Awards and Recognition – Department of Biology

Biology Graduate Student Alicia Matthews Wins Abstract Achievement Award at American Society of Hematology Conference

December 12, 2024
Alicia Matthews, graduate student, student awards

Alicia Matthews, a 3rd year PhD student from Dr. Fortenberry’s lab, was selected to present her research at the 66th American Society of Hematology (ASH) exposition. Her research entailed a novel aptamer-based sickle-cell disease therapeutic that targets polymer formation in sickled red blood cells titled “The Intracellular Effects of...

Arnold Caplan Honored as Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

December 11, 2024
Arnold Caplan

Arnold Caplan will be recognized for his groundbreaking innovations at the upcoming National Academy of Inventors' 14th Annual Conference on June 26th. This is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to investors. While Arnold unfortunately passed in January 2024, his family will be invited to accept the medal in...

Congratulations to Owen Lockhart, Arts & Sciences Outstanding Staff!

December 11, 2024
Owen Lockhart, staff awards

Congratulations to Owen Lockhart for being awarded a CWRU College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Staff Award! Owen joined the Biology Department in the Fall semester of 2019, and has supported the Department through the COVID-19 pandemic and other challenges. Most recently, Owen played a critical role in the design and...

Atit Lab Awarded New 5-year Grant from National Institutes of Health

October 9, 2024
atit lab, graduate student, Radhika Atit

The new grant will focus on how embryonic skull bones above the head grow to cover the head and encase the brain reliably and if growth is dysregulated in diseases of the skull bones. Many undergrad students and recent graduate student Xioatian Feng collected the data during the pandemic...

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