This symposium is dedicated to Rob Stupka, a former member and president of the Undergraduate BBMB Club at Iowa State University. Rob passed away November of 2005 due to a traffic accident while making his way to the lab late one evening. Not many can say they ever saw Rob without a smile. To us, he was simply a scientist, a student and a friend. He reminded us it is not so much the club, the department or the university that makes the student great but that the student makes the club, the department and the university great. We will always remember you and your remarkable smile, Rob.