Congratulations Katie, Summa Cum Laude!!

One more congratulations for the day, although this one is a few weeks late.



 

Winter 2016 Louisiana Tech Commencement

A big congratulations to Katie Whitehead who graduated this winter with her Bachelor of Science in Biological Scienes.  She was the only student to graduate Summa Cum Laude at the winter commencement on Saturday, March 5. 


We are proud to have had her in the lab as an undergraduate and look forward to having her in the lab for another year as a maters's student.  Congratulaitons Katie!!

 



Congratulations Ngozi - Thesis Defense Completed!

Congratulations to Ngozi Ogbonnaya who successfully defended her master's thesis today (big day for the Newman lab with one more to go next week)!  Ngozi did a great job and has accomplished so much on this project since she started in the lab 2 years ago.  When Ngozi joined the lab, the project was just an idea that she worked hard to make a reality.  Ngozi has presented her work at several local and state conferences and most recently at an international conference poster session.  In addition Ngozi participated in the LBRN summer program last year, getting some great research experience at LSUHSC-New Orleans.  Ngozi plans to pursue her PhD in the fall.  We are so proud of Ngozi and all of her hard work.

Ngozi and her thesis committee following her defense (left to right: Dr Wolf, Dr. Caldorera-Moore, Dr. Newman, and Ngozi)

Congratulations Nehal - Completed Thesis Defense!

Congratulations to Nehal Patel who sucessfully defended his master's thesis today.  He did a great job and has accomplished so much as a graduate student here over the past 2 years.  He has authored a book chapter, received a Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research, attended and presented at a national conference, and is preparing another manuscript for publication.  In the fall Nehal plans to attend Tulane where he will pursue a PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology.  We could not be prouder of Nehal and all that he has achieved.

Nehal and his thesis committee following his defense (left to right: Dr. Newman, Dr. Caldorera-Moore, Nehal, Dr. Crews, and Dr. Wolf)

 

Research Symposium Winners!

I am proud to announce that our lab did a great job at the Louisiana Tech Research Symposium! 

Katie was awarded 2nd place in the Undergraduate Poster Competition and will be traveling to Nicholls State for the University of Louisiana Academic Summit next month.  Demi was also selected to attend the conference and they will serve as a small number of individuals picked to represent Louisiana Tech University at this annual meetings for all of the University of Louisiana schools.

In the Graduate Oral Presentations Erik Beadle tied for1st place and Ngozi tied for 3rd!! 

Congratulations to everyone for doing such a great job and making the lab proud!

Louisiana Tech Research Symposium

Left to right: Nehal, Dr. Newman, Ngozi, Katie, Demi, and Erik

Today several of the students in the lab participated in the University's annual research symposium.  Demi, Katie, and Nehal presented posters, and Erik and Ngozi were selected for oral presentations.  I had to teach so missed most of the event, but I hear they all did a great job explaining their research.  It was a tough time of year (this being the last week in the winter quarter), but I am proud of all of them for participating today!!

LBRN Annual Meeting 2016

Dr. Newman and some of her students spent the last 2 days in Monroe, LA at the Louisiana Biomedical Research Network (LBRN, @lbrn_inbre) Annual Meeting. Dr. Newman has a full project proposal funded through the LBRN ($300,000 over 3 years!) and today presented on that project and met with the granting agency's advisory council.

Graduate student, Ngozi Ogbonnaya gave a great to talk on the work she did through the LBRN's summer graduate research program with Dr. Lucio Miele at LSUHSC-New Orleans (pictured below).

In addition to the oral presentations, Demi Sandel and Erik Beadle presented posters on their projects and undergraduate Christina Dorsett presented a poster on her research in the LBRN undergraduate summer research program where she worked with Dr. Bruce Bunnell.  Everyone did a great job!!!

Students at the LBRN meeting (left to right: Demi Sandel, Ngozi Ogbonnaya, Erik Beadle, and Christina Dorsett)

Doctoral Program Admissions

As the winter quarter wraps up the master's students in the lab are preparing to graduate in the spring and have applied to doctoral programs.  Everyone is nervously awaiting news and today Erik Beadle heard that he was accepted to Vanderbilt University for a PhD in Biomedical Sciences!  Congratulations Erik!