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Gift Awarded Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Award

Tanaporn Wangsanut (Gift) of the Biology Department has been awarded the Graduate Student Teaching Assistant award for her efforts in Professor Rolfe’s Genetics Lab. The award,…

March 28, 2017

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Combatting A Parasite: Research that Extends Across the Globe

Breanna Walsh is a senior Biology of Global Health major that covers the spectrum by conducting research, tutoring, and working as a teaching assistant. While conducting research…

March 8, 2017

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Rolfes receives R15 grant to study gene expression in Candida albicans

Professor Rolfes has always been committed to her research and obtaining results to understand yeast strains and their cellular metabolism. However, she does not stop there.…

January 1, 2017

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Seasonal Influenza Severity as Told by PH.D. Student Elizabeth Lee

Elizabeth Lee’s first-author publication use routinely available flu surveillance data to identify age patterns among working-aged adults and school-aged children in…

December 25, 2016

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Congratulations to Dr. Bansal and Grad Student Elizabeth Lee

As technology continues to advance, scientists are always trying to find new and exciting ways to reap the benefits. Professor Bansal, in a special supplemental issue of the…

December 19, 2016

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Gift Wangsanut’s co-authored paper!

Graduate student Gift Wangsanut co-authored a paper for the first time on the mechanisms involved in the virulence of C. albicans. The study at the heart of paper may be able to…

December 15, 2016

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A Look into the Post-Georgetown Life of A Successful Undergraduate

Seamus Caragher graduated Georgetown with a major in Neurobiology and now works as a research technologist at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. Through…

November 29, 2016

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Beneficial and Detrimental Effects of Inflammation: A New and Noteworthy Publication

After pouring sweat, blood, and tears into writing a thesis, every graduate student dreams of having their work accepted and publicized. Saumya Bollam, after recently graduating…

November 4, 2016

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The Tortoise Teaches Social Structure: A Publication by Pratha Sah

Pratha Sah focuses on the role of burrowing and social behavior of the desert tortoise in her article “Inferring social structure and its drivers from refuge use in the desert…

May 7, 2016

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Regents Science Scholar Program

The Regents Science Scholars Program, funded by a $1.2 million investment from alumni Joe Zimmel (C’75) and Alison Lohrfink Blood (B’81), serves to enhance Georgetown’s…

May 2, 2016