- STUDENTS’ RESEARCH AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:
GRADUATE STUDENTS
CURRENT
Songyu Dong-
- Best Poster Award at 2022 IGP symposium
- 2nd place at the Dow Graduate Student Symposium and Seminar Competition 2021
- Oral Presentation at the 2021 Cytoskeleton@OSU meeting
- IDI Trainee Transformative Research Grant, Infectious Diseases Institute, OSU, 2021
- Infectious Disease Institute (IDI) Trainee Enrichment Award, OSU, 2021
Jaylen Taylor-
- Outstanding poster presentation award at MBTP symposium, May 2023
- NIH-funded CMBP T32 Award 2020-2022
- NIH Diversity Supplement Award 2022-2024
- Infectious Diseases Institute Trainee Enrichment Award 2022, $1,000
- Biochemistry Dr. Robin C. Burrell Memorial Travel Award
FORMER
Chris Schwebach-
- Outstanding Poster Award at the 2019 IGP symposium
- 2018 Graduate Pelotonia Fellowship
- 2018 American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship (declined)
- 3rd place in Oral Presentations for the Biological Sciences at the 32nd Annual Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum
- Oral presentation at the 2018 Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum
- First author manuscript: Journal of Molecular Biology (2017) 429(16):2490-2508. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2017.06.021
- Poster Award at the 2017 IGP symposium
- Poster presentation at the 2016 ASCB/IFCB Meeting in San Francisco, CA
- Poster presentation at the 2016 IGP Symposium
- Poster presentation at the 2016 CMIB symposium
- Poster presentation at the 2016 Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum
- Poster presentation at the 2015 ASCB/IFCB Meeting in San Diego, CA
- Poster presentation at the 2015 Buckeye Cell Biology (ASCB) at OSU
- Poster presentation at the 2014 ASCB/IFCB Meeting in Philadelphia, PA
Vedud Purde-
- Oral presentation at the 2019 Molecular Biophysics Training Program Symposium
- Poster presentation at the 2019 ACS meeting in Orlando, FL
- Robin C. Burrell Memorial Fund 2019 – Travel award
- Poster presentation at the 2018 ASCB/EMBO meeting in San Diego, CA
- Ohio State Biochemistry Program 2018 – Travel award
- Ohio State Chapter of Sigma Xi’s Grant-in-Aid of Research 2018 – Honorable mention
- Poster presentation at the 2018 Toledo cellular art (ASCB) meeting in Toledo, OH
- Poster presentation at the 2018 Dow Graduate Student Symposium
- Poster presentation at the 2018 Cellular, Molecular, and Biochemical Sciences Program Symposium
- Oral presentation at the 2018 Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum
- Poster presentation at the 2017 1st Conference on Biomotors, virus Assembly, and Nano-biotechnology Applications
- Poster presentation at the 2017 IGP Symposium
- Poster presentation at the 2016 Interdisciplinary Graduate Program (IGP) Symposium
David Heisler-
- Poster Award at the 2017 IGP symposium
- Poster presentation at the 2016 ASCB/IFCB Meeting in San Francisco, CA
- Co-author book chapter in Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, Vol.399 The Actin Cytoskeleton and Bacterial Infection. ISBN 978-3-319-50047-8
- Poster presentation at the 2016 IGP Symposium
- 2016 PHPID Fellowship winner
- Oral presentation at the 2016 OBAMS meeting
- Moderator at the 2016 CMIB symposium
- Poster presentation at the 2016 CMIB symposium
- 1st place in Oral Presentations for the Biological Sciences at the 30th Annual Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum
- Oral presentation at the 2016 Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum
- Poster presentation at the 2015 ASCB/IFCB Meeting in San Diego, CA
- First author manuscript: Science (2015) 349(6247):535-539
- 2nd place Poster Award at the Dow Graduate Student Poster Competition following 2015 William Lloyd Evans
Lecture - Student moderator for the “Parallel Student Talks Session” at the 2015 OSU IGP Symposium
- “Best Poster Award” at the OSU PHPID 2015 annual meeting
- Poster presentation at the 2015 Buckeye Cell Biology (ASCB) at OSU
- Poster presentation at the 2014 ASCB/IFCB Meeting in Philadelphia, PA
- Co-author manuscript: Molecular Microbiology (2014) 92(5):1056–1071
- Plenary speaker at the 2014 OSU Molecular Life Sciences Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Symposium
- Poster presentation at the 2013 ASCB/IFCB Meeting in New Orleans
President of the Ohio State Biochemistry Program
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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
CURRENT
Noor Faragi –
- $1,500 research award from the Thomas J Byers Memorial Scholarship Fund from the Department of Molecular Genetics in the College of Arts and Sciences!
Kyle Li –
- $3,000 research and academic award from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Student Scholarship Fund!
FORMER
Shivani Ambardekar-
- 2018 ACS Honors Undergraduate Research Scholarship
Julian Lee-
- Poster presentation at the 2018 Denman Forum
Richa Agrawal-
- Poster presentation at the 2018 Denman Forum
- Poster presentation at the 2018 NMS undergraduate research forum
- Poster presentation at the 2017 Denman Forum
- Spring 2017 ACS Honors Undergraduate Research Scholarship
- Co-author manuscript: Journal of Molecular Biology (2017) 429(16):2490-2508. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2017.06.021
- 1st place winner of 2017 NMS undergraduate research forum
- Spring 2016 Arts and Sciences Honors Research Scholarship
- Mayers Summer Research Scholarship (summer 2016)
- Poster presentation at the 2016 Denman Forum
- Research Scholar Award (summer 2015)
Jonathan Wright-
- Poster presentation at the 2018 Denman Forum
- Poster presentation at the 2017 Denman Forum
- 2017 Mayers summer research scholarship (waived due to Pelotonia)
- 2017 Undergraduate Pelotonia scholarship
Mubarik Mohamed-
- Current location – medical student at The Ohio State University College of Medicine
- Graduated with Honors Research Distinction
- 2016 Undergraduate Pelotonia Fellowship
- Poster presentation at the 2016 Denman Forum
- Poster presentation at The ACS Columbus Section and OSU Chemistry & Biochemistry Club Research Forum
- Poster presentation at the 2015 Denman Forum
- Research Experience for Undergraduates program sponsored by NSF (Summer 2014)
Blake Williams-
- Graduated with Honors Research Distinction
- Poster presentation at 2017 NMS undergraduate research forum
- Autumn 2016 Arts and Sciences Honors Research Scholarship
- Poster presentation at 2016 Meek Lecture undergraduate poster session
- Poster presentation at the 2016 Denman Forum
- 3rd place for a poster presentation at The ACS (American Chemical Society) Columbus Section and OSU Chemistry & Biochemistry Club Research Forum 2016
- CBC department scholarship for the 2015-2016 academic year
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Kyle Shafer-
- Current location – Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing
- Graduated with Honors Research Distinction
- 1st place winner at The 2016 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum Winner
- The Bertram Thomas Memorial Scholarship by the CBC department (2015-2016)
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Samantha Pawela-
- Poster presentation at the 2015 Denman Forum
- Arts and Sciences Honors Undergraduate Research Scholarship (Autumn 2014)
Lauren Strange-
- Current location – Wright State University, Master of Science in Anatomy program
- Poster presentation at the 2015 Denman Forum
Cassidy Wang-
- Current location – Georgia Institute of Technology, undergraduate student supported by REU summer NSF program (2016)
- Worked on a research project as a High School student (junior and senior years)
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Matt Saab-
- Current location – Marshall University, the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
- Graduated with Honors Research Distinction
- Poster presentation at the 2015 Denman Forum
Barry Golestany-
- Current location – Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, medical school
- Graduated with Honors Research Distinction
- Poster presentation at the 2015 Denman Forum
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Dmitry Grinevich-
- Current location – North Carolina State University, graduate student supported by NSF research scholarship (2016)
- Graduated with Honors Research Distinction
- Co-author manuscript: Science (2015) 349(6247):535-539
- Autumn 2013 Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Scholarship
- Outstanding Poster Award at the NMS research forum 2014
- 2nd place winner at The 2014 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum Winner
Andrew Zywiec-
- Current location – St. George’s University, medical school
- Co-author manuscript: Molecular Microbiology (2014) 92(5):1056–1071
- 1st place winner at The 2014 Denman Undergradute Research Forum