Julius Judd

Julius Judd awarded Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship

Julius JuddJulius Judd (Class of 2017) was awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) will provide funding for three years of his program.  His project was entitled “Interrogating enhancer function and cooperation by systematic perturbation of transposable elements”.  Julius is a graduate student in the lab of Dr. Cedric Feschotte, Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics.

Jackie Copeland

Jackie Copeland receives Honorable Mention from NSF Graduate Research Fellowship program

Jackie CopelandJackie Copeland (Class of 2018) received honorable mention for her NSF grant proposal entitled “Determining the underlying mechanisms behind 3’ UTR length dependent mRNA decay”.  Jackie wrote the proposal under the mentorship of Dr. Andrew Grimson.  She is currently a graduate student in the lab of Dr. Marocs Simoes-Costa in the Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics; her research project is “Genome-wide identification of miRNAs regulating neural crest stem cell identity”.

Philip Versluis

Philip Versluis awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Philip VersluisPhilip Versluis (Class of 2018) won a Graduate Research Fellowship Award from the National Science Foundation.  His proposal was entitled “Elucidating the Mechanisms of RNA Polymerase II Proximal Promoter Pause Release”.  Philip is a graduate student in the lab of Dr. John Lis, Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics.

Megan Rothstein

Megan Rothstein wins an NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award

Megan RothsteinThe National Institute of Health has awarded Megan Rothstein (Class of 2016) a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F31).  Megan is a graduate student in the lab of Dr. Marcos Simoes-Costa in the Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics.

Winners of Poster prizes at Cornell Stem Cell Symposium 2019

Jackie Copeland and Paula Petrella win poster awards at Cornell Stem Cell Symposium

Winners of Poster prizes at Cornell Stem Cell Symposium 2019Two BMCB students won awards for their posters presented at the 2019 Cornell Stem Cell Symposium.  Jackie Copeland (Class of 2018) won first prize for her poster entitled “Genome-Wide Identification of MIRNAs Regulating Neural Crest Stem Cell Identity.”  Jackie works with Dr. Marcos Simoes-Costa in the Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics.  Paula Petrella (Class of 2017) won third prize for her poster entitled “Single-Cell Profiling of the Adaptive Signaling Alternations Mediating Evolved Resistance to Dual PARP/PI3K Chemotherapy in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.”  Paula works with Dr. Ben Cosgrove in the Nancy E. and Peter C. Neinig School of Biomedical Engineering.

Ryan Feathers

Ryan Feathers receives Ford Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship

Ryan FeathersRyan Feathers (Class of 2017) has been awarded a Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship. Ryan is a graduate student in the lab of Chris Fromme.