News from 2018
Congratulations to MOME Track M.D./Ph.D. student Robin Su (Kennedy & Haller Lab) on his article titled "Researchers aim to decode intestinal dangers of microcystin" which was published in The Blade on November 4, 2019. Click here for full article.
Congratulations to Darren Gordon, M.D./Ph.D. student (Hinds Lab) who had an article titled "Once indicative of disease, bilirubin also can be therapeutic" published in The Blade on October 6, 2019. Click here for full article.
Darren Gordon, M.D./Ph.D. student (Hinds Lab) and Ahmed Abokor, Ph.D. student (Kumar
Lab) who recently visited Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, to educate
students about the opportunities and careers in biomedical sciences and medicine under
the auspices of the American Physiological Society (APS). Pictured here with Dr.
Abu MNiaaj and her students at Central State University.
Congratulations to PhD student Usman Ashraf (Kumarasamy Lab)! He was selected to be a speaker at the 34th Annual Ohio Physiological Society Meeting held at Wright State University on September 21, 2019.
Congratulations to MD/PhD student Darren Gordon (Hinds Lab) who placed 1st last weekend at the Ohio Physiological Society for his poster titled "Bilirubin Induces PPARα Transcription for Metabolic Regulation". As the recipient of this award, Darren received the Aurora Scientific Travel Award to attend the Experimental Biology Conference.
Several MOME Track students attended the 2019 Lab Coat Ceremony of the Biomedical Science Graduate Program on September 5, 2019 in support of the their fellow students that entered the program starting this fall.
Congratulations to MOME Track Ph.D. student Chrysan Mohammed (Kennedy Lab) on her September 1st article published in The Blade. Click here for full article.
We're pleased to welcome five new students into our MOME Track program this fall. The new PhD students are pictured starting from the left - Juthika Mandal, Xue Mei and Fathima Dhilhani Mohammed Faleel. The new MSBS students on the right side are Emily Waigi and Syed Hasan. Welcome!!
Congratulations to Dr. Mengjie (Emma) Wang (Hill Lab) who successfully defended her dissertation on July 23, 2019 - "Brain Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 Receptor and Insulin Receptor in Metabolism and Reproduction"
Congratulations to PhD candidates Amit Chougule and Sudipta Baroi (Lecka-Czernik Lab) who both received New Investigators Travel Awards to attend and present at the upcoming American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) this coming September.
Saroj Chakraborty (Joe Lab), was recently featured in the newest edition of The Science Breaker on his work about the relationship between metabolism and hypertension. Click here for full highlight.
Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Galla (Joe Lab) who successfully defended her dissertation today - "Studies on the Holobiont and Blood Pressure Regulation"
Saroj Chakraborty (Joe Lab) was featured in the Toledo Blade on March 31, 2019. Click here for full article.
Congratulations to Sarah Galla (Joe Lab) as her article titled "Researchers study link between bacteria, blood pressure" was published in The Toledo Blade. Click here for full article.
Congratulations to Rachel Golonka (Kumar Lab) who had a manuscript accepted for publication in the Journal of Innate Immunity. The title is, “The Iron Tug-of-War between Bacterial Siderophores and Innate Immunity”
Authors are: Dr. Matam Vijay-Kumar (Corresponding Author), Rachel Golonka (Co-author), Beng San Yeoh (Co-author).
Congratulations to MOME Track M.D./Ph.D. student Robin Su (Kennedy & Haller Lab) on
his article titled "Researchers aim to decode intestinal dangers of microcystin" which
was published in The Blade on November 4, 2019. Click here for full article.
Congratulations to Darren Gordon, M.D./Ph.D. student (Hinds Lab) who had an article titled "Once indicative of disease, bilirubin also can be therapeutic" published in The Blade on October 6, 2019. Click here for full article.
Darren Gordon, M.D./Ph.D. student (Hinds Lab) and Ahmed Abokor, Ph.D. student (Kumar Lab) who recently visited Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, to educate students about the opportunities and careers in biomedical sciences and medicine under the auspices of the American Physiological Society (APS). Pictured here with Dr. Abu MNiaaj and her students at Central State University.
Congratulations to PhD student Usman Ashraf (Kumarasamy Lab)! He was selected to be a speaker at the 34th Annual Ohio Physiological Society Meeting held at Wright State University on September 21, 2019.
Congratulations to MD/PhD student Darren Gordon (Hinds Lab) who placed 1st last weekend at the Ohio Physiological Society for his poster titled "Bilirubin Induces PPARα Transcription for Metabolic Regulation". As the recipient of this award, Darren received the Aurora Scientific Travel Award to attend the Experimental Biology Conference.
Congratulations to Dr. Ahmed Al-Khudhair (Jaume Lab) who successfully defended. Title: "Anti PD-1/PD-L1 Immunotherapy, New Era in the Fight against Cancer, Genomic and Transcriptomic Exploration"
Several MOME Track students attended the 2019 Lab Coat Ceremony of the Biomedical
Science Graduate Program on September 5, 2019 in support of the their fellow students
that entered the program starting this fall.
Congratulations to MOME Track Ph.D. student Chrysan Mohammed (Kennedy Lab) on her September 1st article published in The Blade. Click here for full article.
We're pleased to welcome five new students into our MOME Track program this fall. The new PhD students are pictured starting from the left - Juthika Mandal, Xue Mei and Fathima Dhilhani Mohammed Faleel. The new MSBS students on the right side are Emily Waigi and Syed Hasan. Welcome!!
Congratulations to Dr. Mengjie (Emma) Wang (Hill Lab) who successfully defended her dissertation on July 23, 2019 - "Brain Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 Receptor and Insulin Receptor in Metabolism and Reproduction"
Congratulations to PhD candidates Amit Chougule and Sudipta Baroi (Lecka-Czernik Lab) who both received New Investigators Travel Awards to attend and present at the upcoming American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) this coming September.
Saroj Chakraborty (Joe Lab), was recently featured in the newest edition of The Science Breaker on his work about the relationship between metabolism and hypertension. Click here for full highlight.
Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Galla (Joe Lab) who successfully defended her dissertation today - "Studies on the Holobiont and Blood Pressure Regulation"
Saroj Chakraborty (Joe Lab) was featured in the Toledo Blade on March 31, 2019. Click here for full article.
Congratulations to Sarah Galla (Joe Lab) as her article titled "Researchers study link between bacteria, blood pressure" was published in The Toledo Blade. Click here for full article.
Congratulations to Rachel Golonka (Kumar Lab) who had a manuscript accepted for publication in the Journal of Innate Immunity. The title is, “The Iron Tug-of-War between Bacterial Siderophores and Innate Immunity”
Authors are: Dr. Matam Vijay-Kumar (Corresponding Author), Rachel Golonka (Co-author), Beng San Yeoh (Co-author).