CCIB Professor Joseph Martin awarded Busch Biomedical Grant

CCIB Professor Dr. Joseph V. Martin (Biology) and his collaborator Dr. David J. Augeri from Molecular Design and Synthesis in Rutgers University – New Brunswick were awarded a Busch Biomedical Research Grant. The grant, entitled “Thyronamines: Detection and Characterization of Effects” was funded for $40,000 for 9/1/19 to 8/31/21. The grant will fund a study… continue reading

CCIB PhD Student James Kelley awarded RDI2 Fellowship

CCIB PhD Student James Kelley (Grigoriev Lab) received a $30,000 RDI2 Fellowship from Rutgers Discovery Informatics Institute for his research project “Accelerated analysis of variants in multiple cancer genomes“. Kelley was one of the three students who were awarded the fellowship. Congratulations!

Associate Professor Jinglin Fu honored by White House

CCIB faculty member Dr. Jinglin Fu (Chemistry) was recognized by the White House as an outstanding early career researcher. He was honored on July 25th at a special ceremony in Washington, D.C. He was selected as a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). This is the highest honor that a… continue reading

Spring 2019 Research Highlights

This Spring, CCIB graduate program director Dr. Grace Brannigan, and her student Liam Sharp in the CCIB PhD program, published a paper in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) – Biomembranes. CCIB former postdoc Dr. Reza Salari from the Brannigan group was a co-author. Liam and Kristen Woods, another PhD student in the Brannigan group, were… continue reading

Assistant Professor Angélica González funded by sDiv

CCIB Faculty Member Dr. Angélica González (Biology) was selected to receive the fund by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Synthesis Centre for Biodiversity Sciences (sDiv). Dr. González is one of the main PIs for the working group project “sBIOMAPS – Exploring BIOgeographic and MAcroevolutionary Patterns in organismal Stoichiometric diversity“. Congratulations!