Meet Amanda Shaheen, New TECBio Program Coordinator
Amanda (Mandy) Shaheen will be replacing Emily Hayhurst as the new TECBio program coordinator. We wish Hayhurst the best of […]
Alumni Feature: Bekah Jenkins, TECBio 2020
Congratulations are in order for TECBio alumni Bekah Jenkins, who has been commissioned into the US Navy as a Cyber Warfare […]
Alumni Feature: Behrgen Smith, TECBio 2021
After spending his summer in Pittsburgh with TECBio in 2021, Behrgen Smith has been building off of his experience, skills, […]
New TECBio Program Coordinator
We would like to wish Adam Kohlhaas the best of luck as he moves on to his next chapter. We […]
2022 TECBio Outstanding Mentor (TOMy) Awarded to Dr. Maria Chikina
Dr. Chikina was nominated by Madeline Ohl: “Maria’s efforts to welcome and include me in her research group helped me […]
Jenea Adams featured in Nature Computational Science for connecting black women in computational biology
TECBio 2018 alumna Jenea Adams, now a second year PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania, has been featured in […]
TECBio Alumna Founds The Black Women in Comp Bio Network
TECBio 2018 Alumna Jenea Adams has founded an online accessible network seeking “to amplify the voices, and foster community amongst, […]
TECBio 2020 Proceeds with Virtual Program
Due to the current circumstances with the COVID-19 global pandemic, the TECBio program has been adapted to be hosted virtually. […]
Jackelyne Garcia-Cruz and Paul Dyduch Present Posters at ABRCMS 2019
TECBio 2019 students Jackelyne Garcia-Cruz and Paul Dyduch attended The Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) 2019 where […]
TECBio 2016 Alumna Jessica LeClair publishes with mentor Dr. John Shaffer
Jessica LeClair, who participated in the 2016 TECBio REU Program and worked with mentor Dr. John Shaffer, has published an […]
Jenea Adams Selected for Presentations and Award at Conferences
Jenea was selected to present at the Annual Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium and at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference […]
Joe Monaco receives Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship from the University Honors College
Joseph Monaco wins Chancellor’s Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship. His project entitled, “Interview inspired assignments for teaching essential programming techniques” will be […]
TECBio mentor, Dr. Sandra Murray, named ASCB Lifetime Fellow
TECBio mentor and professor in the Pitt Department of Cell Biology, Dr. Sandra Murray, has been named a Lifetime Fellow […]
New TECBio Program Coordinator
We would like to thank Leah Russell for her many years of excellent work in ensuring the success of the […]
Christopher Dunstan (TECBio 2017) to give poster presentation at ABRCMS.
Christopher’s abstract got accepted for a poster presentation at ABRCMS. He worked with Dr. David Koes in Computational and Systems […]
Elissa Fink (TECBio 2017) was accepted to present a poster at the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium.
Elissa will present a poster at the Council on Undergraduate Research’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium on October 22-23, 2017. […]
Nicole Matamala (TECBio 2017) invited to give a presentation at the 2017 IEEE Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition workshop (AIPR2017).
Nicole was invited to present her work at the 2017 IEEE Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition workshop (AIPR2017). She will give […]
Congratulations to Steve Provencher and group for InnoCentive award!
Steve Provencher and fellow Pitt ChemE students won a $5000 InnoCentive award. Read more here.
Congratulations to Kirsten Endresen (TECBio 2016) on her NSF Graduate Research Fellowship award!
GRFP supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based Master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited United […]
Congratulations to Ivy Shi (TECBio 2014) who will be presenting a poster discussion session at the ATS 2017 Conference
Ivy Shi (TECBio 2014) will be presenting her work with Dr. Takis Benos at the 2017 American Thoracic Society Conference. […]
Congratulations to Shana Bergman, who published in the Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling!
Shana Bergman (TECBio 2015) published a paper titled, “Modeling global changes induced by local perturbations to the HIV-1 capsid”, with […]
U of Pittsburgh tops the list of public colleges and universities in the Northeast
This is according to The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. Among the top 10 public schools in the […]
Jess LeClair is to present at the Joint Math Meeting (JMM) conference in Atlanta this January!
Congratulations to Jessica LeClair (TECBio 2016) who will be presenting her research with Dr. John Shaffer (Assistant Professor, Human Genetics) […]
Kirsten Endresen presented at the Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium, hosted by Rice University
Congratulations to Kirsten Endresen (TECBio 2016) who presented her research with Dr. Rob Coalson at the Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research […]
Andonian Presents at REU Symposium
Congratulations to Alex Andonian (TECBio 2016) who was selected to present at the 2016 Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium. The […]
Elisa Idrobo Presents at the American Chemical Society
Elisa presented at the American Chemical Society meeting in Philadelphia on August 23, 2016. She presented an extended version of […]
Congrats to Dr. Jeffry Madura for winning this year’s TOMY award!
Each year, our students nominate an Outstanding Mentor for the summer. Remy and Karla both nominated Dr. Madura for the […]
Jeopardy winner!
Congratulations to the 2015 TECBio Alum, Sarah Dubnik, for making it to the Jeopardy College Championship Final!
Pittsburgh will be celebrating its bicentennial this year!
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipients
Congratulations to Emily Speranza and Nicolas Pabon on receiving NSF Graduate Research Fellowships! GRFP supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported […]
Student Publication in the Journal of Dental Research
Brooklyn Stanley’s (TECBio 2013) manuscript “Genetic association of MPPED2 and ACTN2 with dental caries,” has been accepted for publication in […]
A Love Letter to Pittsburgh
We’re not the only ones in love with this city: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/love-letters/love-letters-pittsburgh_b_4274230.html
The application is open!
The application for TECBio REU @ Pitt 2014 is now open and will remain open until the deadline of March […]
Pittsburgh ranked #1 Place to live in the US
Why should you come to Pittsburgh? It has been ranked one of the best places to live in the United […]
Thank you TECBio 2013!
Thanks to all the students, mentors and staff for a great summer! It was great to hear about the research […]
Student paper in the Pacific Symposium – Biocomputing 2013
Katie Cunningham’s (TECBio 2011) paper, “Spectral clustering strategies for heterogenous disease expression data,” was featured in the Pacific Symposium Biocomputing […]
Check out the TECBio article in International Innovation!
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