2016

Joseph Bradley
Virginia Academy of Science Undergraduate Research Grant ($500)

Sasha Stoddard
Invitation to, and attended DARPA Proposers Pitch Day in Chicago

Sasha Stoddard
Travel award from non-GMU funds ($1000) from Zansors to attend DARPA Proposers Pitch Day

Shreya Nagesh
Best Digital Presentation Award at SSB Research Day

Kathleen Gwilliam
Biology Honors in the Major

Rachel E. Smith
Faculty Award from Biology Department

Kathleen Gwilliam
Faculty Award from Biology Department

Tiange Cui
Paid Per-Credit Computational Chemistry/Biology Internship at Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Tiange Cui
Provost Office Dissertation Completion Grant

Rafique Islam
School of Systems Biology Competitive GRA Award

2015

Neil Shelat
co-founded REP, a mobile application company in the social fitness category. In 2015, was selected as one of Top 50 worldwide Alpha startups from Columbia Business School

Seema Mir
Best Poster Award at GMU Undergraduate Research Conference

Seema Mir
Outstanding Neuroscience Senior Award

Rachel E. Smith
Biology Writing Award

John Sangobovale
Travel Grant ($500) by International Symposium on Bioinformatics Research and Applications (ISBRA)

Kameron Tavakolian
2nd Place at Poster Competition at Virginia Academy of Science

2014

Paige Tedrick and Ekaterina Marakasova 2nd place in Poster Competition at Virginia Academy of Science

Anna Zhang
OSCAR Undergraduate Research Scholars Program (URSP) award ($1000)

Sweta Sedhai
OSCAR Undergraduate Research Scholars Program (URSP) award ($1000)

2013

Katie Doyle
CSCMD PhD Student of the Year

Leah Byars
CSCMD Master’s Student of the Year

Caitlin Koob
CSCMD Undergraduate Student of the Year

Ali Moosvi
Biology Writing Award

Thuy Tran
Outstanding Graduate Student Scholar Award

Dr. Rohini Mehta
Best Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation Award

Mariam Heshami
OSCAR Undergraduate Research Scholars Program Grant

Ricky Tran
Graduate Scholar Award - $10,000

Ricky Tran
Regional Student Leader of the Year ($1000)

Ricky Tran
Internation Leader of the Year ($2000)

<Arpan Neupane
Internship from Short-Term Education Program for Underrepresented Persons (STEP-UP)

Mariam Hashemi
OSCAR Undergraduate Research Scholars Program (URSP) award ($1000)

OSCAR Travel Award for undergraduates presenting at the Virginia Academy of Science Meeting 2013

Caitlin Koob, Zain Asif, Scarlett Koga, Sweta Sedhai, Nayeem Hossain, Ali Moosvi, Mariam Hashemi

2012

Rohini Mehta
CSCMD PhD Student of the Year

Maria Keaton
CSCMD Master’s Student of the Year

Anima Sharma
Best Poster at SSB Research Day, Fall 2012

Ricky Tran
Senior of the Year Award by GMU Alumni Association and CSCMD Undergraduate Student of the Year

Sandra Page
Outstanding PhD in Biosciences Scholar Award

Haveesh Sharma
Outstanding Masters in Biology Student Scholar Award

Hannah Choi
Honors in Biology Undergraduate Student Award

Grant: “Modeling bacterial protein prenylation in eukaryotic cels using bioinformatics and molecular approaches”.
Sponsor: Mary Louise Andrews Award for Cancer Research program, Virginia Academy of Science
 
Grant: “Physiological Meaning of RNA Editing in Plasma Dendritic Cells”.
Sponsor: The Thomas F. Jeffress and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust

2011

COS Publication Award 2010 to Dr.Baranova
Mehta R, Birerdinc A, Hossain N, Afendy A, Chandhoke V, Younossi Z, Baranova A. Validation of endogenous reference genes for qRT-PCR analysis of human visceral adipose samples. BMC Mol Biol. 2010 May 21;11:39. PMCID: PMC2886049

Aybike Birerdinc and Ancha Baranova
Manuscript ”Non-Invasive Markers for Hepatic Fibrosis” received prestigeous “HIGHLY ACCESSED” status in BMC Gastroenterology; Currently the12th most accessed paper for the preceding year!

Massih Abawi
Internal Travel Grant ($500) to present the research at Systems Biology Summit in Richmond

Amanda Zirzow
Outstanding Biology Masters Student Scholar Award

Rohini Mehta
Student Travel Fund Award to present at DDW meeting

Catherine Nguyenngo
Senior Award of the Biology program

2010

Elizabeth Nohelty
MMB Outstanding Graduate Student Scholar Award

Elizabeth Nohelty
SUNRISE (A NSF/GMU GK-12 Fellows Project) Research Fellowship

Amanda Zirzow
Sigma Xi Research Grant ($1000)

Amanda Zirzow
Honorable Mention by NSF GRFP

Amanda Zirzow
Best Oral presentation at the Student Research Day, GMU, 2010

Amanda Zirzow
pre-IRTA internship at NIH

Rohini Mehta
Selected for internship at J. Craig Venter Institute

Rohini Mehta, Aybike Birerdinc and Ancha Baranova
Manuscript ”Validation of endogenous reference genes for qRT-PCR analysis of human visceral adipose samples” received prestigeous “HIGHLY ACCESSED” status in BMC Molecular Biology

2009

Aybike Birerdinc
Outstanding PhD Student Award (Molecular and Microbiology Department, GMU)

Rohini Mehta
Best Oral presentation at the Student Research Day, GMU, Dec 8th, 2009

Amanda Zirzow
Outstanding student writer award

Darshan Desai
Outstanding Presentation Award, at 6th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, in the VCU Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Richmond, VA, October 23, 2009

Darshan Desai
VCU travel award to attend annual ASBMB meeting

Manpreet Randhawa, Ancha Baranova
Manuscript: "Evidence for the ectopic synthesis of melanin in human adipose tissue". FASEB J. 2009 Mar;23(3):835-43.

*Was selected for press-release of the FASEB Journal.

*Was selected for the Editorial Review in Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. Ito S. Melanins seem to be everywhere in the body, but for what? Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2009 Feb;22(1):12-3.

*Was selected for GMU press-release.

*Was reviewed by multiple web sources (www.physorg.com, www.bio-medicine.com, www.esciencenews.com, www.sciencedaily.com, http://pcos.insulitelabs.com, www.thaindian.com, www.news-medical.net, www.gate2biotech.com and others).

2008

Manpreet Randhawa
Outstanding PhD Student Award (Molecular and Microbiology Department, GMU)

Manpreet Randhawa
Summer internship at NIH

Ganiraju Manyam
BIO IT Coalition Scholarship ($3000)

Ancha Baranova
International Research Promotion Council Award
EMINENT SCIENTIST OF THE YEAR 2008 (in North America): Molecular Science, Molecular Oncology and Cancer Research

2007

Mohammed Jarrar
Outstanding PhD Student Award (Molecular and Microbiology Department, GMU)

Manpreet Randhawa
Travel grant ($500) to present research at PanAmerican Society for Pigment Cell Research (PASPCR) meeting, September 13th-17th , Chicago, IL

Manpreet Randhawa
Summer internship at NIH (Dr.Hearing lab, NCI)

Ancha Baranova
Memorial A.V. Itkes Young Oncologist Award for the study of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Awarded at 16th International Conference “AIDS, Cancer and Public health”, StPeterbourgh, 2007

Elizabeth Nohelty
Selected for GMU Apprenticeship Program

Mohammed Jarrar
Award in AAAS/Science Program for Excellence in Science

2006

Manpreet Randhawa
Travel grant ($500) to present research at PanAmerican Society for Pigment Cell Research (PASPCR) meeting, September 13th-17th , Cincinnatti, OH

Lesya Geraymovych, Ancha Baranova
Manuscript “The mammalian pannexin family is homologous to the invertebrate innexin gap junction proteins” was awarded as one of the Top 10 cited articles in Genomics in 2006

Ancha Baranova
Grant 1R15CA113331-01 “KCNRG gene as candidate tumor suppressor for CLL and MM”. Sponsor: NCI, NIH

Ancha Baranova
Grant “Melanin biosynthesis in adipocytes: cross-talk between energy balance and pigmentation control". Sponsor: The Thomas F. and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust

Nachiket Dharker
Sacklet Travel Grant ($500) to present at Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia of the National Academy of Sciences, "The New Comparative Biology of Human Nature" , November 16th-18th

2005

Stephen King
Outstanding Biology Graduate Student Scholar Award

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