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2021 Summer Department Defenses

This summer semester, our department was extremely proud to host one defense: Chao Xie We are so proud of all our graduating students! Check out more about their defense below. Final Defense Chao Xie…

Victoria Leroy named one of nine 2021 ASPET Washington Fellows

Victoria Leroy was named one of only nine 2021 ASPET Washington Fellow. She is working on her PhD in Biomedical Sciences in the Pharmacology department. Leroy’s research under Dr. Ashish Sharma focuses on “the mechanisms of inflammation resolution in post-lung transplant injury to identify potential therapeutic targets.” Under the Washington…

Congratulations to the 2021 SURF Program Fellows

Please join me in congratulating the  2021 SURF Program Fellows! Kimberly Correia University of Florida, Gainesville FL Major: Psychology & Health Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders. SURF Mentor:  Gemma Casadesus, PhD   Anthony Luis Chapman University, Orange CA Major:…

New publication: the Kopinke Lab publishes research in Scientific Reports

The Kopinke lab published a research article in Scientific Reports, titled Automatic and unbiased segmentation and quantification of myofibers in skeletal muscle.  The article discusses the team’s novel ImageJ plugin, LabelsToRois, which “allows processing of multiple Cellpose segmentation in batches.” It also has functions that allows for the identification…

Jordan Bateman awarded a 2-year NIH Service Award Fellowship

Congratulations go out to graduate student Jordan Bateman (Mentor: Erica Levitt, PharmD, PhD), who was recently awarded a 2-year NIH F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award Fellowship.   This prestigious and highly sought-after NIH-National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) fellowship will investigate the neural mechanisms of opioid-induced…

Chao Xie wins silver at the COM Medical Guild Research Symposium

Congratulations go out to Chao Xie for his silver award winning presentation entitled, “Gene Therapeutic Reversal of Olfactory Impairment in Bardet-Biedl Syndrome: Moving Beyond Single Gene Replacement” at the 2021 Medical Guild Research Symposium that was held on Wednesday, April 14th.  Way to go Chao!…

2021 Annual Medical Guild Research Awards – April 14th from 1:00-4:30pm

Come join us for the 46th annual Medical Guild-sponsored graduate student research competition on Wednesday, April 14 from 1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. on Zoom. Each advanced concentration of Biomedical Science nominates one graduate student to give a 15-minute oral presentation, followed by a 5-minute Q & A session. Presentations will be…

Undergraduate Awarded Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

Estelle in ‘t Zandt, an undergraduate student in Dr. Wesson’s lab, has been awarded the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship. She was one of 396 recipients chosen from a nationwide pool of 1,343 students. in ‘t Zandt is studying microbiology and cell science and psychology. She researches the neural…