In The News!
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?
Dr. Jason Weinstein and Dr. Tessa Bergsbaken were promoted to Associate Professor with
tenure.
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.
Dr. Dane Parker was prpromoted to Associate Professor and awarded grants from Rutgers Innovation-TechExpress and
Rutgers Research Council.
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. Jojo Reyes, former PhD student in Dr. George Yap’s lab in the Center
for Immunity & Inflammation, was recently selected to receive a
prestigious Irvington Fellowship from the Cancer Research Institute.
The fellowship will support her postdoctoral studies at the Department
of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, for a period of three
years. Dr. Reyes, was also selected as “2024 Outstanding PhD Graduate”
by the Rutgers Health New Jersey Medical School Faculty Organization.
The award is to recognize academic achievement and contributions to life
and missions of New Jersey Medical School. Dr. Reyes was notified of
this award by New Jersey Medical School Faculty Organization President,
Dr. Joshua Kaplan.
Dr. Azadeh Nasuhidehnavi, former PhD student in Dr. George Yap’s lab in
the Center for Immunity & Inflammation, and current postdoc at
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, was recently selected for a
faculty position at SUNY, Binghamton. Dr. Nasuhidehnavi will be an
Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Science, SUNY,
Binghamtom.
Dr. Bhupendra Singh Rawat (Bessman lab) was awarded a 3-year fellowship from the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, for his research project titled ‘Hepcidin and iron homeostasis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.’
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.
