Alumni Newsletter
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
University of Illinois at Chicago
January, 2014
I usually try to get this out in December but right after our party I left on vacation
then we were hit by a lot of snow (car cannot take it), then bitter cold (I cannot
take it), then a chest cold (you can take it). Anyway recovering and back to work.
I wish you all a great 2014.
Holiday party
Our annual holiday party was held on December 16, 2013. As usual this was a
tremendously enjoyable party. I have attached a link for the pictures below:
http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcpb/Pictures/Holiday_Party_2013/index.html
Thesis defense
Natalie King, a graduate student in the Neuroscience Program who did her
graduate work in Dr. Mark Rasenick's lab defended her thesis on November 26,
2013. It was titled "G protein signaling in autistic endophenotypes."
Awards
Sarah Baumgarten and Leo Serebryannyy were selected as recipients of the
Chancellor’s Graduate Research Fellowship.
Sarah Baumgarten was also selected as a recipient of the Provost/Deiss Award
Ryan Lahey (Lewandowski’s lab) won an Honorable Mention in the “Graduate,
MD-PhD, and other combined degree students” category and Irida Kastrati
(Frasor’s lab) won Gold Medal Honors in the “Postdoctoral fellows and residents”
category in the 2013 COM Research Forum.
Leo Serebryannyy (advisor Dr. de Lanerolle) has been selected as one of the
three 2014 UIC Chicago Biomedical Consortium Scholars. In addition to the
honor of being named a CBC Scholar, Leo will receive a grant to be used for
academically related purposes.
Nathan Roberts (advisor Dr Heydemann) has been selected as a recipient of a
Pre-doctoral Education for Clinical and Translational Scientists (PECTS)
Fellowship from UIC’s CCTS.