News
2017
New Issue of Opportunities to Explore - October 16-20, 2017
Monday, October 16, 2017
The Week of Undergraduate research day is here! But before you get to that always awesome event on Friday, make sure you check out the other events happening this week and fill up your calendar with all the other things we have planned, by taking a look at the latest issue of Opportunities to Explore!
Opportunities to Explore - Latest Issue
Shares Receives Travel Awards
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Brianna Shares with her plenary poster in Denver, CO
in September 2017
Brianna Shares, a second-year student in the Cell Biology of Disease Graduate Program, has received a $500 Young Investigator Travel Grant from the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) for her plenary poster, “Improving Mitochondrial Function via CypD Genetic Deletion Promotes BMSC Osteogenicity and Fracture Repair.” The poster was presented in Denver, CO, Sept. 8-9, 2017.
Earlier this year, Shares received a $1,000 travel grant for the same project as part of Pathology Research Day 2017.
Friday, September 1, 2017
The newest issue of opportunities to explore is now available, The newsletter contains information on events, resources, and more!
Highlight - Registration Closes Next Week
URBEST Retreat and Career Workshops (Lunch Registration Deadline: Friday, September 8th)
Thursday, September 14 | 8:30 am - 4:00 pm | Class of 62 and CEL Classrooms, URMC
This year’s retreat includes guest presenter Randy Ribaudo from SciPhD joining us to present The Art of Negotiation and Networking for Success. Speakers and round-table leaders will be LeRon Nelson, Assistant Professor of Nursing; Ed Brydon, Social Media Strategist at Weill Cornell Medicine; Kirk Macolini, President & Principal Consultant at InteliSpark, LLC; Kurt Schilling, SVP Research and Technologies at The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.; and Judith Dunn, VP Global Head Clinical Development at Roche. There will be ice cream and therapy dogs at this year’s event also! Register for the event online at surveymonkey.com/r/17URBESTRetreat.
Register for URBEST Retreat and Career Workshop
Celebrating a Community of Diverse Students and Trainees at URMC (RSVP by Friday, September 8th)
Sunday, September 17 | 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Canal side Shelter Genesee Valley Park
Sponsored by URMC: Clinical and Transitional Science Institute, Executive Committee for Diversity and Inclusion, Office for Inclusion and Cultural Development, School of Medicine and Dentistry, and School of Nursing invite you and your families to join them for food, fun, and games, to celebrate our community of diverse students and trainees at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
RSVP for Celebrating a Community of Diverse Students and Trainees at URMC
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Read More: Latest Issue of Opportunities To Explore - September 4-8Video of 3 Minute Thesis Event
Thursday, June 8, 2017
We have the video of the full event with all presentations fully captions and with the slides running in time with the videos.
3MT Presenters, Programs & Topics
Thesis presentations in order
- Stephanie Carpenter (Chemistry) - Solving the Mystery of Iron Chemistry
- Sarah Catheline (Pathways of Human Disease) - Inhibiting Inflammaging to Treat Osteoarthritis(OA)
- Scott Friedland (Genetics, Development & Stem Cells) - Pancreatic Cancer and the Tale of the Broken Librarian
- Claire McCarthy (Toxicology) - Investigating the Toxicological Effects of Dung Biomass Smoke Exposure
- Taylor Moon (Immunology, Microbiology and Virology) - The New Epidemic
- Thuy-Vy Nguyen (Social-Personality Psychology) - Solitude *Winner*
- Manisha Taya (Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology) - Understanding Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM): The “Other” Steroid-Dependent Cancer From Bed-Side to Bench and Back Again
- Janelle Veazey (Immunology, Microbiology and Virology) - Role of Protein Kinase D in Epithelial Cells During Respiratory Infection
Full 3MT 2017 Event Video (CC)
Pathology Graduate Student Wins Travel Award for Research Project
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Second-year Pathology graduate student Madison Doolittle won second place in the School of Medicine and Dentistry’s graduate student poster competition on May 17.
Second-year Pathology graduate student Madison Doolittle won second place in the School of Medicine and Dentistry’s graduate student poster competition on May 17.
The annual event, hosted by the Graduate Student Society, includes entries from graduate students across disciplines as an opportunity to showcase their research in their respective fields.
Madison was the lead author the abstract titled, “Investigating the Role of Zbtb40 in the Genetic Regulation of Osteoporosis” in which he and fellow researchers examined the genetic determinants of bone mineral density used to diagnose osteoporosis.
He was awarded a $300 travel scholarship.
Catheline Awarded in Three-Minute Thesis Competition
Monday, May 15, 2017
Congratulations to Sarah Catheline for winning the People’s Choice Award at the University of Rochester’s Three Minute Thesis public competition held on May 11 at URMC.
Sarah is a fourth-year graduate student in the Pathways of Human Disease Ph.D. program and works in the lab of Dr. Jennifer Jonason. Her presentation, “Inhibiting Inflammaging to Treat Osteoarthritis (OA),” was one of eight to be accepted into the final round.
This year marks the second annual Three Minute Thesis public competition at the University of Rochester, which encourages participants to share their research in simple language that's both persuasive and easy for the average person to understand.
The event is open to current Ph.D. and professional doctorate (research) candidates in or beyond their third year of study. It’s also open to postdoctoral researchers. Winners receive travel awards ranging from $250-750.
The event is sponsored by the School of Medicine and Dentistry Center for Professional Development, the School of Arts, Science and Engineering Graduate Studies Office, the Graduate Student Society, and Graduate Student Association.
Three Minute Thesis Awards:
- Judge’s Winner: Thuy-vy Nguyen (Runner Up: Scott Friedland)
- People's Choice Award: Sarah Catheline
Presentations:
- Stephanie Carpenter: Solving the Mystery of Iron Chemistry
- Scott Friedland: Pancreatic Cancer and the Tale of the Broken Librarian
- Sarah Catheline: Inhibiting Inflammaging to Treat Osteoarthritis (OA)?
- Claire McCarthy: Investigating the Toxicological Effects of Dung Biomass Smoke Exposure
- Taylor Moon: The New Epidemic
- Thuy-vy Nguyen: Solitude
- Manisha Taya: Understanding Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM): The “Other” Steroid-Dependent Cancer From Bed-Side to Bench and Back Again
- Janelle Veazey: Role of Protein Kinase D in Epithelial Cells During Respiratory Infection