Summer 2008 at Gerstner Sloan-Kettering
Welcome Reception for New PhD Students Cell Biology and Genetics Chair Joan Massagué chats with second-year PhD student Karen Hunter. |
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Twenty students joined our ever-growing community of scientists for ten weeks working with faculty mentors who helped them to define and realize their research projects. The school welcomed our new class of PhD students, who have completed their first laboratory rotation, while our second-year students have completed their core curriculum courses and selected their thesis laboratories. Although many of the summer's activities took place in the labs, collaborations in settings where students and faculty, as well as their families and friends, could interact informally were also part of the summer's agenda.
View a slide show of our summer events.
2008 Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
"This summer was literally life changing. I have learned a lot about myself and what I want to do with my life. I've made amazing friends and I got to experience the Big Apple like I never thought I would. Everyone -- from the lab members, to the SURPEEs, to the office staff, to the administration -- treated us with the utmost respect and warmth. These things more truly speak to the level of excellence that Gerstner Sloan-Kettering functions at. Thanks again for an amazing summer and hopefully I'll be back soon!"
--Luis Barraza, 2008 SURP Student
- See what other students had to say about their summer experience.
- See the slide show of the 2008 Poster Symposium.
- Learn more about students' 2008 summer research projects.
Shaps Scholars
Four summer students were named Rubin and Sarah Shaps Scholars. These students were selected on the basis of their outstanding undergraduate credentials and their performance in our summer program.
Luis Barraza, a junior majoring in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology at the University of Arizona, Tucson. He was mentored by
Alexander Joyner, Developmental Biology.
Ellora Berthet, a sophmore majoring in
cellular and molecular biology at Harvard University. She was mentored by Xiaolan Zhao, Molecular Biology.
Carman Li, a junior majoring in molecular biology at Princeton University. She was mentored by
Derek Sant'Angelo, Immunology.
Alison Spencer, a junior majoring in biochemistry at the University of Rochester. She was mentored by
Johanna Joyce, Cancer Biology and Genetics.
Our Second-Year PhD Students
Our second-year students declared their thesis laboratories and have begun full-time work on their dissertation research.
Muge AkpinarJohn PetriniMolecular Biology
Nicholas GauthierChris SanderComputational Biology
Yvonne GruberLorenz Studer and
Michel SadelainDevelopmental Biology, and Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry
Karen HunterJohanna JoyceCancer Biology and Genetics
Alexandria MillerStephen LongStructural Biology
Semanti MukherjeeRobert KleinCancer Biology and Genetics
Jennifer NnoliJacqueline BrombergMedicine
Sadia RahmanPrasad JallepalliMolecular Biology
Heather ScherrAlexandra JoynerDevelopmental Biology
Ly VuStephen NimerMolecular Pharmacology and Chemistry
Shannon YuMary BayliesDevelopmental Biology
Our First-Year PhD Students
top row, from left: Neha Bhagwat, Jessica Rios, William Walkowicz, Kendall Olsen, Ellen Hukkelhoven, John Halliday, Elizabeth Wasmuth; bottom row, from left: Moriah Heller, Isabel Lam, Armine Matevossian, Berenice Ortiz |
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Our 2008 class joins us from universities across the US -- Stanford, University of Puerto Rico, University of Wisconisn -- as well as from nearby schools -- New York University, University of Massachuetts, Princeton, Cornell, Drexel, and Rutgers. Students have completed their first laboratory rotation and are now immersed in the Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Core Course.
