{"id":33732,"date":"2023-01-20T16:03:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T21:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/?p=33732"},"modified":"2023-08-28T11:53:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T15:53:38","slug":"student-news-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/student-news-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Student News 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>2021<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Callen Bleick\u2019s (SURF \u201920-21). RI-INBRE SURF Mentors KL. LaPlante (URI).<br \/>\nPoster Abstracts:<br \/>\n\u2013 \u201cEnhancing Adult Pneumococcal Vaccination Practice through Educational Academic Detailing Program in RI and MA Community Pharmacies.\u201d 2021 American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition, virtual. December 2021. Abstract ID: 1129495.<br \/>\n\u2013 \u201cAntibiotic Strategies to Combat Biofilm Resistance in a Simulated Prosthetic Joint Infection.\u201d ePoster. 31st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Conference, virtual. July 2021. Vienna, Austria. Abstract ID: 04210<br \/>\n\u2013 \u201cStrategies to Combat&nbsp;<em>Staphylococcus<\/em>&nbsp;Biofilms in Device Related Infections.\u201d ENCORE ePoster. Making a Difference in Infectious Diseases Conference, virtual. May 2021. Abstract ID: 1053174<\/li>\n<li>Jeremy Boutin (SURF &#8217;13). RI-INBRE Mentor S. Spinette (RIC)<br \/>\n&#8211; Education Update: PhD student at Washington State University, studying Molecular Plant Sciences (August 2021)<br \/>\n&#8211; New position: Graduate Research Assistant, Washington State University<\/li>\n<li>Jacqualine Cerbone (SURF \u201920). RI-INBRE Mentor S. Gregory (URI)<br \/>\n\u2013 New position: Translational Sciences Research Associate at Takeda Oncology<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"fullwidth\">Alexandra Chasse (SURF \u201915-16). RI-INBRE mentors: E. Cook (RIC); C. Medin (URI)&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u2013 Education Update: Graduated from Boston University (01\/2019) with a MA in Cell\/Cellular and Molecular Biology. Started her PhD studies in Philosophy.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Dinesh Dhamecha (ECD \u201918-20). RI-INBRE Mentor JU. Menon (URI)<br \/>\n\u2013 Presentation \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.complexfluids.org\/necf\/necfmeetings.php\">Porous Polymeric Microspheres as Scaffold for In Vitro Lung Cancer Model Development<\/a>\u201d The New England Complex Fluids Conference, virtual. January 2021.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Gaulin (SURF \u201921), Kenneth Salhany Jr. (RA \u201920-22), Jeni Melo (SURF \u201919, Tech \u201920-22), Zakiyat Djabakatie (\u201920 SURF, \u201921-22 RA), and Frances E. Deju-Calixto (SURF \u201919). RI-INBRE Mentor A. Toorie (RIC)<br \/>\n\u2013 Presentation: \u201cElucidation of sex-specific hedonic and homeostatic disturbances caused by an obesogenic diet in Sprague Dawley (<em>Rattus norvegicus<\/em>) rats.\u201d Society for Neuroscience, virtual. November 2021.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Moez Ghumman (EVEREST \u201921). RI-INBRE Mentor JU. Menon (URI)<br \/>\n\u2013 New position: Associate Scientist II, LNP Formulations Development at Strand Therapeutics. Cambridge, MA. July 2021.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Brittany Hemmer (RA, ECD \u201914-17). RI-INBRE Mentor V.L. Templer<br \/>\n\u2013 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\u2019s disease pathology.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Madeline Melchiori (SURF \u201921). RI-INBRE Mentor H. Ma (URI)<br \/>\n\u2013 New position: Research Associate at Evolved By Nature.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Taryn Lee Rauff (SURF \u201921), Thi Mai Anh Nyugen (SURF \u201921), and Sam Pollack (SURF \u201921). RI-INBRE Mentor K. Scaplen (Bryant)<br \/>\n\u2013 Presentation\/Poster Abstract: \u201cNeural circuits for low and moderate alcohol responses in&nbsp;<em>Drosophila melanogaster<\/em>,\u201d at the Society for Neuroscience\u2019s 50th Annual Meeting, virtual. November 2021.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Kenneth Salhany Jr. (ECD \u201920-21). RI-INBRE Mentor A. Toorie (RIC)<br \/>\n\u2013 Master\u2019s degree thesis. Examining Sex-Specific Neurobehavioral and Metabolic Effects of Early-Pubertal Stress and Adult Diet Condition. November 2021.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Brendan Violette (SURF \u201920). RI-INBRE Mentor: S. Meenach (URI)<br \/>\n\u2013 New Position: Manufacturing Associate at Thermo Fisher Scientific.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Caroline Williams (SURF \u201919). RI-INBRE Mentor CW. Reid (Bryant)<br \/>\n\u2013 Education Update: Caroline started her Ph.D. in the Chemistry-Biology Interface Program in Dr. C. Grimes\u2019 lab at the University of Delaware, Fall 2021.<br \/>\nCaroline graduated from Bryant University in 2021 with a B.S. in Biology.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"Student News\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-student-news\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-33737\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-33737\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/student-news-2021\/\">Student News 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-33736\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-33736\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/student-news-2020-and-prior\/\">Student News 2020 and prior<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2021 Callen Bleick\u2019s (SURF \u201920-21). RI-INBRE SURF Mentors KL. LaPlante (URI). Poster Abstracts: \u2013 \u201cEnhancing Adult Pneumococcal Vaccination Practice through Educational Academic Detailing Program in RI and MA Community Pharmacies.\u201d 2021 American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition, virtual. December 2021. 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