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High School Student in Rutgers Summer Research Program Wins National Competition
Expanding Institute, Growing Reach: i3D’s Symposium Shows Its Momentum
The Rutgers Health Institute for Infectious and Inflammatory
Diseases uses a fast-expanding conference to trade fresh data, forge
collaborations and spotlight new talent. Read the full article at: https://www.rutgers.edu/news/expanding-institute-growing-reach-i3ds-symposium-shows-its-momentum
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Dr. Dane Parker (Associate Professor), also awarded grants from Rutgers Innovation-TechExpress and
Rutgers Research Council.
Dr. Dongfang Liu (Professor)
Dr. Jason Weinstein (Associate Professor with tenure)
Dr. Ricardo Rajsbaum (Professor)
Dr. Tessa Bergsbaken (Associate Professor with
tenure)
Dr. William Gause (Distinguised Professor)
Check out the latest interview with Dr. Vijay Yadav and health.com, on a recent Nature paper on Taurine and Leukemia Can a Common Energy Drink Ingredient Really Raise Your Risk of Blood Cancer?
Through practical, hands-on learning, the New Rutgers Health summer
program aims to inspire the next generation of medical researchers.
Full article in Rutgers Today.
Biology students are being assisted by Rutgers New Jersey Medical
School and Rutgers-Newark in gaining invaluable practical laboratory
experience. Full article in Rutgers Today.
Check out the interview with TheScientist Magazine and Dr. Dane Parker. This paper was noting how efforts to develop a
vaccine to Staphylococcus aureus have not been successful. They
discovered that previous exposure to this pathogen can affect vaccine
efficacy and potentially generated a nonprotective immune memory. This
could influence how preclinical studies are conducted in the future to
better replicate the immune response in humans.
Dr. George Yap was elected to the esteemed American Academy of Microbiology.
Dr. Yap joins 64 new fellows, who were elected via a highly selective, peer
review process, based on scientific achievements in the advancement of
microbiology.
Dr. Nicholas Bessman was selected to be one of only two Rutgers University nominees for the Searle Scholars Program.
Dr. William Gause and Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, were named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Full article in Rutgers Today.
