Hometown: Santa Barbara, California Year entered CMB program: 2017 Lab: William Bement Lab Brief Summary of Research: I am studying the cell cycle regulation of cortical excitability. Briefly put, during and following cytokinesis, the cell …
Students
Student Spotlight: Patrick Cervantes
Hometown: Rochester, Minnesota Year entered CMB program: 2015 Lab: Laura Knoll Lab Brief Summary of Research: I study host-pathogen interactions of the parasite, Toxoplasma gondii. My research uses mice to model oral infection and …
Student Spotlight: Lauren Hillers
Hometown: Crystal Lake, Illinois Year entered CMB program: 2015 Lab: Lisa Arendt Lab Brief Summary of Research: My lab studies obesity associated breast cancers. I am specifically investigating how obesity alters the breast microenvironment …
Student Spotlight: Katarina Braun
Hometown: South Wales, New York Year entered CMB program: 2017 Lab: Thomas Friedrich Brief Summary of Research: I study the evolution of influenza viruses by applying the principles of population genetics to deep sequencing …
Lab Profile: Newmark Lab brings planarians into the molecular age
Top, members of the Newmark lab. Bottom left, members of the lab at a local elementary school talking about planarians. Bottom right, lab mascot, Schmidty, aliquoting cells. Story by Rosa Mejia Sanchez and Umair Khan; …
Amelia Haj chosen for the FASPE
Congratulations to CMB student, Amelia Haj, on being chosen for the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE). This is a two-week program in Germany and Poland examining the conduct of physicians …
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Awardees
Congratulations to three CMB students on their NSF Fellowship Awards! Katherine Mueller (Saha Lab) and Mitchell Ledwith (Mehle Lab) were both awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and Ani Varjabedian (Bement Lab) was awarded Honorable …