Lab members Jennifer Church, Jayeeta Sen and Hannah Trasatti attended the annual NIH Training Grant Retreat hosted at Pat's Barn in the Rensselaer Technology Park. The day began at 9:00am with a light breakfast of fruit and bagels, followed by an opening by CBIS Director Deepak Vashishth about how he plans to expand the NIH Training Grant to encompass more graduate students. The three new fellows Katherine Mezic, Nicholas Vecchiarello and Josephine LoRicco gave brief presentations about their research projects. An industry speaker from the Albany Molecular Research Institute spoke about being successful in a long term career position, contrasted by the Dean of the School of Science Dr. Curt Breneman who spoke about being getting tenure as a professor.
A barbeque lunch was served at 12:00pm, followed by a poster session. Hannah presented a poster about kinetically stable proteins in human plasma. The last activity of the day was three breakout sessions: one discussing the Microbiome with Dr. Blanca Barquera, one discussing Stem Cell Engineering with CBIS Stem Cell Core Director Brigitte Arduini and Dr. Deanna Thompson, and one discussing Academia/Industry Collaboration with Dr. Peter Tessier.
A barbeque lunch was served at 12:00pm, followed by a poster session. Hannah presented a poster about kinetically stable proteins in human plasma. The last activity of the day was three breakout sessions: one discussing the Microbiome with Dr. Blanca Barquera, one discussing Stem Cell Engineering with CBIS Stem Cell Core Director Brigitte Arduini and Dr. Deanna Thompson, and one discussing Academia/Industry Collaboration with Dr. Peter Tessier.