Welcome to the SDSU MBRS IMSD program!
MBRS/IMSD SCHOLARS OFF TO EARN PhDs, FALL 2011!
Congratulations to the following MBRS IMSD scholars who will start Ph.D. programs this Fall! Special thanks to the NIGMS for their funding as well as all SDSU Faculty and Staff for their mentorship and support!
Alyssa Jimenez, Microbiology major. Attending University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center.
Other Ph.D. Program Acceptances: Washington University, St. Louis, Univ. of Michigan, PIBS.
Univ. of WA, Johns Hopkins University
Maria Gutierrez, B.S., Biochemistry. Attending: University of Louisville, Immunology
Joe Torres, Molecular biolology major. Attending: University of Amherst, MA.
Other Acceptances: City of Hope Irell and Mandlla Graduate School of Biological Sciences; Univ. of Michigan, PIBS, Mayo Graduate School
Karina Kangas, Chemistry major. Attending: UCSD. Accepted at: U of Michigan, Ann Arbor, PIBS program
Joe Ollar, Attendng, University of Madison-Wisconsin, Molecular Pathology.
Sonia Maciejewski, Microbiology major. Attending: UC Irvine. Also accepted at: University of Madison-Wisconsin
Octavio Romo-Fewell, Biochemistry major. Attending: University of North Carolina, School of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences Ph.D. Program.
Other Acceptances: University of Colorado School of Medicine, Washington State University, New York Medical College Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences, Loyola University, Chicago
Roberto Zamora, Psychology. Attending: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa - Clinical Psychology.
Congrats go out to MBRS Scholars, Alyssa Jimenez and Joe Torres! Both received the CSUPERB-Howell award to support their undergraduate research. Alyssa was recognized for her resesarch on GBS-vaginal colonization, while Joe was recognized for his project on “Stable Retroviral Expression of Peptide Inhibitors of HIV-1 Integrase.”
More information about this award:
CSUPERB has partnered with the Doris A. Howell Foundation for Women's Health Research to fund promising undergraduate student research projects in topics related to women's health.
CSUPERB and the Howell Foundation co-fund $3000 Research Scholar Awards to support CSU undergraduate researchers.
Together the Howell Foundation and CSUPERB recognize that research experience is critical to recruiting, training and retaining students interested in careers in women's health.
Congratulations to Gabriel Chait, B.S., MBRS Bioengineering Scholar!
Gabriel Chait was selected for the prestigious Fulbright Scholar Program where he will return to Northern Peru to continue his Ethnobotanical Profile research
involving finding, planting, and conserving endangered species of traditionally used medicinal plants in the northern Andes.
His goal is to complete a Ph.D. in Medical Anthropology.
The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to “increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.” With this goal as a starting point, the Fulbright Program has provided almost 300,000 participants—chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential — with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns.
Congratulations Uzoagu Okonkwo, B.S., Chemistry/Biochemistry major (Feuer Lab)
University of Illinois, Chicago, College of Medicine
Fall 2010 M.D./Ph.D. Acceptance:
Congratulations to the following Fall 2010 Ph.D. Acceptances:
Lemma Garoma, Statistics major (pending decision):
University of Pittsburgh and the University of Texas Health Science Center in Biostatistics
Andrea Rodriguez, Chemistry major (Grotjahn lab)
UT Southwestern Medical Center's Ph.D. program in Chemistry
Christopher Fowler, Psychology major (Sadler lab)
University of Missouri, Kansas City in Clinical Psychology
Summer 2010 Extramural Research Program Acceptances:
Maria Gutierrez, Biochemistry,(Huxford lab) - and Jorge Jimenez, Chemistry, (Tong lab)
UCSF Amgen Scholars Program.
The Amgen Scholars Program provides summer research opportunities at UCSF for undergraduates in science and biotechnology. In addition to the summer research experience, participants will join other Amgen Scholars from across the country at a symposium, at which they will share their summer experiences.
Maria Gutierrez, Biohemistry (Huxford lab)
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Karina Kangas, Chemistry (Smith lab)
University of San Diego (UCSD) STARS program
Hafsa Mohamed, Psychology (Devos lab) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Stanford University
Roberto Zamora, Psychology (Murphy lab)
2010 Quantitative Training for Underrepresented Groups (QTUG) conference,
University of San Diego (USD) from August 9-11, 2010
MBRS Scholars Recognized at the 2010 Student Research Symposium (SRS) for Outstanding Poster Presentations
Congratulations to Alyssa Jimenez (Microbiology major - Kelly Doran lab) and
Rosemary Meza (Psychology - Judy Reilly lab)!
Both were Provost Award Recipients at the SRS held at SDSU's Aztec Center.
Alyssa Jimenez, Colonization of the Female Reproductive Tract by Group B Streptococcus
Rosemary Meza. Why So Many Faces? Children’s Spontaneous and Voluntary Facial Expressions.
Read about MBRS Alum, Dr. Michael Virata's research on how the sea squirt may hold the key for developing more efficient drugs to target Alzheimer's disease.
http://newscenter.sdsu.edu/sdsu_newscenter/news.aspx?s=71960
Karina Kangas Awarded Quest for the Best!
Karina Kangas, Chemistry major, was selected for the prestigious Vice-Presidential award, Quest for the Best. The “Quest for the Best” awards seek to recognize outstanding student leaders who have typified and promoted the mission of the university. This Vice Presidential Student Service award is given each April to the “best of the best” at SDSU – those students who excel academically and through community and campus involvement. This award recognizes individual excellence in academics, campus involvement, and community service.
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES. See the Upcoming Events link on the left menu or click here
Friday, April 16th, GMCS 301, 2:00 pm
Completed Ph.D. panel:
Kris Brown, MD/PhD,
Cecille Browne, Ph.D (Burham Institute)
Megan Scott, Ph.D (Clinical Psychology)
Edwin Manuel, Ph.D., (City of Hope post doctoral fellow)
Friday, March 12th, Arts and Letter 201, 3:00 pm,
James Sallis, Ph.D.,Albert W. Johnston Talk - Arts and Letter 201
Friday, March 26th, GMCS 324, 2:00 pm
Dr. Gerardo Perez, Post doctoral fellow, UCSD Cancer Center
MBRS Personal Statement Workshop
(Dr. Geanncarlo Lugo):
[Download Workshop Slides (198KB PDF)]
MBRS IMSD PHOTO GALLERY:
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