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Cheung, Hankinson, Page Named 2018-19 Conti Fellows
Cheung, Hankinson, Page Named 2018-19 Conti Fellows
Alice Y. Cheung, biochemistry and molecular biology; Susan E. Hankinson, biostatistics and epidemiology; and Max Page, architecture, are the recipients of the 2018-19 Samuel F. Conti Faculty Fellowship Awards. Conti Fellowships provide faculty members with a unique opportunity to focus on their research or creative activities. These fellowships, managed by the office of the vice chancellor for research and engagement, provide a one-year release from teaching and service duties in addition to a $3,500 cash award. Read more
2017 MCB Retreat at Stratton Mountain
2017 MCB Retreat at Stratton Mountain
Barbara Mann PhD Dissertation Defense
Barbara Mann PhD Dissertation Defense
Friday, March 23, 2018
2:00 PM
Integrated Sciences Building, Room 221
Dissertation Title: Motor Protein Regulation in Mammalian Mitosis
Advisor: Pat Wadsworth
Yili Zhu PhD Dissertation Defense
Yili Zhu PhD Dissertation Defense
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
11:00 AM
Life Science Laboratories Building, Room N410
Dissertation Title: "Identifying She1 spindle role using cellular, biochemical, and biophysical methods"
Advisor: Pat Wadsworth
Yuzhou Tang PhD Dissertation Defense
Yuzhou Tang PhD Dissertation Defense
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
2:00 PM
Life Science Laboratories Building, Room N610
Dissertation Title: "Studies on the P. aeruginosa T3S translocon assembly: interaction of PopD with membranes"
Advisor: Alejandro Heuck
Amrita Palaria PhD Dissertation Defense
Amrita Palaria PhD Dissertation Defense
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
10:00 AM
Life Science Laboratories Building, Room N610
Dissertation Title: "Extrinsic and intrinsic factors in liver development"
Advisor: Kim Tremblay
Baskin, Fritz-Laylin Awarded Whitman Center Fellowships
Baskin, Fritz-Laylin Awarded Whitman Center Fellowships
Two members of the biology faculty, professor Tobias Baskin and assistant professor Lillian Fritz-Laylin, have been awarded separate Whitman Center fellowships to support research this summer at Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) on Cape Cod. Read more
Thayumanavan, Minter Focus on Drug Delivery System for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Thayumanavan, Minter Focus on Drug Delivery System for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Two Institute of Applied Life Sciences (IALS) researchers, organic and polymer chemist Thai Thayumanavan and professor of animal science Lisa Minter, have partnered with Anika Therapeutics Inc. of Bedford to co-develop a new product for treating the autoimmune disease rheumatoid arthritis. Read more
Paper by Biologist Madelaine Bartlett Entered in STAT Madness
Paper by Biologist Madelaine Bartlett Entered in STAT Madness
In a scientific answer to basketball’s NCAA March Madness, Boston-based STAT News has launched a bracket-style tournament, STAT Madness, “to find the best innovations in science and medicine.” A paper authored by Madelaine Bartlett, assistant professor of biology and curator of living plant collections, and her collaborator, Zachary Lippman of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York is included in the first bracket of 64 papers. Winners are determined by online voting. Read more
Pilsner’s Research Highlighted in Environmental Health Perspectives
Pilsner’s Research Highlighted in Environmental Health Perspectives
J. Richard Pilsner, assistant professor of environmental health sciences, is among the researchers featured in an article on the burgeoning field of sperm epigenetics appearing in the February 2018 issue of Environmental Health Perspectives. The focus article explores current research trends on paternal environmental exposures and how they might affect the health of his unborn children. Read more