Department News
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Awards and Honors
Afsaneh Ragiani
Anika Voisey
Katherine Regan
Three Ph.D. students, Afsaneh Rangiani, Anika Voisey, and Katherine Regan, each won a Travel Award to attend the International Conference on the Chemistry and "IOLOGY OF -INERALIZED 4ISSUES HELD ON .OVEMBER !FSANEH AND !NIKA ARE mentored by Dr. Jerry Feng, and Katherine is mentored by Dr. Rena D’Souza.
Dr. Maria Serrano
Dr. Maria Serrano, postdoctoral fellow in Biomedical Sciences, was selected as one of six recipients of the 2010 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Postdoctoral Professional Development Award. Dr. Serrano is mentored by Dr. Kathy Svoboda. The award was sponsored by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health. As an award winner, Dr. Serrano was given a $3,000 unrestricted career development award and certificate of recognition. She used part of her award to attend a three-day lecture and laboratory course at the National Institutes of Health on Immunofluorescence and Confocal Microscopy. Dr. Serrano also received a travel award up to $2,450 to support her travel to a national scientific meeting.
A postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Jerry Feng’s lab, Dr. Xianglong Han, was the recipient of the ASBMR (American Society for Bone and Mineral Research) Young Investigator Travel Award that he used to attend the ASBMR annual meeting in Toronto on October 15-19, 2010. Dr. Xianglong Han
Dr. Robert Hinton
Dr. Robert Hinton was designated as a Regents Professor by the Texas A&M University System and was also the recipient of the BMS departmental distinction, the Golden Apple Award (see page 8 for complete article).
Dr. Kathy Svoboda
Dr. Kathy Svoboda, was named a Silver Fellow by the Association for Research in Vision and Opthalmology (ARVO).