Category Archives: biomedical sciences

Graduate student wins Best Poster award at national meeting

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Jim McKeever

Stephen Shinsky, a second-year Upstate PhD student, won a Best Poster award (out of 90 entries) at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology’s annual meeting last month in Boston. Stephen’s poster outlining his research into a rare genetic … Continue reading →

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Upstate’s Student Research Celebration set for Wednesday

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Jim McKeever

Ten Upstate students have been selected to give oral presentations at the annual Charles R. Ross Memorial Student Research Celebration Wednesday April 10 in Weiskotten Hall. The 15-minute presentations begin at 12:30 p.m. in Room 2231, followed by a keynote … Continue reading →

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Upstate students, faculty explore ‘Communicating Science’

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Jim McKeever

Students and faculty in Upstate’s College of Graduate Studies got a crash course in “communicating science” last month from a visiting physician whose first college degree was in journalism. Evonne Kaplan-Liss, MD MPH, from the Center for Communicating Science at … Continue reading →

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SURF’s up! … at Upstate for undergrads again this summer

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Jim McKeever

Greg Goreczny enjoyed his 10 weeks as a SURF student so much, he knew he wanted to apply to Upstate for graduate school. “It definitely refined the skills I learned as an undergrad,” he said of his Summer Undergraduate Research … Continue reading →

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Upstate students share their research far and wide

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Jim McKeever

Two Upstate graduate students who conduct research in stem cell biology have showcased their work from California to Greece. Sonia Iyer and Robert (Robby) Brooks, students in the lab of William Kerr, PhD, Murphy Professor of Children’s Oncology Research (Departments … Continue reading →

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