Group News and Awards
  1. Jennifer Ottesen was awarded the 2008 Dean’s Award for Undergraduate Research Mentoring
  2. Michelle Ferdinand won a Department of Biochemistry SURP award to support her research in summer 2008.
  3. Jon Picking won a Department of Biochemistry SURP award to support his research in summer 2008.
  4. John Shimko was selected to present at the SciMix poster session on the opening night of CERMACS 2008.
  5. Mridula Manohar placed 4th in Biological Sciences at the 2008 Denman Research Forum
  6. Mridula Manohar was awarded a B.S. in Biochemistry with Honors and Magna cum Laude, March 16, 2008. Dula will continue in our laboratory as an M.S. student in Biochemistry.
  7. Jennifer Ottesen was selected as one of OSU’s two nominees to compete for the Packard Foundation Fellowship in Science and Engineering
  8. John Shimko was awarded the 2007 Dean’s Award for Excellence as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for his work in Biochemistry 613, 614, and 521.
  9. Mridula Manohar was appointed to the Honors Collegium at OSU in 2007
  1. June 25, 2008  Happy First Birthday to lab baby Serena Rose Shimko!
  2. June 15-20, 2008  Jennifer Ottesen attended the Bioorganic GRC.  She presented a poster, and served as a Discussion Leader.
  3. June 11-14, CERMACS 2008 was held in Columbus, OH. Jennifer Ottesen presided over a session in Peptide and Protein Engineering, and presented a talk.  John Shimko and Mridula Manohar each presented posters; John was selected for the SciMix opening session at COSI.
  4. Annick Edon was admitted to the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. She will be leaving us for her new program in June.
  5. Stacy Baker is joining our laboratory as Research Assistant. Stacy earned an honors degree from OSU in 2008; she performed her research in the Dalton laboratory. Welcome Stacy.
  6. Fernando Rosado will be joining our laboratory for the summer through the NSF-REU program in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics.  Fernando is a student at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus.
  7. June 2008: Dula has completed her term as Vice-President of the Biochemistry Club. Congratulations on a successful year!
  8. May 17, 2008: John Shimko presented a poster at the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program research forum.
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