Delaina has been given the opportunity to attend Air Assault School in Oahu, Hawaii over the summer. She has recently published two nutrition-based presentations that will be used nationwide to train cadets. Congratulations Delaina on your well-deserved achievements!
Dr. Amengual’s undergraduate student Allanah was asked to share her experiences with research on the Voices of ACES blog. Read more about how her experience has helped her advance in her classes and labs, going from 95% of topics went over my head to feeling involved in the lab. Thanks Allanah, for all your help! https://aces.illinois.edu/blog/2023-07-05t145816/nutrition-research-lab-experience-helps-fshn-student-learn-and-grow
The Graduate Student Leadership Award was created to recognize graduate students who have exhibited outstanding service that has positively impacted the campus or wider Urbana-Champaign community.
Johana passed her PhD thesis defense last week.
Congratulations Dr. Coronel !!
Dr. Amengual and several members of the lab attended the 6th International Conference on Retinoids in Athens Ohio last week More photos under the “rest and recreation” tab. Dr. Amengual won a mentorship award during the conference!
Jae won 3rd place for her poster titled “Macrophage polarization impacts intercellular levels of RBP4” at the 2022 FSHN GSA Graduate Symposium
Annual Nutritional SymposiumIvan won the 1st place award for his oral presentation titled “Retinoic acid exposure promotes phenotypic characteristics of alternative activation in macrophages”