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Student Seminars and Professional Development Workshops

Welcome to the Rowan-Virtua TBES Student Seminar and Professional Development Workshop page. All Ph.D. students must give an annual, oral seminar during the fall or spring term. All Work-in-Progress seminars and Thesis Defenses are located on the Stratford Campus in Room 290 of the Science Center, unless otherwise noted.

Professional Development Workshop for Graduate Students and Postdocs, 2024-2025

Presented by: Rachel Navarra, PhD

Department: TBES in partnership with the Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience

Title: Navigating the Application Process for Travel Grants to Attend Scientific Conferences.

Date: Friday, January 10, 2025

Time: 12 p.m.

Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 290

Professional Development Workshop for Graduate Students and Postdocs, 2024-2025

Presented by: Aliza Schmidt, MS

Department: TBES in partnership with the Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience

Title: Unlocking New Opportunities: The Vital Role of Clinical Research Coordinators in Medical Universities.

Date: Friday, December 6, 2024

Time: 12 p.m.

Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 290

Professional Development Workshop for Graduate Students and Postdocs, 2024-2025

Presented by: Yevgeniya Lapik, PhD

Department: TBES in partnership with the Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience

Title: The Educator's Path: PhD Scientists as Teaching Professors

Date: Friday, November 1, 2024

Time: 1 p.m.

Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 290

PhD Thesis Defense Presenter: Mariia Ivanova, PhD Candidate

Mentor: Dr. Ronald Ellis

Department: Molecular Biology

Title: EVOLUTIONARY CONSERVATION AND TIMES OF ACTION OF HETEROCHRONIC GENES

Date: Friday, September 15, 2023
 
Time: 2:00 pm

Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 290
 
Webex: https://rowan.webex.com/rowan/j.php?MTID=md7f5520cfff308a49cfb6833dcd67964

Professional Development Workshop for Graduate Students and Postdocs, 2022-2023

Presented by: Gary Grover, Ph.D.

Department: GSBS in partnership with the Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience

Title: Drug Discovery and Life in Pharma

Date: Friday, May 19, 2023

Time: 12:00 p.m.

Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 290

Work in Progress Presenter: James Kennedy, Ph.D. Candidate

Mentor: Dr. Ron Ellis

Department: Molecular Biology

Title: Evolution of fem-1 activity in Caenorhabditis

Date: Friday, April 14, 2023

Time: 12:00 p.m.

Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 145

Webex Link: https://rowan.webex.com/rowan/j.php?MTID=mec461ee753886f78a2e10f0562ddb73c

Work in Progress Presenter: Haven Predale, Ph.D. Candidate

Mentor: Dr. Barry Waterhouse

Department: Cell Biology & Neuroscience

Title: Organizational Features and Functional Implications of the Locus Coeruleus-Norepinephrine Projection to Motor Centers of the Mouse Brain

Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Time: 12:00 p.m.

Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 290

Webex:  https://rowan.webex.com/meet/predal25

Work in Progress Presenter: Shannon Dwyer, Ph.D. Candidate

Mentor: Dr. Sal Caradonna

Department: Molecular Biology

Title: Acetylation and transcriptional activity of the vitamin D receptor

Date: Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Time: 12:00 p.m.

Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 290

Work in Progress Presenter: Alicia Campbell, Ph.D. Candidate

Mentor: Dr. Randy Strich

Department: Molecular Biology

Title: Coordinating transcriptional control and mitochondrial dynamics in skeletal muscle cells

Date: Monday, April 3, 2023

Time: 12:00 p.m.

Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 290

Webex:  https://rowan.webex.com/meet/campbe26

Work in Progress Presenter: David Kahn, Ph.D. Candidate

Mentor: Dr. Benjamin Rood

Department: Cell Biology & Neuroscience

Title: Investigating the Role of Vasopressin-Responsive Neurons in the Mediodorsal Thalamus

Date: Friday, March 31, 2023

Time: 12:00 p.m.

Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 290

Webex: https://rowan.webex.com/rowan/j.php?MTID=m9020f80d99bc2e050e484d10e17ba561

Work in Progress Presenter: Timothy Joseph Sloand, Ph.D. Candidate

Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth West

Department: Cell Biology & Neuroscience

Title: Frontal circuits mediating flexible behavior deficits in an Alzheimer's disease rat model

Date: Friday, March 24, 2023

Time: 1:00 p.m.

Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 290

Webex: https://rowan.webex.com/meet/sloand83

Work in Progress Presenter: Bhumiben Patel, Ph.D. Candidate

Mentor: Dr. Jessica Loweth

Department: Cell Biology & Neuroscience

Title: Effects of Sex and Estrous Cycle on Oxycodone Self-Administration and Drug Seeking Behavior

Date: Thursday, March 23, 2023

Time: 12:00 p.m.

Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 290

Webex: https://rowan.webex.com/meet/patelb89

Work in Progress Presenter: Quy Nguyen, Ph.D. Candidate

Mentor: Dr. Jeremy Francis

Department: Cell Biology & Neuroscience

Title: Investigating the Function of Aspartoacylase in Age-Related Energy Metabolism in the Brain and Risk for Neurodegenerative Disease

Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Time: 11:00 a.m.

Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 290

Webex:  https://rowan.webex.com/meet/nguyenq0

Work in Progress Presenter: Nicole Hinds, Ph.D. Candidate

Mentor: Dr. Daniel Manvich

Department: Cell Biology & Neuroscience

Title: Neuroactivational and behavioral correlates of psychosocial stress-induced cocaine seeking in rats

Date: Monday, March 20, 2023

Time: 12:00 p.m.

Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 290

Webex: https://rowan.webex.com/rowan/j.php?MTID=me920b4f4bb94818bbb39f7202976e5d7

 

Work in Progress Presenter: Erin Wannen, Ph.D. Candidate

Mentor: Dr. Jessica Loweth

Department: Cell Biology & Neuroscience

Title: Investigating Mechanisms Underlying Sex Differences in Incubated Cocaine Seeking Behavior

Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Time: 12:00 p.m.

Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 290

Webex: tbd

Professional Development Workshop for Graduate Students and Postdocs

Date: September 23, 2022

Time: 12:00 pm

Presenter: Jessika Zinskie, Ph.D.

Solutions and Support Scientist for LI-COR Biosciences

Topic: How to build a strong, eye-catching, and powerful LinkedIn page: from a graduate student to a professor.

Location: Science Center, Room 290