Highlights

  • Congrats Kushani! for her successful PhD defense! Brown Lab members wishes all the best to Dr. Kushani!
  • Congrats Fathima! for her PhD defense! Brown Lab members wishes Dr. Fathima Doole all the best for her future endeavors!
  • Congrats Kushani for being selected as a 2022 Galileo Circle Scholar
  • Book Chapter Contribution Brown Lab members contributed to the volume titled “CHOLESTEROL: from Chemistry and Biophysics to the Clinic”.  This book will provide comprehensive coverage of cholesterol’s biochemical, biophysical, physiological and pathophysiological roles.
  • Congratulations Swathi!! Brown group members congratulate Swathi Menon for successfully passing his orals. 
  • Congratulations Shifat Shifat Hossain an undergraduate of the Brown lab was awarded a series of scholarships and awards during the past month.  1. Galileo Circle Scholarship 2. 2021 Chemistry Outstanding Junior 3. Danny Brower Scholarship 
  • Welcome Kushani, Swathi and Nhi to Brown Lab Brown Lab welcomes, Kushani Surangika (Rising 3rd Year), Swathi (Rising 2nd Year), and Nhi Van (Rising 2nd Year) to the lab. 
  • Steven wins the Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award! Congratulations on being selected as first place for the Outstanding Thesis Award. 
  • Graduation 2020The two most enthusiastic undergraduates of Brown Lab: Helen and Steven graduated in 2020 from the University of Arizona.  Steven will be pursuing his PhD at Stanford University and Helen her PhD as Arizona State University! Many congratulations on your accomplishments the Brown lab wish you all the success on your future!
  • Steven Fried Named 2019 Astronaut Scholar! Brown group members wish Steven Fried for his recent achievement in becoming a 2019 Astronaut Scholar. This is composed of 52 students from 38 different universities across the nation.
  • Congratulations Fathima! Congratulations Fathima Doole for successful completion of the Ph.D. candidacy exam (Orals). The Brown lab congratulate and wishes you good luck with your future endeavors. 
  • Congratulations Kevin! Congratulations to Soohyun Lee for winning Galileo Circle Scholarship representing one of the University of Arizona’s finest graduate students. These scholars are our future and will be in the forefront of changing and bettering our world.
  • More to celebrate! Steven Fried, an undergraduate of Brown lab was awarded a series of awards in the month of April.
    • He won the 2018 – 2019 CBC Undergraduate Outstanding junior award, Excellence in Biological Sciences Scholar award, Michael A. Wells Research in Biological Sciences Scholar award,  Galileo Circle Scholar award. 
    • Moreover, he is the ASBMB Undergraduate Poster Fair Winner
    • We Brown group congratulate him every success.  
  • 2019 Barry Goldwater Scholar Congratulations Steven for winning the 2019 Barry Goldwater Scholar award. 
  • Congratulations Anna Congratulations Anna for passing the Ph.D. candidacy exam (Orals). The Brown lab congratulate and wishes you good luck with your future endeavors. 
  • 2019 BECUR Winner Congratulations Steven Fried for becoming one of the 2019 BECUR winners. 
  • ASBMB 2019 Travel Award Winners Congratulations Nipuna and Steven for winning ASBMB 2019 Travel Award.           
  • BPS Travel awards winnersCongratulation to Dr. Perera, Nipuna, Fathima and Steven for winning the BPS travel award.     
  • Welcome Carolanne!  Brown Group warmly welcome Carolanne Norris who is a 1st year PhD graduate student of Department of  Chemistry and Biochemistry. We wish you the success in all your future endeavors.   
  • Early Career Excellence in Research Award to Anna5th Annual CBC symposium was successfully held last week. Anna Eitel was awarded with Early Career Excellence in Research Award in the symposium for her marvelous presentation on her research.
  • 5th Annual CBC Research Awards Symposium5th Annual CBC Research Awards Symposium will be held on Wed, 8/8/2018 – 1:00pm to Thu, 8/9/2018 – 5:00pm. Anna Eitel from our group will be presenting on Hydration-Mediated G-Protein Coupled Receptor Activation on 9th August.
  • Congratulations Steven a 2nd year undergraduate won couple of awards for his excellence performances. In this Spring 2018 he was awarded the:
    • Outstanding Biochemistry Sophomore Award
    • Michael A. Wells Memorial Research Scholarship
    • Excellence in Biological Sciences Award
  • Good luck for your future work and keep up your hard work. 
  • Congratulations Rami! Rami was awarded with the Galileo Circle Copernicus Awards.
  • Congratulations Anna Anna Eitel became the Chairwoman of the Biophysical society Student Chapter
  • A New NSF Grant Approved A new NSF grant was approved for the group’s project and the group members are highly excited about it. Thank you everyone who worked hard for it. 
  • Welcome Anna Eitel! She is a 1st year graduate udent, and has joined Browns Group since last Spring 2018. Group members warmly welcome Anna and wish her a good luck with her future endeavors