Congratulations to Dr. Kwangwon Lee and the Rest of the RU-C Driving Change Team for being awarded an HHMI Award!!

The CCIB would like to congratulate Dr. Kwangwon Lee and the rest of the RU-C Driving Change team for being awarded the very prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Award. These awards are given to educational institutions that was committed building an equitable and inclusive environment within STEM programs for their students. The Rutgers University … Continue reading Congratulations to Dr. Kwangwon Lee and the Rest of the RU-C Driving Change Team for being awarded an HHMI Award!!

Congratulations to Dr. Maria Solesio for Being Awarded an NSF Grant!

The CCIB would like to congratulate Dr. Maria Solesio for being awarded an NSF grant! The Solesio lab plans to use this award to better our understanding of the role of inorganic polyphosphate (polyP) in response to stressors in mammalian cells. The mechanisms that drive mitochondrial dysfunction are poorly understood, especially how those mechanisms work … Continue reading Congratulations to Dr. Maria Solesio for Being Awarded an NSF Grant!

Congratulations to Dr. Maria Solesio for Getting the MIRA Award from the NIH!!

The CCIB would like to congratulate Dr. Maria Solesio for being awarded the MIRA award from the NIH! This is a specialty award that is meant to support research into advances into disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. The Solesio lab will be using this award to develop new methods to assay inorganic polyphosphate (polyP) in … Continue reading Congratulations to Dr. Maria Solesio for Getting the MIRA Award from the NIH!!

Welcome to the 2023 Cohort!

The CCIB is excited to welcome the 2023 Cohort into our program! This years cohorts is made up of 11 PhD students and 8 Masters students. Of the incoming PhD students, 3 of them are continuing from our master’s program. Good luck to all of our new students during their time here!

Congratulations to Dr. Xingyun Qi for being awarded an NIH Grant!

The CCIB would like to Congratulate Dr. Xingyun Qi for being awarded a grant from the NIH for her work in osmotic regulation of a peptide ligand-mediated signaling! Osmotic stress is well-known to have an effect on how an organism adapts to their environment. The Qi lab focuses their research on the development of pores … Continue reading Congratulations to Dr. Xingyun Qi for being awarded an NIH Grant!

Congratulations to the Winners of the Annual CCIB Posters Contest!!

The CCIB would like to congratulate all of the winners of the annual CCIB poster contest! The CCIB Poster contest is an annual session where all of the research is showcased. This year the contest coincided with the new student orientation, so the new students were able to see what kind of research each lab … Continue reading Congratulations to the Winners of the Annual CCIB Posters Contest!!