CPB Student News
Conferences, Awards, Fellowships and Scholarships
Ben Reisman (Bachmann Lab) was awarded a National Cancer Institute grant to help fund his research into the differentiation-dependent targeting of glycosylated polyketide natural products in clonal hematopoietic disorders.
Haley Stubbs (Iverson Lab) was awarded the NEI Vision Training Grant.
Oscar Ortega (Lopez Lab) was awarded the Pearson Fund Fellowship by the Biochemistry Department. The William N. Pearson Fund established in 1969 by multiple donors to support graduate students and post-doctoral trainees who are studying international nutrition at the Vanderbilt, School of Medicine. The fund was established in memory of Dr. William Pearson, former Professor of Biochemistry at the Vanderbilt School of Medicine.
Alexander Thiemicke (Neuert Lab) attended the Systems Immunology conference at Cold Spring Harbor, NY. This new conference brought together traditional immunologists with computational and systems biologists. Alex presented a poster titled: “Temporal kinetic changes of hypertonic stress differentially regulate MAPK signaling dynamics and cell fate in human immune cells”. Alex had many good interactions with faculty, students and journal editors.
Ian Setliff (Georgiev Lab) recently returned from the Keystone Symposium on HIV Vaccines, held in Whistler, Canada. Ian was awarded a Keystone Scholarship and also selected to give a talk entitled “High-throughput mapping of B-cell receptor sequences to antigen specificity”.
Outside of the conference, he took a gondola ride from mountain to mountain and explored the village of Whistler.
Andrea Perreault (Venters Lab) attended a joint Keystone Symposia on 3D Genome: Gene Regulation and Disease, areas included were epigenetics, chromatin, gene regulation, and human disease. It was held in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Andy was able to hear leaders in the field and newer investigators present their current research. She presented a poster “Enhancer-promoter interactions in erythroid cells”. She was able to discuss science with students and faculty from around the world. Outside of the conference activities she also adventured outside, including skiing at Lake Louise ski resort and hiking around the iconic Lake Louise.
Christian Meyer (Quaranta Lab) attended the Keystone Symposia: Phenotypic Drug Discovery: Recent Advances and Insights from Chemical and Systems Biology (C1). The conference was held in Breckenridge CO in March 2019. Christian presented a talk titled : A Consensus Framework for Calculating Drug Synergy. At the conference he was awarded a scholarship from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCTS)
Vilma Jallinoja ( Houghton Lab) received a 3 year fellowship from The Finnish Cultural Foundation.
Cody Heiser (Lau Lab) was awarded the Russell G. Hamilton Graduate Leadership Institute, Travel Grant for Fall 2019.
Welcome 2020 CPB Students
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2019/2020 GSA Officers
President- Geena Ildefonso
Vice President of Academic Affairs-Shannon Smith
Vice President of Social Affairs- Sarah Maddox
Vice President of Communications- Nikki Rodgers
Treasurer-Alexandria Oviatt
2020 Retreat Planning Committee
Shannon Smith
Hope Woods
Lee Cantrell
Alexandra Schwartz
Emily Linton
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