News from IBIS Members

This page is for announcements regarding people and news in the BioIron field. Contact members of the IBIS board for improvements or suggestions.


Senior members

The IBIS Board is proud to announce that on August 2007 Nancy Andrews has been named dean of the Duke University School of Medicine. Nancy is the first woman to be appointed dean of Duke's School of Medicine and becomes the only woman to lead one of the nation's top 10 medical schools. Nancy has been a founder of the IBIS society, a member of the board and awardee of the Marcel Simon Award.

Junior members

This space is for Open Postdoc positions in BioIron field, Postdoc candidates and other information

Some Relevant Recent Publications

Keel SB, Doty RT, Yang Z, Quigley JG, Chen J, Knoblaugh S, Kingsley PD, De Domenico I, Vaughn MB, Kaplan J, Palis J, Abkowitz JL. A heme export protein is required for red blood cell differentiation and iron homeostasis. Science. 2008 Feb 8; 319( 5864): 825-8.

Vujić Spasić M, Kiss J, Herrmann T, Galy B, Martinache S, Stolte J, Gröne HJ, Stremmel W, Hentze MW, Muckenthaler MU. Hfe acts in hepatocytes to prevent hemochromatosis. Cell Metab. 2008 Feb; 7( 2): 173-8.

Allen KJ, Gurrin LC, Constantine CC, Osborne NJ, Delatycki MB, Nicoll AJ, McLaren CE, Bahlo M, Nisselle AE, Vulpe CD, Anderson GJ, Southey MC, Giles GG, English DR, Hopper JL, Olynyk JK, Powell LW, Gertig DM. Iron-overload-related disease in HFE hereditary hemochromatosis. N Engl J Med. 2008 Jan 17; 358( 3): 221-30 .

De Domenico I, McVey Ward D, Kaplan J. Regulation of iron acquisition and storage: consequences for iron-linked disorders. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2008 Jan; 9( 1): 72-81. Review.
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