Sarah McCarthy: Best HR Officer Ever

Sarah McCarthy: Best HR Officer Ever

I'd like to recognize Sarah McCarthy who knows more about hiring personnel than anyone could imagine. For many years, she has made sure that faculty, staff, and postdoc hiring happens smoothly and quickly. I don't know what we would do without her. It's great to pick...

A Self-less Supervisor and an Incredible Super-Mom

A Self-less Supervisor and an Incredible Super-Mom

I would like to nominate my supervisor, Dr. Justyna Sosna for her endless dedications and efforts to our lab in McGaugh Hall. She has been an amazing individual who goes out of her way to help us lab technicians and her colleagues either understanding the protocols,...

Carmen, thanks a million!

Carmen, thanks a million!

I would like to nominate Carmen Bastos from the pre-award team. Last fall Carmen helped me put together a complicated DoD grant application. She worked patiently and tirelessly to ensure all the pieces were in place, including two subawards. I am thrilled to say that...

Graduate Studies

Graduate Studies

I want to recognize the staff that support the graduate programs (Lindsay, Meranda, Jackie, Naima, Gary, Morgan), the Department MSOs (Andrea, Marissa, Bessy, Sally), the finance group (Rhoda, Claire, Heather, Rosie, and a fond farewell to Yuanshun) and others for the...

Marissa, so Patient, Kind, and Effective

Marissa, so Patient, Kind, and Effective

It takes a lot of patience to deal with confused and demanding faculty. Marissa Reyes is incredibly patient, gentle, and always calmly sticking with any problem until it is right. Thank you, Marissa.

Hooray for Heather and Rosie!

Hooray for Heather and Rosie!

I want to recognize Heather Bilton and Rosie Wageschiet for their endless, positive support of our team as we navigate accounting policies and procedures related to communications and events. They go above and beyond for us on a daily basis, in my experience, helping...

A Heartfelt Graduation

A Heartfelt Graduation

Dev and Cell would like to give a big shout out to Lindsay Malter for her creativity during a sheltered in place graduation. Lindsay reached out to each of our graduating undergrads and grads to share our department's graduation wishes. This included delivery of...

New Study Finds Use of Topical Cream Can Alleviate Skin Symptoms

Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, in collaboration with their colleagues from Beijing, China, have gained new insights into the development of poorly understood malignant skin cancers collectively known as Paget’s disease.

New Evidence for a Dynamic Metallocofactor During N2 reduction

New Evidence for a Dynamic Metallocofactor During N2 reduction

Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Professors Yilin Hu and Markus Ribbe have been delving deep into the field of bacterial nitrogenase and related systems. In a recent study published in Science, the researchers report new structural and mechanistic insights into...