1. ktriman@fandm.edu http://ribosome.fandm.edu Kathleen Triman Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA

2. RNA CiteTrack: ribosome mutants From:rna-mailer@alerts.stanford.edu To:ktriman@fandm.eduktriman@fandm.edu Genetic Analysis of the Invariant Residue G791 in Escherichia coli 16S rRNAImplicates RelA in Ribosome Function Hong-Man Kim, Sang-Mi Ryou, Woo-Seok Song, Se-Hoon Sim, Chang-Jun Cha, Seung Hyun Han, Nam-Chul Ha, Jae-Hong Kim, Jeehyeon Bae, Philip R. Cunningham, and Kangseok Lee J. Bacteriol. 2009; 191(7): p2042-2050 http://jb.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract191/7/2042ct=ct

3. Howard Hughes Medical Institute Award: A New Program in Bioinformatics

4. Student stipends New faculty development –Dr. Jaime Blair, Biology –Dr. Jing Hu, new appointment in Computer Science Current faculty development Curriculum, equipment, and laboratory development

5. Precollege outreach –Summer workshops for high school teachers –Summer research opportunities for high school teachers Program administration –Dr. Ellie Rice Program assessment

6. External Partners Clinic for Special Children –http://www.clinicforspecialchildren.org/Welcome.htmlhttp://www.clinicforspecialchildren.org/Welcome.html –Translational research Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 (IU 13) Genome Consortium for Active Teaching (GCAT) at Davidson College –DNA chips

7. Time Line July 2008: Dr. Blair begins. Sept. 2008: Grant begins Fall 2008: Search for a computer scientist in the area of bioinformatics July 2009: Computer scientist begins Spring 2010: New interdisciplinary major in bioinformatics (tentative date)

8. What will it mean for F&M students? Research opportunities during the summer and academic year at the College and the Clinic for Special Children Funds to present their work at professional conferences Opportunities to help develop new curriculum (new courses, new modules in existing courses), and web materials

9. What will it mean for F&M students? New courses in genomics, bioinformatics, and computer science A new interdisciplinary major in bioinformatics A new major in Computer Science –Dr. Jana Iyengar appointed July 2008 –Dr. Jing Hu appointed July 2009 –A total of 3 full time computer scientists