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Mar 6
FAQs of Recruitment Season
Recruitment season is (virtually) right around the corner! Prospective students will have all kinds of questions, so the CAMB newsletter...
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Katey Stone
Mar 6
The Science Behind New Year's Resolutions
How are your New Year’s resolutions coming, CAMB students? We are reaching the time of year where many New Year’s goals might be starting...
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Kay Labella
Mar 6
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Aime Franco
In this exciting midwinter edition of the CAMB Newsletter, our team is excited to introduce Dr. Aime Franco. Dr. Franco relocated her lab...
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Mara Davis
Mar 6
Wellness Resources at Penn
It’s 2025, and now that holiday breaks are over, it’s time to return to the lab and prepare for the next twelve months of failing...
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Kay Labella
Nov 21, 2024
Alumni Spotlight: Jesse Weber, Scientist at Scribe Therapeutics
Getting ready to graduate and looking further afield for your job prospects? Curious what your industry options are outside of...
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Eva Agostino
Nov 21, 2024
Everything you need to know about the unionization of graduate students at Penn
We summarize the ongoing unionization of the graduate student community at Penn.
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James Gesualdi
Nov 21, 2024
Student Group Spotlight: Penn Science Policy and Diplomacy Group
We chat with the leaders of the Penn Science Policy and Diplomacy Student Group
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Ariana Majer
Nov 21, 2024
Research Spotlight: Vi Pham
CAMB GTV student Vi Pham shares her exciting work on using a gene therapy approach to treat Multiple Sulfatase Disease
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Eva Agostino
Nov 21, 2024
Addressing frequently asked questions about strikes
A run down of frequently asked questions about Graduate Student Union Strikes
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Mara Davis
Feb 29, 2024
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Crystal Conn
Today we are interviewing Dr. Crystal Conn, an assistant professor in Radiation Oncology here at UPenn! Dr. Conn, a member of the Trainee...
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James Gesualdi
Feb 29, 2024
Lethal versus Common-cold Coronaviruses
We are all familiar with SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19 and the ongoing pandemic that has now seen nearly 800 million...
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Ariana Majer
Feb 29, 2024
Advice on Switching Labs
Have you ever thought about changing thesis labs? You are not alone. Changing labs may seem scary or impossible, but that’s because we...
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Kay Labella
Feb 29, 2024
What is a Thesis?
Congratulations, CAMBer! Your prelim is passed, your paper is published, and your box has been checked on that Permission to Write form. ...
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Kanika Jain
May 19, 2022
Big Pharma perspective: Monika Eiva – Scientist at The Janssen Pharmaceutical companies
Dr. Monika Eiva is a Scientist in the Large Molecule and Drug Product Development department at the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of...
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Kanika Jain
May 19, 2022
Industrial Postdoc perspective: Antonia Bass – Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Merck.
Dr. Antonia Bass is a postdoctoral research fellow at Merck since October 2020. Her project involves investigating innate immune...
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Kanika Jain
May 19, 2022
Small Biotech perspective: Priya Khurana – Scientist at Catamaran Bio.
Dr. Priya Khurana is a Scientist in the Cell Process group at Catamaran Bio, since July 2021.
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Yee Hoon Foong
May 19, 2022
Changing the Face of STEM | SACNAS
Innovations from the Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) fields have profoundly touched every aspect of human life. More...
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James Gesualdi
May 19, 2022
Animal Reservoirs of SARS-CoV-2
Examining the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in wild white-tailed deer throughout Pennsylvania.
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Felicia Peng
Feb 28, 2022
Alumni Spotlight: Jennifer Aleman, Science Grant Writer
We speak with Dr. Jennifer Aleman, a 2021 Genetics & Epigenetics graduate about her experience as a science grant writer.
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Yee Hoon Foong and Sylvia Stankov
Feb 24, 2022
Battle of the non-murine model systems
Yee Hoon Foong and Sylvia Stankov Model systems are an invaluable tool in the biomedical sciences. They serve as controlled stand-ins...
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Megan Guerin
Feb 24, 2022
Mitochondrial Trafficking: A Two-Way Street
Opposing microtubule motors, such as the plus-end-directed kinesin and the minus-end-directed dynein, must work in tandem to actively...
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Kay Labella
Feb 24, 2022
Your Turn to Roll
The tavern door creaks, swinging open before you into a room that glows golden with hearthlight. The clank of mugs and the clink of...
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Aishwarya Pawar and Hannah Kolev
Nov 19, 2021
Creative CAMB-ers: Catching up with our Artistic CAMB StudentsCAMB: Beyond the Science
By Aishwarya Pawar and Hannah Kolev We have long suspected that there is more to CAMB students than their scientific expertise and...
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Kanika Jain
Nov 19, 2021
Gender-neutral pronouns and their journey: Renaissance of ‘They’
By Kanika Jain Merriam-Webster recognized ‘they’ as its 2019 Word of the Year based on the number of dictionary lookups, and introduced...
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