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Hirst Lab Member and CCBM Fellow, Joe Lopes, Defends Dissertation & Lands Postdoctoral Position at Brandeis University

March 6, 2019
Joe Lopes will be going to Brandeis University after having successfully defending his dissertation at UC Merced. Through his research in the Hirst Lab, he created a novel membrane based active matter system inspired from his work in membrane-motor interactions. Joe will be working with Professor...

CCBM Participates in Research Week

March 6, 2019
Research Week is hosted by the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center (UROC) at UC Merced, where some of the research being done at the university is highlighted in a variety of different ways. From open talks for the community to a STEM Fair for middle school students to lab tours, Research...

Ghosh Lab Member, Brenda Yu, Wins Award at 2019 ERN Conference

February 28, 2019
CREST Scholar and Ghosh lab member, Brenda Yu, received the Best Oral Presentation in the Nanoscience category at the 2019 Emerging Researchers National Conference in STEM (ERN). Congratulations, Brenda! Biophysical Modeling of Nanoparticles for Localized Drug Delivery with Focused...

CCBM Programs Manager, Nora Cole, Attends W-STEM Workshop

February 27, 2019
W-STEM hosted a workshop on February 26, 2019 titled, “Improving Workplace Climate: Responding to Harassment." This workshop was presented by Professor Asmeret Asefaw Berhe as part of the four-year, $1.1 million ADVANCE grant initiative. CCBM Programs Manager, Nora Cole,...

NSF CAREER Awards for CCBM Faculty, Profs. Baxter and Subramaniam

February 19, 2019
Two CCBM faculty have been given NSF CAREER Awards. Congratulations to Profs. Ryan Baxter and Anand Bala Subramaniam! To learn more about NSF CAREER awards, please visit the National Science Foundation website:  "CAREER: The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is...

John Joseph Solo Offered Position as Verizon Software Engineer Intern!

February 12, 2019
Los Banos native, John Solo, participated in the 2018 CCBM Summer Internship Program (C-SIP) with co-mentors CCBM Co-director, Ajay Gopinathan, and CCBM Project Scientist, Dr. David Quint. John's research project focused on "Computational Tool Bridging Image Network Extraction...

CCBM Leads Hands-on Laboratory Activities for the AAUW Mother and Daughter Science Camp

January 19, 2019
On Saturday, January 19, 2019, CCBM Executive Director Carrie Kouadio, CREST Intern Asmaa Mohamed and Mercy Medical Center Pharmacist Dr. Lisa Tarbell led presentations and hands-on laboratory activities for the AAUW Mother and Daughter Science Camp held at UC Merced. Around 25 fourth and fifth...

CCBM Scholar, Dimitrius Khaladj, Headed to Langley Research Center for Summer Internship

January 16, 2019
CCBM Scholar from the Hirst Lab, Dimitrius Khaladj, will be joining NASA’s Langley Research Center this summer! Congratulations on your internship, Dimitrius! 

EBICS Livestream - Dr. Nigel Goldenfeld

December 5, 2018
Dr. Nigel Goldenfeld holds a Center for Advanced Study Professorship and a Swanlund Endowed Chair at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with appointments in the Department of Physics and the Institute for Genomic Biology. Emergence On November 26, 2018, Dr. Nigel Goldenfeld...

CREST Scholar, Brenda Yu, Receives ABRCMS Award

December 3, 2018
CREST Scholar and undergraduate student researcher, Brenda Yu, received the Best Oral Presentation Award in the Engineering, Physics, and Math category at the 2018 ABRCMS (Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students). Ms. Yu presented "Biophysical Modeling of Nanoparticles for...

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