Our Mission
WVU has a proud history of training graduate students to be successful at the next career level. Outstanding new and established investigators direct relatively small research laboratories populated primarily by graduate students allowing for one-on-one training.
Taken to heart is the following quote by Dr. Bruce Alberts, Editor-in-Chief of Science - “The best research advisors provide their students with enough guidance to prevent them from wasting time on nonproductive pursuits, while giving them the freedom to innovate and to learn from their own mistakes.” (On Becoming a Scientist, Science 326 (13): 916, 2009)
Congratulations
Congratulations to the following faculty who were awarded internal grants this past spring round:
Bridge Grants
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Steven Frisch, Biochemistry, SOM, “An EMT Restriction Point in Breast Cancer”
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Vazhaikkurichi Rajendran, Biochemistry, SOM, “Role and Regulation of Large Conductance K (BK) channels in Ulcerative Colitis”
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Uma Sundaram, Digestive Diseases, SOM, “Regulation of Intestinal Na Absorption”
Research Funding Development Grants (RFDG)
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Pete Mathers, WVU Center for Neuroscience, “Enhanced screening of genes required for optic vesicle formation using induced embryonic stem cell-derived retinal cultures”
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David Smith, Biochemistry, SOM, “Toxicities of oligomeric structure to the ubiquitin-proteasome system”
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Gregory Dick, Exercise Physiology, SOM, “Dietary BPA intake and cardiovascular health in West Virginians”
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Michael Ruppert, Biochemistry, SOM, “Magnetic nanoparticles for antagomiR targeting of microRNAs”
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Peter Stoilov, Biochemistry, SOM, “Mechanism behind blindness caused by defective splicing”
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Yehenew Agazie, Biochemistry, SOM, “The Role of SHP2 in Anti-HER2 Therapy Resistance in Breast Cancer”
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Hanting Zhang, Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, SOM, “Validation of the role of phosphodiesterase-4B1 in regulating ethanol consumption”
Current Opportunities
Director of Core Resources