Student Seminars and Professional Development Workshops
Welcome to the GSBS 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.
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 Link: tbd
Work in Progress Presenter: Brittany Friedson, Ph.D. Candidate
Mentor: Dr. Katrina Cooper
Department: Molecular Biology
Title: tbd
Date: Thursday, April 6, 2023
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 290
Webex: tbd
Work in Progress Presenter: Shannon Dwyer, Ph.D. Candidate
Mentor: Dr. Sal Caradonna
Department: Molecular Biology
Title: tbd
Date: Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 290
Webex Link: tbd
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: Arthur Reyes, Ph.D. Candidate
Mentor: Dr. Dan Chandler
Department: Cell Biology & Neuroscience
Title: tbd
Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 290
Webex Link: https://rowan.webex.com/meet/reyesa74
Work in Progress Presenter: John Tkaczynski, Ph.D. Candidate
Mentor: Dr. Dan Chandler
Department: Cell Biology & Neuroscience
Title: tbd
Date: Monday, March 27, 2023
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 290
Webex: tbd
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
Work in Progress Presenter: Bhumiben Patel, Ph.D. Candidate
Mentor: Dr. Jessica Loweth
Department: Cell Biology & Neuroscience
Title: tbd
Date: Thursday, March 23, 2023
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 290
Webex Link: tbd
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: Stephen Willis, Ph.D. Candidate
Mentor: Dr. Randy Strich
Department: Molecular Biology
Title: tbd
Date: Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 290
Webex Link: tbd
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
Work in Progress Presenter: Jie Yang, Ph.D. Candidate
Mentor: Dr. Brian Weiser
Department: Molecular Biology
Title: Discovery of Sirtuin Probes and Modulators
Date: Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 290
Work in Progress Presenter: Mariia Ivanova, Ph.D. Candidate
Mentor: Dr. Ron Ellis
Department: Molecular Biology
Title: Evolutionary conservation of the heterochronic genes orthologs in C. elegans and C. Briggsae
Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 290
Webex: tbd
Ph.D. Thesis Defense Presenter: Kyle Hubble, Ph.D. Candidate
Mentor: Dr. Michael Henry
Department: Molecular Biology
Title: DPC29 Promotes mitochondrial translation post-initiation in Saccharomyces cereviseae
Date: Friday, December 9, 2022
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 290
Professional Development Workshop for Graduate Students and Postdocs
Presenter: Gary Grover, Ph.D.
Topic: Drug Discovery and Life in Pharma
Date: December 2, 2022
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 290
Work in Progress Presenter: Tirth Patel, Ph.D. Candidate
Mentor: Dr. Benjamin Rood
Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience
Title: Investigating the role of vasopressin responsive neurons in neural networks underlying social behavior in mice
Date: December 2, 2022
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 290
Webex Link: https://rowan.webex.com/meet/patelt42
Work in Progress Presenter: Christopher Knapp, Ph.D. Candidate
Mentor: Dr. Rachel Navarra
Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience
Title: Assessing the effects of repetitive mild traumatic brain injury on risk/reward decision making and catecholamine regulatory proteins
Date: November 29, 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center, Room 290
Webex: https://rowan.webex.com/rowan/j.php?MTID=m7618c56ebf0fce158a2b2b251a2fa9d6
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
Work in Progress Presenter: Nicole Hinds
Date: April 18, 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Mentor: Dr. Daniel Manvich
Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience
Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center Room 290
Title: Examing The Role Of The Periaqueductal Gray In Psychosocial Stress-Induced Cocaine Seeking In The Rat
Webex Link: https://rowan.webex.com/rowan/j.php?MTID=m9bb691ecf8b610a161a34d3e8125c7cf
Work in Progress Presenter: Stephen Willis, Ph.D. Candidate
Date: April 14, 2022
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Mentor: Dr. Randy Strich
Department of Molecular Biology
Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center Room 290
Title: Dissecting the Dual Role of Cyclin C in Tumor Suppression
Webex link: https://rowan.webex.com/meet/willis58
Work in Progress Presenter: Jonathan Harbin, Ph.D. Candidate
Date: April 12, 2022
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Mentor: Dr. Ronald Ellis
Department of Molecular Biology
Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center Room 290
Title: Sex-determination in the Male/Female Species C. nigoni
Webex link: https://rowan.webex.com/meet/harbin17
Professional Development Workshop for Graduate Students and Postdocs
Date: April 8, 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: Sharmi Thor, Ph.D.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Topic: How to Find a Job at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) After Getting Your Ph.D.
Webex link: https://rowan.webex.com/meet/shcherna
Work in Progress Presenter: Jie Yang, Ph.D. Candidate
Date: April 7, 2022
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Mentor: Dr. Brian Weiser
Department of Molecular Biology
Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center Room 290
Title: Effects Of Different Ligands On The Conformation And Function Of SIRT2.
Webex link: https://rowan.webex.com/meet/weiser
Work in Progress Presenter: Rachael Wilson, Ph.D. Candidate
Date: April 7, 2022
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Mentor: Dr. Kingsley Yin
Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience
Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center Room 290
Title: Lactobacillus acidophilus Secretes Antibacterial and Immunomodulatory Molecules
Webex link: https://rowan.webex.com/rowan/j.php?MTID=mad2f9b523c1b6e2eb204b2d1343e858f
Work in Progress Presenter: Steven Doyle, D.O./Ph.D. Candidate
Date: April 6, 2022
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Mentor: Dr. Randy Strich
Department of Molecular Biology
Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center Room 290
Title: Role Of Cyclin C In Connecting Stress-Induced Mitochondrial Fission To Apoptosis
Webex link: https://rowan.webex.com/rowan/j.php?MTID=m5b7c290e73373b18fe42e18ebf09889d
Work in Progress Presenter: James Kennedy, Ph.D. Candidate
Date: April 5, 2022
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Mentor: Dr. Ronald Ellis
Department of Molecular Biology
Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center Room 290
Title: Evolution of fem-1 activity in Caenorhabditis
Webex link:
https://rowan.webex.com/rowan/j.php?MTID=mbda7ca7f9b70985942a205c5bafdba6d
Work in Progress Presenter: Julianne Thornton, Ph.D. Candidate
Date: March 31, 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Mentor: Dr. Kingsley Yin
Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience
Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center Room 290
Title: Effects Of Lipoxin A4 On Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Established Biofilm
Webex link:https://rowan.webex.com/rowan/j.php?MTID=m952a6060b4c511ec047540dfd40d6c9a
Work In Progress Presenter: Brittany Friedson, Ph.D. Candidate
Date: March 29, 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Mentor: Dr. Katrina Cooper
Department of Molecular Biology
Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center Room 290
Title: Cdk8 Kinase Module Modifies Expression Of Specific Translation-Related Proteins
Webex Link: https://rowan.webex.com/rowan/j.php?MTID=mb6b70a63f570b7eb3b4e8aa6f76ec4d4
Work in Progress Presenter: Prem Kadiyam Sundarasivarao, Ph.D. Candidate
Date: March 24, 2022
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Mentor: Dr. Kingsley Yin
Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience
Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center Room 290
Title: Investigating Immunomodulatory Role Of Resolvin D2 In Mice Model of Sepsis
Webex Link: https://rowan.webex.com/rowan/j.php?MTID=md81d08605103528ce665869ff6a02cc5
Work in Progress Presenter: Mariia Ivanova, Ph.D. Candidate
Date: March 14, 2022
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Mentor: Dr. Eric Moss
Department of Molecular Biology
Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center Room 290
Title: Conservation And Divergence In The Heterochronic Pathway Of C.elegans And C.briggsae
Webex Link: https://rowan.webex.com/meet/mosseg
Work in Progress Presenter: Sara Hanley, Ph.D Candidate
Date: March 8, 2022
Time 11:00 a.m.
Mentor: Dr. Katrina Cooper
Department of Molecular Biology
Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center Room 290
Title: Med13 Plays A Dual Role In Promoting P-Body Assembly
Webex link: https://rowan.webex.com/rowan/j.php?MTID=mb349e2f3c0e09c16c22f5e06464eef50
Professional Development Workshop for Graduate Students and Postdocs
Date: January 7, 2022
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Presenter: Brian P. Weiser Ph.D.
Department of Molecular Biology
Topic: Managing Your Fluid Resume and Recommendations: How To Prepare For A Job Searching After Getting Your Ph.D.
Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center Room 290
Lunch will be provided
Work-in-Progress Presenter: John Tkacznski, Ph.D. Candidate
Date: November 15, 2021
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Mentor: Dr. Dan Chandler
Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience
Location: Stratford Campus, Science Center Room 290 and webex
Title: Sex-Specific Effects Of Stressor Exposure On Coping Behavior And Locus Coeruleus Activity In Rats
Webex link: https://rowan.webex.com/meet/tkaczy28