Cimini Lab Department of Biological Sciences
News
2019
Fall
Nico is the recipient of a GSDA fellowship
June
Daniela Cimini is a co-Investigator on a new NIH-R21
awarded to Felicia Etzkorn (VT – Chemistry)
Spring
Nico receives the Robert and Marion Patterson Scholarship for excellence in
research
February
Nico gives an invited talk at the departmental Research Day
2018
Fall
Ellen is the recipient of a GSDA fellowship
March
Ellen Garcia is featured in the VT news
[Link]
Spring
Ellen is awarded the 2018 Outstanding Graduate Student Service Excellence
Award
January
Daniela joins the editorial board of the Journal of Cell
Biology
[Link]
2017
December
Our permanent exhibit at the Nature Center is featured in the VT news
[Link]
Nico gives an oral presentation at the annual meeting of the American
Society for Cell Biology
October
The Cimini lab receives the Silver Green lab certification
September
Ellen is awarded the Edward Carney Predictive Toxicology Award for her
poster at the 6th annual meeting of the American Society for Cellular and
Computational Toxicology
August
The Cimini lab sets up a new permanent exhibit at the SEEDS Blacksburg
Nature Center
2016
December
The Cimini lab produces the cell dance video “Cell
Division: Live & Up Close,” also featured in the VT news
[Link]
September
Ellen is awarded the “Tox21 award” for her oral presentation at the 5th
annual meeting of the American Society for Cellular and Computational
Toxicology
March
Sam’s paper is featured in the VT news
[Link]
Spring
Sarah Mount is awarded a Department of Biological Sciences Research Award
2015
September
The Cimini Lab presents the “It's a Small World!” exhibit at the Virginia
Tech MOSS Art Center
for the Virginia Science festival
for the Virginia Science festival
Summer
Daniela is featured in the VT magazine
[Link]
July
Kim Soto is featured in the VT news
[Link]
July
Daniela is awarded a new National Science foundation
grant ($578K)
July
The Cimini lab is featured in the local evening news
[Link]
July
Josh’s paper is featured in the VT news
[Link]
June
A video from our eLife paper was featured as the Biomedical Picture of the
Day on the website
of Imperial College London – MRC Clinical Science Center [Link]
of Imperial College London – MRC Clinical Science Center [Link]
Spring
Albert Hinman receives the Arthur Buikema and M. Alison Galway Outstanding
Senior Award
Spring
Bin He receives a GRDA assistantship
2014
October
The Cimini Lab presents the “Cells alive! - How one cell becomes two, four,
many” exhibit
at the SEEDS – Blacksburg Nature Center for the Virginia Science festival
at the SEEDS – Blacksburg Nature Center for the Virginia Science festival
Fall
Daniela is the Keynote Speaker at The Triangle
Cytoskeleton Meeting, Chapel Hill, NC
Summer
Daniela is featured in the College of Science magazine
annual issue on “Women in Science”
[PDF Page 8-9]
[PDF Page 8-9]
Spring
Josh Nicholson is selected as the College of Science Outstanding Doctoral
Student
February
Josh Nicholson receives best oral presentation award at 11th Departmental
Research Day
2013
Summer
Albert Hinman receives a Fralin Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
May
Aaron Mattingly receives the Departmental Outstanding Senior Researcher
Award
May
Bin He received 3rd place poster award at 2013 ILSB Research Symposium
April
Josh Nicholson is a finalist for the College of Science Roundtable award
Spring
Albert Hinman receives a Departmental Undergraduate Research Award
Spring
Josh Nicholson is awarded GRDA fellowship
February
Josh Nicholson receives the best poster award in MCB category at 10th
Departmental Research Day
2012
Summer
Apoorva Mishra receives a Fralin Summer Undergraduate Research
Fellowship
April
Josh Nicholson receives 3rd place poster award at HNFE/ILSB Research
Symposium
April
Bin He receives 1st place poster award at HNFE/ILSB Research Symposium
February
Bin He receives award for best poster in Mol. & Cell Biology category at 9th
Departmental Research Day
2011
December
Bin He receives the American Society for Cell Biology "Cell Dance"
outreach category award
Fall
Will Silkworth receives a "2010" graduate assistantship
April
Will Silkworth receives runner-up College of Science Roundtable award
February
Will Silkworth receives best oral presentation award at 8th Departmental
Research Day
2010
November
Daniela visits Japan and presents talks in Nagoya and Tokyo
Fall
Will Silkworth receives a "2010" graduate assistantship
Fall
Will Silkworth receives the Robert and Marion Patterson scholarship
Fall
Natalie Hisdahl receives a Departmental Undergraduate Research Award
Summer
Brooke Wehausen receives a Fralin Summer Undergraduate Research
Fellowship
Year 2010
Daniela receives a Human Frontiers Science Program grant
($1.05M between Cimini, Gregan, and Tolic-Nørelikke labs; 2010 - 2013)
($1.05M between Cimini, Gregan, and Tolic-Nørelikke labs; 2010 - 2013)
May
Isaac Nardi receives the Departmental Outstanding Senior Researcher
Award
May
Daniela receives the Department of Biological Sciences
Outstanding Research Award
Spring
Isaac Nardi receives ACC research fellowship
February
Will Silkworth receives 1st place poster award at 7th Departmental Research
Day
2009
Fall
Kelley Miller receives a Departmental Undergraduate Research Award
Summer
Isaac Nardi receives a Fralin Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
2008
Fall
Daniela is awarded a National Science foundation grant
($944K; 2009 - 2013)
Summer
Isaac Nardi receives a Fralin Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
2006
Fall
Daniela is awarded a Thomas F. Jeffress and Kate Miller
Jeffress
Memorial Trust Grant ($45k; Jan 2007 - Dec 2009)
Memorial Trust Grant ($45k; Jan 2007 - Dec 2009)