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 Announcements

Congratulations to Tessa Epstein, second year Ph.D. student in the Mapp/Narayan Labs, who was recently awarded a Cellular Biotechnology Training Program (CBTP) Fellowship for 2020!

Hao Li (Cierpicki Lab) and April Lukowski (Narayan Lab) successfully defended their dissertations this month. Congratulations to you both!

Congratulations to all the 2020 graduates of the PCB Cancer Chemical Biology master's program! Even though we are celebrating a bit differently this year, we are just as excited about your accomplishments and what the future holds for you!

Welcome to our 12 newest PhD students joining the Program in Chemical Biology:
Layne Bond; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Bradley Clegg; Kenyon College
Nicole Collins; University of Wyoming
Ayza Croskey; Howard University
Zerick Dill; Albion College
Ingrid Kilde; Macalester College
Thomas Millunchick; University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Jose Reyes; University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
Yuchu Sun; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Andrea Valenzuela; Northeastern Illinois University
Mary Villarreal; University of California, Irvine
Alyssa Winkler; Eastern Michigan University

Rosa Vasquez, rising fifth year student in the Sherman and Montgomery Labs, has been selected to participate in the 2020 CAS Future Leaders program, representing the University of Michigan. Congratulations, Rosa!

PCB faculty member, Janet Smith, has been elected as a new member of the National Academy of Sciences. The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit institution that was established under a congressional charter signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. It recognizes achievement in science by election to membership, and with the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Medicine provides science, engineering, and health policy advice to the federal government and other organizations. Congratulations, Dr. Smith!

Read more here: https://news.umich.edu/four-u-m-faculty-elected-to-national-academy-of-sciences/