During the 2024 Integrated Pharmacological Sciences Training Program Retreat on September
26, several students from the Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology (MCIP)
graduate program presented their research during the poster session. Alexis Boron,
a second-year Ph.D. candidate in the MCIP graduate program, was selected to deliver
an oral presentation. Additionally, graduate students from other Ph.D. programs conducting
research in labs within the Department of Physiology also presented their posters.
The IPSTP is an interdisciplinary training program funded by an NIH T32 training grant.
The program is directed by Dr. Anne Dorrance and Dr. Gina Leinninger and is open to
Ph.D. students from seven Ph.D. programs — Pharmacology and Toxicology; Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology, Chemistry; Chemical Engineering and Material Science; Microbiology
Genetics and Immunology, Neuroscience; and Physiology.
This year's retreat took place at the Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building,
with Dr. Richard Neubig, professor emeritus in the Department of Pharmacology and
Toxicology and director of the MSU Drug Discovery Program, serving as the keynote
speaker.
Take a look at some candid moments captured during the retreat!
Grace Lee, a Ph.D. candidate in the MCIP graduate program, discusses her research
poster with Dr. Shane Crandall.
Chiho Sugimoto, a Ph.D. candidate in the MCIP graduate program, discusses her poster
with Dr. Geoffroy Laumet.
Ph.D. candidates in the MCIP graduate program, Kelly Bonekamp (left) and Ariana Zimmerman,
engage in a discussion about Bonekamp's poster.
Megan McGrath, a DO-Ph.D. candidate in the MCIP graduate program, listens to a poster
presentation.
Priscilla Coriano, a Ph.D. candidate in the MCIP graduate program, listens as Bonekamp
discusses her research poster.
Raluca Bugescu (right), a research assistant in Dr. Gina Leinninger's lab, discusses
her poster with Cristina Rivera Quiles, a Neuroscience Program Ph.D. candidate in
Dr. Michelle Mazei-Robison's lab.
Katie Thompson, a Neuroscience Program Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Gina Leinninger's lab,
discusses her poster with Dr. Michelle Mazei-Robison.
Jariel Ramirez Virella, a Neuroscience Program Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Gina Leinninger's
lab, discusses his poster with a retreat attendee.
Daniela Anderson Morales, a Neuroscience Program Ph.D. candidate in Dr. AJ Robison's
lab, discusses her poster with a judge.
From left: Alice McQueney, a Ph.D. candidate in the Neuroscience Program working in
Dr. Mazei-Robison's lab; Grace Stys, an undergraduate assistant in Dr. AJ Robison's
lab; and Toria Fex, a Ph.D. candidate in the Neuroscience Program also from Dr. Robison's
lab—pose in front of Stys' poster during the 2024 IPSTP Retreat.
Dr. Leinninger (left) and Dr. Mazei-Robison share a conversation during the 2024 IPSTP
Retreat.
Keynote speaker Dr. Richard Neubig addresses the audience during the 2024 IPSTP Retreat.
