Chemistry Biology Interface Training Program
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!
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 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.
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!
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!
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 (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.
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!!
