Winter 03

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Message from the Dean
D. Craig Brater, MD

Featured Articles:
• Innovation Fuels INGEN Effort at IU
Now beginning its third year of implementation, the Indiana Genomics Initiative has achieved many of its goals: recruiting top-notch leadership, fostering collaborative research and establishing education and training programs.
• Glossary-omics
Is your microarray in disarray? Does a gene have the right to freedom of expression? Can a "phenotype" more words a minute than a "genotype?" Here are some of the new terms in the lexicon used by researchers.
• Prescribing With Precision
A person's genetic makeup can determine how the body responds to certain drugs. This specialized study is called pharmacogenomics and it has moved IUSM into the vanguard of this research.
• Of Mice, Men and Microscopy
INGEN is made up of six programs supported by nine scientific cores -- and they're attracting new scientists, attracting grant dollars and acquiring the needed technology to advance the initiative.
• The Promise of Proteomics
IU scientists are closing ranks with their counterparts at Purdue University and Eli Lilly and Company. Their partnership, the Indiana Proteomics Consortium, seeks to develop new approaches to improve health.
• Esprit de Cores
Proteomics studies how proteins in human cells function and their effect on human health and disease. Proteomics core facilities in Indianapolis and Bloomington collaborate to more narrowly focus this field of study.
• Indiana Life Sciences: A Growth of Industry
There's more than just corn and other cash crops afield in Indiana, especially in a corridor that runs from Bloomington through the Indianapolis area and up to Lafayette. This opportunity will sow the seeds for a biotechnology boon for all of the states.

Viewpoint
With Indianapolis at its hub, IUSM's eight regional campuses are the "spokes" that will keep Indiana research and economic endeavors rolling in the years to come.

News & Notes
• Li Tapped to Lead National Alcohol Research Effort
• Broxmeyer Cited for Blood Disease Research
• Jackson Elected Chief of Radiology Organization
• A Lifetime of Achievements Honored
• Ignore Borders, Deliver Care and Compassion
• IU Surgery Chief Honored for Pediatric Care

Alumni News

In Memoriam

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About the cover:
The human genome is like and alphabet soup of identified yet unidentified letters. Stacy Innerst depicts this in the cover.