The Department of Chemistry is celebrating four NSF Graduate Research Fellowship awards and four honorable mentions in the 2019 competition.Continue readingChemistry celebrates four NSF GRFP awards and four honorable mentions
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Atlanta Science Festival: 2019 recap
Each year, the Emory University Department of Chemistry participates in the Atlanta Science Festival. This year, we hosted the Chemistry Carnival, an event to share about some of the amazing research taking place in our department through carnival games and fun activities. Children enjoyed playing games like Peptide Jenga and Bacterial Telepathy, while also learning…Continue readingAtlanta Science Festival: 2019 recap
The Dunham Lab recent paper in the Journal of Biological Chemistry has been named an Editor’s Pick. The paper, “Importance of a tRNA anticodon loop modification and a conserved, noncanonical anticodon stem pairing in tRNACGGPro for decoding” is also the first paper for graduate research Ha An Nguyen who is featured in an author profile.…Continue readingDunham lab paper selected as editor’s pick
Chemistry graduate scholar Gokul Raghunath and colleague Lyndie Wood report on their experience at the AAAS Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering workshop.Continue readingCatalyzing advocacy in science and engineering
Graduate alum Suk Cho discusses research, industry, nutrition and “living life to the fullest.”Continue readingSuk Cho thrives “living life to the fullest”
Rachel Kozlowski (Dyer Group) has been awarded the Dean’s Teaching Fellowship for the 2019-2020 academic year. Dean’s Teaching Fellowships are selected based on progress towards completing the Ph.D. degree as well as a strong commitment to teaching. This year, 12 students were awarded the fellowship, which provides financial support through a $19,000 stipend. As a…Continue readingRachel Kozlowski (Dyer Group) awarded Dean’s Teaching Fellowship
“Applying 411” is a special blog series about applying to graduate school in chemistry–at Emory and in general. The goal of this series is to demystify the process and help applicants feel confident as they seek a home for their graduate studies.Continue readingAnother! interview with a graduate scholar
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An interview with a graduate scholar
“Applying 411” is a special blog series about applying to graduate school in chemistry–at Emory and in general. The goal of this series is to demystify the process and help applicants feel confident as they seek a home for their graduate studies.Continue readingAn interview with a graduate scholar
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I’m a chemist and… (vol. 2)
Emory chemists do amazing things both inside and outside of the lab.Continue readingI’m a chemist and… (vol. 2)
Earlier this month, Emory University hosted the second annual ComSciCon ATL. ComSciCon is an organization that provides workshops hosted by and for graduate students with a focus on science communication. The ComSciCon ATL event was a collaborative efforts between organizers from UGA, Georgia Tech, and Emory. Dyer Group graduate students Helen Siaw and Brooke Andrews, both…Continue readingChemistry students host second annual ComSciCon conference
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Shannon Rivera: 6th grade to scientist
Sitting in her 6th grade science classroom, as a gallon of milk sat outside warming under the hot Georgia sun, Shannon learned two things. First, she learned about the effects of high temperatures on the properties and states of liquids. And second, she learned that she really, really loved chemistry. She recalls how the hands-on…Continue readingShannon Rivera: 6th grade to scientist
