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Initiative for Maximizing Student Development

2017 – 2018 Student Achievements, presentations, and publications

Congratulations to our PhD graduates –Tyler Alexander, Kimberly Cooney, Johnasha Stuart 2012 – 2014 Students  Kimberly Cooney (Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences) Cooney, K. A., Molden, B. M., Kowalczyk, N. S., Russell, S., & Baldini, G. (2017). Lipid stress inhibits endocytosis of melanocortin-4 receptor from modified clathrin-enriched sites and impairs receptor desensitization. J Biol Chem., 292(43), 17731-17745. […]

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2016 – 2017 Student Achievements, presentations and publications

Congratulations to our 2017 Ph.D. graduate – Haleigh Eubanks 2012 – 2014 Students  Kimberly Cooney (Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences) Bhuvan Award for Excellence in Biochemistry Graduate Research-2nd place Haleigh Eubanks (Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences) AASLD Presidential Abstract/Poster of Distinction at the 2016 Conference Johnasha Stuart (Microbiology and Immunology) Student Travel award from the American Society for Virology […]

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2015 – 2016 Student achievements, presentations, and publications

Congratulations to our Ph.D. graduates -Danielle Fortune, Jaclyn Daniels, Brennon Luster, Cemeka Agugbuem, and Emmanuel Williams! 2012 – 2014 Students Kimberly Cooney (Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences) Molden BM, Cooney KA, West K, Van Der Ploeg LH, Baldini G. Temporal cAMP signaling selectivity by natural and synthetic MC4R agonists. Mol Endocrinol. 2015 Nov;29(11):1619-33. Brennon Luster (Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences) […]

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2014 – 2015 Student achievements, presentations, and publications

Congratulations to our PhD graduates -Centdrika Dates, Joseph Graham, Gwendolyn Carter, Justin Graham! 2009 – 2011 Students Jaclyn Daniels (Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences) Daniels J, Kadlubar S. Pharmacogenetics of SULT1A1. Pharmacogenomics. 2014 Nov; 15 (14): 1823-38. 2010 – 2012 Students Joseph Graham (Microbiology and Immunology) Graham, J.G ., Winchell, C.G., Sharma, U.M., Voth, D.E. (2015) Identification […]

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