Victoria Mischley
Mentor: Dr. John Karanicolas
Victoria gave a platform presentation at Drexel Discovery Day 2023.

Emily Esquea
Mentor: Dr. Mauricio Reginato
Emily gave a platform presentation at 2023 Sydney Kimmel Cancer Center Trainee Retreat. She won the 1st prize for Best Trainee Short Talk.

Alexa Cannon
Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Chernoff
Alexa gave a platform presentation at Drexel Discovery Day 2022.

Rebecca Holton
Mentor: Dr. Karen Berkowitz (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
Becky gave both a poster and platform presentations at the Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR) Annual meeting in December 2022. She also received a Travel Award from the SSR Travel Award to participate in this the conference.

Manali Potnis
Mentor: Dr. Christian Sell (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
Manali gave a platform presentation at the Gerontological Society annual meeting. Manali was awarded a travel award from the Gerontological Society to attend the annual meeting in Phoenix Arizona in November 2021. Manali was also invited to present her work on long non-coding RNAs and cellular aging at the Orentreich Foundation 60th anniversary symposium in December 2021.

Danielle Piazza
Mentor: Dr. Joshua Mell (Department of Microbiology & Immunology)
“Bigger Snacks, Bigger Tracts: The Extent and Limits of Natural Transformation in Haemophilus influenzae”
Zoom on Griffith's Legacy, June 2020

Lorela Ciraku
Mentor: Dr. Maurecio Reginato (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
Lorela presented her research results at CSHL Biology of Cancer-Microenvironment & Metastasis Meeting 2019 and at Drexel Emerging Graduate Scholars Conference 2020

Kristopher Raghavan
Mentor: Dr. Edna Cukierman (Fox Chase Cancer Center)
“Functional characteristics of strong derived extracelular vesicles in pancreatic cancer”
Web EV Talk, international webinar series, June 2020
 
“The role of NetrinG1 on Stroma-Derived Extracellular vesicles in pancreatic cancer”
International Society for Extracellular Vesicle, Annual Meeting, May 2020
 
“The role of NetrinG1 on Stroma-Derived Extracellular vesicles in pancreatic cancer”
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, EV Seminar Series, Extracellular Vesicles Core Facility, October 2020
 
“NetrinG1’s Pro-Tumor Role on Stroma-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Pancreatic Cancer”
AACR Virtual Special Conference on The Evolving Tumor Microenvironment in Cancer Progression: Mechanisms and Emerging Therapeutic Opportunities, January 2021

Lindsay Steele
Mentor: Dr. Boris Polyak (Department of Surgery)
"Magnetically Actuated Alginate Scaffolds: Effects on Macrophage Function"
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS), Americas Chapter Conference, Orlando, Florida, December 2019
 
"Magnetically Actuated Alginate Scaffolds: Effects on Macrophage Function"
Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2019 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 2019

Kritika Hanamshet
Mentor: Dr. Alexander Mazin (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
"Targeting RAD52 with small-molecule inhibitors and understanding its role in BRCA-deficient cells"
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center Education Retreat, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 2019

Michelle Swift
Mentor: Dr. Jane Clifford (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
"Cell Cycle Regulation of Sp1 During DSB Repair"
Alliance for Diversity in Science and Engineering Young Researchers Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 2019

Jasmine Peake
Mentor: Dr. Eishi Noguchi (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
"Alcohol and Cancer: More Than Just a Hangover"
Drexel Emerging Graduate Scholars Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 2019

Katherine Innamorati
Mentor: Dr. Garth Ehrlich (Department of Microbiology & Immunology)
"Comparative Genomics Analyses Redefine Gardnerella vaginalis as a Genus Containing 11 Separate Species"
The 14th annual SFAF (Sequencing, Finishing, and Analysis in the Future) Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 2019

Zach Bacigalupa
Mentor: Dr. Mauricio Reginato (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
"Role of OGT and O-GlcNAcylation in Glioblastoma Lipid Metabolism and Growth"
2016 Keystone Symposium: New Frontiers in Understanding Tumor Metabolism, Banff, Alberta, Canada, February 2016
Supported by the Dean's Graduate Student Travel Award

Christina M. Ferrer
Mentor: Dr. Mauricio J. Reginato (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
"O-GlcNAcylation regulates breast cancer cell invasion via the NAD+-dependent deacetylase SIRT1"
AACR Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 2015
Supported by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Scholar-in-Training Award

Mariana C. Gadaleta
Mentor: Dr. Eishi Noguchi (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
"Genome-wide analysis identifies contrasting effects of Swi1 deletion at difficult-to-replicate regions"
The 8th International Fission Yeast Meeting, Kobe, Japan, June 2015
Supported by a Pombe 2015 Travel Fellowship

Tanu Singh
Mentor: Dr. Alana O'Reilly (Fox Chase Cancer Center)
"Hedgehog signaling activates autophagy to control follicle stem cell lifetime"
Mid-Atlantic Society for Developmental Biology, Princeton University, March 2015
Received the Mid-Atlantic Society for Developmental Biology Excellent Graduate Presentation Award