at the CBS Recognition andAppreciation Dinner at theMcNamara Alumni Center onOctober 10. The honor, approvedby the Board of Regents, is con-ferred upon graduates who haveattained unusual distinction intheir professions or in public

service, and who have demon-strated outstanding achievementand leadership.

“Julie is an extremely talentedscientist,” says Peter Snustad,professor of genetics and associ-ate head of the department ofplant biology. “More importantly,she is simply a wonderful per-son.”

In 1994, Kirihara founded ATGLaboratories with a formercoworker, Laura Torborg Kakach.Based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota,the company now employs eightpeople and provides services ingene cloning and expression.Specifically, ATG clones genesand expresses recombinant pro-teins in bacterial and insect cellsfor work in a variety of researchfields, chiefly pharmaceuticals.The company’s clients includeFortune 500 companies, govern-ment labs, smaller businesses,and academic researchers.

ATG was a significant contributorto the work of researcher GaryNelsestuen, professor of bio-chemistry. His recent findingsabout the role mutant proteinsplay in blood clotting requiredexperiments with nearly 60 differ-ent protein samples, all createdby ATG.

“Julie’s company was very impor-tant,” Nelsestuen says. “Access tobiological services is a centralfeature of what I think of as thenew science, which emphasizesoutsourcing so that a smallresearch team can focus on solv-

ing their specific problem.”

Kirihara also serves as the volun-teer president of MNBIO, anindustry association representingbiotechnology companies inMinnesota. Over the years, herefforts to promote biotech haveeven involved the U: She has hiredseveral U graduates and oftenreturns to campus to talk to stu-dents about careers in biotech-nology.

A Minnesota native, Kiriharaobtained a bachelor’s in biochem-istry from the U in 1981 and aPh.D. in biochemistry in 1988. Asan undergraduate, she developedmethods for purifying cysteine-rich protease inhibitors from soy-beans. Her dissertation researchexamined genes encoding pro-teins in corn that are high in theamino acid methionine. The workearned Kirihara a U.S. patent andmay eventually lead to the com-mercial production of maize lineswith elevated methionine levels,making them better as livestockfeed.

Laid-back and soft-spoken,Kirihara seems embarrassed byall the attention that goes withleadership and public honors. Hercompany’s track record is theresult of simple hard work, andthe dedication of her staff, shesays. “Our clients want high-quality, rapid turnaround,” shesays. “We have high levels of cus-tomer satisfaction.”

—Joel Hoekstra


receives alumni honorJulie Anderson Kirihara

Julie Anderson Kiraharai s f o u n d e r o f A T GLaboratories and presi-dent of MNBIO.

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AAlllleenn BB.. SScchhlleessiinnggeerr ((BB..SS.. iinn ZZoooollooggyy,, 11994499,, MM..SS.. iinnZZoooollooggyy,, 11995522 aanndd PPhh..DD.. iinn BBiioocchheemmiissttrryy,, 11995577)) wasa student of Magnus Olson’s, former head of zoolo-gy, who passed away in March. After reading aboutOlson’s death in the spring issue of Frontiers,Schlesinger wrote “Magnus was an outstandingfield biologist. He once told me that he learned tobe at home in the field when he and his brotherlived off the land during the Great Depression. Iwas most fortunate to have been instructed bysome of Minnesota’s great life scientists: BurrSteinbach, Nelson Spratt, Sam Eddy, Fred Smith,Paul Boyer, and Dwight Minnich.”RRiicchhaarrdd FF.. OO’’NNeeiillll ((BB..AA.. iinn ZZoooollooggyy,, 11995544)) attendedthe June 4th CBS reception and UMAA annual cele-bration. While majoring in zoology at the University,Dick obtained his pilot’s license and after gradua-tion became a pilot with North Central Airlines. Helater joined Pan American Airlines as a captain.Retired since 1990, he and his wife, Lynn, spendsummers in Duluth and winters in Naples, Florida. MMeerrllee SS.. OOllssoonn ((PPhh..DD.. iinn bbiioocchheemmiissttrryy,, 11996666)) hasbeen appointed dean of the University of TexasHealth Sciences Center Graduate School ofBiomedical Sciences. Olson has served as profes-sor and chairman of the UTHSCSA Department ofBiochemistry since 1983. PPeeaarrll BBeerrggaadd ((MM..SS.. iinn BBoottaannyy,, 11996688)) was honoredby President Bush during his July 11 visit for hervolunteer work promoting Chinese culture in theTwin Cities. Born in Honk Kong, Bergad came tothe U.S. in 1962. She was a key planner of “Bridgeof Souls,” a musical tribute to Asian victims ofWorld War II. “Bridge of Souls” was presented lastyear by the Chamber Music Society of Minnesota.Bergad volunteers with the Chinese Senior CitizenSociety, the Chinese Min Hua Chorus, and theannual Asian Pacific Heritage Festival. HHeennrryy CCoollvviinn ((MM..SS.. iinn MMiiccrroobbiioollooggyy,, 11997766)) aanndd hhiisswwiiffee,, CCllaauuddiiaa ((BB..AA.. ffrroomm CCLLAA,, 11996699)) are volunteerswith Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra inAtlanta. They recently took 85 musicians to NewYork City, where they played in Carnegie Hall.DDeeee MMccMMaannuuss ((BB..SS.. iinn MMiiccrroobbiioollooggyy,, 11997777)) waselected to the National Board of Directors of SigmaDelta Epsilon-Graduate Women in Science in June2002. SDE-GWIS is an international group that pro-vides fellowships, grants, mentoring, and network-ing for women in science. Dee is currently theAdministrative Director of the Lillehei HeartInstitute.HHaaiillee MMeesshhaannsshhoo (( PPhh..DD.. iinn BBiioocchheemmiissttrryy,, 11998800))was recently featured on the cover of the annualreport of the American Chemical Society. The arti-cle highlights his work at Proctor & Gamble Co.Haile is credited with eight patents and was namedan ACS Hero of Chemistry in 2000.DDoouuggllaass LLiigghhtt ((MM..SS.. iinn ZZoooollooggyy aanndd PPhh..DD.. iinnPPhhyyssiioollooggyy,, 11998866)) an associate professor of biologyat Ripon College, received the James UnderkoflerAward for Excellence in Undergraduate Teachingduring the college’s 2002 awards convocation.

AAmmeelliiaa BBiirrnneeyy ((BB..SS.. iinn BBiioollooggyy,, 11998877)) is principalinvestigator on several grants to develop and testthe efficacy of computer-based health and patienteducation products related to cancer. Ameliarecently completed a CD-Rom on treatment optionsfor prostate cancer patients.JJoonn BBeennssoonn ((BB..SS.. iinn MMiiccrroobbiioollooggyy,,11998888)) manages ITSystems for Neurome, a life sciences company inLa Jolla, CA. Inc. Neurome specializes in neuro-imaging and analysis.LLiissaa LLuummbbaaoo ((BB..SS.. iinn BBiioollooggyy,, 11999900)) is working parttime as a business development consultant forPADCO Inc., an environmental consulting firmbased in Washington, D.C., and is developing a pub-lication on poverty in Papua, New Guinea for theAsian Development Bank in Manila.LLiissaa SScchhnneeiiddeerr ((BB..SS.. iinn GGeenneettiiccss aanndd CCeellll BBiioollooggyy,,11999911)) recently became a partner at Sidley AustinBrown & Wood. She practices intellectual propertylaw in the firm’s Chicago office and specializes inpatent litigation involving pharmaceuticals andmedical devices. DDaatt NNqquuyyeenn ((BB..SS.. iinn BBiioollooggyy,, 11999933,, MM..DD.. 22000000)) is fin-ishing up his residency in Internal Medicine at theUniversity of Southern California Medical Center.KKaatthheerriinnee KKooeehhlleerr ((BB..SS.. iinn BBiioollooggyy,, 11999955)) has trav-eled, finished over two years in the Peace Corps,and is now finishing a master’s degree in publichealth in Tucson, AZ. Katherine works for a profes-sor who studies the health effects associated withexposure to organophosphate OP-pesticides. MMaazzeenn AAbbbbaass ((BB..SS.. iinn GGeenneettiiccss && CCeellll BBiioollooggyy,, 11999966))has started his 4th year of medical school at OhioUniversity College of Osteopathic Medicine. He isalso a member of the U.S. Army as a HealthProfessional Scholarship Program recipient. Hiswife, Corrie, and their son, Jad, are expectinganother addition to their family in November.HHeennrryy PPaarrkk ((BB..SS.. iinn BBiioocchheemmiissttrryy,, 11999966)) is an attor-ney at Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto, specializ-ing in pharmaceutical litigation and intellectualproperty.MMaatttthheeww FFiinnkkee ((BB..SS.. iinn BBiioocchheemmiissttrryy,, 11999977,, MM..PP..HH..22000000)) began medical school at the University ofSouth Dakota in August 2002. Prior to that he wasan epidemiologist for the Colorado Department ofPublic Health and Environment, where his respon-sibilities included disease surveillance and publichealth practices under the Emerging InfectionsProgram. Last fall he was involved in dealing withthe anthrax threat. JJooyy WWaavvrraa ((BB..SS.. iinn MMiiccrroobbiioollooggyy,, 22000000)) is attendingthe University of Minnesota Pharmacy School andhopes to graduate in May, 2005. She is interested inclinical or rural pharmacy practice and is consider-ing a residency. Joy also has plans to marry anoth-er U of M grad, David Ward, this December. PPaauull PPeeaassee ((BB..SS.. iinn BBiioocchheemmiissttrryy,, 22000011)) has begunworking on a Ph.D. in the molecular and cell biolo-gy at UC-Berkeley this summer. Previously, he wasa protein biochemist for R&D Systems.

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BSAS BoardMembers for2002-2003PPhhiillll LLaawwoonnnn,, PPrreessiiddeennttB.S. Microbiology, 1984

MMeerrvvyynn ddee SSoouuzzaa,, PPrreessiiddeenntt--EElleeccttM.S. Microbial Engineering, 1997Ph.D. Biochemistry, MolecularBiology, and Biophysics, 1998

DDiicckk OOssggoooodd,, PPaasstt--PPrreessiiddeennttB.S. Biology, 1977M.S. Biology, UMD 1979

CCaarrooll PPlleettcchheerr,, NNaattiioonnaall BBooaarrddRReepprreesseennttaattiivveePh.D. Biochemistry, 1979

CCaarroollyynn BBaaggnneeB.S. Biology, 1997

JJeeffff CCaarrppeenntteerrPh.D. Cell and DevelopmentalBiology, 1991

JJeennnneeaa DDoowwB.S. Biology, 1999

LLaauurraa aanndd SSccootttt EErriicckkssoonnLaura: B.S. Zoology, 1977

M.D. Medical School, 1981Scott: Friend of the college

CCuurrtt HHeennrryyB.S. Biochemistry, 1996

JJaannee JJoohhnnssoonnB.S. Biology, 1976

DDoouuggllaass PPrraatttt,, PPhh..DD..B.S. Natural Science, 1952M.A. Botany, 1959Ph.D. Botany, 1960

JJooaann SScchhrrooeeddeerr--DDaalleeB.S. Biochemistry, 1997

JJeennnniiffeerr SSeeffffeerrnniicckk,, PPhh..DD..Ph.D. Biochemistry, MolecularBiology, and Biophyics, 2001

TToomm SSkkaallbbeecckk,, PPhh..DD..Ph.D. Entomology, 1976

KKeevviinn WWaaddddiicckk,, PPhh..DD..B.S. Microbiology, 1976M.S. Microbiology, 1983Ph.D. Biophysical Sciences, 1993

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Schomburg MMMrrss.. MMaarrcciiaa MM.. TThhoolleenn MMr. John Francis Wetzel *

1970-1974LLyynnddaa aanndd GGaarryy AAcckkeerrtt Kay and Richard Allen MMMrr.. JJaammeess DD.. AAnnddeerrssoonnDr. Karl J. AufderheideDr. Kathleen M. L. and

Sabri Ayaz * MMr. Philip A. Balazs MMMrr.. TThhoommaass EE.. BBooeelltteerrDDrr.. CCiinnddyy JJ.. BBrruunnnneerr MMMoonniikkaa aanndd KKeeiitthh BBuurraauuDDrr.. AAllaann EE.. CCoommeerrMr. Michael F. Coyle MDDaavviidd aanndd WWeennddyy DDeevviinn MSShhaayynnee EE.. DDiizzaarrdd aanndd WWiilllliiaamm HH..

KKoojjoollaa M

Timothy and CarolineDonakowski

MMrr.. MMaarrkk AA.. EEiinneerrssoonn MDDrr.. RRooggeerr HH.. EErriicckkssoonnSSuussaann JJ.. aanndd GGuunnnnaarr JJ.. EErriicckkssoonn MBBeetthh aanndd JJeerroommee FFaahhrrmmaannnnMMrr.. TThhoommaass JJ.. FFiisscchhbbaacchhMr. and Mrs. Bradley Footh MDDrr.. CCaarrll EE.. FFrraasscchhJohn E. and Janet M. Fredell MDDrr.. TThhoommaass RR.. FFrriittsscchheeMMrr.. JJeeffffrreeyy DD.. GGaabbeeDr. Howard B. GaleDDrr.. SSttaannlleeyy EE.. HHeeddeeeennDr. James Martin Hogle * MDrs. C. L. Hult and C. B.

Godfrey MDDrr.. JJoohhnn DD.. JJaacckkssoonnBradley P. and Nancy B. Jahnke MDrs. Nancy J. Jarvis and James J.

Wheeler *Mr. Terrance J. Kaase *Dennis L. Keierleber and Pamela

K. Kaufman MDrs. A. D. Keppel and D. E.

SchneiderTToodddd RR.. aanndd AAmmyy EE..

KKllaaeennhhaammmmeerr MMMrr.. AArrlloo SS.. KKnnoollll MMMss.. KKaatthhrryynn RR.. LLaammaarr MPPeennnnyy II.. aanndd JJaammeess TT.. LLaannggllaanndd MDr. Bryan K. Lee MDDrrss.. RRhhooddaa AA.. aanndd JJaacckk LL..

LLiieebboo MMM.. GG.. LLiinnddbbeerrgg aanndd MM.. JJ.. HHaannsseellDDrr.. GGaarryy aanndd MMaarryy NNeellsseessttuueenn MMMrr.. DDaarryyll EE.. NNeellssoonnPPaattrriicciiaa GG.. aanndd DDoouuggllaass RR..

NNeellssoonn MMr. Kevin R. Nickelson MRRaannddii NNoorrddssttrroomm aanndd JJaammeess

WWaallkkeerr MMMaarryy aanndd DDoouuggllaass OOllssoonn MDr. Michael F. OttoJJ.. QQuuaasstt PPaauulluu aanndd GG.. RR.. PPaauulluuMMrr.. JJaammeess JJ.. PPeeaarrssoonn MSSuuzzaannnnee MM.. aanndd WWiilllliiaamm RR..

PPeegglloowwMMrr.. DDaallee WW.. PPeerrmmaannDr. Larry PuckettDDrr.. JJoohhnn JJ.. RReeiinneerrss,, JJrr..Charlotte M. and William P.

Ridley IIIDDrr.. MMiicchhaaeell DD.. RRoohhwweerrMMss.. SSuussaann VV.. SScchhaauueerrDr. Martin and Rhoda SchularickMr. Steven J. Schuur MMrs. Sandra SeilheimerDDrr.. GGaarryy BB.. SSiillbbeerrsstteeiinn MCCaarrmmeell aanndd DDuuaannee SSkkaarrDr. Kathleen A. SmithDr. Craig and Dolores Solberg * M

Miss Constance J. StiegerMMrr.. MMiicchhaaeell KK.. SSttoocckkBarbara J. and Andrew J.

Streifel MMMrr.. LLaarrrryy BB.. SSuunnddbbeerrggMs. Sandra M. Talbot *MMrr.. DDeennnniiss NN.. TThhaaddeennDDrr.. JJeeffffrreeyy TThhoorrkkeellssoonnDr. Cheng-Hsien Tsai * MEElliizzaabbeetthh CC.. aanndd RRooggeerr TTssaannggMr. Strand L. Wedul *Dr. Jane I. Wenger MMerle and Mary Wovcha MMMrrss.. JJuuddiitthh LL.. WWuullffffDDrr.. TThhoommaass HH.. ZZyyttkkoovviicczz

1975-1979Kent J. and Susan M.

Anderson * MMMrr.. RRoobbeerrtt AA.. AArrnnttsseennMs. Marcia J. Bains-Grebner *Dr. Laurence C. BergPPrrooffeessssoorr DDaavviidd aanndd SSuuzzaannnnee

BBeerrnnlloohhrr MDDrr.. PPaauull CC.. BBiilllliinnggssJames L. and Louanne S. BrooksDr. Lillian P. Burke MPPaattrriicckk JJ.. aanndd AAnnnnee DD.. BByyrrnnee MHHeennrryy MM.. aanndd CCllaauuddiiaa BB.. CCoollvviinn MMr. Kevin W. CusterCCaarroollee NN.. aanndd JJaammeess FF..

DDrraakkee,, JJrr..WWiilllliiaamm KK.. aanndd SSuuzzaannnnee MM..

DDrreehhmmeell MMMrrss.. MMiillttaa RRaabbeellll DDuuddeekkSSuussaann MM.. aanndd MMaarrkk EE.. EEddssttrroomm MJohn M. and Marsha M. Eibert, Jr.MMss.. KKaatthhlleeeenn AA.. FFeerrkkuull MDDrrss.. CCoolllleeeenn FFiittzzppaattrriicckk aanndd JJoohhnn

GGrriisswwoollddMMrr.. DDaavviidd LL.. FFllaatteenn MMMss.. CCyynntthhiiaa KK.. FFoollllaanndd MMaura A. Gage and Phillip V.

Vanderschaegen MDDeennnniiss GGaarriinn aanndd MMaarryy

CCoonnnnoollllyy MMs. Myrna M. Halbach MDDrr.. JJaammeess MM.. HHaayynneessDDrr.. PPaauull WW.. HHllaaddkkyyDr. Jeffrey P. Houchins MDr. James C. Hunt, Jr. *MMrr.. JJeerroommee LL.. JJoohhnnssoonnDDrr.. TThhoommaass AA.. JJoonneess MDDrrss.. MMaarryy KKeemmeenn aanndd BBrriiaann

RRaannddaallll MMMaarryy MM.. aanndd DDaanniieell SS.. KKnnuuddsseenn MDDrr.. JJeeffffrreeyy AA.. KKoohheenn MLinda C. and Jon B. KorshusDr. Richard A. KrzyzekDr. Bruce A. and Stephanie K.

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CBS alumni, faculty, students, and staff enjoya gathering at Gabes-by-the-Park beforeattending a St. Paul Saints game this summer.

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Dr. Roberta K. Lammers-Campbell

MMaarriillyynn aanndd AAllllaann BBaauummggaarrtteenn MMs. Jane S. LevyNNaannccyy OO.. aanndd DDaanniieell HH..

LLuusssseennhhooppMMrr.. DDaanniieell OO.. LLyynncchh MMelanie A. and Douglas G.

MacLeanDDrr.. KKaarreenn AA.. MMaallaatteessttaaDDrr.. SStteevveenn CC.. MMaattssoonnDDrr.. JJoosseepphh aanndd SSuussaann MMaayyoo IIIIIIDDrr.. BBrraaddllyy JJ.. aanndd TTeerrrryy LL.. NNaarrrr MMMss.. PPaattrriicciiaa JJ.. NNeeaallMr. Douglas A. NelsonMss.. MMaarryy HH.. NNeetttt MMMrr.. DDaavviidd RR.. NNoorreeeenn MMs. Beth Nelson Null * MDr. Kennedy J. O’BrienAAlliiccee SS.. aanndd KKiirrkk MM.. OOddddeenn MMr. Michael P. Oliver MMr. Michael R. Olson * MMMrr.. RRoonnnn DDoouuggllaass OOllssoonn MMMrrss.. LLeesslliiee KK.. OOlluuffssoonn MDDeebboorraahh JJ.. aanndd DDiicckk AA.. OOssggoooodd MJean G. ParodiWWiilllliiaamm aanndd MMaarrggaarreett PPiillaacciinnsskkiiDDrrss.. CCaarrooll AA.. aanndd WWaayynnee AA..

PPlleettcchheerr MMr. Steven W. PopperTThheerreessaa aanndd JJoohhnn RReeiikkBBaarrbbaarraa AA.. RRooaacchh,, MM..DD..Barbara and Calvin RoffRRuusssseellll aanndd NNiinnaa RRootthhmmaannJoyce O. and Gerald A. Roust MJennifer B. and Edwin H. Ryan, Jr.Elizabeth and Paul Scheele MMMrr.. PPeetteerr MM.. SScchhmmiitttt MDDrr.. AAlllleenn SSeeiillhheeiimmeerrGary Seim and Lee PfannmullerMMiicchheellllee aanndd DDaallee SSeetttteerrhhoollmmDr. Frederick T. SheldonDDrr.. AArrnnoolldd WW.. SSooddeerrggrreennMr. Jon P. SpringstedDr. Nancy N. StarkDDrr.. BBrreett MM.. SStteeiinneerrMMss.. SShheelllleeyy AA.. SStteevvaa MDDrr.. JJaayy AA.. SSttooeerrkkeerrMMss.. JJeeaann EE.. TTaakkeekkaawwaaMMrr.. JJeeffffrreeyy EE.. TTaammDDrr.. MMiicchhaaeell GG.. aanndd JJooaann EE..

TThhoommaassMr. Paul C. ThompsonMs. Elizabeth A. Thornton MDrs. Elizabeth and David ThorsonDDrr.. RR.. TThhoommaass TTiillbbuurryyDavid and Mary TostesonDDrr.. MMiicchhaaeell AA.. TTuurrnneerrDDrr.. RRoobbeerrtt MM.. VVaalleennttee MBBrriiggiittttee LL.. aanndd SSccootttt QQ.. VViiddaass MDDrr.. TThhoommaass AA.. VVooggeellppoohhll M

DDrr.. TTeerreennccee CC.. WWaaggeennkknneecchhttMMrr.. KKeennnneetthh FF.. WWaallzzMMrr.. EEddwwaarrdd MM.. WWeellcchhDDrr.. JJoohhnn BB.. aanndd MMaarryy WW.. WWeellcchh IIIIIIDDrr.. JJiimmmmyy DD.. WWiinntteerr MKKaamm aanndd LLoo WWoonngg

1980-1984KKaatthheerriinnee AA.. aanndd JJaammeess RR..

AAcckkeerrmmaann MMMss.. CChhrriissttiinnee MM.. AAmmbbrroosseeDDrr.. JJeeffffrreeyy JJ.. AAnnddeerrssoonnDr. Paul A. Arbisi MMr. David W. BalogaDDrr.. WWiilllliiaamm DD.. BBeennttoonnChristina and Mark Bigelow MJJaanneett SS.. BBooee aanndd TThhoommssoonn PP..

SSoouullee MTTeerrrriiee aanndd JJoohhnn BBrraannddtt MMs. Rebecca A. Brenner *Dr. Eric W. Burton *MMrr.. DDaavviidd GG.. BBuuttlleerrMr. Bradley E. CarterDDrr.. PPaauull LL.. CCiisseekkMark S. CitsaySheila M. CloseMMaarriiaa SS.. DDlloottttDr. Mark I. DonnellyMMrr.. MMaarrkk KK.. EErriicckkssoonnScott P. Erickson *DDrr.. FFrreeddeerriicckk EE.. GGooeettzzDDrr.. LLoorrii AAnnnn CC.. GGrraayyDDrr.. EErriicc WW.. GGrreeeenn,, JJrr..Dr. Eric C. GrimmMMaarrkk AA.. GGrriieepp aanndd MMaarrjjoorriiee LL..

MMiikkaasseennDr. John A. HaarstadR. Grant and Susan C.

Hawthorne MDr. Michael D. Herman *Mr. Mark S. Hillegas MJean and Theodore

Hoffman, Jr. MJennifer W. Humphrey MMMaarrcc aanndd KKaarreenn JJeennkkiinnss MDr. Steven T. JohnsonLLaarrrryy MM.. KKaarrnniittzz MMMrr.. MMiicchhaaeell PP.. KKoowwsskkiiDDrr.. PPaauull DD.. LLaammppeeDDrr.. DDaavviidd AA.. aanndd EElliizzaabbeetthh HH.. LLeeeeDDrr.. SStteepphheenn KK.. LLeeeennaayyDDrr.. LLiissaa AA.. LLuunnddDDrr.. TTeerrrraannccee DD.. MMccLLaauugghhlliinnDr. Haile Mehansho MDDrr.. JJ.. WWiilllliiaamm MMuunnggeerrMMrr.. TThhoommaass DD.. NNeellssoonn MEEmmiillyy AA.. aanndd KKeennnneetthh EE..

NNiieetteerriinnggJJaammeess aanndd NNaannccyy PPiinncckkaaeerrss MSSaannddrraa GG.. PPoorrtteerrDDrr.. SSiiddnnaa MM.. SScchheeiittaall

MMrrss.. CChhrriissttiinnee AA.. SScchhoouussbbooee MMMaarrcciiaa KK.. aanndd GGrreeggoorryy JJ..

SScchhuuyylleerrDDrr.. SSuussaann EE.. SSeennoogglleessMMaarryy MM.. aanndd RRaannddyy AA.. SShheelleerruuddDDrr.. VVaall HH.. SSmmiitthhLindsay M. SovilDr. Linda K. StevensonMMaayy TT.. SStteewwaarrttDDrr.. KKiipplliinngg TThhaacckkeerr aanndd KKeevvyynn KK..

RRiilleeyy MMMrr.. SStteevveenn JJ.. TThhoommppssoonnDDrr.. JJoohhnn DD.. TTrraawwiicckkMMaarrkk JJ.. VVeelllleekkPPaattrriicciiaa WWaallsshh aanndd DDaallllaass HHoooovveerrDr. Marie P. Welshinger *Mr. Michael P. Winegar *MMrr.. JJeerrrryy FF.. ZZeelleessnniikkaarrMary Jo Zidwick and Gerald

Arneson M

1985-1989Ms. Susan J. Allen *MMiicchheellee aanndd CChhrriiss AArrmmssttrroonngg MDr. Lisa and Richard Baker, Jr. MLLaa VVoonnnnee MM.. aanndd PPaauull BB..

BBaattaallddeenn MMs. Leah R. Becicka *Mr. Jon D. Benson MDr. Marc D. Berg and Katherine E.

Furman-BergJeffrey and Cynthia BergsbakenDaniel D. Billadeau *MMss.. AAmmeelliiaa JJ.. BBiirrnneeyyRoss A. BjellaMMss.. JJuulliiee AA.. BBjjoorraakkeerr MMs. Patricia L. BourgoinMMss.. CCaarrooll JJ.. BBrroozzeekkCCyynntthhiiaa AA.. aanndd JJaannuuss DD.. BBuuttcchheerrDDrr.. JJoohhnn JJ.. CCiieerrzzaannChristopher and Pamela Contag *DDrr.. MMaarryy LL.. CCoowwaannMMiicchhaaeell aanndd PPaattrriicciiaa DDeecckkeerr MMr. Daniel D. DeforeMr. Eric A. Drier *Dr. Bruce B. EdingerMMrr.. JJoonnaatthhaann DD.. EErriicckkssoonn MMMss.. BBaarrbbaarraa JJ.. FFeeaallyy MSteven D. and Lisa A. Fosdick *Dr. Sherilyn C. FritzDDrr.. PPrreessttoonn SS.. aanndd RReenneettttaa JJ..

GGaabbllee MDDrr.. NNaannccyy JJ.. GGaassssmmaannMMrr.. RRoobbeerrtt JJ.. GGeerraagghhttyy MMMss.. SSaabbiihhaa AA.. GGookkccee MDDrr.. DDaavviidd AA.. HHaannyycchh MMr. Barry A. HartDDrr.. EElllleenn MM.. HHeeaatthh MDee and John R. Hollerud * MDr. Colleen M. Jacks MDDrr.. DDoouuggllaass BB.. JJaaccoobbyy

Mrs. Candace J. Johnson *Jeffrey S. Johnson and Stephanie

Jo DeckerMMrr.. JJeeffffrreeyy DD.. KKiilllliioonnJulie and Randolph KiriharaMrs. Julie A. Knott * MMMrr.. JJeeffffrreeyy RR.. KKrruueeggeerr MDr. Lawrence M. Leon *

Ms. Paula E. MarquardtDr. Allen S. Melemed *Mrs. Cynthia M. Moorman * MMr. Jon E. Ness *Mr. Bradley L. Olson MDDrr.. JJeennnniiffeerr HHoorrnn OOmmmmeennJon OngConnie L. OsbeckDDrr.. PPaarraagg VV.. PPaatteellDDrr.. RRoobbeerrtt BB.. PPeetteerrsseenn MJJaammeess RR.. aanndd PPaattrriicciiaa MM.. PPrraayy MMMss.. AAnnnnee LL.. RRaaiicchh MMMss.. RRuutthh AA.. SSeemmllaakk MDDaavviidd RR.. aanndd JJuulliiee AA.. SSiimmoonnssoonnDDrr.. JJoohhnn GG.. SStteeiieerrtt MPPrrooffeessssoorr RRoobbeerrtt aanndd JJooaann

SStteerrnneerrTheresa L. Stiernagle MMs. Diane R. StorvickMMrr.. GGaarryy AA.. SSttrraannddDr. Mark A. Tomai MMr. Shye-Ren Yeh * MMs. Joann L. YoungLLaauurriiee ZZeemmppeell FFoorrssyytthhee

1990-1994Mr. Nathan J. ArthurDr. Carl V. Barnes *Mr. Aaron J. Binstock *MMrr.. DDaavviidd SS.. BBlleehheerrttDDrr.. DD.. GGoorrddoonn BBrroowwnnDr. Debra L. Carlson



Deans and department heads do the cooking atthe CBS Year-end picnic on the last day ofclasses. About 550 students, faculty, alumni,and friends attended the event.


Mrs. Paula J. Carlson *Lisa A. and Jeffrey J. CoombeDDrr.. MMaannuueell RR.. CCoorrttiinnaassMiss Deanna L. Croes MJJooeellllee MM.. CCrroossssoonnMMrr.. PPaauull EE.. CCuunnnniieennMMrr.. RRoossss CC.. DDuucceeppttDDrr.. JJeeffffrreeyy GG.. EEhhnnssttrroommDDrr.. JJaammeess BB.. FFeerrrraarriiDr. Peter J. FrancoTeresa A. and Bradley R.

Fruen * MSSaarraahh CCaatthheerriinnee aanndd SStteeffaann TTaattee

GGaanntteerrtt MDDrr.. EErriikk JJ.. aanndd SSaarraa JJ.. HHeeggggllaannddNeal D. and Denise L. Heuss *AAnnggeellaa LL.. HHooddggssoonnDDaarrrriinn PP.. JJoohhnnssoonn aanndd CChhaarrllaa RR..

BBuunnttoonn--JJoohhnnssoonnMs. Jacki R. Just * MDDrr.. PPaattrriicciiaa JJoo KKeeeellyy Ms. Mary J. KenyonDDrr.. PPhhiilliipp EE.. KKeerrrrLt. David M. LanglieSSccootttt RR.. LLaarrssoonn MScott C. LikelyDDrr.. ZZhhaannggiiaanngg LLiiuuMMrr.. BBrraaddlleeyy DD.. LLuutthhiiDDrr.. AAnnddrreeww JJ.. MMccCCuulllloouugghh MTTrruuddyy LL.. aanndd LLaannccee DD.. OOllssoonn MHHeelleenn JJoo aanndd RRoobbeerrtt PPiieerrccee MMs. Diane C. PietigTTiimmootthhyy II.. aanndd JJaannnneellllee DDuurrnneetttt

RRiicchhaarrddssoonn MMMss.. MMaarrccyy CC.. SSaallzzeerrDr. Alison E. SchiniLt. Robert T. and Lisa M.

Schweiger *Dr. Bianca Williamson Shaw and

Joe Shaw MDDrr.. FFaanngg--MMiiiinn SShheeeennJulie Ann and Ted ShermanDr. Kristen M. Sigurdson *DDrr.. GGrreegggg DD.. SSiimmoonnssoonnDDrr.. JJaammii RR.. SSttrroommbbeerrggMs. Wendy N. Taylor *Brent and Amy Theisen * MMs. Angela M. Trepanier *MMrr.. PPaauull CC.. TTrruussooLLeeee aanndd SSttaaccyy UUnnoowwsskkyy MAnn E. VellekMMrrss.. CCaarroollyynn RR.. VViitteekkMr. Brian E. Weckwerth MMMrr.. BBrreenntt LL.. WWyyrriicckk

1995-1999Ms. Melinda A. BimbergKerri A. Bostrom *Ms. Elena A. Caturia *Mr. Joseph C. Fong M

Ms. Molly Freeman MRRoobbbb MM.. GGaarrnnii MMr. Luca Gunther *MMrrss.. RReebbeeccccaa JJ.. GGuussttaaffssoonnMMrrss.. TThheerreessaa MM.. HHaarrmmoonnMs. Katherine E. Himes *Ms. Rana Khoury *MMss.. PPuunnnnaavviinn KKooyyMs. Sarah E. Kreykes *Ms. Natasha T. Kushner *Christopher G. Marquardt *Mrs. Carolyn E. McLachlan *MMrr.. MMaaxxwweellll JJ.. MMccLLaauugghhlliinn MRachelle P. MenanteauJJooaannnnaa LL.. MMiilllleerrDDrr.. DDeerreekk AA.. MMoolliinneeDrs. Steven and Denise Myster MKyle and Caroline Nelson * MHenry W. ParkMs. Elissa Peters * MMr. Corbett M. Peterson *Mr. Aristeo Sandoval *DDrr.. MMeeeeggaann MM.. SScchhaaeeffffeerrDr. Clint S. Schmidt *Ms. Tina Seeland MMiss Satinder K. SinghMMss.. LLyynnddaa KK.. SSmmiitthhMr. Robert M. Stupar *Ms. Susan M. Toyli MMs. Angela Van HeelDDaavviidd CC.. WWaattrroouuss--MMccCCaabbeeDr. Robert C. Wild *Jessica Jane Wormley *

2000-2001Dr. Wenping Chen *Dr. Chungui Li *Ms. Gina M. Micko * MHoang O. Nguyen *Mr. Jay R. Parlet * MMMss.. TTiiffffaannyy LL.. RRaannkkiinn MMr. Kyle M. Ruesch * MMs. Megan L. Skokut * MMr. Jeffrey C. Zervas * M

FriendsMr. James G. Aagaard *J. David and Betsy L. Abramson *Ms. Marge Almquist *AAmmyy RR.. AAllppiinneeCCaarrll GG.. aanndd BBaarrbbaarraa KK.. AAnnddeerrssoonnMr. Carl J. Anderson *Carol I. and Curtis W.

Anderson * MEloise and Don Anderson *Jeanne and Marvin Anderson *Professor John and Rebecca

AndersonMs. Louise Anderson *Ms. Mabel Anderson *

Vivian C. and Melvin C. Anderson *

Paula and Thomas AndrzejewskiJulie M. and James M.

Angermeyr * MJames R. Azarski and Nancy

Werner-AzarskiDr. Loren L. BahlsStephen D. and Jill M. Barry *Marjorie and Anthony BartovichRuth E. H. and Alfred M. Beeton *Judith G. and Michael Berman MMichele L. Berner *KKaavviitthhaa aanndd BBooppaaiiaahh AA.. BBiiddddaannddaaSusan L. and Ronald B. Billings *MMrrss.. MMaarrcciiaa FF.. BBiirrnneeyyCCllaayyttoonn EE.. BBiirrnneeyyPPrrooffeessssoorrss VViiccttoorr BBlloooommffiieelldd aanndd

EEllssaa SShhaappiirroo MPPrrooffeessssoorr MMaarrttiinn BBlluummeennffeelldd aanndd

AAmmaannddaa HHoorrttoonn MMrs. Evelyne J. Boddy *MMss.. AAnnnnaa LL.. BBoossaacckkeerrDr. Paul and Lyda BoyerProfessor Walter and Dorothy

BreckenridgeJJooaannnnee JJ.. BBrrooookkssJohn R. and Sharon K. Buley *Paulette M. and Milton L.

Bullock *PPrrooffeessssoorr RRiicchhaarrdd aanndd LLuucciillllee

CCaallddeeccootttt MCheryl J. Campbell *Helen S. CarkinMarion L. and Charles J.

Carlson * MDDrr.. JJoohhnn TT.. CCaarrllssoonnDDrr.. IIrriiss DD.. CChhaarrvvaattSShhiinn--LLiinn CChheennDr. Anita F. CholewaMr. Larry D. Cole *MMss.. JJeeaann CCoonnkklliinn MMMss.. JJaanneennee MM.. CCoonnnneellllyy MCarmen K. ConverseSSaarraahh NNeellssoonn CCooookk EEssttaatteeDr. David E. CulleyPPrrooffeessssoorr EEddwwaarrdd aanndd CCaarroollyynn

CCuusshhiinnggPeter Dardi and Bridgette Barry *AAnnddrreeww MM.. aanndd KKaaaarrii BB.. DDaavviieessRReeggeennttss PPrrooffeessssoorr MMaarrggaarreett BB..

DDaavviissDDrr.. LLoouuiiss SS.. DDiiaammoonndd MAlison J. and Martyn J. DibbenMs. Brigid R. Dixon *Dorothy L. and Paul C. Durand *Mr. and Mrs. Rene Durand *DDrr.. DDeennnneetthh CC.. aanndd JJooaann LL..

DDvveerrggsstteenn MMark and Deborah A. Edlund *Ms. Cleo Ekberg *

DDrrss.. RRoobbeerrtt EEllddee aanndd CCyynntthhiiaaWWeettmmoorree M

MMrrss.. MMaaxxiinnee AA.. EEnnffiieelldd MMs. Jean M. Engblom *KKiinn CC.. FFoonnggMMrr.. CCaarrrroollll GG.. FFoorreesstteerrMary and Dan Fowser *Violet Fredgren *Sandra K. and James A. Fuchs MMr. A. C. Gilby *Ms. Janice Gleason *CChhaarrlleess MM.. GGooeetthhee EEssttaatteeDr. William R. GordonPPrrooffeessssoorr EEvviillllee aanndd AAddaa GGoorrhhaammRichard G. and Dorothy C.

Guilford *DDrr.. PPeerrrryy BB.. HHaacckkeettttShirley and Kenneth G. Hall *Miss Ruth E. Halverson * MMr. Kyle Hammond *DDrr.. KKaatthhrryynn LL.. HHaannnnaaMs. Malinda M. Hansen *Margherita Gale HarrisMr. Milton E. Harris *DDrr.. EEddwwaarrdd FF.. HHaasskkiinnssBBaarrbbaarraa JJ.. aanndd GGaarryy LL.. HHeeggaarrttyyMrs. Amy S. HentlesRobert L. and Carolyn W. HermanSSaarraahh HHoobbbbiiee aanndd JJaaccqquueess CC..

FFiinnllaayyDr. Ralph T. Holman *BBrruuccee WW.. aanndd AAlliissoonn SS.. JJaarrvviissKKaarreenn EE.. aanndd SStteepphheenn FF..

JJeennsseenn MMelody E. Jewell MDDrr.. aanndd MMrrss.. HHeennrryy AA.. JJoohhnnsseennMMrr.. WWiillffoorrdd FF.. JJoohhnnssoonnDr. Michael J. and Mary E.

Kallok MMMrr.. RRoobbeerrtt BB.. KKeellllyyDDrr.. SSyyllvviiaa JJ.. KKeerrrrMMss.. CCaatthheerriinnee AA.. RR.. KKiirrkkppaattrriicckkMMrr.. DDaavviidd TT.. KKiirrkkppaattrriicckkLLllooyydd WW.. aanndd PPaatttt KKnnuuddssoonn MKristin M. and Donald E.

Kramer *Mara M. La RockMMss.. PPaammeellaa JJ.. LLaacchhoowwiittzzeerrMMrr.. LLaawwrreennccee JJ.. LLaannddhheerrrrCarol and David A. Lee * MSStteevveenn HH.. CC.. aanndd MMeelliinnddaa JJ.. CC..

LLeeee MPPhhyylllliiss aanndd DDuuaannee LLeettoouurrnneeaauu MIIrrvviinn EE.. aanndd DDoorrootthhyy JJ.. LLiieenneerr MDDrr.. DDoouuggllaass BB.. LLiigghhttDDrr.. JJoohhnngg KK.. LLiimm MAlice V. and Robert C.

Livingston *DDaavviidd WW.. aanndd MMaarryy EE.. LLoovveelleessssJudith L. Maccanelli *



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Professor Paul T. and BeatriceMagee

Karen L. and Orrin Mann * MAssociate Professor M. David

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Winners Circle – Outstanding CBS alumni and faculty were recognized by theUniversity during commencement. Awards were presented by Dean Robert Eldeand Regent Robert McNamara. From left to right are Rebecca Goldburg, Ph.D.ecology, Honorary Doctor of Laws; Robert McNamara, Regent; Ruth Shuman,Ph.D., genetics, Outstanding Achievement Award; Dean Elde; Margaret Davis,professor emeritus of ecology, Honorary Doctor of Science; Bernice Folz, Ph.D.,biology, Outstanding Achievement Award; and Franklyn Prendergast, Ph.D., bio-chemistry, Outstanding Achievement Award. Goldburg was recognized for herpublic policy role; Shuman for biotechnology leadership; Davis for paleoecologyresearch; Folz for software engineering; and Prendergast for cancer researchleadership at the Mayo Clinic.

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Wednesday, October 9, 11:00 a.m. atthe new Molecular and CellularBiology Building on WashingtonAvenue and Church Street. Program,tours, time capsule, refreshments.

RReeccooggnniittiioonn aanndd AApppprreecciiaattiioonn DDiinnnneerr Thursday, October 10, 5:30 to 9:00 p.m., Memorial Hall, McNamaraAlumni Center, University Avenueand Oak St., Minneapolis, for donorsand recipients of CBS scholarshipsand fellowships.

HHoommeeccoommiinngg PPiiccnniicc Friday, October 11, Snyder Hall,1475 Gortner Avenue, St. Paul, 4:30 to 8:00 p.m. Food, prizes,games, hayride, and bonfire.

HHoommeeccoommiinngg GGaammeeSaturday, October 12, 1:30 p.m.,Metrodome. Tickets are $20 lowerdeck; $10, upper deck. Join otherCBS alumni to cheer on the Gophers.

For more information, contact EmilyJohnston at [email protected] or612-624-4770.

CBS Year-End PicnicThe College of Biological Sciences Year-End Picnic won the 2001-2002

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Association. The event, held on May 10 on the lawn in front of Snyder Hall,

was attended by about 550 students, faculty, staff, and alumni who gathered

to celebrate the last day of school. CBS deans and department heads grilled

burgers. Radio K was on hand to play requests. And a photo was taken of the

senior class. The award will be presented at the UMAA Volunteer Appreciation

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