Kim Lab News
Congratulations to Dr. Joseph Chaney for his appointment as an Assistant
Professor of Chemistry at Xavier University!
1st prize for best poster, 6th International Conference on Structural Biology; Jessica Richard, 2016
2nd prize for best poster, 6th International Conference on Structural Biology; Rebecca Buckley, 2016
Selected regional LSU NSF I-Corp Site team; Rebecca Buckley, entrepreneur lead; 2016
1st place for research excellence, NSF REU summer research program; Micquel Downs, 2016
2nd place for research excellence, LSU Health Sciences Center and School of Medicine
Summer Research Program; Micquel Downs, 2016
Travel award and invited participation in ASBMB Interactive Mentoring Activities for
Grantsmanship Enhancement (IMAGE) workshop; Joseph Chaney, 2016
Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship, UCLA School of Medicine; the merit-based Leaders
of Tomorrow Scholars Program pays full tuition for four years for a chosen medical
student, special access to faculty, and a research stipend of $5,000; Davon Carter, 2016-2020
National Science Foundation REU Summer Research Fellowship; Micquel Downs, 2016
2016 Education Committee Travel Award winner, Biophysical Society meeting, Los Angeles,
CA; Minmin Luo, 2016
Institutional nominee for 3MT talk at the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools,
Charlotte, North Carolina; Minmin Luo, 2016
1st prize for best 3MT talk, Annual Research Day Symposium, LSU School of Medicine -
New Orleans; Minmin Luo; 2015
3rd place for best 3MT talk, Annual Research Day Symposium, LSU School of Medicine
- New Orleans; Jessica Richard; 2015
1st place for research excellence, NSF REU summer research program; Micquel Downs, 2015
National Science Foundation REU Summer Research Fellowship; Micquel Downs, 2015
Invitation to the honorary 2015 National Graduate Research Symposium at St. Jude Children's
Research Hospital (44 students out of 1195 nominated students were invited); Jessica Richard
Louisiana Biomedical Research Network Summer Research Fellowship; Davon Carter, 2014
Invited talk at the national American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
meeting; Jessica Richard, 2013
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