Student Awards

Fellowships and Training Grants

The CMB Office gathers successful fellowship/training grant application examples to share with CMB students who are working on applying for funding. If you are a CMB student who would like to access these applications, or if you have received a fellowship or training grant not on this list, please contact the CMB Office.

2022-2023 Fellowships, Training Grants and Other Awards

Nicole Woodhead, Class of 2021, Tamplin Lab
2023 SCRMC Research Training Award

Kwangdeok Shin, Class of 2021, Kang Lab
2023 SCRMC Research Training Award

Rodsy Modhurima, Class of 2021, Bresnick Lab
2023 SCRMC Research Training Award

Ian Begeman, Class of 2018, Kang Lab
NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship

Mariah Calubag, Class of 2020, Lamming Lab
NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship

Claire Larsen, Class of 2021, Majumder Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Silas Miller, Class of 2021, Raman Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship – Honorable Mention

Lila Hoachlander-Hobby, Class of 2021, Bement Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship – Honorable Mention

Ryan Walter, Class of 2019, Kalejta Lab
Cancer Biology T32 Training Grant

Aicha Quamine, Class of 2018, Capitini Lab
Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society

Sergio Estrada, Class of 2022, Alvarado Lab
Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology T32 Training Grant
SciMed GRS

Monnette Villarreal, Class of 2022, Majumder Lab
Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology T32 Training Grant
SciMed GRS

Holly Rucker, Class of 2022, Kacar Lab
NASA Astrobiology Early Career Collaboration Award

Jessica Han, Class of 2019, Denu/Rey Lab
3-Minute Thesis Competition Winner, Hosted by Alzheimer’s Research Centers at UW-Madison and Washington University-St. Louis

Jorgo Lika, Class of 2020, Fan Lab
ICTR TL1 Training Grant

Sharon Tang, Class of 2019, Salgado Lab
Marie Christine Kohler Fellowship
American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship

Dennis Minton, Class of 2019, Konopka Lab
Institute on Aging New Investigator Award for Biomedical Research

Soyoung Jung, Class of 2020, Maeda Lab
Poster Award, 61st Annual Meeting of the Phytochemical Society of North America (PSNA 2022)

Megan Bacabac, Class of 2020, Xu Lab
Cancer Biology T32 Training Grant

Dylan Duerre, Class of 2020, Galmozzi Lab
T32 Biology of Aging and Age Related Diseases Fellowship

Luis Haddock-Soto, Class of 2019, Friedrich Lab
SciMed GRS

Aicha Quamine, Class of 2018, Capitini Lab
SciMed GRS

Jose Martinez, Class of 2018, Bhattacharyya Lab
Genomic Sciences Training Program (GSTP)
SciMed GRS
Yale Ciencia Academy Fellowship

Ashley Scott, Class of 2019, Masters Lab
CMB Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award

Grant Nickles, Class of 2020, Keller Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Dominic Chomchai, Class of 2020, Bement Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship – Honorable Mention

Alexandra Fister, Class of 2020, Huttenlocher Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship – Honorable Mention

Matt Freeman, Class of 2020, Sauer Lab
Microbes in Health and Disease (MHD) T32 Training Grant

Kourtney Kostecki, Class of 2019, Wheeler Lab
UW Carbone Cancer Center Annual Retreat Trainee Flash Talk Presentation Winner

Mitchell Ramuta, Class of 2019, O’Connor Lab
Microbes in Health and Disease (MHD) T32 Training Grant

Lainy Von Bank, Class of 2019, Simcox Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

2021-2022 Fellowships, Training Grants and Other Awards

Karla Anaya Aldrete, Class of 2021, Ahmad Lab
SciMed GRS

Reji Babygirija, Class of 2019, Lamming Lab
Metabolism and Nutritional Training Program (MANTP)

Ian Begeman, Class of 2018, Kang Lab
American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship

Mariah Calubag, Class of 2020, Lamming Lab
Diana Jacobs Kalman/AFAR Scholarships for Research in the Biology of Aging

Katrina Carter, Physiology Class of 2015, Schrage Lab
SciMed GRS

Tim Catlett, Class of 2013, Gomez Lab
UW Cool Science Image Contest winner

Jackie Chen, Class of 2019, Raman Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship – Honorable Mention

Max Frenkel, Class of 2019, Raman Lab
Rein in Sarcoma Jan Maudlin Sarcoma Scholars Fund Award
Genomic Sciences Training Program (GSTP)

Zack Harmer, Class of 2019, McClean Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship – Honorable Mention

Justin Jagodinsky, Class of 2018, Morris Lab
Predoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship for MD/PhD (F30)

Charlotte Kanzler, Class of 2019, Newmark Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship – Honorable Mention

Caroline Kerr, Class of 2019, Morris Lab
Predoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship for MD/PhD (F30)

Jake Khoussine, Class of 2020, Hoon Lab
Vision Research Training Program

Sam Krabbenhoft, Class of 2018, Harrison Lab
Predoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship for MD/PhD (F30)

Cassie Leech, Class of 2019, Denu Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Sydney Lesko, Class of 2019, Sherer Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship – Honorable Mention

Jose Martinez, Class of 2018, Anita Bhattacharyya Lab
NIH R36 Dissertation Award

Dennis Minton, Class of 2019, Konopka Lab
Predoctoral Position on the Biology of Aging and Age-Related Diseases T32
American Aging Association Poster Pitch Award

Grant Nickles, Class of 2020, Keller Lab
Biotechnology Training Program (BTP)

Bo Peng, Class of 2018, Moore Lab
Predoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship MD/PhD (F30)
Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society Inductee

Mitchell Ramuta, Class of 2019, O’Connor Lab
Keystone Symposia Scholarship

Tyler Reich, Class of 2018, Lewis Lab
Predoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship for MD/PhD (F30)

Aindrila Saha, Class of 2019, Sinha Lab
Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Grant

Grace Schaack, Class of 2018, Mehle Lab
Parasite Vector Biology Training Grant

Ashley Scott, Class of 2019, Masters Lab
ICTR TL1 Training Grant

Ajay Singh, Class of 2020, Yu Lab
UW-Madison Radiology MD-PhD Graduate Student Fellowship
2021-22 Three Minute Thesis Competition Semifinal Winner

Lainy Von Bank, Class of 2019, Simcox Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

2020-2021 Fellowships, Training Grants and Other Awards

Maya Amjadi, Class of 2019, Shelef Lab
Biology of Aging and Age Related Diseases Training Grant

Ian Begeman, Class of 2018, Kang Lab
T32 CVRC Training Program in Translational Cardiovascular Science

Ting-Yu Chang, Class of 2015, Rosenberg Lab
Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Jackie Chen, Class of 2019, Raman Lab
Biotechnology Training Program (BTP)

Monica Cho, Class of 2018, Capitini Lab
Cancer Biology Training Grant

Raymond Doudlah, Physiology Class of 2017, Rosenberg Lab
Visual Research Training Curriculum Program

Max Frenkel, Class of 2019, Raman Lab
Genomic Sciences Training Program (GSTP)

Morgan Giese, Class of 2017, Huttenlocher Lab
Microbes in Health and Disease (MHD) Training Program

Juliana Giacomini, Class of 2014, Baldo Lab
Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Luis Haddock-Soto, Class of 2019, Friedrich Lab
Genomic Sciences Training Program (GSTP)
Yale Ciencia Academy Fellowship

Amelia Haj, Class of 2016, O’Connor Lab
2020 Raymond L. Erikson Exceptional Thesis Award

Zack Harmer, Class of 2019, McClean Lab
Genomic Sciences Training Program (GSTP)

Siddhant Jain, Class of 2013, Lewis Lab
2020 Raymond L. Erikson Exceptional Thesis Award

Charlotte Kanzler, Class of 2019, Newmark Lab
Biotechnology Training Program (BTP)

Caroline Kerr, Class of 2019, Morris Lab
UW-Madison Radiology MD-PhD Graduate Student Fellowship

Cassie Leech, Class of 2019, Denu Lab
Metabolism and Nutritional Training Program (MANTP)

Ani Michaud, Class of 2016, Bement Lab
Research and Development Internship at Promega

Katie Mueller, Class of 2016, Saha Lab
Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society Inductee

Grant Nickles, Class of 2020, Keller Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship – Honorable Mention

Angela Olvera, Class of 2019, Davis Lab
Compassion in Action Community Health Leadership Award from UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health

Jessica Pita-Aquino, Class of 2020, Majumder Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
SciMed GRS

Aicha Quamine, Class of 2018, Capitini Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Lauren Schrader, Class of 2017, Bradfield Lab
Science Policy Scholar, National Science Policy Network

Taylor Scott, Class of 2015, McClean Lab
Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Lainy Von Bank, Class of 2019, Simcox Lab
Hatch Grant

Steven Wiesner, Class of 2014, Huang Lab
Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Ravi Chandra Yada, Class of 2019, Beebe Lab
Hematology Training Grant

Ziheng Zhang, Class of 2019, Audhya Lab
Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center (SCRMC) Graduate Training Award

2019-2020 Fellowships, Training Grants and Other Awards

Katarina Braun, Class of 2017, Friedrich Lab
NIH F30 

Max Frenkel, Class of 2019, Raman Lab
Society for Thoracic Surgery Looking to the Future Scholarship

Morgan Giese, Class of 2017, Huttenlocher Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship – Honorable Mention

Luis Haddock-Soto, Class of 2019, Friedrich Lab
SciMed GRS

Jessica Han, Class of 2019, Denu Lab
Bio-Data Science Training Grant

Anna Heffron, Class of 2017, O’Connor Lab
Parasitology and Vector Biology Training Program T32
New Investigator Scholarship

Jack Hunt, Class of 2016, Zhao Lab
Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (NIH F31)

Justin Jagodinsky, Class of 2017, Morris Lab
UW Institutional for Clinical & Translational Research TL1 Training Award

Zena Jensvold, Class of 2017, Lewis Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Charlotte Kanzler, Class of 2019, Newmark Lab
First Prize in the Morgridge Institute for Research Ethics Cartooning Contest

Justin Mabin, Class of 2017, Brow Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Jose Martinez, Class of 2018, Bhattacharyya Lab
Biotechnology Training Program (BTP)

Charu Mehta, Class of 2014, Bresnick Lab
UW Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center Graduate Training Award

Zach Morrow, Class of 2017, Sauer Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 

Will Olson, Class of 2014, Knoll Lab
2019 CMB Exceptional Thesis Award

Alex Pieper, Class of 2017, Sondel Lab
ICTR TL1 Training Grant

Stefan Pietrzak, Class of 2017, Sridharan
Genomic Sciences Training Program Traineeship

Tiaira Porter, Physiology Class of 2016, Moore Lab
UW-Madison 2020 Cool Science Image Winner

Kyle Quinney, Class of 2013, Audhya Lab
2019 CMB Exceptional Thesis Award

Sarah Rempel, Class of 2015, Gomez Lab
Vision Research Training Program

Kevin Swift, Class of 2019, Audhya Lab
Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Training Grant 

Andrew Sung, Class of 2018, Pagliarini Lab
Biology of Aging and Age Related Diseases Training Grant

Dan Tremmel, Class of 2015, Odorico Lab
Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (NIH F31)
Debra Hullett, PhD, Best Basic Science Poster Award (UW Dept. of Surgery Research Summit 2020)
ALPCO Young Investigator Award
TTS-IPITA Scientific Award to attend IPITA 2019
BI-USA Stem Cell Research Award

2018-2019 Fellowships, Training Grants and Other Awards

Diya Binoy Joseph, Class of 2013, Vezina Lab
2018 CMB Exceptional Thesis Award

Mazdak Bradberry, Class of 2016, Edwin Chapman Lab
Predoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship for MD/PhD (F30)

Katarina Braun, Class of 2017, Thomas Friedrich Lab
Rath Distinguished Graduate Fellowship

Susana Calle-Castaneda, Class of 2018, David Schwartz Lab
Colciencias-Doctorados en el exterior

Peter Carlson, Class of 2016, Paul Sondel Lab
NIH F30 Molecular Targeted Radiotherapy to Overcome Resistance to In Situ Vaccination

Patrick Cervantes, Class of 2015, Laura Knoll Lab
SACNAS 2018 Oral Presentation Award
Completed NSF Graduate Research Internship Program (GRIP) with the Environmental Protection Agency, February-May 2019

Chris Gelbmann, Class of 2014, Robert Kalejta Lab
Predoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship for MD/PhD (F30)

Adriana Golding, Class of 2013, William Bement Lab
Dr. Stanley Weinreb and Dr. Eva Lurie Weinreb Graduate Student Fellowship

Amelia Haj, Class of 2016, David O’Connor Lab
Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE)
Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine (CIBM) Training Program
UW Bioethics Symposium Best Medical Student Bioethics Essay

Anna Heffron, Class of 2017, Dave O’Connor Lab
UW Virology Training Grant
Gave invited presentation on work with anti-flavivirus antibodies, as well as informal presentation my work on gender inequities in academic medicine at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity in Melbourne, Australia

Mitchell Ledwith, Class of 2016, Andrew Mehle Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Awardee

Richard Merkhofer, Class of 2015, Bruce Klein Lab
Predoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship for MD/PhD (F30)

Ani Michaud, Class of 2016, William Bement Lab
UW Cool Science Image Contest winner for both an image and a video
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship – Honorable Mention

Katie Mueller, Class of 2016, Krishanu Saha Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Awardee

Stefan Pietrzak, Class of 2017, Rupa Sridharan Lab
Genomic Sciences Training Program (GSTP)

Laura Swanson, Class of 2016, David Wassarman Lab
Institute on Aging T32 Fellowship (NIH)

Aicha Quamine, Class of 2018, Capitini Lab
Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship
SciMed GRS Fellowship

Becky Reese, Class of 2015, Alarid Lab
Great Lakes Nuclear Receptor Conference Poster Award

Dan Tremmel, Class of 2015, Jon Odorico Lab
UW Cool Science Image Contest winner
The Debra A. Hullett, PhD, Best Basic Science Poster Award (Dept of Surgery Research Summit, Spring 2019)

2017-2018 Fellowships, Training Grants and Other Awards

Christiana Binkley, Class of 2017, Robert Landick Lab
SciMed GRS

Jennifer Borchardt, Class of 2014, Cynthia Czajkowski Lab
National Research Service Award F31

Julian Bustamante, Class of 2015, Edgar Spalding Lab
Molecular Biosciences Training Grant (MBTG)

Peter Carlson, Class of 2016, Paul Sondel Lab
ICTR Clinical Investigations Training Grant (T32)

Patrick Cervantes, Class of 2015, Laura Knoll Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Awardee

Tyler Gibson, Class of 2017, Melissa Harrison Lab
Molecular Biosciences Training Grant (MBTG)

Kartik Gupta, Class of 2014, Bo Liu Lab
American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship Awardee

Jack Hunt, Class of 2016, Xinyu Zhao Lab
Rath Distinguished Graduate Fellowship

Diya Joseph, Class of 2013, Vezina Lab
Gregory F. Daniels Travel Award

Ryan Kessens, Class of 2013, Mehdi Kabbage Lab
2017 Research and Development Internship at Promega

Nadia Khan, Class of 2013, Avtar Roopra Lab
NIH Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience (D-SPAN) Award (F99/K00)

Shelby Lyon, Class of 2013, Robert Kalejta Lab
Delta Internship in Teaching, Learning, and Research

Katie Mueller, Class of 2016, Krishanu Saha Lab
Gregory F. Daniels Outstanding Poster Presentation Award
Student Leadership Council for the NSF Engineering Research Center

Sarah Neuman, Class of 2011, Arash Bashirullah Lab
2017 CMB Exceptional Thesis Award

Brandon Phan, Class of 2017, Jennifer Reed Lab
SciMed GRS

Taylor Scott, Class of 2015, Megan McClean Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Awardee

Hans Smith, Class of 2017, JD Sauer Lab
Molecular Biosciences Training Grant (MBTG)

Sydney Thomas, Class of 2015, John Denu Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Awardee

Dan Tremmel, Class of 2015, Jon Odorico Lab
Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center (SCRMC) Graduate and Postdoctoral Training Awardee

Ellen Wagner, Class of 2017, Audrey Gasch Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Awardee

2016-2017 Fellowships, Training Grants and Other Awards

Joseph Bruckner, Class of 2010, Kate O’Connor-Giles Lab
2016 CMB Exceptional Thesis Award

Anthony Dawson, Class of 2014, Andrew Mehle Lab
Virology Training Grant

Ryan Denu, Class of 2014, Mark Burkard Lab
Predoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship for MD/PhD (F30)

Jiarong Gao, Class of 2016, Phillip Newmark Lab
HHMI International Student Research Fellowship

Marissa Gaskill, Class of 2016, Melissa Harrison Lab
Molecular Biosciences Training Grant (MBTG)

Nadia Khan, Class of 2013, Avtar Roopra Lab
Inducted into the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society

Katie Mueller, Class of 2016, Krishanu Saha Lab
Biotechnology Training Program

Sarah Neuman, Class of 2011, Arash Bashirullah Lab
Straka Fellowship
WARF Discovery Challenge Award

Tippapha (Zizi) Pisithkul, Class of 2013, Daniel Amador-Noguez Lab
HHMI International Student Research Fellowship

Ani Varjabedian, Class of 2016, William Bement Lab
Molecular Biosciences Training Grant (MBTG)

Jae-Sung You, Class of 2010, Troy Hornberger Lab
2016 CMB Exceptional Thesis Award

2015-2016 Fellowships, Training Grants and Other Awards

Patrick Cervantes, Class of 2015, Laura Knoll Lab
SciMed GRS

Tamara Chamberlin, Class of 2015, Lisa Arendt Lab
Comparative Biomedical Sciences Training Grant (T32)

Ryan Denu, Class of 2014, Mark Burkard Lab
UW Institute for Clinical & Translational Research TL1 Predoctoral Training Program Awardee

Lauren Hillers, Class of 2015, Lisa Arendt Lab
Molecular Biosciences Training Grant (MBTG)

Shelby Lyon, Class of 2013, Robert Kalejta Lab
Completed AAAS Science and Engineering Mass Media Fellowship, Summer 2016
Cancer Biology Training Grant

Shang Ma, Class of 2009, Zhen Huang Lab
2015 CMB Exceptional Thesis Award

Daniel Tremmel, Class of 2015, Jon Odorico Lab
Molecular Biosciences Training Grant (MBTG)

Sarah Wilson, Class of 2014, Laura Knoll Lab
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship
Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) with the Biological Defense Research Directorate, Summer 2016

2014-2015 Fellowships, Training Grants and Other Awards

Kevin Cope, Class of 2013, Jean-Michel Ané Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Awardee

Asuka Eguchi, Class of 2010, Aseem Ansari Lab
Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center (SCRMC) Training Award

Saheed Imam, Class of 2009, Arash Bashirullah Lab
2014 CMB Exceptional Thesis Award

Robert Ihry, Class of 2008, Timothy Donohue Lab
2014 CMB Exceptional Thesis Award

Michelle Keller-Pearson, Class of 2015, Erin Silva Lab & Jean-Michel Ané Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Awardee

Angela Myers, Class of 2013, Richard Gourse Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Awardee

Kelli Pointer, Class of 2012, John Kuo Lab
Preuss Award

Erica Schwotzer, Class of 2014, Arash Bashirullah Lab
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Awardee

Travel Awards

Joseph Lalli, Class of 2018, Werling Lab
2023 CMB Travel Award – International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden

Kwangdeok Shin, Class of 2021, Kang Lab
2023 CMB Travel Award – Weinstein Cardiovascular Development & Regeneration Conference, San Diego, CA

Ian Begeman, Class of 2018, Kang Lab
2023 CMB Travel Award – Weinstein Cardiovascular Development & Regeneration Conference, San Diego, CA

Zoe Tesone, Class of 2021, Hardin Lab
2023 CMB Travel Award – International C. elegans Conference, Glasgow, Scotland

Karla Anaya Aldrete, Class of 2021, Ahmad Lab
2023 CMB Travel Award – American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL

Christian Elliehausen, Class of 2020, Konopka Lab
2023 CMB Travel Award – American Physiology Summit, Long Beach, CA

Janna Bashar, Class of 2018, Shelef Lab
2023 CMB Travel Award – American Association of Immunologists Annual Meeting, Washington, DC

Caroline Kerr, Class of 2019, Morris/Weichert Lab
2023 CMB Travel Award – American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL

Angela Olvera, Class of 2019, Davis Lab
2023 CMB Travel Award – 2023 Pancreatic Diseases Gordon Research Conference

Bo Peng, Class of 2018, Moore Lab
2023 CMB Travel Award – American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair

Sarika Marathe, Class of 2022, Otegui Lab
2023 CMB Travel Award – 6th Annual Maize Genetics Meeting, St. Louis, MO

Thomas Anderson, Class of 2019, Kirchdoerfer Lab
2023 CMB Travel Award – American Society for Virology Conference, Athens, Greece

Sam Krabbenhoft, Class of 2018, Harrison Lab
2023 CMB Travel Award – Keystone Symposium: Epigenetics, Chromatin, Development and Disease, Victoria, Canada

Truman Do, Class of 2018, Lewis Lab
2023 CMB Travel Award – Keystone Symposium: Epigenetics, Chromatin, Development and Disease, Victoria, Canada

Yuling Dai, Class of 2019, Smith Lab
2023 CMB Travel Award – US HUPO 2023: Enabling Technology for Biological Discovery, Chicago, IL

Megan Bacabac, Class of 2020, Xu Lab
2023 CMB Travel Award – Keystone Symposium: Epigenetics, Chromatin, Development and Disease, Victoria, Canada

Zena Jensvold, Class of 2017, Lewis Lab
2023 CMB Travel Award – Keystone Symposium: Epigenetics, Chromatin, Development and Disease, Victoria, Canada

Zack Harmer, Class of 2019, McClean Lab
2022 CMB Travel Award – AIChE SBE 3rd Optogenetic Technologies and Applications Conference

Song Kim, Class of 2020, Bement Lab
2022 CMB Travel Award – Cell Bio 2022-An ASCB | EMBO Meeting

Aicha Quamine, Class of 2018, Capitini Lab
2022 CMB Travel Award – Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer’s (SITC) 37th Annual Meeting & Pre-Conference Programs

Aindrilla Saha, Class of 2019, Sinha Lab
2022 CMB Travel Award – Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, California

Lainy Von Bank, Class of 2019, Simcox Lab
2022 CMB Travel Award – Cell Biology to Systems Physiology (FASEB), Nova Scotia, Canada

Alex Fister, Class of 2020, Huttenlocher Lab
2022 CMB Travel Award – American Society of Cell Biology Meeting, Washington D.C.

Kourtney Kostecki, Class of 2019, Wheeler Lab
2022 CMB Travel Award – American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA
2022 UW Carbone Cancer Center Annual Retreat Trainee Flash Talk Presentation Travel Award

Abhilash Sawant, Class of 2017, Hoon Lab
2022 CMB Travel Award – FASEB Retinal Neurobiology and Visual Processing Conference, Southbridge, MA
2019 Physiology Travel Award – Society for Neuroscience Conference, Chicago, IL

Francisco Barros Becker, Class of 2013, Anna Huttenlocher Lab
2017-18 CMB Travel Award – Abercrombie Meeting, Oxford, UK

Diya Binoy Joseph, Class of 2013, Chad Vezina Lab
2018-19 CMB Travel Award – Society for Basic Urological Research, Rancho Mirage, CA

Jennifer Borchardt, Class of 2014, Cynthia Czajkowski Lab
2017-18 CMB Travel Award – Society for Neuroscience Meeting, Washington, D.C.
2018-19 CMB Travel Award- Ihibition in the CNS (Gordon Research Seminar and Conference), Newry, ME

Mazdak Bradberry, Class of 2016, Edwin Chapman Lab
2019-20 CMB Travel Award – Gordon Research Seminar and Conference on Synaptic Transmission, Barga, Lucca, Italy

Robert Bradley, Class of 2012, Su-Chun Zhang Lab
2017-18 CMB Travel Award – Society for Neuroscience Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Katarina Braun, Class of 2017, Thomas Friedrich Lab
2019-20 CMB Travel Award – Advanced Courses and Scientific Conferences: Virus Genomics and Evolution

Julian Bustamante, Class of 2016, Edgar Spalding Lab
2018-19 CMB Travel Award – Phenome 2019, Tuscon, AZ

Peter Carlson, Class of 2016, Paul Sondel Lab
2019-20 CMB Travel Award – Radiation Research Society Specialty Winter Workshop, Big Sky, Montana

Patrick Cervantes, Class of 2015, Laura Knoll Lab
2019-20 CMB Travel Award – National GEM Consortium Annual Conference, Chicago, IL

Tamara Chamberlin, Class of 2015, Lisa Arendt Lab
2018-19 CMB Travel Award- Gordon Research Conference & Gordon Research Seminar on Mammary Gland Biology, Newry, ME

Kevin Cope, Class of 2013, Jean-Michel Ane Lab
2016-17 CMB Travel Award – 3rd International Molecular Mycorrhiza Meeting, Museum of Toulouse, Toulouse, France

Tony Dawson, Class of 2014, Andrew Mehle Lab
2017-18 CMB Travel Award – American Society for Virology General Conference, College Park, MD
2019-20 CMB Travel Award – American Society for Virology General Conference, Fort Collins, CO

Ryan Denu, Class of 2014, Mark Burkard Lab
2017-18 CMB Travel Award – AACR Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
2016-17 CMB Travel Award – American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA

Drew Doering, Class of 2013, Chris Hittinger Lab
2018-19 CMB Travel Award – Yeast Genetics Meeting, Palo Alto, CA

Stephanie Geller, Class of 2017, Megan Mclean Lab
2018-19 CMB Travel Award – Fungal Genetics Conference, Pacific Grove, CA

Indro Ghosh, Class of 2012, Robert Landick Lab
2016-17 CMB Travel Award – 2017 Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution & Design (SEED), Vancouver, Canada

Tyler Gibson, Class of 2017, Melissa Harrison Lab
2019-20 CMB Travel Award – Cell Symposia: Transcriptional Regulation in Evolution, Development, and Disease, Chicago, IL

Morgan Giese, Class of 2017, Anna Huttenlocher Lab
2019-20 CMB Travel Award – American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), Washington D.C.

Adriana Golding, Class of 2013, William Bement Lab
2016-17 CMB Travel Award – Cell and Developmental Biology of Xenopus Course, Cold Spring Harbor, NY

Netta Golenberg, Class of 2013, Anna Huttenlocher Lab
2016-17 CMB Travel Award – Tissue Repair and Regeneration Gordon Research Conference and Research Seminar, Colby-Sawyer College

Kartik Gupta, Class of 2014, Bo Liu Lab
2017-18 CMB Travel Award – American Heart Association Fall Meeting, Anaheim, CA
2018-19 CMB Travel Award – Vascular Discovery 2019, Boston, MA

Amelia Haj, Class of 2016, David O’Connor Lab
2017-18 CMB Travel Award – American Transplant Congress, Seattle, WA
2019-20 CMB Travel Award – 37th Annual Symposium on Nonhuman Primate Models for AIDS, San Antonio, TX

Anna Heffron, Class of 2017, David O’Connor Lab
2018-19 CMB Travel Award and UW SMPH MSTP Travel Award – Conference on Retrovirology and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) 2019, Seattle, WA
2019-2020 American Society for Virology Student Travel Award

Lauren Hillers, Class of 2015, Lisa Arendt Lab
2016-17 CMB Travel Award – Gordon Research Symposium and Conference: Mammary Gland Biology, Stowe, VT
2018-19 CMB Travel Award – American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2019, Atlanta, GA

Yang Hu, Class of 2016, Mark Burkard Lab
2018-19 CMB Travel Award – ASCB/EMBO Conference, San Diego, CA
2019-20 CMB Travel Award – American Association of Cancer Research Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA

Jack Hunt, Class of 2016, Xinyu Zhao Lab
2018-19 CMB Travel Award – FreeSurfer Tutorial and Workshop, Boston, MA

Justin Jagodinsky, Class of 2018, Zachary Morris Lab
2019-20 CMB Travel Award – AACR Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA

Siddhant Jain, Class of 2013, Peter Lewis Lab
2019-20 CMB Travel Award – Cancer Epigenetics: New Mechanisms and Therapeutic Opportunities, Keystone, CO

Gul Kaur, Class of 2013, Aparna Lakkaraju Lab
2017-18 CMB Travel Award – The Biology and Chemistry of Vision, Federation of American Sciences for Experimental Biology, Steamboat Springs, CO

Michelle Keller-Pearson, Class of 2015, Erin Silva Lab
2016-17 CMB Travel Award – 9th International Conference on Mycorrhiza, Prague, Czech Republic

Ryan Kessens, Class of 2013, Mehdi Kabbage Lab
2016-17 CMB Travel Award – American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Plant Biology 2017, Honolulu, HI

Nadia Khan, Class of 2013, Avtar Roopra Lab
2018-19 CMB Travel Award -American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA
2016-17 CMB Travel Award – American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, Houston, TX

Umair Khan, Class of 2016, Phillip Newmark Lab
2017-18 CMB Travel Award – North American Planarian Meeting, Woods Hole, MA

Mitchell Ledwith, Class of 2016, Andrew Mehle Lab
2017-18 CMB Travel Award – American Society for Virology, College Park, MD
2019-20 CMB Travel Award – Viruses 2020, Barcelona, Spain

Cassie Leech, Class of 2019, John Denu Lab
2020-21 CMB Travel Award – EMBL Chromatin and Epigenetics Conference, Virtual

Justin Mabin, Class of 2017, David Brow Lab
2019-20 CMB Travel Award – Eukaryotic mRNA Processing, Cold Spring Harbor, NY

Jose Martinez, Class of 2018, Anita Bhattacharyya Lab
2019-20 CMB Travel Award – Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL

Charu Mehta, Class of 2014, Emery Bresnick Lab
2017-18 CMB Travel Award – American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition, Atlanta, GA
2018-19 CMB Travel Award – The Red Cells Gordon Research Conference, Newport, RI

Richard Merkhofer, Class of 2015, Bruce Klein Lab
2017-18 CMB Travel Award – Cell Symposia: Human Immunity, Banff, Canada

Ani Michaud, Class of 2016, William Bement Lab
2018-19 CMB Travel Award – Woods Hole Analytical and Quantitative Light Microscopy Course, Woods Hole, MA

Dennis Minton, Class of 2019, Adam Konopka Lab
2020-21 CMB Travel Award – Orthopaedic Research Society

Zachary Morrow, Class of 2017, Fotios Asimakopoulos Lab
2018-19 CMB Travel Award – 60th ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA

Angela Myers, Class of 2013, Richard Gourse Lab
2016-17 CMB Travel Award – FASEB Conference for Mechanism and Regulation of Prokaryotic Transcription, Saxtons River, VT
2019-20 CMB Travel Award – Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages Meeting, Madison, WI

Sarah Neuman, Class of 2011, Arash Bashirullah Lab
2016-17 CMB Travel Award – Genetics Society of America 58th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, San Diego, CA

Will Olson, Class of 2014, Laura Knoll Lab
2017-18 CMB Travel Award – International Association for Food Protection Annual Meeting 2018, Salt Lake City, UT

Michelle Pearson, Class of 2014, Erin Silva Lab
2018-19 CMB Travel Award – 10th International Conference on Mycorrhiza (ICOM10), Media, Mexico

Alex Pieper, Class of 2017, Paul Sondel Lab
2018-19 CMB Travel Award – Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC), Washington, D.C.

Aicha Quamine, Class of 2018, Christian Capitini Lab
2019-20 CMB Travel Award – Primer on Tumor Immunology and Cancer Immunotherapy, National Harbor, MD

Kyle Quinney, Class of 2013, Anjon Audhya Lab
2018-19 CMB Travel Award – Gordon Research Conference: Molecular Membrane Biology, Principles of Intracellular Organization, Andover, NH

Adhithi Rajagopalan, Class of 2014, Jing Zhang Lab
2018-19 CMB Travel Award – American Society of Hematology, San Diego, CA

Mitchell Ramuta, Class of 2019, O’Connor Lab
2021-22 CMB Travel Award – Keystone Symposium: Lessons from the Pandemic: Responding to Emerging Zoonotic Viral Diseases, Snowbird, UT

Rebecca Reese, Class of 2015, Elaine Alarid Lab
2019-20 CMB Travel Award – Gordon Research Conference and Seminar: Hormone-Dependent Cancers

Sarah Rempel, Class of 2015, Timothy Gomez Lab
2018-19 CMB Travel Award – Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Connectivity, Cold Spring Harbor, NY

Aindrila Saha, Class of 2019, Raunak Sinha Lab
2021 American Macular Degeneration Foundation Travel Grant for Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

Erica Schwotzer, Class of 2014, David Brow Lab
2017-18 CMB Travel Award – RNA Society Annual Meeting, Berkeley, CA
2019-20 CMB Travel Award – The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC), Washington D.C.

Hans Smith, Class of 2017, JD Sauer Lab
2019-20 CMB Travel Award – ASM Microbe 2020, Chicago, IL

Laura Swanson, Class of 2016, David Wassarman Lab
2017-18 CMB Travel Award – Neurobiology of Drosophila, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
2018-19 CMB Travel Award – 9th Annual Traumatic Brain Injury Conference, Washington, DC

Zachary Swider, Class of 2017, William Bement Lab
2019-20 CMB Travel Award – American Society for Cell Biology, Washington, D.C.

Sydney Thomas, Class of 2015, John Denu Lab
2019-20 CMB Travel Award – Keystone Symposium: A Gut-Systemic Perspective for Metabolic Disease (C3)

Dan Tremmel, Class of 2015, Jon Odorico Lab
2016-17 CMB Travel Award – IPITA, Oxford, UK
2018-19 CMB Travel Award – Intl Pancreas and Islet Transplant Assoc (IPITA), Lyon, France

Jeremy Volkening, Class of 2013, Michael Sussman Lab
2017-18 CMB Travel Award – 2018 Galaxy Community Conference/ Bioinformatics Open Source Conference, Portland, OR

Ellen Wagner, Class of 2017, Audrey Gasch Lab
2019-20 CMB Travel Award – Phosphorylation and G-Protein Mediated Signaling Networks, Waterville Valley, NH

Sarah Wilson, Class of 2014, Laura Knoll Lab
2016-17 CMB Travel Award – Molecular Parasitology Meeting, Woods Hole, MA