Student Achievements

Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Student, Ken Tawara, Co-authored an Article Published in Cancer Research

Bolin, C. M., Tawara, K., Sutherland, C., Anderson, R., & Jorcyk, C. (November 13, 2014). Abstract 1469: Mechanisms of oncostatin M (OSM)-mediated breast cancer metastasis to bone: Evidence for a role in osteoclastogenesis. Cancer Research, 71, 4183.

Catherine Anders Awarded a Travel Grant to Attend the 2014 Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization Conference

Catherine Anders, a student in Boise State’s Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. program, was awarded a student travel award by the Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization to present at the 2014 annual meeting held November 2-4, 2014 in Boston, Ma.  The oral presentation  was on “The Effect of Serum on the Cytotoxicity of ZnO Nanoparticles in Suspension and Adherent Cells“.

Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Student, Nisha Shrestha, Co-authored an Article Published in Plant Signaling & Behavior

Fitzpatrick, A. H., Shrestha, N., Bhandari, J., & Crowell, D. N. (October 31, 2014). Roles for farnesol and ABA in Arabidopsis flower development. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 6,8, 1189-1191.

Cheri Lamb Earns Second Place on Her Poster Presented at the Pacific Northwest Association of Toxicologists Conference

Cheri Lamb, a student in Boise State’s Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. program, presented a poster at the Pacific Northwest Association of Toxicology (PANWAT) Conference held September 18 – 19, 2014 in Seattle, WA.  Cheri’s poster entitled “Exposure to TCDD increases collagen deposition during experimental liver fibrosis” received 2nd place.

Biomolecular Doctoral Student Awarded March of Dimes Scholarship

Cheri L. Lamb, a student in Boise State’s Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. program, was awarded a scholarship by the March of Dimes to attend the 54th annual short course on medical and experimental mammalian genetics.

The two-week course was held from July 21-Aug. 2 at the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, and focused on understanding the molecular basis of genetic disease, animal models of disease, treatment and therapy.

Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Student, Catherine Anders, Co-authored an Article Published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Punnoose, A., Dodge, K., Rasmussen, J. W., Chess, J., Wingett, D., & Anders, C. (July 07, 2014). Cytotoxicity of ZnO Nanoparticles Can Be Tailored by Modifying Their Surface Structure: A Green Chemistry Approach for Safer Nanomaterials. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2, 7, 1666-1673.  DOI: 10.1021/sc500140x