Spotlight on Students

  • Kelly Scheulin, from the West lab is mentoring Karen Mancera, an undergraduate in the Marklein lab, on induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) culture. Two different labs collaborating together to address issues of heterogeneity and possibly eliminating the need to screen different donors or tissue sources.

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  • Austin Passaro, Sam Spellicy, and Meghan Logun

    Austin Payne Passaro 3rd place poster, Sam Spellicy 2nd place poster, and Meghan Logun 3rd place perfect pitch oral presentation

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  • Tehrani

    Kayvan Forouhesh Tehrani, post-doc in the Mortensen lab, won first place in design of first-ever CMaT teeshirt. Engineering Research Center for Cell Manufacturing Technologies, dubbed CMaT, is a regional “manufacturing hub” based at the Georgia Tech.

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  • Alysha Berezny, Kate Birdwhistell, Hannah Kemelmakher, and Caroline Hawkins

    Hannah won Best Oral Presentation at the 2019 Biochemistry Undergraduate Society, Kate placed first and Alysha placed second for forum presentations at the 2018 Outstanding Surgical Residents Awards, and Caroline was selected to attend the Shingwedzi pre-vet program in South Africa. From left to right Alysha Berezny, Kate Birdwhistell, Hannah Kemelmakher, and Caroline Hawkins.

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  • gallery: Stemapalooza

    Samantha Spellicy, Kelly Scheulin, and Ty Scott Maughon represented the RBC – CMaT program at Stemapalooza. The event was attended by hundreds of students and k-12 educators in and around Cobb county. This year’s coordinator was inspired to invite the RBC students based on an idea, created by Samantha, for sharing past scientific posters with…

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  • Yasmine Stewart

    Stewart, a student at Savannah State University, has spent this summer conducting research in the Stice lab as part of Engineering’s Nanotechnology and Biomedicine REU program. Read more about Yasmine

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  • Michael Bowler's on mountain

    Following his trip, Michael Bowler is working at St. Mary’s Hospice House as a patient support volunteer and at Mercy Health Center in Athens.

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  • For cancer patients, chemotherapy and radiation often cause taste disorders, disrupting proper nutrition intake. The cancer treatments appear to stop the formation of new taste bud cells, which on average occu For cancer patients, chemotherapy and radiation often cause taste disorders, disrupting proper nutrition intake. The cancer treatments appear to stop the formation of new…

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  • Ahmed captured cells of a mouse brain cortex. MBF Bioscience, is the leading provider of quantitative microscopy equipment for life science researchers

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  • Francis Fluharty

    “Today’s event was a valuable opportunity to showcase ongoing efforts and to highlight the close, interdepartmental partnership between the RBC and ADS,” said newly appointed ADS department head, Francis Fluharty.

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