Congratulations!!
2023 GRADUATE AWARDS: Best Medicinal Chemistry TA Award: Rawan Fayyad and Tamim Chiba – Best Medicinal Chemistry Service Award: Mohammed A. AlAwadh and Connor P. O’Hara – Best Publication Award for Graduate Students and Postdocs: John Chittum (graduate student) and Piyusha Pagare (postdoctoral fellow) – Richard A. Glennon Medicinal Chemistry Research Award: Akua Donkor
Congratulations to Connor O’Hara (adviser: Umesh Desai) and Celsey St. Onge (adviser: Yan Zhang)
Charles T. Rector and Thomas W. Rorrer Jr. Dean’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Study: Tyler Wagner (adviser: Teresa Salgado) Runners-up: Connor O’Hara (adviser: Umesh Desai)and Celsey St. Onge (adviser: Yan Zhang)
Congratulations Dr. Yana Cen
I am pleased to announce that Dr. Cen has been awarded the prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation. The award title is ‘Allosteric Activation of SIRT6 by DNA’. The award start and end dates are 7/1/2019 – 6/30/2024 and total award is $566,694. This award is of special significance because it is awarded […]
Congratulations Rosalie Hoyle and advisor Dr. Jiong Li
It is my distinct pleasure to announce that our Rosalie Hoyle, Dr. Jiong Li’s PhD student, has been selected as a finalist in the Merck Innovation Cup competition next month in Frankfurt, Germany. Her complete project with a business plan, in collaboration with her “Team Oncology” partners, will be pitched to a jury for a chance […]
Congratulations to Dr. Malgorzata Dukat
I am happy to forward you this message from Dr. Hylton-Gravatt announcing that P1 students chose our Dr. Dukat as the Teacher of the YEAR! Please join me in congratulating her on this well deserved recognition!! – Umesh
Congratulations to Dr. Shijun Zhang
It is my pleasure to announce that Dr. Shijun Zhang has just been awarded a new R01 grant titled ‘Probing Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease with NLRP3 PET Radiotracers’. This grant is a collective effort between Dr. Zhang, Dr. Kellogg and Dr. Halquist from our School and Dr. Rudolph Tanzi of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. This […]
Congratulations to Mohammed Alawadh
We are happy to let you know that Mohammed Alawadh have won the co-winner as the Best Service Award for Graduate Students and postdocs from the Department of Medicinal Chemistry. Great job!
Congratulations to Connor O’Hara
We are happy to let you know that Connor O’Hara have won the Best Service Award for Graduate Students and postdocs from the Department of Medicinal Chemistry. Great job!
Congratulations to Dr. Shijun Zhang
I am pleased to announce that Dr. Shijun Zhang has just been awarded a special administrative supplement for the purchase of a BiaCore SPR instrument worth nearly $250,000. The administrative supplement is in connection with his massive U01 grant titled ‘Development of NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors for intervening in Alzheimer’s disease’ awarded by the National Institute […]
Congratulations to Connor O’Hara
Connor has been invited to present at the annual ASBMB ‘Science in a Flash’ competition, which will be held in Seattle this month. This competition is about communication in science. It is to propagate the importance of science and scientific discoveries to both scientists and the common layman through effective communication skills (in the form […]