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M&I "Hot Spots" January M&I Newsletter is available (1-17-05)
Waters named 2004 Graduate Program Alumni Fellow (11-4-04)
Dr. Waters began his graduate studies as part of the Allegheny University of the Health Sciences and trained in the laboratory of Dr. Bill Bergman during the transition to the Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann University School of Medicine. He was awarded his Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology in May of 1997 following the defense of his thesis dissertation entitled "Identification of multiple substrates of the Pho85 cyclin dependent protein kinase as key regulators of acid phosphatase expression and glycogen metabolism in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae." Drexel University College of Medicine Discovery 2004 (10-6-04) M&I was well-represented at Discovery 2004, sponsored annually by the Drexel University College of Medicine as a forum for highlighting ongoing, cutting-edge research within the College. Many poster and platform presentations delivered by the students and staff alike served to emphasize the signficance of the scientific contributions made by the Department. Many excellent presentations were recognized later in the evening at the awards ceremony and banquet. Awards were presented to M&I staff and students in the following categories: Outstanding Undergraduate Poster Outstanding Technician Poster Outstanding Junior Graduate Student Poster Outstanding Post Doctoral Fellow Poster Platform Presentation - Post Doctoral and Resident/Clinical Fellows Platform Presentation - Graduate & Medical Students Congratulations to all of our winners! August M&I Newsletter is available (8-16-04)
Queen Lane renovations nearing completion (8-16-04) Renovations at the Queen Lane campus are almost completed. The most of the administrative offices, including the Chair's office, have been relocated across the hall to G44, where a new reception area awaits visitors to the Department. Faculty members have also moved into new offices throughout the department. Construction efforts are now being focused on laboratory space to support studies conducted by Dr. Richard Rest. Renovations at the New College Building are moving forward (8-16-04) Renovations on the 18th floor of the New College Building are proceding. A new lab on the north side of the building is now the new home of Dr. Fred Krebs and his research group. Adjacent to his lab is a newly constructed biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) facility, where research can be conducted on HIV-1 and other viral pathogens. Phase II of the project, which will involve the construction and renovation of lab and office space across the remainder of the floor, is scheduled to be completed by sometime next year. Once the final renovations have been completed, the 18th floor will become an extension of the Department and home of the Drexel University Institute for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease (IMMID). |
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Norman Waters, Ph.D., who is currently a Research Scientist in the Division of Experimental Therapeutics at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (Silver Spring, MD) and a Major in the United States Army, was named the 2004 Alumni Fellow of the Graduate Program in Microbiology and Immunology. Following a brief award ceremony, Dr. Waters discussed his current research efforts in a department seminar entitled "The emergence and fluctuation of malaria drug resistance in East Africa." (pictured l to r, Jim Burns, Bill Bergman, Norman Waters, Akhil Vaidya)