Graduate Research Seminar 2024/2025

Graduate Research Seminars and Graduate Development Workshops
Fridays, 3:30-4:45 pm

Join us every Friday for graduate research discussions! Graduate students showcase their exciting research at our departmental seminars, followed by an interactive Q&A session. Graduate students learn from peers’ presentations and Q&A sessions, gaining perspectives that can inform and refine your own research.

Fall 2024

mia cozart

September 6th, 2024

Mia Cozart
Huang Lab
Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Huang
Title: “Investigating the Role of the T cell Amino Acid Transporter, Slc7a5, in a Mouse Model of Multiple Sclerosis.”

Henry

September 13th, 2024

Henry Stevens
Marra Lab
Mentor: Dr. Peter Marra
Title: ” Understanding past, present, and future migratory connectivity for a long-distance migratory bird”

workshop

September 20th, 2024

Workshop Title: “Passport to New Frontiers: Exploring Alternative Science Careers”
Presenter: Martin Sabandal, PhD, Associate Project Manager, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH)

Zeeba

September 27, 2024

Zeeba Manavi
Huang Lab
Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Huang

sturial

October 4th, 2024

Sam Sturiale
Armbruster Lab
Mentor: Dr. Peter Armbruster

Grace Jeschke

October 11th, 2024

Grace Jeschke
Ries Lab
Mentor: Dr. Leslie Ries

Juan Carlos Martinez Cervantes

October 18, 2024

Juan Carlos Martinez Cervantes
Cervantes-Sandoval Lab
Mentor: Dr. Isaac Cervantes-Sandoval

October 25, 2024

Emily Williams
Marra Lab
Mentor: Dr. Peter Marra

Marcelle Ferreira

November, 1st, 2024

Marcelle Ferreira
Brinsmade Lab
Mentor: Dr. Shaun Brinsmade

Brady Thexton

November 8th, 2024

Brady Thexton
Weiss Lab
Mentor: Dr. Martha Weiss

workshop

November 15th, 2024

JEDI

November 22, 2024

Bergeline Nguemwo-Tentokam
Singer Lab
Mentor: Dr. Steven Singer

December 6th, 2024

Malavika Sugumar
Coate Lab
Mentor: Dr. Thomas Coate

Spring 2025

January 10th, 2025

Meghan Bullard
He Lab
Mentor: Dr. Haiyan He

Emma Lederer

January 17, 2025

Emma Lederer
Weiss Lab
Mentor: Dr. Martha Weiss

January 24, 2025

Prachi Shah
Cervantes-Sandoval Lab
Mentor: Dr. Isaac Cervantes-Sandoval

meredith macqueeny

January 31, 2025

Meredith MacQueeny
Mann Lab
Mentor: Dr. Janet Mann

February 7th, 2025

Graduate Award Ceremony

Verena Conkin

February 14, 2025

Verena Conkin
Mann Lab
Mentor: Dr. Janet Mann

February 21, 2025

Danna Camelo
Mentor: Dr. Shaun Brinsmade
Lab: Brinsmade lab 

March 14, 2025

Paul Zhou

Charles Minsavage-Davis

March 21, 2025

Charles Minsavage-Davis
Hamilton Lab
Mentor: Dr. Matthew Hamilton

March 28, 2025

Haeli Lomheim
Silva Lab
Mentor: Dr. Elena Silva

April 4, 2025

Fabiana Malaga
Brinsmade Lab
Mentor: Dr. Shaun Brinsmade

April 11, 2025

Emmanuel Olotu
Rolfes Lab
Mentor: Dr. Ronda Rolfes 

April 25, 2025

Alp Demirhan
Coate Lab
Mentor: Thomas Coate