September 2020
Congratulations Dr. Avasthi for receiving the 2020 Women in Cell Biology Junior Award for Excellence in Research from the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB). The prestigious award is given each year “to a woman in an early stage of her career who is making exceptional scientific contributions to cell biology, is developing a strong independent research program, and exhibits the potential for continuing at a high level of scientific endeavor and leadership.” The article is featured in the Geisel Insider. Please see link below.
https://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/news/2020/new-geisel-faculty-member-receives-national-award-for-excellence-in-cell-biology/
August 2020
Welcome Dr. Prachee Avasthi!
We are excited to announce that Prachee Avasthi has joined the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology. In addition, Prachee brings with her Nick Rosenthal (lab technician), Beth Bauerly (postdoc) and graduate students, Brae Bigge and Larissa Dougherty. Soon to arrive is postdoc, Cameron MacQuarrie. Please join us in welcoming the Avasthi lab!
July 2020
Congratulations to Biochemistry and Cell Biology Academic Promotions 2020
James Moseley, PhD
Promotion to Professor with tenure
Dr. Moseley is a cell biologist, studying cell growth as it relates to cell division, addressing questions related to how cells ‘know’ when to divide including mechanisms (e.g., cytokinesis) regulating how they physically separate from each other after division. This is pertinent fundamental knowledge relating to many diseases, including cancer. Defects in both cell cycle progression and cytokinesis lead to a number of human diseases including cancer
Kristina M. Godek, PhD
Promotion to Principal Research Scientist
Following on her promotion to Senior Research Scientist in 2018, Dr. Godek was recently recognized again by promotion to Principal Research Scientist for her work on aneuploidy, an abnormal number of chromosomes, which is the leading cause of pregnancy miscarriages and birth defects in humans. Her research focuses on understanding the causes and consequences of aneuploidy in human embryonic cells with the goal of developing strategies to prevent aneuploidy and improve the success of reproductive and regenerative medicine therapies.
Andreia Verissimo, PhD
Promotion to Senior Research Scientist
Dr. Verissimo serves as lead scientist and manager of the COBRE Center for Biomolecular Targeting (bioMT) Scientific Core Facilities
(MTC and MIIC), which supports the research programs of more than 50 labs within the Dartmouth community. She provides expertise, training opportunities and mentoring to investigators and directs the implementation of an integrated pipeline for production of a wide spectrum of recombinant proteins and investigating biomolecular interactions. Dr. Verissimo is also responsible for the strategic advancement of the cores as institutional and regional resources strengthening the impact of bioMT.
June 2020
Congratulations to the Biochemistry and Cell Biology Program 2020 Graduates!
Mu A, Ph.D. (Higgs Lab)
Research Fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard Medical School
Corey Allard, Ph.D. (Moseley Lab)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Harvard University
Cassandra Burke, Ph.D. (Supattapone Lab)
Life Sciences Associate at Huron
Tamutenda Chidawanyika, Ph.D. (Supattapone Lab)
Medical Student, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Justin Cruite, Ph.D. (Kull Lab)
Scientist, Center for Protein Degradation
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Jessica DeSimone Warren, Ph.D. (Compton Lab)
Laboratory Instructor, Department of Biological Sciences
Dartmouth College
Katherine Schutt, Ph.D. (Moseley Lab)
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Vermont
