Congratulations to Chris Akey!
Molecular Cell selected his paper entitled Implications of a multiscale structure of the yeast nuclear pore complex as one of 20 for their Editor’s Choice 2023. The listed papers were chosen as examples of “how molecular biology can be used to go beyond basic mechanisms to discover new biology, understand diseases, and to create new tools”.
Congratulations to Vanna Zachariou and Philipp Mews!
Congratulations to Vanna Zachariou and Philipp Mews for their recent 2024 Spivack Neurosciences Awards that support clinical or basic research in Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and other neurological disorders. Dr. Zachariou was named as a Distinguished Neuroscience Award receipient and Dr. Mews received a Spivack Pilot Award.
Congratulations to Michelle Wiggins!
Congratulations to Michelle Wiggins for being named June 2024 Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Distinguished Staff of the Month.
Congratulations to Chinyere Kemet!
Congratulations to Chinyere Kemet, a PhD student in the Feng lab, whose abstract “UFD1: A Novel Target Against MYC-driven Cancers” was selected for a cancer talk at the 16th annual Zebrafish Disease Models conference in Durham, North Carolina. Chinyere also won a travel award for this conference.
Congratulations to Emily Lewkowicz!
Congratulations to Emily Lewkowicz, a PhD student in the Gursky lab, whose abstract “In Silico Studies Suggest Structural Basis for Amyloid-Apolipoprotein Co-Deposition” has been selected for a short talk at the FEBS Advanced course on Protein Folding, Aggregation, and Compartmentalization in Greece. (https://proteinfolding2023.febsevents.org/). Emily won a Young Scientist Travel Award to this international symposium.
Congratulations to Dr. Shobini Jayaraman!
Congratulations to Shobini Jayaraman and Gursky lab members and friends for a new paper publication and associated press release: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/999297 Lipid Clearance and Amyloid Formation by Serum Amyloid A: Exploring the Links Between Beneficial and Pathologic Actions of an Enigmatic Protein. Jayaraman S, Urdaneta A, Bullitt E, Fändrich M, Gursky O.J Lipid Res. 2023 Aug […]
Congratulations to our 2023 Russek Day Winners!
First prize winner: Jenna Libera – Dr. Benjamin Wolozin’s lab Second prize winner: Matt Reiss – Dr. Rachel Flynn’s lab Third prize winner: Lucy Peterson – Dr. Hengye Man’s lab
Postdoc fellow positions available in Sepsis, Trauma, and Organ Injury research at University of Maryland, Baltimore
Postdoctoral Fellow Positions Location: Center for Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research (STAR Center) R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, MD Projects: To study the role of extracellular miRNAs and EVs in regulating innate immunity and inflammatory responses in critical illness – trauma, sepsis, ischemic organ injury. Funding: NIGMS, […]
Kristen Segars, MD/PhD candidate, receives an F30 award
Kristen Segars, MD/PhD candidate in the Biomolecular Pharmacology Training Program, received an F30 award on January 28, 2022. Kristen’s thesis research in Dr. Vickery Trinkaus-Randall’s laboratory focuses on cell signaling events that initiate and direct wound healing in the cornea. She uses machine learning and confocal microscopy to study calcium signaling events generated by the […]
Jacob Beierle, PhD candidate, published in Molecular Pain
Jacob Beierle, Biomolecular Pharmacology PhD candidate in the Laboratory of Addiction Genetics under the mentorship of Dr. Camron Bryant, published his article, “Genetic basis of thermal nociceptive sensitivity and brain weight in a BALB/c reduced complexity cross”, in Molecular Pain on January 28, 2022. In order to better understand the genetics of pain, Jacob and […]