Author: Nancy Woychik
Welcome new PhD rotation student Safreen Sain
Safreen (top right) is interested in our TB projects. Here she is absorbing a qRT-PCR fundamentals presentation by Unnati at group meeting
Unnati Chauhan defends her PhD thesis
To the beach to celebrate…after tofu tacos at MOGO, of course!
New postdoc Bruno Abbadi
Covid-19 delayed his arrival, but he was definitely worth the wait. 🇧🇷 First stop day 1, eternally GRATEFUL to get first Pfizer shot @Rutgers!
Heather defends her PhD thesis
Let them eat cake! Next stop, North Carolina for her dream job.
Valdir Barth to be awarded Stanley S. Bergen Medal of Excellence
Valdir will receive this medal for “exceptional scholarly achievements across the biomedical sciences” at the Rutgers virtual graduation on May 13th. Valdir is the 2nd Woychik lab member (Jonathan Cruz, 2015) to receive this highly competitive award. 🙌
Making lemonade out of lemons
If we’ve got to wear masks, let’s at least wear cute ones!
Congratulations lab alum Melvilí Cintrón
Melvilí passed her American Board of Medical Microbiology Certification. Next step, an official promotion to faculty at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. You go girl!