Congratulations to Jessica Breznik on passing her comprehensive exam with distinction. Seen here with to proud supervisors Dr. Dawn Bowdish (left) and Dr. Deborah Sloboda (right).
Congratulations to Kyle for passing his comprehensive exam and moving from PhD student to PhD candidate! Well done.
Kyle, getting twice as much work done in the tissue culture hood.
Dessi Loukov is the lab’s most recent PhD candidate having passed her comprehensive exam with distinction. Congratulations Dessi!
Avee Naidoo successfully passed her transfer exam today. She now joins the ranks of Fan Fei, Mike Dorrington, Kyle Novakowski, Dessi Loukov, Sara Makaremi, and Pat Schenck as part of the Bowdish lab PhD posse. Well done Avee!
Becoming a PhD student in the Bowdish lab is a family affair. Junior lab members sent their favourite stuffie in to wish Avee luck. It must have worked as she aced it!
…and a little lab humour. We have both skilled scientists (see picture at bottom) and skilled artists (see whiteboard) in our lab.
Today Mike Dorrington officially became a PhD candidate as he passed his comprehensive exam with distinction. He wrote a very interesting proposal on developing new technologies to measure serotype replacement of non-vaccine strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the developping world, which stemmed from his interest in global health. Well done Mike!
Congratulations to Mike on his excellent transfer exam. He can now change his email signature to say “PhD candidate” and can partake of all the benefits like a raise in stipend and daydreaming about the day he is called Dr. Well done Mike!