GW IBS PhD students group Halloween photo
Halloween donuts
While DoorDash had some expected tricks in store for us today, we were still able to enjoy our annual Halloween coffee & donut treats with the GW Student Organization of Biomedical Scientists! Congratulations to costume contest winners Clarissa & Amber as the Washington Monument and a DC tourist!
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Students Share Summer Research Projects at Symposium
We love to see students from our summer SPARC program thriving - congrats to Erik Infante on his presentation, and shout-out to his GWCC faculty mentor, Maho Shibata and GWIBS PhD students Emily Williams and Sally Feng for their support of his summer research project! www.bowdoin.edu/news/2025/10...
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GW SMHS 2026 Art of Science contest flyer
The 2026 Art of Science contest is here! GW SMHS medical students, graduate students and postdocs are invited to submit artistic images related to your research to win cash prizes - deadline is Dec 1! smhs.gwu.edu/research/res...
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GW IBS HIV PeCoT T32 training grant awardees flyer
We are thrilled to congratulate the GWIBS PhD students who have been selected as the 2025-2026 awardees for our NIAID T32 Training Grant in HIV Persistence, Comorbidities, and Treatment!
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GW IBS 30th incoming class head shot flyer
We are thrilled to welcome an exemplary group of early-career scientists to our GWIBS community this year! smhs.gwu.edu/news/gw-smhs...
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GW IBS PhD graduate Dr. Samantha Chin with defense committee members
GW IBS PhD graduate Dr. Samantha Chin with faculty mentors Dr. Rohan Fernandes and Dr. Catherine Bollard
Presenting our newest GWIBS alumna, Samantha Chin, the "Queen of CAR T Cells!" Dr. Chin defended her dissertation yesterday on Nanoparticle-based Photothermal Therapy for Potentiating CAR T Cell Therapy against Solid Tumors under the mentorship of Dr. Rohan Fernandes and Dr. Catherine Bollard.
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Visiting our sister city to meet prospective PhD students at the IMBC McNair Conference!
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GW Postdoc Appreciation Day Apt 25 8:30am-5:00pm flyer
Don't forget to show our invaluable postdocs some π this week during National Postdoc Appreciation Week! GW Postdocs are invited to join the university's Postdoc Appreciation Day next Thurs Sept 25 gradpostdoc.gwu.edu/postdoc-appr...
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2025 GW IBS Open House flyer
Prospective graduate student interested in applying to our biomedical research PhD programs are invited to attend our GWIBS Open House on Friday, Oct 24! In-person and Zoom options available (register by Oct 21). go.gwu.edu/ibsrecruit
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GWIBS graduate Shatha Salameh pictured at dissertation defense with committee members
Today we congratulate our newest GWIBS alumna, Shatha Salameh from the lab of Dr. Nikki Posnack! Dr. Salameh defended her dissertation on the therapeutic implications of developmental differences in cardiac physiology of children and adults. Her achievements include both AHA & NIH F31 fellowships!
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GWIBS students and faculty group photo at Washington Nationals stadium
Washington Nationals Presidents Race 9/3/2025 George and Tom
Washington Nationals sweep scoreboard
Washington Nationals Park field
As we reach the end of Orientation 2025, we saw the Washington Nationals sweep the Marlins in a 10-5 victory! Alas, the Presidents Race did not feature a similar victory by our namesake George (who ran in the wrong direction along with Tom), but nonetheless it was a perfect "10" day at the ballpark!
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GW IBS group photo at Capital Area Food Bank
GW IBS volunteers packing boxes at Capital Area Food Bank
GW IBS volunteers packing boxes at Capital Area Food Bank
GW IBS volunteers packing boxes at Capital Area Food Bank
We continued Orientation activities yesterday with a visit to the Capital Area Food Bank, where our GWIBS students, faculty and staff packed over 400 donation boxes to help our DMV neighbors facing food insecurity.
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GW IBS 2025 PhD students white coat group photo
GW IBS PhD student white coat ceremony
GW IBS PhD student white coat ceremony
GW IBS orientation poster session
Sharing some scenes from a wonderful Day 1 of GWIBS Orientation last week!
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GW IBS PhD students group photo at Children's National Hospital facility
On Day 2 of GWIBS Orientation, we got to visit with our friends at Children's National Hospital and hear all about the exciting research opportunities for PhD students there - thank you to the CNH faculty, staff and current students for hosting us!
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GW SPARC poster session participants
GW SPARC poster session participants
GW SPARC poster session participants
Science joy filled the room at the GW SPARC poster session yesterday! Congratulations to the impressive undergraduate scientists, and a huge thank-you to the faculty, graduate students and staff who supported them, along with sponsors @gwcancercenter.bsky.social and the American Cancer Society!
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A reminder that our fabulous GW SPARC summer undergraduate researchers will be presenting their work tomorrow (Thurs July 31) from 9:00-11:00am in SEH! smhs.gwu.edu/events/summe...
30.07.2025 14:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A guide to academic event names
13.07.2025 12:06 β π 439 π 90 π¬ 5 π 7
GW IBS graduate Dr. Tyler Seckar at dissertation defense with committee members
Kudos to newly-minted GWIBS PhD graduate Tyler Seckar from the lab of Dr. Antonia Sepulveda! Dr. Seckar defended her dissertation on the Molecular Characterization of Small Intestinal Adenoma and Adenocarcinoma in a Genetically Engineered Murine Model and their Derived 3D Organoids yesterday! π π
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2025 School of Medicine and Health Sciences Promotion and Tenure, and Emeriti Faculty List
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences faculty promotion and/or tenure list and the members of the Class of 2025 Emeriti Faculty.
Major congratulations to our faculty who earned promotions this year! We are welcoming Dr. Maho Shibata and Dr. Brett Shook to the joys of tenure, and saluting full professors Dr. Jason Triplett and Dr. Irene Zohn! @mahoshibata.bsky.social @izohn.bsky.social smhs.gwu.edu/news/2025-sc...
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GWIBS graduate Dr. Teresa Murphy with dissertation defense committee members
We are just tickled to congratulate the newest GWIBS graduate, our extrovert extraordinaire Dr. Teresa Murphy! Teresa defended her dissertation today on strategies to study HIV-1 viral escape from broadly neutralizing antibodies in vitro, completed in the lab of Dr. Rebecca Lynch!
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Summer Undergraduate Research Poster Session
The George Washington University (GW) hosts the annual GW Summer Program Advancing Research on Cancer research poster session, July 31.
Join us for poster presentations from the outstanding GW Summer Program Advancing Research on Cancer (GW-SPARC) students on July 31 from 9am-11am in Science & Engineering Hall. This is a true highlight of our summer calendar and we hope to see you there! smhs.gwu.edu/events/summe...
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GWIBS PhD graduate Dr. Brita Ostermeier with lab colleagues at dissertation defense celebration
GWIBS PhD graduate Dr. Brita Ostermeier with dissertation defense committee members
There is another GWIBS graduate in the house! Dr. Brita Ostermeier defended her dissertation yesterday on immune dysfunction in people living with HIV on ART, completed in the lab of Dr. Sanjay Maggirwar. Many congratulations on everything you accomplished in and out of the lab @brita-o.bsky.social!
16.07.2025 15:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
GW SMHS 2025 Art of Science grand prize winner, an image of 3T3-L1 fibroblasts that have been differentiated into adipocytes by GWIBS PhD student Sarah Kleb, mentored by faculty member Dr. Brett Shook
We have to send huge thanks to our GWIBS PhD student Sarah Kleb (and her faculty member Dr. Brett Shook) for our fabulous cover photo! The image, which earned Sarah this year's Art of Science contest grand prize, shows 3T3-L1 fibroblasts that have been differentiated into adipocytes.
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