Student News 2021

January 20, 2023

2021

  • Callen Bleick’s (SURF ’20-21). RI-INBRE SURF Mentors KL. LaPlante (URI).
    Poster Abstracts:
    – “Enhancing Adult Pneumococcal Vaccination Practice through Educational Academic Detailing Program in RI and MA Community Pharmacies.” 2021 American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition, virtual. December 2021. Abstract ID: 1129495.
    – “Antibiotic Strategies to Combat Biofilm Resistance in a Simulated Prosthetic Joint Infection.” ePoster. 31st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Conference, virtual. July 2021. Vienna, Austria. Abstract ID: 04210
    – “Strategies to Combat Staphylococcus Biofilms in Device Related Infections.” ENCORE ePoster. Making a Difference in Infectious Diseases Conference, virtual. May 2021. Abstract ID: 1053174
  • Jeremy Boutin (SURF ’13). RI-INBRE Mentor S. Spinette (RIC)
    – Education Update: PhD student at Washington State University, studying Molecular Plant Sciences (August 2021)
    – New position: Graduate Research Assistant, Washington State University
  • Jacqualine Cerbone (SURF ’20). RI-INBRE Mentor S. Gregory (URI)
    – New position: Translational Sciences Research Associate at Takeda Oncology
  • Alexandra Chasse (SURF ’15-16). RI-INBRE mentors: E. Cook (RIC); C. Medin (URI) 
    – Education Update: Graduated from Boston University (01/2019) with a MA in Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology. Started her PhD studies in Philosophy. 
  • Dr. Dinesh Dhamecha (ECD ’18-20). RI-INBRE Mentor JU. Menon (URI)
    – Presentation “Porous Polymeric Microspheres as Scaffold for In Vitro Lung Cancer Model Development” The New England Complex Fluids Conference, virtual. January 2021. 
  • Joseph Gaulin (SURF ’21), Kenneth Salhany Jr. (RA ’20-22), Jeni Melo (SURF ’19, Tech ’20-22), Zakiyat Djabakatie (’20 SURF, ’21-22 RA), and Frances E. Deju-Calixto (SURF ’19). RI-INBRE Mentor A. Toorie (RIC)
    – Presentation: “Elucidation of sex-specific hedonic and homeostatic disturbances caused by an obesogenic diet in Sprague Dawley (Rattus norvegicus) rats.” Society for Neuroscience, virtual. November 2021. 
  • Moez Ghumman (EVEREST ’21). RI-INBRE Mentor JU. Menon (URI)
    – New position: Associate Scientist II, LNP Formulations Development at Strand Therapeutics. Cambridge, MA. July 2021. 
  • Brittany Hemmer (RA, ECD ’14-17). RI-INBRE Mentor V.L. Templer
    – Education Update: Brittany is pursuing her Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai studying Neuroimmune interactions in aging and Alzheimer’s disease pathology. 
  • Madeline Melchiori (SURF ’21). RI-INBRE Mentor H. Ma (URI)
    – New position: Research Associate at Evolved By Nature. 
  • Taryn Lee Rauff (SURF ’21), Thi Mai Anh Nyugen (SURF ’21), and Sam Pollack (SURF ’21). RI-INBRE Mentor K. Scaplen (Bryant)
    – Presentation/Poster Abstract: “Neural circuits for low and moderate alcohol responses in Drosophila melanogaster,” at the Society for Neuroscience’s 50th Annual Meeting, virtual. November 2021. 
  • Kenneth Salhany Jr. (ECD ’20-21). RI-INBRE Mentor A. Toorie (RIC)
    – Master’s degree thesis. Examining Sex-Specific Neurobehavioral and Metabolic Effects of Early-Pubertal Stress and Adult Diet Condition. November 2021. 
  • Brendan Violette (SURF ’20). RI-INBRE Mentor: S. Meenach (URI)
    – New Position: Manufacturing Associate at Thermo Fisher Scientific. 
  • Caroline Williams (SURF ’19). RI-INBRE Mentor CW. Reid (Bryant)
    – Education Update: Caroline started her Ph.D. in the Chemistry-Biology Interface Program in Dr. C. Grimes’ lab at the University of Delaware, Fall 2021.
    Caroline graduated from Bryant University in 2021 with a B.S. in Biology.