Tima Karginov, an athlete, creative developer, and winner of the 2022 AHA Predoctoral Fellowship, a 2-yr. fellowship for research on T cells, RNA splicing, and cardiovascular disease.
And that’s not all. He was also awarded the 2021 AAI Young Investigator Award for top poster presentation at the Immunology Conference and the 2022 AAI Travel Award for his oral presentation at the American Association of Immunologists Conference. Well done, Tima!
Omar Omar Moustafa Fathy of Dr. Patrick Murphy’s lab was award the American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship for his project on “Understanding the role of TDP-43 in the cerebral vasculature in neurodegenerative disease. Congratulations Omar!
Nathan Gasek of Dr. Ming Xu’s lab was award the NIH NRSA-F30 Fellowship! His research is titled: “Investigating the role of p32-highly expressing senescent cells in Alzheimer’s Dementia.” Congratulations Nathan on this huge accomplishment!
Over the past year, several of our students have been awarded institutional research training grants funded by the NIH (more commonly known as the T32) to promote their work:
Ryan Englander: Training Program in Precision Genetics of Aging, Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
Keaven Caro: Regenerative Engineering of Musculoskeletal Tissues – a Convergence Doctoral Training Program
Mian Horvath: The UConn/JAX-GM Training Program in Genomic Science
Christopher Pathoulas: The UConn/JAX-GM Training Program in Genomic Science
Annie Yao was awarded the prestigious NIH F30 Award. Annie’s project under Dr. Riqiang Yan is titled “The role of beta-secretase 1 (BACE1) in modulating excitatory synaptic and circuit function and behavior.” Congratulations Annie!
Pearl Sutter, of Dr. Stephen Crocker’s lab, has been awarded the prestigious NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein F30 Award! Pearl is hard working and is a rising leader in the physician-scientist community as she pursues her passion in neuroscience. Well done Pearl!