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Grants to GMB Students

August 10, 2022: Nila Pazhayam awarded NRSA F31 Fellowship

Congratulations to Nila Pazhayam (Jeff Sekelsky lab), who was awarded an NRSA F31 predoctoral fellowship from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health.  Nila’s project is titled “Preventing Age-Associated Oocyte Aneuploidy: Mechanisms Behind the Drosophila melanogaster Centromere Effect.”

 

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October 1, 2021: Marta Cruz Cisneros awarded Graduate Diversity Enrichment grant from BWF

Congratulations to Marta Cruz Cisneros (Mark Heise lab) on being awarded Graduate Diversity Enrichment Program grant from Burroughs Wellcome Fund. The GDEP is a two-year grant to underrepresented minority PhD students enrolled in NC Institutions of Higher Education.

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October 1, 2021: Elyssa Vogt awarded Graduate Diversity Enrichment grant from BWF

Congratulations to Elyssa Vogt (Amy Gladfelter lab) on being awarded Graduate Diversity Enrichment Program grant from Burroughs Wellcome Fund. The GDEP is a two-year grant to underrepresented minority PhD students enrolled in NC Institutions of Higher Education.

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September 15, 2021: Brea Hampton awarded F99/K00 transition grant from NIA

Brea HamptonCongratulations to Brea Hampton (Mark Heise and Marty Ferris), who was awarded an F99/K00 transition fellowship from the National Institute on Aging. This award supports the transition to the postdoctoral phase by providing funding for the final 1-2 years of graduate studies (F99 phase) and the first two years of postdoctoral studies (K00 phase). Brea’s project is titled “Evaluating the role of cytomegalovirus and age on lung immune homeostasis and responses to respiratory infections.”

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August 10, 2021: Carolyn Turcotte awarded NRSA F31 Fellowship

Carolyn_TurcotteCongratulations to Carolyn Turcotte (Jeff Sekelsky lab), who was awarded an NRSA F31 predoctoral fellowship from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health.  Carolyn’s project is titled “Mechanisms and regulation of meiotic recombination.”

 

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March 16, 2021: Emma Hinkle awarded NRSA F31 Fellowship

Congratulations to Emma Hinkle (Jimena Giudice lab), who was awarded an NRSA F31 predoctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health.  Emma’s project is titled “Alternative splicing regulation and mechanotransduction in skeletal muscle.”

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February 15, 2021: Sarah Brotman awarded NRSA F31 fellowship

Congratulations to Sarah Brotman (Karen Mohlke lab), who was awarded an NRSA F31 predoctoral fellowship from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health.  Sarah’s project is titled “Analyzing gene expression in adipose tissue to identify candidate genes at cardiometabolic trait GWAS loci.”

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January 19, 2021: Matt Stevenson awarded F31 grant from NCI

Matt Stevenson (Lori O’Brien lab) received an NRSA F31 grant from the National Cancer Institute. The title of Matt’s project is “Elucidating oncogenic mechanisms underlying Wilms tumor using kidney organoids.”

 

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July 25, 2020: Rachel Cherney awarded F31 grant from NICHD

Rachel CherneyRachel Cherney (Mauro Calabrese lab) received an NRSA F31 grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The title of Rachel’s project is “Regulation of Polycomb by long noncoding RNAs during pre-implantation development.”

 

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May 1, 2020: Nisitha Sengottuvel awarded F30 fellowship

Nisitha Sengottuvel (Chad Pecot lab) was awarded an NRSA F30 fellowship from NIH’s National Cancer Institute. Nisitha’s project is titled “The role of SPON1 expressing inflammatory monocytes in promoting lung cancer metastasis.”

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April 27, 2020: Gabrielle Gentile awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Congratulations to Gabby Gentile (Jimena Giudice lab), who was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.

 

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April 27, 2020: GMB students recognized with Honorable Mention by NSF

Congratulations to the following GMB students who were recognized with Honorable Mention in the Graduate Research Fellowship
competition from the National Science Foundation:

June 17, 2019: Brea Hampton awarded HHMI Gilliam Fellowship

Brea HamptonBrea Hampton (co-mentored by Mark Heise and Marty Ferris) was selected to receive a Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The goal of the program is “to increase the diversity among scientists who are prepared to assume leadership roles in science, particularly as college and university faculty.”

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June 6, 2019: Kia Perez-Vale awarded F31 fellowship

Kia Perez-Vale (Mark Peifer lab) was awarded an NRSA F31 fellowship from NIH’s National Institute for General Medical Sciences. Kia’s project is titled “Defining the molecular mechanisms underlying apical-basal polarity establishment and morphogenesis.”  (Photo: Kia received the funding notification while participating in the Gordon Research Conference on Cell Contact and Adhesion in Switzerland.)

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May 25, 2019: Eliza Thulson awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Congratulations to Eliza Thulson (Doug Phanstiel lab), who was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.

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May 25, 2019: Hannah Wiedner awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Congratulations to Hannah Wiedner (Jimena Giudice lab), who was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.

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July 11, 2018: Lauren Donoghue awarded F31 fellowship

Lauren Donoghue (Samir Kelada lab) was awarded an NRSA F31 fellowship from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.Lauren’s project is titled, “Genetic and Longitudinal Analysis of Airway Remodeling.”

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April 19, 2018: Nicole Arruda awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Congratulations to Nicole Arruda (Jill Dowen lab), who was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.  Nicole’s project is titled, “Cis-Regulatory Elements Connect Gene Expression and Genome Organization.”

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April 19, 2018: Allyson Roberts awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Congratulations to Allyson Roberts (Bob Goldstein lab), who was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.  Allyson’s project is titled, “Investigating the relationship between cell fate specification and shape change during development.”

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April 19, 2018: Matt Niederhuber awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Congratulations to Matt Niederhuber (Dan McKay lab), who was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.  Matt’s project is titled, “Temporal Control of Enhancer Decommissioning.”

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