Congratulations to Javier Mas-Rosario, Ph. D. (MCB), Chris Dahlke (BMB), Bao Le (Chemistry), and Minjae Song (BMB) who all walked/graduated this May!!

Congratulations to Farkas group members on receiving awards from the Chemistry Department!! TJ — Chandler Scholarship & Mr. Tompkins Award; Bao — Royal Society of Chemistry Award, Department Recognition Award, & American Institute of Chemists Award; John — Tarselli Family Award; and Kyle — Distinguished Graduate Teaching Assistant Award!!!

Congratulations to Farkas group undergraduates!! Maya Hegde has received a Henry Little Award from the Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Department, Sophie Spielberger has received a Tarselli Family Research Award from the Department of Chemistry, and Bao Le has received the Mr. Tompkins Award and Mahoney Undergraduate Research Awards from the Department of Chemistry. Bao also won a Dr. Uche Anyanwu Memorial Fund Award for his poster at the Undergraduate Chemistry Poster Symposium (picture below). (Shown are Bao and his graduate mentors, Jeffrey and Kyle).

Congratulations to Sujeewa who successfully defended his thesis, “Tracking and Modulating Circadian Rhythms in Cell Culture Models.”

Congratulations to Ryan Thai, who has received six (6!) awards from the chemistry department, including: the Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Award, the Senior Class Award; the Departmental Recognition Award; the Richard W. Fessenden Award; the American Chemical Society Award in Organic Chemistry; and the American Chemical Society Membership Award.

Congratulations Ryan!!! We are all VERY impressed!!

The Farkas group is very excited to welcome 1st years Emmanuel Rivera Iglesias, Bhavna Kalyanaraman, and Claudia Yan to the lab!!

Congratulations to senior chemistry major Ryan Thai, who has received an Honors Research Grant, and junior biochemistry major Maya Hegde, who has received a Research Assistant Fellowship — both from the Commonwealth Honors College!

Also — Maya has been named to the Junior Fellowship Program in the Life Sciences at UMass!! Congrats!!

Javier Mas-Rosario has completed his Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program prospectus!!

Congrats Javier!

Kaitlyn Chhe has received a William E. McEwen Fellowship Award for Outstanding Poster Presentation at this year’s (virtual) ResearchFest!! Congratulations Kaitlyn!