Jared Tague Receives 2025 Master’s Research Award
Jared Tague of the Ho-Beffert Lab is this year's recipient of the Master’s Research Award. This award provides a one-semester Research Assistantship to a continuing Biology MS student who stands out in their field of research. Jared studies the molecular mechanisms of reelin signaling and its implications in brain development and... More
Zoey Werbin Receives 2025 Belamarich Award
Dr. Zoey Werbin of the Bhatnagar and Dietze Labs was selected as the winner of the 2025 Belamarich Award for her doctoral dissertation in Biology titled “Forecasting the Soil Microbiome.” The selection committee was impressed by Zoey’s ability to quickly and effectively adapt bioinformatics tools to predict the distribution of microbial populations, More
Ritika Sibal Receives 2025 Denton Award
Ritika Sibal of the Knott Lab was selected as the winner of the 2025 Denton Award for her master’s research thesis in Biology titled “Investigating Positional Behavior and Locomotion of Wild Bornean Orangutans Using Behavioral Sampling and Computer Vision.” This award is given for excellence in scholarship and research accomplishment during... More
JK Da-Anoy Receives 2025 Economakis Award
JK Da-Anoy of the Davies Lab received the 2025 Alistair Economakis Award in Marine Science. This award provides support for graduate students conducting research in marine science with a focus on research related to ecology, evolution, or behavior. JK is a Filipino PhD student fascinated by evolution of metazoan complexity. He received... More
Isabel Novick Receives 2025 Thomas H. Kunz Award
Isabel Novick, a Biology PhD student in the Mullen Lab, received the 2025 Thomas H. Kunz Award. The Kunz Award recognizes and celebrates exemplary contributions by an early or mid-career scientist to the study of bats, including measurable impacts on bat research and/or conservation, student mentoring, public education, and collaborations. Isabel... More
Corinne Vietorisz Receives 2025 AAUW American Dissertation Fellowship
Biology PhD candidate Corinne Vietorisz of the Bhatnagar Lab recently received a 2025 American Dissertation Fellowship from the American Association of University Women (AAUW). This Fellowship offsets scholars’ expenses during their final year of dissertation writing and is open to women in all fields of study, though those engaged in... More
Emerson Conrad-Rooney Receives the AAAS 2025 Student E-Poster Competition in the Environment and Ecology Award
Biology PhD student Emerson Conrad-Rooney of the Templer Lab received the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2025 Student E-Poster Competition in the Environment and Ecology award. The AAAS showcases undergraduate and graduate students' innovative research and communication skills and highlights the importance of making science accessible and engaging for... More
2025 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mentions
The awardees and honorable mentions for the 2025 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) competition were recently posted and several Biology students were recognized. Biology PhD student Alejandra Castillo Cieza of the Bhatnagar Lab, MCBB PhD student Anne Curtis of the Chantranupong Lab, Biology PhD student Emma Daily of the Templer Lab, More
KathrynAnn Odamah Receives 2025 Charles Terner Award
KathrynAnn Odamah, a fifth-year PhD student in the Man Lab, received the 2025 Charles Terner Award. Her lab studies the synaptic mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Alzheimer’s disease. Kathryn’s project is focused on investigating the use of genetic restoration strategies to rescue... More
Sabrina Kistler Receives 2025 Marion R. Kramer Scholarship
Sabrina Kistler, a Biomolecular Pharmacology PhD student in the Ho Lab, received the 2025 Marion R. Kramer Scholarship. Sabrina's research investigates the role of alternative RNA splicing in Alzheimer's disease (AD), with a particular focus on the apolipoprotein E (APOE) and Reelin receptor, APOER2. The ε4 allele of APOE is a... More