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Events
News
yoUR Postdoc Press - 5th Issue!
Check out the 5th issue of yoUR Postdoc Press here!
4th Annual Postdoc Appreciation Week was a success!
Pictures from the events of our postdoc appreciation week are posted on our website. Thanks to everyone who came out to show their appreciation for all of our postdocs' hard work!
2012 PREP Poster Session
The PREP poster session held on June 1st marked the culmination of a year of hard work and research for all participants. Pictures from the event have been posted on our website. Check them out!
Commencement 2012 Pictures
Check out the photos from Commencement 2012 posted on our website!
Dr. Stephen Dewhurst blogs for the Democrat and Chronicle
Dr. Dewhurst, Chair of the Microbiology and Immunology Department, maintains a blog for the Democrat and Chronicle newspaper. Check it out!
Website for Posting Postdoc Positions at the URMC
Please check out our centralized, online site for posting available
postdoctoral positions within the University of Rochester Medical Center!
Cardiovascular Science program wins HHMI award
November 17, 2009
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has awarded the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry $700,000 to support a new program to train graduate students for a biomedical research career in cardiovascular sciences with an emphasis on translating laboratory discoveries into treatments and diagnostics. Full article
Dr. Edith Lord: New Dean for SMD Graduate Studies
In July of 2008, Dr. Lord succeeded Paul L. LaCelle, MD as senior associate dean of the School of
Medicine and Dentistry’s PhD, postdoctoral and master’s degree
programs, which have about 800 students enrolled. Rochester Medicine article
Thesis Defense
Laura DiChiacchio
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Friday | May 31, 2013 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm | Neuman Room (1-6823)
"Computational Prediction of RNA Secondary Structure with Applications to RNA Viruses"
Advisor: David H. Mathews, MD, PhD
PuiYee Chan
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology
Monday | June 3, 2013 | 9:30am - 10:30 am | K-307 (3-6408)
"The Molecular Chaperoning and GEF Functions of Ric-8 in Heterotrimeric G protein Signaling"
Advisor: Gregory Tall, PhD
William Domm IV
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Friday | June 7, 2013 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm | K-207 (2-6408)
"Optimizing Antigen Delivery Approaches for HIV Immunization"
Advisor: Stephen Dewhurst, PhD
Juo-Fan (Iris) Chen
Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology
Thursday | June 13, 2013 | 10:30am - 11:30am | Saunders, Room 1412
"State Space Models and Differential Equations for Dynamic Gene Regulatory Network Identification"
Advisor: Hulin Wu, PhD
Chung-Hsuan Shih
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Thursday | June 20, 2013 | 11:30am - 12:30pm | K-307 (3-6408)
"Astrocyte-based Approaches to Therapeutic Interventions for CNS Diseases"
Advisor: Chris Proschel, PhD
Nathan Smith
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy
Tuesday | June 24, 2013 | 10:00am - 11:00am | K-307 (3-6408)
"Astrocytes Role In Lipid Mediated Synaptic Activity"
Advisor: Maiken Nedergaard, MD, DMSc
Bradley Buczynski
Department of Environmental Medicine
Tuesday | July 2, 2013 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | K-207 (2-6408)
"Neonatal Hyperoxia as a Model to Investigate Long-Term Sequelae Associated with Preterm Birth"
Advisor: Michael O'Reilly, PhD
Points of Pride
2013 GSS Poster Session Winners
Congratulations to this year's poster session winners!
1st place - Cellular Studies: Hen Prizant
1st place - Multi-Cellular/Organismal Studies: Kelli Fagan
1st place - Molecular Studies: Hannah Stoveken
2nd place - Cellular Studies: Tara Capece
2nd place - Multi-Cellular/Organismal Studies: Brittany Baisch
2nd place - Molecular Studies: Nikesha Haynes
HHMI Award for Excellence in Translational Science: Tess Eidem
Elaina PuiYee Chan
Graduate Student, Department of Pharmacology & Physiology
Elaina won a $200 poster award at the 13th Annual Joint Meeting of the Great Lakes G Protein-Coupled Receptor Retreat and le Club des Récepteurs á Sept Domaines. London, Ontario, CA. October 17-19th, 2012. Congratulations!
Lindy McClelland
Graduate Student, Department of Biomedical Genetics
Congratulations to Lindy for her NIH F31 grant award, which provides 3 years of support. PROJECT TITLE: Tis11 Mediated mRNA degradation regulates intestinal stem cell quiescence
Postdoc Research Day - Poster Session Winners
The 4th annual Postdoc Research Day, celebrated during National Postdoc Appreciation Week, was a huge success! Many faculty members, postdocs and grad students came out in support of our postdoc's research. Congratulations to our poster session winners!
1st Place - Brendaliz Santiago
2nd Place - Rashmi Ram
3rd Place - Andrew Wojtovich
Check out pictures from the events on our website.
Julianne Feola
Graduate Student, Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy
Julianne, a student in Dr. Gail Johnson-Voll's lab, was awarded a pre-doctoral fellowship from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disordered and Stroke. The award is for her project entitled: "The Role of Astrocytic Transglutaminase 2 in Mediating Ischemic Stroke Damage".
Revathi Balasubramania
Graduate Student, Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy
Revathi recently received the NYSTEM pre-doctoral grant for the project titled "Potentiation of stem cell like characteristics of adult Müller glial cells in vivo to promote retinal ganglion cell regeneration". Congratulations!
Danielle deCampo
MSTP Graduate Student, Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy
Congratulations to Danielle for receiving NIMH Fellowship support for her project, An Extended Amygdala Path with Implications for Early Life Stress. Using a variety of techniques, Danielle is examining a pathway through the amygdala that appears to play a role in the development of stress responses and is affected by early life stress. Her project is an outgrowth of collaborations with Dr. Judy Cameron (University of Pittsburgh) and Dr. Karoly Mirnics (Vanderbilt University), and previous support of the URMC CTSI Pilot Program.
