Congratulations to our graduate students on their accomplishments!

 

2023 Student Awards

2023 Solomon Klotz Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Immunology Research

Anamaria Morales, Nguyen lab

First Place, 17th Annual Biomedical Sciences Graduate Student Symposium

Anamaria Morales Alvarez, Nguyen lab

“GPR84 receptor: A Novel Metabolic Checkpoint Blockade for Cancer Immunotherapy”

Second Place, 17th Annual Biomedical Sciences Graduate Student Symposium

Emeline Ward, Gilbertson lab

“Distinct Fatty Acid Signaling Pathways in Type II and Type III Taste Cells”

Third Place, 17th Annual Biomedical Sciences Graduate Student Symposium

Kaylyn Scanlon, T. Jewett lab

“Chlamydia trachomatis Early Effector TmeB Inhibits Arp2/3 Driven Actin Polymerization”

2023 UCF Student Scholar Symposium Award

Christopher Ngo, Zhang lab

“The Use of a Designer Nanozyme to Mitigate Osteoclastic Formation”

2023 UCF Student Scholar Symposium Award

Holly Moots, Phanstiel lab

“First In-Class LAT-1 Efflux Agonists for the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancers”

2023 UCF Student Scholar Symposium Award

Anamaria Morales Alvarez, Nguyen lab

“GPR84 Receptor: A Novel Metabolic Checkpoint Blockade for Cancer Immunotherapy”

2023 UCF Student Scholar Symposium Award

Piotr Lagod, Naser lab

“The Role of Propionic Acid in Glial Cell Over-Proliferation and Neuro- and Gastrointestinal-Inflammation Associated With Autism Spectrum Disorder”

2023 UCF Student Scholar Symposium Award

Ala’ Alhendi, Naser lab

“The Damaging Effect of Upregulated IL-6 on Intestinal Epithelial Integrity and Function in Crohn’s Disease”

2023 AAI Minority Scientist Travel Award, Immunologists AAI Annual Meeting

Valeria Flores Malavet, Strutt lab

2023 AAI Trainee Poster Award, Immunologists AAI Annual Meeting

Mishfak Abdullah Mohamed Mansoor, Strutt lab

2nd Place, American Physiology Society (APS) Summit Emerging Scientist Award for SPARC Trainees Competition

Kohlton Bendowski, Cheng lab

“Topographical Distribution and Morphology of Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) Axons in the flat-mounts of the whole heart in male and female mice”

2022 Student Awards

Order of Pegasus

Charles Didier, Rajaraman lab

First Place, 16th Annual Biomedical Sciences Graduate Student Symposium

Monica Bohmer, D. Chakrabarti lab

“Identification of a novel type II kinase inhibitor with therapeutic and prophylactic antimalarial activities”

Second Place, 16th Annual Biomedical Sciences Graduate Student Symposium

Valeria Flores Malavet, Strutt lab

“Memory T cells induced by live attenuated influenza vaccination prevent the adverse outcomes of maternal IAV infection”

Third Place, 16th Annual Biomedical Sciences Graduate Student Symposium

Sarah Noureddine, Masternak lab

“MicroRNA-449a reduces growth hormone stimulated senescent burden through PI3K-mTOR signaling pathway”

Judges’ Choice Award in Graduate STEM, 2022 UCF Student Scholar Symposium

Breven Simcox, Rohde lab

“DosRS Mediated Adaptation of Mycobacterium abscessus to Hypoxic Stress”

Judges’ Choice Award in Graduate STEM, 2022 UCF Student Scholar Symposium

Valeria Flores Malavet, Strutt lab

“Memory T Cells Induced by Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccination Prior to Pregnancy Protect the Maternal-Fetal Unit Against Lethal Infection”

Judges’ Choice Award in Graduate STEM, 2022 UCF Student Scholar Symposium

Ayushi Srivastava, Singla lab

“BMP-7 Ameliorates Ponatinib-Induced Muscle Cell Toxicity: An In Vitro and In Vivo Study”

Judges’ Choice Award in Graduate STEM, 2022 UCF Student Scholar Symposium

Sarah Noureddine, Masternak lab

“MicroRNA-449a Reduces Growth Hormone Stimulated Senescent Burden Through Pi3K-mTOR Signaling Pathway”

Judges’ Choice Award in Graduate STEM, 2022 UCF Student Scholar Symposium

Sarah Ashiqueali, Masternak lab

“Investigating the Role of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B Inhibitor Trodusquemine on Lipid Metabolism in the Livers of UMHET3 Mice”

Judges’ Choice Distinction, 2022 UCF Student Scholar Symposium

Sai Preethi Nakkina, Altomare lab

“Combating Tumor-Associated Immune Suppression in Pancreatic Cancer Using Novel Combinatorial Therapeutics”

2021 Student Awards

Order of Pegasus

Michael Rohr, Altomare lab

Graduate Dean Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Naima Dahir, Gilbertson lab

Daniel Nierenberg, Khaled lab

Graduate Research Support Award

Caroline Finn, McKinstry lab

Darlene Ramos, M. Jewett lab

Jonhoi Smith, Sugaya lab

Monica Bohmer, D. Chakrabarti lab

2019 Student Awards

Chateaubriand Fellowship Winner

Nicholas Castaneda, Kang lab

First Place, 3 Minute Thesis Award

Nasif Sayeed, Sugaya Lab

Helen Kay Charitable Trust Award

Sai Preethi Nakkina, Altomare lab

“Role of polyamines in pancreatic cancer”

Helen Kay Charitable Trust Award

Naima Dahir, Gilbertson Lab

“Sex differences in fatty acid signaling”

2019 BSBS Solomon Klotz Excellence in Immunology and Allergy Award

Madelyn Miller, Tigno-Aranjuez Lab

“Identification of LMAN1 as a Novel Receptor for House Dust Mite”

2019 BSBS Solomon Klotz Excellence in Immunology and Allergy Award

Kritika Kedarinath, Parks lab

“Innate immune responses limit Zika Virus cell killing”