Congratulations to Drs Chen and Mardis on the awards of new SCORE research grants funded by the NIGMS.

Dr. Jianjun Chen: Synthesis and biological screening of novel HIF-1α inhibitors for the treatment of breast cancer

Dr. Kristy L. Mardis: Improving DFT Modeling of EPR Data for Small Molecule Organic Photovoltaics

Congratulations to CSU RISE alumna Dr. Tyvette S. Hilliard on the award  of  a highly competitive 5-year K01 Research Career Development award from the NIH's National Cancer Institute. Dr Hilliard is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Harper Cancer Research Institute at the University of Notre Dame. The subject of her research is how maternal obesity may influence the susceptibility of offspring to ovarian cancer. Since the award of a PhD in medicinal chemistry from the University of Illinois in Chicago in 2012 Dr Hilliard was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Hawaii before joining the staff at the University of Note Dame earlier this year.

Cynthia Aku-Leh, Ph.D.  in physics, University of Michigan
Shannon Allen, Ph.D. in molecular biology, Northwestern University
Geraldine Cochran, Ph.D.  in physics education research, Florida International University
Booker T. Davis, Ph.D. in pharmacology, Rush University
Alfred Diggs, Ph.D.  in biological engineering, Purdue University
Adrienne Eastland, Ph.D.  in molecular bioscience, Northwestern University
Valerie Goss, Ph.D.  in chemistry & nanomaterials, University of Notre Dame
Pablo Guzman, Ph.D. in organic chemistry, Emory University
Tyvette Hilliard, Ph.D.  in medicinal chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago
Crystalann Jones, Ph.D. in organic chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago
Nicole Jones, Ph.D.  in biological sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Brian Leverson, Ph.D.  in biochemistry, Loyola University of Chicago
Ikenna Madueke, Ph.D. in physiology and biophysics, University of Illinois at Chicago
Diana Mayweather, Ph.D.  in biochemistry, Northwestern University
Mazvita Maziveyi, Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology, Louisiana State University
Diana Monsivais, Ph.D.  in biological sciences, Northwestern University
Nikki Nwani, Ph.D. in molecular bioscience, Northwestern University
George Pates, Ph.D.  in analytical chemistry, Purdue University
Juan Reyes, Ph.D. in biological sciences, Northwestern University
Stephen Smith, Ph.D.  in chemistry, Northwestern University
Noelle Wakefield, Ph.D.  in biological sciences, Northwestern University
Lyle Wallace, Ph.D. in plant breeding & genetics, Oregon State University

* The success of these RISE alumni brings the total CSU NIGMS-funded programs (RISE, SCORE & MBRS) alumni awarded Ph.D. degrees in one of the biomedical sciences to 33. For a full list, please click here.

16th Annual ABRCMS Biomedical Research Conference, November 9-12, 2016,Tampa, FL.

Eight CSU NIGMS-RISE students were among the four-thousand attendees at this national conference funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and organized by the American Society for Microbiology.  The CSU group made 7 presentations of their biomedical research results. Congratulations to Muriel McClendon for her award winning poster in the chemistry section! For a listing of authors and presentation titles, please click here.