Department of Developmental & Molecular Biology

Academic Activities

The programs and activities in DMB often seem to combine the academic with the social:

Our weekly Work-in-Progress seminars are held each Friday at noon. Lunch is served. Upcoming speakers are listed in the calendar on the DMB homepage.
On alternate Tuesdays of the academic year, DMB sponsors an invited speaker to address Einstein's research community. These Invited Speaker Seminars are followed by an informal catered lunch, open to all who would like to meet and chat with the invited speaker.
All members of DMB participate in at least one weekly specialized interest Journal Clubs including:

o Developmental biology and signaling (co-chairs Drs. Stanley and Sibinga)
o Cancer biology (co-chairs Drs. Kenny and Di Cristofano
o Cell Biology (co-chairs Drs. Kuliawat and Wilson)

Our Departmental Retreat as you might expect is intensely academic but at times is intensely social.

News from DMB

Odelya Hartung from the Marlow lab received an NIH F30 grant to support her MSTP studies on Rbpms2 and oocyte development. In recognition of this achievement, she also received a Dennis Shields Memorial Fund award. Congratulations Odelya!

Prameladevi Chinnasamy from the Sibinga lab was awarded a Dennis Shields Traveling Fellowship to deliver an oral presentation at the Keystone Symposium on Diabetes and Metabolic Dysfunction. Congratulations Devi!

Yuxiang Wang from the Pollard lab defended his thesis on 10/2/2014. Congratulations Dr. Wang!

Arian Abdulla from the Yang lab defended his thesis on 9/23/2014. Congratulations Dr. Abdulla!

Jeremy Fagan from the Jenny Lab defended his thesis on 9/19/2014. Congratulations Dr. Fagan!

Dario Riascos Bernal from the Sibinga lab defended his thesis on 6/18/2014. Congratulations Dr. Riascos Bernal!

Dr. Rosannah Cameron was awarded a two-year research grant from the Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation.

Philip Campbell from the Marlow lab was awarded a Dennis Shields Traveling Fellowship in recognition of his invitation to deliver an oral presentation at the Zebrafish Development and Genetics Conference in Madison, WI.

Dr. Teresa Bowman received a 3-year research grant from Gabrielle's Angel Foundation for her work on splicing and epigenetic control of hematopoiesis in MDS and leukemia.

Jaime Schneider from the Cuervo lab defended her thesis on 4/1/2014. Congratulations Dr. Schneider!

Charlene Dunaway from the Sibinga lab was awarded a predoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association.

Philip Campbell from the Marlow lab was awarded an NIH NRSA F31 predoctoral fellowship.

Dario Riascos Bernal from the Sibinga lab was awarded a Dennis Shields Travelling Fellowship to support his participation in the Vascular Biology 2013 meeting in Hyannis, MA.