The Graduate Research Fellowship in Toxicology from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. supports students involved in non-clinical and in vivo toxicology research. Fourth year Ph.D. student Veronia Basaly was chosen to be the 2023-2024 recipient of this competitive fellowship. Her research focuses on studying the regulation of the nuclear receptor pregnane x receptor (PXR) functions in maintaining […]
Coordinated by 5th year PhD candidate Joanna Woo and 4th year PhD student Talia Seymore, the Toxicology, Health, and Environmental Disease (THED) high school program was a success once again. Held at the end of July, JGPT students took on the role of instructors to help introduce these future scientists to various toxicological topics and […]
Fourth year PhD student Talia Seymore from the Stapleton laboratory has been accepted into the Pre-Doctoral Leadership Development Academy (PLDA) for the upcoming 2023-2024 year. The PLDA is a competitive year-long program that one must be first nominated for by a senior leader in education, such as a program director or department chair, before submitting […]
Students, postdocs, faculty, alumni, and industry colleagues visited Nashville, TN to present and explore the latest in toxicological science at the 62nd annual Society of Toxicology (SOT) meeting in March 2023. Many of our RATS won awards, tallying up to an impressive 31 awards! Congratulations!
On Feb 10, 2023, the Toxicology students celebrated Valentine’s Day by stretching their creative muscles including painting and making cards for friends and colleagues. Together, they designed a new series of funny science-themed valentine cards.
Dr. Kimberly Wiersielis is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Animal Sciences at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers University. As a scientist, Wiersielis gains great satisfaction from the liberty to conduct independent research that serves their passion for mentoring bright students who wish to pursue a career in the sciences. […]
The MidAtlantic Society of Toxicology (MASOT) Meeting returned to in-person in 2022. Rutgers University hosted this year’s MASOT meeting on the intersection of the microbiome and toxicology. With a strong showing of students and postdocs, the JGPT shared their latest research. Among the top winners of the poster awards were JGPT students. 1st place – […]
Emily Stevenson, a JGPT predoc mentored by Dr. Andrew Gow, is the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics’ Highlighted Trainee Author for the September 2022 issue. The JPET article that earned her selection as a Highlighted Trainee Author is titled “Intratracheal Administration of Acat-1 Inhibitor K-604 Reduces Pulmonary Inflammation Following Bleomycin-induced Lung Injury” and is […]
First year student Gina Capece was selected for the Grover Fellowship. This award has been established by Dr. and Mrs. Gary Grover for an incoming Ph.D. candidate within the JGPT. Dr. Grover and his wife Janis are both alumni of Rutgers and continue to serve the university. Dr. Grover spent 25 years in the pharmaceutic […]
The Graduate Research Fellowship in Toxicology from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMS) supports students involved in non-clinical, in vivo toxicology research. Fifth year Ph.D. candidate Rulaiha E. Taylor was selected as the 2022-2023 recipient of this prestigious fellowship. Her research focuses on studying the development and progression of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in a novel low bile acid animal […]
