Dwayne Carter received a Student Travel Award from
the American College of Toxicology on July 22, 2015. He will present his
abstract entitled "Loss of hepatic aryl hydrocarbon receptor alters the
thermogenic properties of white fat and protects against diet-induced
obesity" at the 36th Annual meeting in November, 2015.
Congratulations to the following students who received awards from the Second Annual Symposium for Cell Biology Graduate Program, March 19, 2015
- Malaney O'Connell - First Place, Oral Session I - Pathophysiology of The Cell
- Maratha Garcia - Second Place, Oral Session I - Pathophysiology of The Cell
- Dwayne Carter - First Place, Oral Session II - Toxicology, Pharmacology & Wound Healing
- Dan Jackson - Second Place, Oral Session II - Toxicology, Pharmacology & Wound Healing
- Arham Ali - First Place, Poster Session - Frontiers in Cell Biology
- Maithri Krishnamurthy and Olga Zolochevska - Second Place, Poster Session - Frontiers in Cell Biology
- Michael Wetzel - First Place, Outstanding Service Award
- Sam Umbaugh - Second Place, Outstanding Service Award
- Anesh Prasai and Dwayne Carter - Third Place, Outstanding Service Award
- Dwayne Carter - Xigma Xi Winner
Dwayne Carter received a 2015 SOT Graduate Student Travel Support award December 10, 2014, from the Society of Toxicology.
Congratulations to the following cell biology students who
received scholarships from the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
Presentations were made at an Awards Luncheon November 21, 2014.
- Michael Wetzel - Janet & David Niesel, Ph.D. Scholarship
- Olga Zolochevska - The Dennis Bowman Memorial Scholarship
- Anita Reno - Elias Hochman Research Award
- Malaney O'Connell - Katherina Siebert Award for Excellence in Oncologic Research
- Charles Umbaugh - Shirley Patricia Parker Scholarship
- Malaney O'Connell - Shirley Patricia Parker Scholarship
- Martha Garcia - Shirley Patricia Parker Scholarship
- Anesh Prasai - UTMB Retirees Scholarship Award
- Charles Umbaugh - William C. Levin Award for Academic Excellence
Michael Wetzel received a $500 travel award from
the Wound Healing Society for his oral presentation entitled "Novel
Effects of Biguanide Drugs on Reducing Hyperglycemia in Burn Patients
Through Alteration of Oxidative Respiratory Pathway" April 23, 2014.
Congratulations to the following students who received awards from the Inaugural Symposium for Cell Biology Graduate Program, March 4, 2014.
- Malaney O'Connell - First Place, Oral Session I - Cell Biology of Cancer and Wound Healing
- Dr. Mostafa Borahay - Second Place, Oral Session I - Cell Biology of Cancer and Wound Healing
- Dan Jackson - First Place, Oral Session II - Cell Biology of Environmental Toxicology, Steroids and Neurodeteneration
- Rebekah Viner - Second Place, Oral Session II - Cell Biology of Environmental Toxicology, Steroids and Neurodeteneration
- Charles Umbaugh - First Place, Poster Session - Advances in Translational Cell Biology
- Arham Ali - Second Place, Poster Session - Advances in Translational Cell Biology
- Uylissa Rodriguez - Third Place, Poster Session - Advances in Translational Cell Biology
- Javier Allende Labastida - Service Award, best 1st year student
- Charles Umbaugh - Service Award, best 2nd year student
- Malaney O'Connell - Service Award, best 3rd year student
- Dan Jackson - Service Award, best 4th year student
Student Dissertation Defense
Dr. Anesh Prasai successfully completed his
Dissertation Defense November 9, 2016 "Characterization and Application
of Adipose Derived Stem Cells Following Burn Injury".
Dr. Martha Garcia successfully completed her
Dissertation Defense October 31, 2016 "Control of Cardiac Hypertrophic
Signaling by Inositol 1,4,5-Triphosphate Receptors".
Dr. Malaney O'Connell successfully completed her
Dissertation Defense April 23, 2016 "Delineating Regulatory Pathways of
Novel Cancer Stem Cell Marker, DCLK1-S, for Targeting Colon Cancer Stem
Cells".
Dr. Dwayne Carter successfully completed his
Dissertation Defense January 20, 2016. "Glucose and Lipid Dysregulation
Following Loss of Hepatic Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor in Mice".
Dr. Daniel Jackson successfully completed his
Dissertation Defense October 30, 2015. "A Rhapsody on the Aryl
Hydrocarbon Receptor: Molecular and Environmental Health Insights via
Novel and Canonical Signaling Pathways".
Dr. Katherine Ruppert successfully completed her
Dissertation Defense August 14, 2015. "The effects of blast-induced
neurotrauma on blood-brain barrier permeability, cell-cell junction
protein levels and the role of peroxynitrite".
Arham Ali received his Master of Sciences degree
Summer 2015: "Therapeutic management of burn induced hyperglycemia with
insulin and metformin".
Dr. Maithri Krishnamurthy successfully completed
her Dissertation Defense June 24, 2015. "Amyloid Precursor
Protein-Induced Neurodegenerative Disease in Drosophila".
Alak Dutta received his Master of Sciences
degree Spring 2015: "Postnatal cardiovascular consequences of prenatal
and neonatal exposure to smoking cessation agents".
Dr. Lynn Felts successfully completed her
Dissertation Defense March 11, 2015. "Procollagen Biosynthesis and
Osteoblast Malfunction in the G610C Mouse Model of Osteogenesis
Imperfecta".
Dr. Serena Clark Hedgepeth successfully
completed her Dissertation Defense March 9, 2015. "The Tumor Suppressor
BRCA1 in IP3R Calcium Signaling and Apoptosis".
Dr. Mostafa Borahay successfully completed his Dissertation Defense November 4, 2014: "Novel Effects of Simvastatin on Uterine Fibroids".