Senior CBI trainee José Hernández-Meléndez was recognized as one of the 2024 ACS Pride-Merck Graduate Research Awardees, sponsored by ACS Pride, the ACS Division of Professional Relations, and Merck. Congratulations José!
Kira Holton wins poster award
Current CBI trainee Kira Holton (Chase Weidmann lab) won a Poster Excellence Award at the recent Rustbelt RNA Meeting. This annual regional scientific meeting gathers RNA researchers working in the biomedical field from thoughout the Midwestern and Mid-Atlantic states. Nicely done Kira!
CBI Welcome Event
CBI trainees met at the beginning of the fall 2023 semester to get to know each other and to discuss the scientific and professional training that would be most helpful to acquire during our 2023-2024 monthly meetings. Thanks to co-PI Kristin Koutmou for hosting us at her pool on a lovely end-of-Michigan-summer afternoon.
Successful 2023 Annual Symposium
CBI trainees, future trainees, faculty, and the Chemical Biology community enjoyed a successful annual symposium with keynote speaker Paul Hergenrother, talks by UM faculty and our very own Jose Hernández-Meléndez and Maribel Okiye, and a fantastic career panel and poster session. Kudos to CBI trainees Kira Holton, Sydney Alibeckoff, and Austin Ventura who organized the whole event. Nicely done!
Maribel Okiye Wins Award at 2023 NOBCChE
Senior CBI trainee Maribel Okiye represented CBI at the Fall 2023 NOBCChE meeting in New Orleans and won the Winifred Burks-Houch Graduate Leadership Award! This award honors the first female president of NOBCChE and is well-deserved by Maribel!
Maribel Okiye Wins Colgate Award
CBI senior student Maribel Okiye won first place award at the 2023 Colgate Smile with Science Symposium. This award was based on the quality of research and presentations. Congratulations Maribel!
Victor Rivera-Santana Presentation and Award
CBI Trainee Victor Rivera-Santana (Marsh Lab) recently presented his research at the Chemistry Department Karle Symposium AND received a Rackham Research Grant.
Catherine Demery-Poulos Presentation at National meeting
Catherine Demery-Poulos (Traynor Lab) recently presented a poster at the International Narcotics Research Conference in Atlanta, GA. The work involves an in vitro and in vivo comparison of morphine, fentanyl, and furanylfentanyl, an illicit fentanyl analog commonly detected in fatal overdoses.
Travel funds
This year (July 1, 2023-June 30, 2024) CBI is providing travel funds up to $1000 for current trainees to attend scientific meetings, obtain professional development, or a visit to a collaborator’s lab. Contact one of the CBI Co-PIs for more information.
Announcement of 2023-2024 Trainees
Our new CBI trainees for 2023-2024 have just been announced! Congrats to Katelyn Brown, Catherine Demery, Cade Harkner, Ana Martinez, Alex Missman, and Kaley Simcox. Great to have you aboard!!