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
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/campbe26Work 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=m9020f80d99bc2e050e484d10e17ba561Work 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
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
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
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