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Pharmacology Graduate student, Martine Mirrione, presents her research poster to Dr. Holly Colognato at our Graduate Program’s Annual Fall Retreat at The Old Field Club [September 9, 2004].



The Entering Class of the Fall 2004!  From left to right,  Lisa Evans (BS, John Jay College), Getu Teressa (MD/PhD candidate, Stony Brook U School of Medicine), Damon Love (BS, Princeton U; MS, Adelphi U), Taryn James (Florida A&M U), Kerri Goldgraben (BS, MS,  Stony Brook U), Iva Tzvetanova (BS, Stony Brook U), Chuck Trujillo (BS, USC, LA), and Akua Bonsra (BS, U Maryland, Baltimore County). 



October 14, 2005, Dr. Douglas Marsteller gets to cut the cake following the successful defense of his dissertation, entitled “Brain metabolism and behavior shaped by enhanced glucocorticoid and serotonergic action.” Advisor, Dr. Stephen L. Dewey, backs him!



December 2004 Commencement.  Dr. Yan Zhang (c.) poses with her admired advisor, Dr. Stella Tsirka (l.) and her favorite Bev (r.).  Dr. Zhang successfully defended 09/10/04, accepted a postdoc position with Dr. Joel Levine (Neurobiology and Behavior at Stony Brook University) so that she could remain in the area while her husband and doctoral candidiate, Yousong Wang, completes his training. 



After the talks and poster presentations at our Graduate Program’s Annual Fall Retreat at The Old Field Club, our pharmacology faculty and graduate students get to relax and enjoy dinner together.  Pictured here are Wenjuan Su (student, Frohman Lab), Dr. Guangwei Du, and Yan Song (student, Crawford Lab). [September 9, 2004]



Congratulations Jermel and Saj!  Votes for the Best Poster at our Graduate Program’s Annual Fall Retreat at The Old Field Club were tied!  Two prizes then!  Jermel Watkins (l.) (Advisor, Dr. Dan Bogenhagen) and Saj Parathath (r.) (Advisors: Dr. Dave Williams and Dr. Marge Connelly).  Congratulations Jermel and Saj!  [September 5, 2004]. 



The Pharm Animals ’05!  What fun! What a season! So what if we lost almost every game! It was always exhilarating! Never boring!   Back Row (l. to r.) Doug, Jack, Louis; Middle Row: Damon, Wes, Mike, Tom, Jeff; Front Row: Martine, Kate, Penny, Encarnie; Front and Center: “Bubbles”  Magee. 

Pharmacology Graduate student, Eric Sawey, presents his research poster to Dr. Francis Johnson, at our Graduate Program’s Annual Fall Retreat at The Charles B. Wang [September 14, 2006]. 

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The Entering Class of 2005 included our beloved “Swissters” (nickname for our new students that transferred from the University of Zurich with new faculty member, Dr. Orlando Scharer), pictured here in front of the pharmacology mural on the 7^th floor along with our new first year students: Back Row (l. to r.) 3^rd Year, The Vinh Ho (U. Zurich);  3^rd Year, Jerome Gualbert (U. Zurich); 2^nd Year, Barbara Orelli (U. Zurich);  2^nd Year, Angelo Guainazzi (U. Zurich);  Laura Cheney (MD/PhD candidate, Stony Brook U School of Medicine, BS, Emory U); Jaime Emmetsberger (BS, Biochem, Stony Brook University).  Front Row (l. to r.): Tom Nguyen (B.S., M.S., UCSF); Winnie (Huiyan) Huang (B.S., Fudan U); Bushra Aslam (B.S., Stevens Inst. Tech, M.S., Polytechnic U.); Dara-Aisha McEwen (B.S., CUNY Medgar Evers).

[August 2005]



The Entering Class of 2006!  Pictured here in our department’s new seminar at their Welcome Tea - from left to right:  Yao Yao (); Christine Ardito (B.S., Fordham U); Allison Mangini (B.S., Kings College); Dianne Lee (B.A., Hunter College, 2ndBAC, Stony Brook U); Christopher Eyermann (Leihigh U, B.S. Stony Brook U) 
 


Following the successful defense of his dissertation, entitled “Microglia Recruitment during Excitotoxicity,” Dr. Jack Sheehan gets down to business and signs the “Ph.D.” Congratulations banner!  The banner is then hung up on the board by the upcoming doctoral candidates.  It is displayed at every Pharmacology doctoral  reception.  Since the mid’90’s, each new Ph.D. has signed their name, followed by “Ph.D.” and the date of their defense.  [Monday, December 5, 2005]



Dr. Daniel F. Bogenhagen toasts the newest Ph.D. from his lab, Dr. Yousong Wang!  Dr. Wang’s dissertation entitled, “Proteins Associated with mtDNA in Higher Eukaryotes,” after he successfully defended it on Friday, February 3, 2006. (Dr. Wang is the “suit”!) 
 


Fifth Year Pharmacology Doctoral candidate, Mark Yondola (Advisors: Dr. Pat Hearing and Dr. Caroline F. Kisker), is shown here giving a talk on his favorite protein (Adenovirus E4 ORF3, of course!) at the 3^rd Annual Pharmacology Graduate Students’ Symposium, held on June 19, 2006 at the Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University.  This Symposium is for the students, by the students with a featured speaker at noon for the University’s science community. 



Pharmacology Graduate Students’ Symposium Day at the Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University!  Students, faculty and our Graduate Program Director share science and smiles.  Shown here at the 2006 Symposium (06/19/06) with Program Director, Dr. Stella Tsirka (r.) are pharm grad students, Jaime Emmetsberger (l.) and Lisa Evans (c.).  
 



Pharmacology Doctoral Candidate, Iordanis Gravanis, gives the thumbs up to fellow student, Eric Sawey, who had just finished his first poster presentation [at our Annual Fall Symposium at the Old Field Club (2005)]. 
 


Congratulations to our 2006 Pharmacology Symposium Winners!  From left to right, Dumaine Williams, Van der Kloot Award for Excellence in Teaching (tie); Martine Mirrione, Best Poster Award; Alexandra Corrales-Higuera, Van der Kloot Award for Excellence in Teaching (tie);  Donne Bennett Caces, Van der Kloot Award for Excellence in Research AND the Best Snapshot Award.  Well Done! 



Doctoral Candidate, Lidija Staresincic, presents a “Snapshot” of her research to faculty and graduate students at the 2006 Annual Fall Symposium  Three Students have five minutes to speak about one slide (the snapshot moment) that made a difference (good, bad, or ugly) in their graduate research.  Ballots are given out prior to the talks and the audience selects a winner who receives a prize (usually a gift card). 



Dr. Jaime Connelly-Rohrback cuts her Congratulations cake with an assist from her advisor, Dr. JoAnne Engebrecht.  Every student in our Program has a reception following their successful defense!  [Wednesday, December 7, 2005]



Our Pharmacology Graduate Program has the happiest blue-gloved students!  Shown here is Jaime Emmetsberger working at the bench in Dr. Stella Tsirka’s lab. (2006). [Monday, December 5, 2005]



Teamwork!  Doctoral candidates Wenjuan Su (l.) and Liz Scotto-Lavino (r.) help each other get their posters ready for presentation at our program’s 2006 Fall Symposium in the Charles B. Wang Center.  Both students are doing research in Dr. Mike Frohman’s lab.