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Newsletter
- Fall 2000 - page 4
We
Reach Our Goals!!
Profile
of Ana Jimenez, Ph.D. (MARC 1993)
When I came to Barry
in 1991 I knew two things; I loved the sciences and I did not want to
be a physician. For many students it is difficult to find and pursue a
scientific career that is also personally fulfilling. What MARC did for
me was to open a wide door to a world of opportunities that otherwise,
I would not have been exposed to. As a MARC student one of the things
that impressed me the most was the enthusiasm with which professors described
their research, and the passion they had for their particular field. I
immediately realized that they did not have a job, but a career doing
what they love to do.
 Once
I started getting ready to send my applications to graduate school, I
reflected on how the MARC program was preparing me to be a competitive
candidate. In most schools, the opportunity to do research at the undergraduate
level is usually very limited. I was fortunate to work with Dr. Jeremy
Montague, who taught me about sea urchins, but most importantly, taught
me independence in the lab and how to pursue my own scientific interest.
Through the MARC program, I also had the great opportunity to work full-time
during the summer in a molecular biology laboratory at the University
of Miami. During that time I gained hands-on experience on molecular biological
techniques to address a clinical problem, and was also given the opportunity
to visit other laboratories, find out about their academic programs, and
introduce myself to program directors. Now I was ready to apply; I had
made my career decision, and my first choice was the University of Miami.
In my senior year,
faculty provided personal insights and professional guidance through the
logistics of applying to several graduate programs, interviewing with
many faculty and finally applying for a fellowship. I was thrilled when
I found out that I had been accepted to the Neuroscience program at the
University of Miami, and that I had been awarded a MARC pre-doctoral fellowship.
Now that I have joined Barry as faculty I hope to help students find their
career paths, and introduce them to research with the same enthusiasm
that I was greeted with when I came as a student.
Upcoming
Events
Monthly Scientists'
Presentation Series:
- September 18, 2000
- Barbara Battelle, Ph.D., Whitney Lab, University of Florida, FL. "Arrest
in Limulus photoreceptors: regulation by the circadian clock and by
light."
- October 30, 2000
- Jean Lud Cadet, M.D., National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, MD. "The
neurological and cognitive effects of cocaine."
- November 27, 2000
- Dr. Cecilia Whitacre, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland,
OH. "A novel therapeutic approach to sensitize solid tumors to camptothecins."
Welcome
Aboard, Fall 2000
- Jessica Jung -
MIRT (Biology)
- Davecia Ragoonath
- MIRT (Biology)
- Jenese Gamory -
MIRT (Biology)
- Davecia Ragoonath
- MARC U*STAR (Biology)
Send comments on the
Newsletter to: nramdial@mail.barry.edu
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