Sunday, January 11, 2015

where will a PhD in biology take you?


January MCIP events

What: Happy Hour/Student Steering Committee Meeting
When: Thursday, January 15th, 5:30pm
Where: 1943 Manet Pl (aka Kristi's house)

What: Winter Quarter Dinner with the Faculty
Who: Dr. Mark Huising
When: Tuesday, January 27th, 6:30pm
Where: TBA

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Winter Quarter Dinner with the Faculty

Hello MCIPers,
Winter Quarter's Dinner with the Faculty will be with Dr. Mark Huising scheduled on Tuesday, January 27th at 6:30pm. Place: TBA
RSVP to the doodle poll link that was sent to your email a couple of days ago. 

Monday, January 5, 2015

Review of MCIP in 2014

Happy 2015 MCIPers!

Say farewell to those who have graduated in 2014!

PhD in MCIP!
Alissa Blum
Heather Clifton
Daniel Daugherty
Shannamar Dewey
Jesse Krause
Adam Ross
Tyler Stradleigh
Michael Steinman
Kate Watson

MS in MCIP!
Dione Fernandez
Jaclyn Gosliga
Congratulations to those who have published! 

The late Ken Eum: Chemoselective tarantula toxins report voltage activation of wild-type ion channels in live cells.

Olga A. Balashova AND Jacqueline B. Levin: Spatiotemporal Integration of Developmental Cues in Neural Development

Marissa McMackin: Effects of kappa opioid receptors on conditioned place aversion and social interaction in males and females
AND…
 The effects of exogenous melatonin and melatonin receptor blockade on aggression and estrogen-dependent gene expression in male California mice (Peromyscus californicus)
AND….
Dyclonine rescues frataxin deficiency in animal models and buccal cells of patients with Friedreich’s Ataxia

Jesse Krouse: Decreases in Mineralocorticoid but not Glucocorticoid Receptor mRNA Expression During the Short Arctic Breeding Season in Free Living Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii).
AND…
Greater shrub dominance alters breeding habitat and food resources for migratory songbirds in Alaskan arctic tundra.

Heather Clifton: TRPV1 Channels are Involved in Niacin-induced Cutaneous Vasodilation in Mice.

Colin McCoin: Acylcarnitines: potential implications for skeletal muscle insulin resistance.

Angela Papalamprou: The adult heart responds to increased workload with physiologic hypertrophy, cardiac stem cell activation, and new myocyte formation.

Adam Ross: Loss of Wdfy3 in mice alters cerebral cortical neurogenesis reflecting aspects of the autism pathology.

Karine Schaal: Whole-Body Cryostimulation Limits Overreaching in Elite Synchronized Swimmers.