Kelly Barnes
Melinda Bolgar - University of Florida, master’s program in exercise science with a concentration in sport psychology
Chris Breuer Merrikh - Ph.D. program at Brandeis University. He is working in a RNA lab and works with HeLa cells. He’s pleased to announce his marriage in summer '06, cmerrikh@brandeis.edu
Heather Burgess - University of Rochester, Ph.D. program in toxicology
Christina Campusano - lab technician, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., medic214_2000@yahoo.com
Allyson Clark - Blood Bank Medical Technologist, University of Rochester, allyson1578@yahoo.com
Wendy Clement - University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Ph.D. program, clem0148@tc.umn.edu
Patrick Cowley - Ph.D. program at the University of Houston's Department of Health and Human Performance, working on the tiger study, cowley_patrick@hotmail.com
Jason Doherty - staff computational biologist, pathology, Washington University-St. Louis, jdoherty@pathology.wustl.edu
CONGRATULATIONS on his recent publication! Sarah L. Pull, Jason M. Doherty, Jason C. Mills, Jeffrey I. Gordon, and Thaddeus S. Stappenbeck. 2005. "Activated macrophages are an adaptive element of the colonic epithelial progenitor niche necessary for regenerative responses to injury." PNAS 102(1):99-104. View the abstract.
Andy Dusel - received a DDS fromUniversity of Buffalo School of Dental Medicine, is working on an orthodontic certificate from Montefiore Albert Einstein Medical Center, andydusel@hotmail.com
Christina Felsen - Tulane University, masters in public health with a concentration in epdemiology, cbf_37@hotmail.com
Jamie Fountain - Pediatric Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Residency/Fellowship program, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, jamesphd@excite.com
Zach Goldsmith - Temple University School of Medicine, M.D./Ph.D.; He is a resident in urologic surgery at Duke University Medical Center.
Greg Jelson - technician, University of Vermont
Katie Macaluso - medical student, SUNY Upstate
Kate Majka Johnsonton- Received teaching certificate in Biology and Earth Science. Receving masters in biology education from University at Buffalo in Spring 2008 and plans to pursue a Ph.D., KJohnston@nfschools.net
Tatum McNierney - Science Teacher in the Half Hollow Hills Schood District in Dix Hills, NY, TatumM87@hotmail.com
Tom Metzger* - Ph.D. program, Cornell Medical School in New York City. CONGRATULATIONS on his article. View the abstract here!
Metzger, T., et al. 2004. "Mouse amnionless, which is required for primitive streak assembly, mediates cell-surface localization and endocytic function of cubilin on visceral endoderm and kidney proximal tubles." Development, 131:4787-4795.
Chris Mirucki - University of Connecticut, Dental School
Michelle Niescierenko - Pediatric Resident in the Boston Combined Residency Program, michelleln@gmail.com
Michelle is pleased to announce her multiple accomplishments
- won a $10,000 scholarship from the American Medical Association (1 of 4 nationally),
- received the National Leadership Award, by the American Medical Association, for medical students (1 of 15),
- and her research honors thesis on improving access to health insurance is being published in June '06 in the Journal of the National Medical Association!
- Traveled with a group to Bolivia and spent 10 days working in a partnership with a foundation to get homeless/abandoned children off the street. They were able to provide primary medical care to close to 600 children and some adults and link those with chronic medical conditions to long term care. We were also able to provide teaching on public health topics including dental hygiene, reading, maintaining hydration and preventing parasites and worms.
Maira Pires - Ph.D program, Columbia University in the College of Physicians and Surgeons (the medical school) for the program of Biochemistry and Molecular BioPhysics, mp2413@columbia.edu
Maira is pleased to announce "Patterns of gene expression and copy-number alterations in von-hippel lindau disease-associated and sporadic clear cell carcinoma of the kidney". Cancer Res. 2009 Jun 1; 69(11):4674-81. View the abstract here (PDF).
Congratulations are in order for Maira, as she has been awarded a very competitive Department of Defense grant for almost $100,000 for the next 3 years of my graduate work for investigating breast cancer! (May 2008)
Meghan Lindauer (Biology '01) and Maira are pleased to announce their joint publication, along with other co-authors. Their article entitled, "p63 regulates commitment to the prostate cell lineage" appears in PNAS 102(32): 11355-11360. The abstract is available at ithaca.edu/biology/kudos_lindauerpires05.pdf.
Bernhard Preusser
Philip Rafferty - Quality Control Specialist at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Pearl River NY.
John Ravener*
Nate Ross* - University of Rochester, Ph.D. program
Tara Rynhart
Kristen Sager - Emory University, Ph.D. program
Ariella Shvartz
Kim Stallone - SUNY Upstate, M.D. program
Fawn Stehlin - National Geographic, fstehlin3@yahoo.com
Jon Stercho - research, biology, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Owego, New York, donjuandestercho@yahoo.com
Nicole White* - Case Western, Ph.D. program
Lara Whitford
*Biochemistry Majors with a Biology Faculty Advisor
