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fels institute for cancer research & molecular biologyFormer Graduates in the Molecular Biology and Genetics PhD Program
George R. Beck Jr., PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine
“The training I received as part of the Molecular Biology and Genetics program at Temple University prepared me well for a career in biomedical science. The solid foundation in research design and bench science was invaluable in obtaining independent grant funding and a position in academia”.
Dr. Beck is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Emory University. Dr. Beck received his PhD in Molecular Biology and Genetics from the Fels Institute for Cancer Research, Temple University in 2000. He performed his graduate work in the laboratory of Dr. Elizabeth Moran focused on the coordination of cell growth and tissue specific gene expression controlling osteoblast differentiation. Upon completion of his PhD, he was awarded a highly competitive National Cancer Institute Scholar’s grant and spent five years with Dr. Nancy Colburn at the National Cancer Institute in the Laboratory of Cancer Prevention. He joined the Division of Endocrinology, Emory University in 2005 and is a member of the graduate faculty in Nutritional Health Sciences. Dr. Beck’s research interests include:
The projects are currently funded by grants from the NCI and NIAMS.
Rene Daniel, MD, PhD Associate Professor Infectious Diseases & Environmental Medicine Kimmel Cancer Center, Immunology Program Thomas Jefferson University
“Education in the Fels Program in Molecular Biology and Genetics enabled me to deepen my science education and continue my research after graduation at a leading laboratory in the field I wanted. It consequently resulted in an independent position at TJU.”
Dr. Daniel is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Daniel earned his MD degree from the 1st Medical School, Charles University in Prague in 1991. Dr. Daniel received his PhD in molecular biology and genetics from Temple University in 1997. He continued postdoctoral training at Fox Chase Cancer Center from 1997 to 2003 and became an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University in 2003.
His major interest include:
He has received several honors and awards including a Tobacco Formula Grant Investigator in 2003; a Howard Temin K01 Award (Principal Investigator, 7/1/03-6/30/08); a AAAS Science – STKE Editor’s choice (Issue 283, May 10 2005, Daniel and Pomerantz, Nat Cell Biol. 7, 452-453, 2005); a W.W. Smith Charitable Trust AIDS Research Award (2006-7); and his lab is currently funded by an NIH R01.
Nianli Sang, MD, PhD Associate Professor Drexel University College of Arts & Sciences Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA E-mail: nianli.sang@drexel.edu
“The first two years of my PhD training were completed in the Molecular Biology and Genetics program at the Fels Institute (Temple University School of Medicine). Athough I subsequently moved to Thomas Jefferson University with my PhD advisor, the deep research training I received at the Fels had lasting consequences in my shaping as an independent researcher."
Dr. Sang started his systematic research training in Molecular Biology and Genetics in Fels Institute for Cancer Research & Molecular Biology, Temple University School of Medicine in 1992, immediately after completing his medical training in surgery at Fudan University Shanghai Medical College (China). He finished his major course work and fundamental research training in Fels Institute before his departure in 1994 for Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University where he received his PhD degree in Genetics.
After finishing his postdoctoral training first in University of Pennsylvania and later in Cardeza Foundation for Hematological Research, he joined the faculty of Jefferson Medical College in 2003. His early work in Thomas Jefferson University focused on oxygen sensing and oncogenic signaling pathways that led to HIF activation and angiogenesis. Upon becoming a fully independent faculty member in Thomas Jefferson University, he shifted his research interest to a better understanding of the repressive effects of chemotherapeutics on HIF function.
Other research projects in his laboratory include identification and validation of biomarkers of tumors, and development of novel therapies for tumors and ischemic disorders. Since 2008, he has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology, Drexel University College of Arts and Sciences, where he is continuing his research and teaching in the general field of molecular and cellular biology, with an emphasis on human diseases.
One of his major research topics is the regulation of oxygen utilization by cells in physiological and pathological conditions. Dr. Sang’s research has been supported by various grants including Howard Temin Award (K01- CA98809), the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust (C#0505) and a research grant from NCI/NIH (R01-CA0129494).
Diana L. Vesely, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Internal Medicine/Section of Rheumatology Yale University School of Medicine 300 Cedar Street New Haven, CT 06520-8031
“The Molecular Biology and Genetics program at the Fels Institute of Temple University provided excellent training for a career as a research scientist. The faculty members were very supportive and treated me as a colleague. Opportunities to present my research at national meetings and at department symposia, such as Fels Research Day, broadened my knowledge base and expanded my scientific network. "
Dr. Vesely is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University, where she has been awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Arthritis Foundation to study the role of the innate immune system in the development of inflammation and Lyme arthritis. Dr. Vesely received her PhD in Molecular Biology and Genetics from the Fels Institute for Cancer Research, Temple University in 2006. She did her thesis research in the laboratory of Dr. Dan Liebermann, where she investigated the mechanisms underlying the survival functions of the cytokine IL-6 in protecting myeloid leukemia cells against p53-induced apoptosis.
Deborah Wilsker, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 1550 Orleans Street, Room 462 Baltimore, MD 21231
“The training I received in the Molecular Biology and Genetics program at the Fels Institute at Temple University provided an exceptionally strong groundwork on which to build my cancer research career." Dr. Wilsker studied in the lab of Dr. Elizabeth Moran at the Fels Institute and received her PhD in Molecular Biology and Genetics in 2005. She went on to a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences at Johns Hopkins University. Among her awards received was a predoctoral fellowship from the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program and a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award postdoctoral fellowship from the National Cancer Institute.
Yi Pan, PhD Senior Research Biologist Clinical Pathology Bioanalytics and Pathology, In Vivo Sciences Merck Sharp & Dohme
“I started my research career in the Molecular Biology and Genetics program at Temple University. It was from those years I began to build up skills of various aspects that are required for independent biomedical research: experimental design, execution, data analysis and communication. It also provided a good foundation for general problem solving, allowing me subsequently to expand into different topics and work in different research environments." Dr. Pan received a PhD in Molecular Biology and Genetics from Temple University School of Medicine in 2000. From 2000 to 2006, she was a postdoctoral fellow at University of Pennsylvania and The Howard Hughes Medical Institute. She is a Senior Research Biologist at Merck Sharp and Dohme, Inc. since 2006. At Merck, she has worked in early and late stages of preclinical drug discovery for different disease areas: anemia, asthma and metabolic diseases.
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