CEMB Retreat 2018
CEMB Faculty, Trainees, and Staff; Retreat, July 2018 at Swarthmore College
CEMB Retreat 2017
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CEMB Faculty, Trainees, and Staff; Retreat, July 2017
Working Groups
- Scientist share individual research projects
- Breakout session on Cell Microenvironment: Scientists discuss innovations needed
- Jason Burdick
- Treena Arinzeh
- Breakout session on Molecules
- David Odde, External Advisory Board Member, contributes to discussion
- Bill Hunter and Yanbing Wang
- Breakout session on Nucleus
- Finding connections between animal and plant research, Ram Dixit and Dan Huh
- Rebecca Wells and trainees Brianna Hajek, Emily Stava, and Kristine Lister
- Day 2: Breakout groups define research milestones
- Small groups further refine scientific questions
- Rick Assoian
- Benjamin Prosser and Robert Mauck
- Yale Goldman and Mike Ostap
- Coffee!
- Student researchers meet over lunch
- Saikat Chaudhuri, Mack Institute for Innovation Management, presents on technology transfer
Poster Session featuring research by postdocs and graduate students
REU Site Student Research Symposium and Poster Presentations at Penn, July 2017
- Kimberly DeLuca
- Kimonni Driver
- John Durel
- Brianna Hajek
- Olivia Leavitt
- Kristine Lister
- Aaman Mengis
- Victor Morales-Garcia
- Richard Potter
- Cassie Wang
- Kimonni Driver presents her research on “Important differences between neonatal and adult space of Disse”
- Olivia Leavitt presents her research project: “MMP-1 Exposure Increases Neuron Activity but Does Not Alter Collagen Structure”
Strategic Planning 2016
- PI Vivek Shenoy and Dave Thirumalai
- CEMB researchers laying the groundwork for CEMB Strategic Plan and structure
- Site Visit 2016 – an opportunity for Center partners to meet face-to-face for the first time
- Bill Hunter, NJIT (left) and Lucia Strader, WUSTL (right)
- Networking during breaks
- Group sessions provide introduction to NSF and workshopping opportunities for Strategic Plan
- Researchers considering synergies in their work
- Marcus Foston discusses his research
- Feeling inspired by the science