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Special Seminar: Dannie Durrand, Ph.D.
Dr. Dannie Durrand from the Departments of Biological Sciences and Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University will be visiting the Protein Information Resource on Friday, and will present a special seminar on protein classification at 10:30 in the Harris building, Room 1202.
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Congratulations on successful Ph.D. thesis defense
The department wishes to congratulate Caitlin MacCarthy on the recent successful defense of her thesis work, “The Contribution of PCPH to Colon Carcinoma” with Dr. Notario.
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Professor Djakiew publishes a book chapter entitled "The p38 MAPK Pathway in Prostate Cancer"
Professor Djakiew publishes a book chapter entitled “The p38 MAPK Pathway in Prostate Cancer” In “Prostate Cancer: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Genetics”, p243-255, ISBN 978-1-4614-6827-1.
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MS Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Alumnus awarded Fulbright Scholarship to study in Spain
Georgetown University alumnus, Annahita Sarcon has received a prestigious Fulbright Award to conduct cardiac stem cell research in Pamplona, Spain.
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School of Medicine students from Sexual Development and Reproduction module published in Diabetic Medicine
This year, students Kyle Godfrey, Bobby Matthew, Julie Bulman, and Omar Shah; and faculty Dr. Clement and Dr. Gallicano, have published “Stem Cell Based Treatments for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Bone Marrow, Embryonic, Hepatic, Pancreatic, and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells” in the journal Diabetic Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal with strong impact factor.
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Doctoral Students Visit the Naked Mole Rats
Naked mole rats (Heterocephalus glaber) are of great interest to scientists due to their unusually long life span and extreme cancer resistance. As part of weekly journal club, our students have elected to discuss multiple papers on naked mole rat research, beginning with the publication of the H. glaber genome in 2011. They were also fortunate to get a behind the scenes look at the naked mole rat colony at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, DC, thanks to small mammal biologist David Kessler.
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