|
|
|
 |
 |
Check out BMB's recent publications
BMB Undergraduates:
Congratulations to the following BMB majors:
| Winners of 2009 Departmental Awards |
| Slakey Award to support summer laboratory research: Eric Johnson (a junior in the Cheung lab) |
| Hayes Award for high academic achievement, pursuit of non-traditional challenges, and a great breadth of interests: David Paquette (a junior in the Gierasch lab) |
| Little Award for cumulative GPA and honors research project performance: Nikki Woodward (a senior in the Hebert lab) and Christopher Meaden (also a senior) |
| Winners of University-wide Awards |
| Christopher W. Meaden (a senior) was presented with a 21st Century Leaders award during the UMass Commencement on Saturday, May 23. |
| Sean Bickerton (a junior) was named a William F. Field Alumni Scholar. |
| Kyle Rossi (a junior) was given a Martin G. Fonseca Life Sciences award. |
| Selected for Fellowships and Internships |
| Eric Johnson (a junior) was awarded a $3,000 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) by the American Society of Plant Biologists for his project titled “Probing Intracellular Hydrogen Peroxide Condition in Wild type and Mutants Defective in Stress-signaling.” |
| The following students were selected to participate in the 2009 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Research Internship Program: Kari Fischer (junior, Cheung Lab), Kaitlyn Miklinevich (junior, Theis Lab), David Paquette (junior, Gierasch Lab), Kyle Rossi (junior, Heuck Lab) |
| Nematullah Sharaf (a junior in the Heuck lab) was accepted into the Summer 2009 Honors Undergraduate Research Program at Harvard Medical School and has been selected as a Junior Fellow in the Life Sciences for the academic year 2009-2010, part of the HHMI Undergraduate Science Program here at UMass. |
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BMB Accomplishments:
Distinguished Professor Lila Gierasch was elected to the Nominating Committee of the American Peptide Society.
Professor Alejandro Heuck has been selected to be the 2009 Diseases of Infants and Children Scholar by the American Lung Association.
Professor Dave Gross has been awarded an Outstanding Service Award from the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
Professor Dan Hebert has been awarded an Outstanding Research Award from the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
An invited review article by Distinguished Professor Lila Gierasch, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Chemistry, with co-author Robert Smock, a Molecular and Cellular Biology graduate student, is featured as the cover story in the April 10 issue of the journal Science.
Professor Scott Garman is one of four faculty members and two graduate students to be chosen to receive the Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest honor awarded on campus for excellence in teaching and learning.
|
Quick Links: • MCB seminars • MCB Colloquia • Donate to BMB! Help us achieve our research and teaching goals. More information. | |
|
Site by MoleculesInMotion Web Design |
|