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The College of Pharmacy’s annual Research Symposium will take place on February 25th, 2020 at Coffman Memorial Union. Research Day presents a great opportunity for students and investigators to showcase their research and network with students, researchers, faculty, and industry representatives. Click here to learn more and RSVP for Research Day 2020.
Dr. Rory Remmel has been chosen by the University of Minnesota's Pharmacy Alumni Society to receive the 2019 Faculty Recognition Award. He was recognized at the Pharmacy Alumni Awards reception at the McNamara Alumni Center on December 3rd.
Congratulations to Anand Divakaran (Pomerantz lab), Jenna Fernandez (Tretyakova lab), and Peng Ge (Doran lab) who were all selected to receive the 2019-2020 Bighley Graduate Fellowship! The fellowship was established in 2008 by Dr. Lyle D. Bighley and Sharon Bighley as a way to support graduate students working in the biomedical health sciences. It recognizes excellence in students conducting research in laboratories with an emphasis on collaborative and interdisciplinary work.
Dr. Kathryn Nelson of the Walters lab was quoted in a current New York Times article, "What Are the Benefits of Turmeric?" As quoted from the article:
Connor McDermott, a graduate student in the Ambrose lab, is featured in the latest Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Member Spotlight. Members of the MRC serve their communities by training for public health emergencies or disasters. In the event of an emergency they mobilize to provide support and help wherever possible, from taking medical histories and administering vaccines, to assisting with supplies or providing IT or logistical support.
Congratulations to Dr. Gunda Georg, who has been selected to receive the ACS 2020 Alfred Burger Award in Medicinal Chemistry! This award is presented biennially and recognizes outstanding contributions to research in the field of medicinal chemistry. Dr. Georg will be honored at an award ceremony on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in conjunction with the ACS Spring 2020 National Meeting & Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Robert Turesky was quoted in the recent Time article "What the Science Really Says About Grilled Meat and Cancer Risk" discussing the role that heterocyclic amines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (chemicals that form in cooked red meat) play in increasing the risk of human cancer:
Graduate student Erik Faber of the Georg lab is coauthor on a recent article published on Nature.com titled "What Medicine Can Teach Academia About Preventing Burnout." The authors propose a number of measures to combat burnout in science academia, including connecting graduate students with the public sphere, enabling time away from the lab, and exposing students to non-academic job opportunities.
Sara Coulup of the Georg lab has been selected to receive the 2019 Abul-Hajj/Hanna Exceptional Graduate Student Award in Medicinal Chemistry. The award is given for the quantity and quality of research accomplishments, the quality of the original research proposal for the oral exam, the quality of seminars and colloquia, the Graduate Course Grade-point average since entering the program, and service and citizenship in Departmental affairs.