Todd Slobodnyak, class of 2012:

Todd is currently working as an animal trainer at Six Flags Great Adenture Safari in New Jersey

Emily Fink, class of 2010:

“I am currently attending graduate school at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (University of Buffalo) in Buffalo, New York. I am in the Molecular & Cellular Biophysics and Biochemistry Ph.D. program. I am in my second lab rotation and will have one more rotation before I pick my permanent lab. My current rotation project focuses on the study of novel genetic mechanisms leading to the reversion of melanoma cancer cells to a more differentiated state”.

Sirena Coon, class of 2010:

“I am enrolled in the Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Ph.D. program at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH. I am required to complete three rotations before choosing which laboratory I will conduct my thesis research in. My research this quarter is looking at a gene involved in centrosome duplication and how that gene may be implicated in breast cancer. The rotation last quarter dealt with generating virus-like particles to study HIV infection and my rotation in the Spring quarter will look at Type I Diabetes”. 

Natasha Goldberg, class of 2010:

“I am a research technician in the Department of Developmental Biology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.  The research in my lab focuses on kidney regeneration in zebrafish.  My current project involves chemical screening to identify new compounds that expand the renal progenitor cell population, which may have the potential to promote regeneration following kidney damage in humans”.

Update: Natasha was recently accepted into a graduate program in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota

Nick Divjak, class of 2010:

“I am attending Chatham University in Pittsburgh for my M.S. in Environmental Biology.  I am working in the lab of Dr. Linda Johnson and will be conducting research studying the effects of soil fertility on alkaloid production in Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal flowers).  I will also be examining alkaloid concentrations in several populations of L. cardinalis to determine if there is variability among populations.  My thesis defense is scheduled for December 2011”.