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5th Annual Scholarship Dinner
On Tuesday February 26 Thomas Jefferson held its 5th Annual Scholarship Dinner to introduce scholars for the 2012-13 academic year as well as to show gratitude to the scholarship sponsors. The event allowed for students to meet and get to know each other during a wonderful evening filled with good food and jazz musice. One of the guest was our 2nd year Annable Torres who is with Dr. Iozzo's Lab.
Candidate Interviews
On January 25, February 8 and February 22 The Cell and Developmental Biology PhD Program hosted Candidate Interviews for the program. The Candidates were all exceptional and showed interest and experience in a variety of areas of research. A selection will be made for the students for the 2013 Academic and will be announced shortly.
Interim Director Announced for CDB
The Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate Program is pleased to announce our Interim Director Dr. Jan Hoek. Dr. Hoek is a respected researcher and faculty member to Pathology and held the title of director some time back with the program. I am sure that we are all looking forward to working with Dr.. Hoek and support his continued dedication to the students and the CDB program
The Professor Fredric Rieders, PhD Scholarship
The CDB wants to congratulate Annabel Torres as the recipient of The Professor Fredric Rieders, Ph.D. Scholarship. Annabel is a wife, mother of three lovely children and a second year graduate student in Dr. Renato Iozzo's lab. This endowment gives so generously to our graduate students is supported and established by Dr. Michael F. Reiders for the many years of contribution that was made by his father's many scientific and humanitarian contributions
Jun He's Thesis Defense
Recent graduate student, Jun He, defended her thesis successfully. Jun has been mentored by Dr. Bing-hua Jang and has been an integral part of his lab. The title for Jun's thesis is "Roles of miRNAs in chromium (VI)-induced carcinogenesis and angiogenesis". The CDB wants to take this time to congratulate Jun on her successful defense.
Dr. Renato Iozzo has recently been appointed as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Matrix Biology beginning January 2013. This flagship journal is published by Elsevier and is affiliated with both the International Society for Matrix Biology and the American Society for Matrix Biology. Dr. Iozzo served as president of both societies between 2007 and 2010. Dr. Iozzo’s efforts follow those of Dr. Bjorn Olsen from Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Iozzo is presently a Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia PA, and is a long-standing member of the graduate program in Cellular and Developmental Biology. He is also Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and a Professor at the Kimmel cancer Center since its foundation. His research interest is focused on the biology of proteoglycans and their roles in cancer and angiogenesis. He has published over 280 peer-reviewed articles, numerous reviews and edited two books on proteoglycans. His work is one of the most cited in the Proteoglycan and Matrix Biology fields, with over 18,000 citations and an h-index of 76. For more information about Dr. Renato Iozzo please go to http://www.iozzolab.com/.
Renato V. Iozzo, MD, PhD
(Honoris Causa)
Professor, Pathology & Cell Biology
Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Professor, Kimmel Cancer Center
Honorary Professor,
University of Manchester, UK
Member of the CDB Graduate Program
Debra Jensen, Post Doc University of Penn
Kate Hahn, Science Faculty, Burlington County Community College
Katie Kidd, Post Doc, Thomas Jefferson University
Richard Carpenter, Post Doc Duke University
Cell & Developmental Biology is proud of all of our students. We want to acknowledge each and every one true success in whatever direction they take.
The CDB wants to congratulate Annika Fitzpatrick Barber for the following accomplishments:
