News
October 2009
This week, the Graduate Program in Genetics and Genomics was very proud to sponsor the thesis defenses of two excellent students, Dr. Ihnyoung Song and Dr. Tovah Day.
Dr. Song presented her work entitled “Novel roles for the Fanconi Anemia Pathway in DNA Replication and Trans-Lesion Synthesis.”
The next day, Dr. Day gave her dissertation seminar entitled “CDC7-mediated Phosphorylation of RAD18 regulates Recruitment of Polymerase Eta to Stalled Replication Forks.”
Both Drs. Song and Day completed their dissertation work in the Vaziri laboratory.
Please join us in congratulating them on their scientific achievements!
Dr. Ihnyoung Song and Dr. Tovah Day are joined after their graduations by lab-mate (soon-to-be-Dr.) Aditi Gurkar.
September 2009
The Graduate Program in Genetics and Genomics is happy to welcome our new first year students to the program! Welcome, Becky and Sarah!
Some of our students enjoying lunch together.
From lower left (clockwise): Jessica Vick, Catalina Perdomo, Constantina Christodoulou, Kristen Ott, Becky Kusko, and Sarah Kleinsorge.
August 2009
The Graduate Program in Genetics and Genomics would like to extend our congratulations to our recent graduates. Dr. Kelly Graham (center) presented and defended her thesis work on August 18, 2009. Her work, “Identification of Distinct Gene Expression Signatures in Histologically Normal Epithelium from Patients with Different Breast Cancer Risk,” was performed in the laboratory of Dr. Carol Rosenberg. Dr. Dorothy Pazin (left) successfully defended her thesis generated in the Albrecht lab entitled “Investigating the role of extracellular matrix-associated proteins in fetal gonad and reproductive tract development” on August 26, 2009. Drs. Pazin and Graham are joined by IhnYoung Song (right), a graduate student who will be defending her thesis in October. Great work, all!
May 15, 2009
The Graduate Program in Genetics and Genomics and dissertation advisor, Dr. Landon Moore, extend our congratulations to Dr. Gerald Stanvitch on completion of his thesis work and his dissertation defense. His thesis was entitled “Investigating the Role of Cin-4, a Topoisomerase II-like Protein, in Kinetochore resolution.” Well done, Jerry!
April 23, 2009
The Graduate Program in Genetics and Genomics was well represented at the 2009 Russek Student Achievement Day. Many students had their research on display, and a number of students were recognized for their outstanding thesis research, contributions to the student community, and academic excellence. Congratulations, students!
1st prize: Ihn Young Song, A Novel Role for Fanconi Anemia Pathway Effector Protein FANCD2 in Cell Cycle Progression of Untransformed Primary Human Cells
2nd prize: Tovah Day, CDC7-Mediated Regulation of RAD18 in Response to DNA Damage
Honorable Mention: Florin Craciun, Increased Local Neutrophil Recruitment Improves Sepsis Survival and Bacterial Clearance
