News, Events and Awards
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL of BIOMEDICAL
SCIENCES at NEWARK.
The Newark Campus of the Graduate School of Biomedical
Sciences (GSBS) is located on a 50-acre site in
the University Heights section of Newark. More than
650 full-time faculty members are present on the
UMDNJ campus, which is shared by five professional
schools.
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Recent Events |
| 3/2008 |
Journal of Virological Methods - Click here |
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| 9/2007 |
Genetic Analysis of Varicella-Zoster Virus ORF0 to ORF4 by Use of
a Novel Luciferase Bacterial Artificial Chromosome System. - Click here |
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| 6/2007 |
Dual Regulation of TRPV1 by Phosphoinositides. - Click here |
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| 09.28.06 |
Paterson HS students, Javier, Naznin and Christine, who participated in the Dorothy Dillahunt Memorial Scholarship Research Program (link) last summer posing with students and faculty from GSBS-Newark.
Students presented the results of their research to family, students, staff and members of the Paterson Board of Education at Harms Academy in Paterson. |
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5.19.05 |
Paterson High School visits the GSBS Newark campus. Click here to learn more about the expierience. |
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Student Research Awards and Fellowships |
2/1/04 |
Luis Muniz - Received a 3 year NIH NRSA fellowship |
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6/1/04 |
Bishnupriya Kar - Received a 2 year NJCCR fellowship |
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9/1/04 |
Christa Patterson - Received a 3 year NIH NRSA fellowship |
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10/15/04 |
Kommi Hognason - Received first prize in Mid-Atlantic Pharmacology Society poster competition |
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1/1/05 |
Katarzyna A. Trzaska - Received the Benigno Fellowship for Research in Neural Regeneration and Repair |
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2/1/05 |
Edward Garay - Selected as an American Association for Cancer Research minority scholar. An associate membership to AACR accompanies this award. |
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10/27/05 |
Walson Metzger - Was awarded its Porter Physiology Fellowship from The American Physiological Society (APS). |
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2006 |
Victoria Cotero - was recently awarded an NIH predoctoral NRSA fellowship entitled: Hormonal control of arcuate nutrient sensing neurons. This award pays her stipend and additional expenses for three years. |
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2006 |
Shan Jiang, American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Predoctoral Student Travel Award recipient. |
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11/17/06 |
Gina Conforti, PhD candidate in the laboratory of Dr Vivian Bellofatto (Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics) has been awarded a New Jersey Technology Fellowship of $75,000 for postdoctoral study in partnership with the Pestka Biomedical Laboratories in Piscataway.
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1/08 |
Jan 2008 Mili Mandal, a predoctoral student in Dr. Nicholas Ponzio’s Laboratory, was just awarded a 2-year fellowship from Autism Speaks, a national funding organization that supports autism research. Ms. Mandal’s research project will investigate the influence of the immune system on development of autism.
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Other Awards and Announcements |
9/1/04
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The 2004 GSBS recipients of the Morris Schaffer Endowed Scholarship award were Helen Genova, Ph.D. student in the Integrative Neuroscience program, and Olga Chernysh, Ph.D. student in the Pharmacology and Physiology program. Both students will receive a monetary award of $650 each. |
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| 10/10/04 |
Dr. Carlos Molina, Assistant Professor, Ob/GYN and Biochemistry, is representing the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the upcoming Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students in Texas from November 10-13, 2004. Luis Muniz, Ph.D. student in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology program will also be attending with Dr. Molina. |
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10/22/04 |
GSBS students Wafaa Elsayed, Ph.D. student in the Pharmacology and Physiology program and Katarzyna Trzaska, Ph.D. student in the Interdisciplinary program, were two of the recipients of the Robert Talley Scholarship. The Robert Talley Dinner Dance was held on Friday, October 22, 2004 at the Friar Tuck Inn, in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. |
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03/05/06 |
Dr. Gerald Voelbel received funding for his F32 from NINDS grant. The grant is entitled "Functional near infrared spectroscopy of mild TBI". |
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8/15/06 |
Steve Greco, a PhD candidate in the laboratory of Dr Pranela Rameshwar, has
been selected to participate in the NIH Graduate Student Research Festival
on October 12-13, 2006. |
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8/24/06 |
Kyla Driscoll, a PhD candidate in the Department of
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics has been awarded a prestigious "Graduate
Merit Award" from the Executive Women Of New Jersey, an organization that
recognizes the accomplishments of women pursuing higher graduate degrees. |
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12/07-1 08 |
Genome Technology – features Claudine Bartels, PhD (Class of 2006) in their year-end issue profiling up and coming researchers” a PDF of the article is attached. |
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| Public Education and Outreach |
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Dr. Pranela Rameshwar and students from her lab recently visited Weequahic High School in Newark to talk about their work on stem cells.
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