News about and Resources for members of the DNA Damage Recognition and Tolerance laboratory at Northeastern University. See additional links on left for information on job-searching, conferences of interest, and resources for underrepresented groups in science.
Congratulations to Jaylene Ollivierre for successfully defending her dissertation and earning her Ph.D.! (5/12)
Beuning laboratory receives American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award for work on specialized Y family DNA polymerases (4/12)
Professors Ondrechen and Beuning receive NSF grant for their work on understanding enzyme active sites (4/12) Grant information from NSF News story
Congratulations to Jaylene Ollivierre for her NSF EAPSI fellowship to spend the summer doing research in Australia! (3/12) News story
Jing Fang presented her research at the MIT CEHS DNA Repair and Mutagenesis meeting (DRAM) (12/11) About CEHS
Congratulations to Srinivas Somarowthu for the Excellence in Chemical Research Award and to Jason Walsh for an Outstanding TA Award for 2010-2011! (4/11)
Lisa Hawver was selected for a talk at the 2011 annual meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Experimental Biology (4/11)
Jacquelyn Sikora was recognized with an Outstanding Student Research Award at the NU Expo (4/11) Announcement
Congratulations to Srinivas Somarowthu for successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation! (3/11)
Prof. Beuning was awarded an American Chemical Society WCC lectureship. (2/11)
Jason Walsh presented his research at the MIT CEHS DNA Repair and Mutagenesis meeting (DRAM) (2/11) About CEHS
Congratulations to Jing Fang, who has been awarded the Douglas and Irene DeVivo Research Award (11/10)
Congratulations to Srinivas Somarowthu, who has been awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship for Spring 2011!
The DNAngels participate in "Show Me the Science" outreach to Boston area girls (10/10)
Click for Press Release, sponsored by Science Club for Girls and Center for STEM Education
Congratulations to Rajal Sharma for successfully completing his M.S. degree! (9/10)
Jaylene Ollivierre presented her research at the MIT CEHS DNA Repair and Mutagenesis meeting (DRAM) (5/10)
Congratulations to Michelle Silva and Jason Walsh for successfully completing their M.S. degrees! (1/10)
Prof. Beuning receives NSF CAREER award (7/09)
Read the press release (PDF). Grant information from the National Science Foundation.
Prof. Beuning named 2009 Cottrell Scholar of the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (5/09)
Read the press release (PDF). Learn more about the Research Corporation for Science Advancement. Profile of Prof. Beuning at Research Corporation for Science Advancement web site.
Ali Wallace receives Merck Scholarship for summer research. (5/09)
NU Researchers Discover new DNA Binding Activity of E. coli DNA Polymerase (9/08)
Read the full press release (PDF) listen to the ACS Chemical Biology Podcast interview. Dr. Jana Sefcikova is featured in "Introducing Our Authors."
Three Students Receive Merck Scholarships (5/08)
Colleen Holewa, Kylie Huang, and Jade Malcho received Merck Scholarships for summer research.
Michelle Silva receives Outstanding TA Award (5/08)
Michelle Silva, graduate student in the laboratory, received a Dept of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Outstanding TA Award.
Prof. Beuning Receives Dreyfus New Faculty Award
Prof. Beuning was awarded a New Faculty Award from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. Learn More