New Leadership Academy Fellow

June 2025

Mariana completes the American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U)'s 2025 New Leadership Academy on full scholarship as part of STEM Track hosted by University of Nevada – Las Vegas (UNLV) HSI Resource Hub. AAC&U’s New Leadership Academy is a highly selective program focused on transforming leadership  in higher education. Congrats!

Welcome Samantha

June 2025

Samantha Diaz has joined the lab. She will be working with Diana in unraveling the mysteries of [PIN+]. Welcome aboard!

Maisha Graduates

May 2025

Closing out a month of presentations, celebrations and big accomplishments, Maisha receives her bachelor degree. Maisha will be joining the MD program at SUNY Downstate next Fall in route to a career in immunology or dermatology (or both!). Kudos!

Summer Internships and Fellowships

May 2025

Our undergraduate students have been selected to various competitive summer fellowships. Priscilla and Evelyn were selected to fellowships from Brooklyn College's Cancer Center.  Sidra was selected as recipient to the David Davidson Memorial Undergraduate summer Research Award. William will be at Northwestern University. Last but not least, Moshe has been selected to participate in summer research at John Hopkins University as the 2025 Garil Intern. Congrats to all!

Seminar Day

May 2025

Diana presents her research to the Graduate Center community at the PhD in Chemistry Program's Seminar Day. Way to go!!

Goldwater Scholar

April 2025

Priscilla is selected as a 2025 Goldwater Scholar. See Brooklyn College's press release here. Congratulations Priscilla!

Mariana Presents at 2025 ASBMB Annual Meeting

April 2025

Mariana gives a  spotlight talk at the 2025 ASBMB Annual Meeting held in Chicago, IL.  A travel award from ASBMB supported her attendance.

Graduate Center Awards

March 2025

Raven and Arefa recieve awards from the Graduate Center.  Arefa recieved the ERI Pre-Dissertation Science Research Award, while Raven was awarded a Doctoral Student Research Grant. Congratulations!

New Publication

January 2025

A new paper presenting our findings regarding the mechanisms connecting FUS to the epigenome is published in the Journal of Fungi. This article appears in a Special Issue on Leveraging Yeast Genetics to Model Evolutionarily Conserved Aspects of Human Disease. Big congratulations to co-first authors Seth, Sam and Raven!  Liz, Rania, Rianna, Huda and Kaitlyn also star with a guest appearance from David Dansu (Casaccia lab; Ph.D. in Biochemistry 2023)!

2025 Tow Research and Creativity Grant

December 2024

Mariana is awarded a 2025 Tow Research and Creativity Grant in support of our work with FUS in FTD/ALS. 

Tow Mentoring Program

December 2024

Sidra is selected to the Spring 2025 Tow Mentoring Program. Congrats Sidra!

Cell Bio 2024

December 2024

Mariana leads a Professional Development session at the American Society for Cell Biology's  Cell Bio 2024.

Raven Presents at CSHL

December 2024

Raven presents a poster on her work at the 2024 Neurodegenerative Diseases: Biology & Therapeutics meeting held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories. Congratulations Raven!

ABRCMS 2024

November 2024

Mariana presents two sessions at the 2024 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists held in Pittsburgh, PA. 

Seminar at James Madison University

October 2024

Mariana presents an invited seminar in the Department of Biology at James Madison University. 

Raven Advances to Candidacy

September 2024

Raven completes her second level exam and is now only a dissertation away from her PhD.  =)     

Way to go Raven!

New Recruits

September 2024

We welcome  Sidra Qureshi (U-RISE Program) to the Torrente lab. Welcome aboard!

New Grant!  

August 2024

The lab is awarded a RUI award from the National Science Foundation. This 3-year award will support our work on epigenetic conduits in the context of yeast prions.  Hip hip hurray!

NanoBioNYC

August 2024

Diana is selected as a 2024 Fellow  in CUNY's NanoBioNYC program. Way to go Diana!

New Publication!  

July 2024

A new review article on heterochromatin and neurodegenerative disease is published in Frontiers on Molecular Neuroscience. Congratulations Raven!

NIH STEP UP

July 2024

Joanne Ye (Brooklyn Latin School) will be carrying out research as a summer intern as part of the NIH STEP UP program. Welcome Joanne!

High School Interns

July 2024

Conrad Seib-Levinson (Brooklyn Tech), Kyle Chen (Brooklyn Tech) and Zoe Jalkut (Hunter College High School) will be joining us this summer . Welcome guys!

Tow Mentoring Program

June 2024

Evelyn is selected to the Fall 2024 Tow Mentoring Program. Congrats Evelyn!

Welcome Arefa and Diana

June 2024

We welcome doctoral students Arefa Yeasmin (PhD in Biology) and Diana Rodriguez (PhD in Chemistry) to our lab. Welcome aboard!

Summer Internships

June 2024

Collectively killing it, our undergraduates have been selected to various competitive summer fellowships. Maisha was selected as a Rosen Fellow. Priscilla will be doing research at the University of Montreal as a Fullbright fellow. Evelyn will be at UPenn as part of the Leadership Alliance FYRE Program. Lastly, Kaitlyn has been selected to participate in summer research at John Hopkins University as the 2024 Garil Intern. Hooray! 

Camille and Daniel Graduate

May 2024

Closing out a month of presentations, celebrations and big achievements, Daniel and Camille receive their bachelor degrees. Daniel will be taking a gap year in route to medical school, and Camille will be joining the IDEAS Program at the University of Utah. We are very proud of you two and look forward to all you will accomplish!

Seminar at College of Staten Island

May 2024

Mariana presents an invited seminar in the Department of Chemistry at the College of Staten Island.

Raven Presents at the Friedman Lecture Showcase

May 2024

Raven gives a great talk on her work during the 2024 Friedman Lecture Research Showcase. Kudos!

Tow Mentoring Program

May 2024

Maisha gives a great presentation at the 4th Tow Mentoring and Research Program’s Student Conference. Great job!

Awards

May 2024

The Chemistry Department of CUNY Brooklyn College has recognized Raven and Moshe with departamental awards for their outstanding performance this past year. Kaitlyn and William also received certificates of departmental recognition.  Moreover, Raven received a mentoring award from the Brooklyn College Cancer Center. Congratulations to all!

Seminar at Queens College

April 2024

Mariana presents an invited seminar in the Department of Biology at Queens College.

Talk at ACS Spring 2024

March 2024

Mariana gives a talk at the ACS Spring 2024 meeting held in New Orleans, LA. 

Seminar at SBU

March 2024

Mariana gives an invited seminar in the Department of Chemistry at Stony Brook University.

New Recruits

February 2024

We officially welcome  Priscilla Ramchand  (Macaulay Honors College; U-RISE Program)  and Evelyn Ayedemo (SURGE Program) to the Torrente lab. Welcome aboard!

Tow Mentoring Program

December 2023

Maisha is selected to the Spring 2024 Tow Mentoring Program. Congrats Maisha!

iCompute Program

December 2023

Moshe is selected to the iCompute Program. Way to go!

Tow Mentoring Program

December 2023

Moshe and William  give killer presentations at the 3rd Tow Mentoring and Research Program’s Student Conference. Great job!

ASCB Minority Affairs Committee

December 2023

Mariana becomes a Full member of the Minority Affairs Committee at the American Society for Cell Biology. Congrats!

Stony Brook IRACDA 

September 2023

Sam joins the IRACDA program at Stony Brook University, conducting research in Prof. Josh Dubnau's group. While we are sad that she is leaving us, we are very excited to see all the great things she will accomplish. We wish the best for you in this new stage and we will miss you Sam!

New Publication

August 2023

Our work on how FUS' RNA binding abilities impact its connection to the epigenome is published in microPublication Biology. Congratulations Seth, Sam, Liz, Rianna, Shana, and Huda!

NIH STEP UP

July 2023

Boyan Zheng will be carrying out research as a summer intern as part of the NIH STEP UP program. Welcome Boyan!

MD/PhD Program at UPenn

July 2023

Jailene will be joining the MD/PhD program at the University of Pennsylvania. Congratulations Jailene!

Tow Mentoring and Research Program

July 2023

Moshe and William have been selected to the Tow Presidential Mentorship Program. This program funds 20 student/faculty pairs per semester and seeks to deepen a culture of mentorship excellence across the campus. Congratulations guys!

Garil Summer Internship

June 2023

William has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Garil Summer Internship Award and will be conducting research at John Hopkins University. Well done William! 

Summer Internship

June 2023

Kaitlyn has been selected to participate in summer research at UCLA. Hooray Kaitlyn! 

Enhanced PSC-CUNY Research Award

June 2023

We have been awarded an Enhanced PSC-CUNY Research Award from The Research Foundation of CUNY to fund our studies on FTD/ALS!

New Recruits

June 2023

We officially welcome  William Villasi (BA/MD Program), Moshe Janani (Scholars Program) and Maisha Sheikh (BA/MD Program) to the Torrente lab. Welcome aboard!

New Publication

June 2023

In collaboration with Prof. Ozlem Dilek, Mariana publishes a paper on maintaining research momentum at a primarily undergraduate institution in Molecular Biology of the Cell. 

Diversity Supplement Award

June 2023

Raven recieves a Diversity Supplement from the NINDS to support her work in the lab for the next two years. Congratulations Raven! 

2023 Valedictorian

May 2023

Continuing to slay, Chaim is selected as the Valedictorian for the Class of 2023. Congratulations!

Congratulations Kaitlyn

May 2023

Jailene has been awarded a BCCC Travel Grant to participate in Neuroscience 2023 at Washington D.C. Way to go Kaitlyn!

Raven Joins the Lab

March 2023

Raven Fisher, a PhD candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center, has chosen the Torrente Laboratory as her home as she works towards her PhD in Biochemistry. Welcome Raven!

Congratulations Kaitlyn

December 2022

Kaitlyn is selected as the recipient of the Roy L. Furman '60 Fellows Program Scholarship as well as a $1,000 Study Abroad Scholarship Association Grant to fund her study abroad trip to Morocco during the Winter term. Way to go Kaitlyn!

New Paper

November 2022

New work on the connections between prion state and the epigenome has been published in Pathogens, as part of a Special Issue “Behavior” of Fungi—A Themed Issue in Honor of Dr. Peter N. Lipke." A great effort led by Sam, accompained by Chaim, Gabriel, Navin, Liz, Rania, Jailene, Maliha and Seth. Congrats to all! 

New Recruits

October 2022

We welcome Camille Reynoso (BP-ENDURE) to the Torrente lab. Welcome aboard!

Tow Presidential Mentorship Program

September 2022

Chaim has been selected to the inaugural cohort of the Tow Presidential Mentorship Program. This program funds 20 students per semester and seeks to deepen a culture of mentorship excellence across the campus. Congratulations Chaim!

Departmental Awards

September 2022

In the annual Department of Chemistry awards ceremony, Liz received the Arthur M. Keller award in Mathematics and Science, while Zahra was awarded the Donald D. Wright Scholarship in Chemistry. Furthermore, Gabriel received the Esme Lagudis Memorial Scholarship and Sam (formally) received the Miriam Pollet award. Congratulations everyone!

Jacque Edward Levy Professorship in Analytical Chemistry

September 2022

Mariana is selected as the recipient of the 2022-2023 Jacque Edward Levy Professorship in Analytical Chemistry. Congratulations!

Summer Awards

June 2022

Our lab's undergraduates have killed it and received numerous awards this summer. The Chemistry Department of CUNY Brooklyn College has awarded Gabriel, Michael and Chaim summer research awards.  Gabriel received the Prof. Roberto Sanchez-Delgado Summer Award, named after our beloved colleague, while Michael and Chaim recieved the David Davidson Memorial Undergraduate Summer Research award.  Michael has also been selected as one of the 2022 Stacey & Michael Garil Summer Research Interns for the Brooklyn College Cancer Center. Gabriel has been selected to the IsraeLead program.  Lastly, Daniel is selected to the  campus-wide 2022 Summer Undergraduate Research Program (URP). Congratulations to all!

New Recruits

June 2022

We welcome Daniel Gorelik (Macaulay Honors College) and Kaitlyn Chan (BA/MD Program) to the Torrente lab. Welcome aboard!

Summer Internship

May 2022

Rania is selected to carry out summer research at SUNY Downstate. Well done Rania!

Tow Research and Creativity Grant

April 2022

The lab is awarded a Tow Research and Creativity Grant from the Office of the Provost. Yay!

Sam Presents at ASBMB

April 2022

Sam presents a poster at the 2022 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Meeting held in Philadelphia, PA.

R15 Grant from NINDS

April 2022

The lab is awarded a R15-AREA award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. This 3-year award will support our work on histone phosphorylation in the context of Frontotemporal Dementia.

Stacey Garil Womack Memorial Internship Award 

April 2022

Zahra Jamil is selected for the 2022 Stacey Garil Womack Memorial Fund Summer Internship Award. This award will support her research  at John Hopkins University this summer. Congratulations Zahra!

ACS Spring 2022 Meeting

March 2022

Mariana gives a talk at the ACS Spring 2022 Meeting.

Graduate Center Dissertation Year Award

March 2022

Continuing to slay, Sam is selected  for a Dissertation Year Award from the Graduate Center.  Way to go! 

Pollet Award

February 2022

Sam is selected as the recipient of this year's Pollet Award.  Congratulations Sam! 

Mariana presents at the ASCB's 2021 Doorstep Meeting 

November 2021

Mariana presents a short talk at the 2021 Doorstep Meeting " The Cell Biology of Neurodegeneration and Repair" preceeding the 2021 Cell Bio Virtual conference hosted by the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

New Publication

October 2021

Our research in yeast models of AD has been published in Micropublication Biology. Congratulations Muna, Sam, Seth, Jailene and Genevieve! 

ChemBio Connections Hosted by ACS Publications

July 2021

 Mariana opens the 2021 ChemBio Connections Summer Seminar Series.

Congratulations Muna

July 2021

 Congratulations to Muna on defending her MS thesis and becoming the first masters graduate from the lab. Way to go!

New Recruit

June 2021

 We welcome Chaim Janani to the Torrente lab. Welcome aboard!

Enhanced PSC-CUNY Research Award

May 2021

We have been awarded an Enhanced PSC-CUNY Research Award from The Research Foundation of CUNY to fund our studies on ALS!

2021 Graduates

May 2021

Maliha graduates! Congratulations! She will be taking a gap year on her way to med school. We will miss her very much! Other beloved lab alumni graduating include George, Omina and Shana. 

MD Program at Albert Einstein

May 2021

Marcella will be joining the MD Program at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Way to go Marcella!!

MD Program at SUNY Downstate

May 2021

The one and only Mohamed will be joining the MD Program at SUNY Downstate. Congrats Mohamed!

Science Day

May 2021

Muna represented the lab and presented a virtual poster at the 2021 Brooklyn College's Science Day. Way to go Muna!

Departmental Awards

May 2021

The Chemistry Department of CUNY Brooklyn College has awarded Seth the Morris Charney Award (2021-2022) as well as the Rose Goldstein Memorial Scholarship (2020-2021). Muna recieved the Esme Lagudis Memorial Scholarship for Alzheimer's Research (2020-2021).  Zahra has received the Prof. Roberto Sanchez-Delgado Scholarship, in loving memory of our esteemed colleague.  Liz is the recipient of two awards, the Irving Feldman Memorial Award and the David Davidson Memorial Undergraduate Chemistry Research Award. Congratulations to all!

ASCB ACT Program

April 2021

Mariana has been selected to participate in the 2021-2023 Cohort of the Accomplishing Career Transitions (ACT) Program hosted by the American Society of Cell Biology.

DO Program at University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

March 2021

Mila was accepted to the DO program at University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine.  Congratulations Mila!

PhD in Neuroscience

March 2021

Farzanna was accepted to the University of Michigan’s Program in Biomedical Sciences Neuroscience Graduate Program. Congratulations!

Brooklyn College Cancer Center

January 2021

Mariana gives a seminar at the Brooklyn College Cancer Center.

MD Program at University of South Florida

December 2020

George will be joining the MD program at University of South Florida's Morsani College of Medicine. Congratulations George!

2020 Virtual ASCB/EMBO

December 2020

Seth and Sam present virtual posters at the 2020 American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting.

2020 Neurodegenerative Diseases Cold Spring Harbor

December 2020 

Seth and Sam present virtual posters at the 2020 Neurodegenerative Diseases: Biology & Therapeutics Meeting at Cold Spring Harbor.

New Recruits

September 2020

 We welcome Gabriel Cruz, Zahra Jamil and Rianna Segal to the Torrente lab. Welcome aboard!

Congratulations Jailene

September 2020

Jailene has been awarded a Krulwich Fellows Award to support her studies at Mount Sinai. Way to go Jailene!

New York College of Podiatric Medicine

August 2020

Sadiqa will be joining the Podiatric Medicine program at NYCPM. Congratulations Sadiqa!

MD Program at Albert Einstein

June 2020

Huda will be joining the MD Program at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She was also selected as an Einstein Service and Research Scholar. We are so proud of you, Huda!

Dual MA/MSc Program in International and World History 

May 2020

Navin will be joining the Dual MA/MSc Program in International and World History at Columbia University. Way to go Navin!

PREP Program at Mount Sinai

May 2020

Jailene will be joining the  PREP program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the Fall. Congratulations Jailene!

ABRCMS 2019

November 2019

Jailene is selected to present a talk at the 2019 ABRCMS meeting to be held in Anaheim, CA. Way to go Jailene! 

iCoMPUte Program

August 2019

Elizaveta joins the iCoMPUte program as part of a collaboration with the Gallicchio lab 

NYU Embryonic Stem Cells 

August 2019

Seth and Sam spend a week at NYU learning all about embryonic stem cells with the Mazzoni lab. 

UPenn Seminar

June  2019

Mariana presents a seminar at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 

Genevieve interns at our Lab

June  2019

We welcome Genevieve Foran to the lab. Genevieve attends Ossining High School. Welcome to the group!

Welcome to the lab Arlet

June  2019

We welcome Arlet Olivera to the lab. Arlet is part of the LSAMP Program. Welcome aboard! 

Graduations

May 2019

Michel, Huda and Hermena graduate! While we will miss them very much, we look forward to all the great things that are in their future! Other beloved lab alumni graduating include Navin, Sadiqa and Mohamed. 

PhD Candidacy

May 2019

Seth officially advances to PhD candidacy. Congratulations Seth!

Undergraduate Deputy Award

May 2019

Mariana receives the 2019 Outstanding Undergraduate Deputy Award. Congratulations!

PSC-CUNY Traditional B Award

April  2019

The lab is awarded a Traditional B Award from PSC-CUNY in support of our work in yeast prions.

Lab Featured at Graduate Center

April 2019

The lab’s research is featured in the Graduate Center's news section about ALS treatment. Check out the article!

Protocol Article Published

March 2019

Our protocol article in the Journal of Visualized Experiments is published. Congratulations Seth, Sam, Michel, Marcella and Navin! 

Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship

March 2019

Sam wins the Early Research Initiative Provost’s Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship for the Sciences. Congrats Sam! 

Summer Internship

March 2019

Jailene has been selected to participate in the 2019 Dartmouth MD-PhD Undergraduate Summer (MPUS) Fellowship Program at Dartmouth University. Hooray Jailene! 

Garil Summer Internship

March 2019

Mila has been selected as the recipient of the 2019 Stacey Garil Womack Memorial Summer Internship Award and will be conducting research at John Hopkins University. Well done Mila! 

Packard Center at John Hopkins

March 2019

Seth attends the 2019 Packard Center Meeting at John Hopkins University. We are thankful to Prof. Jeff Rothstein for the invitation   

NY Area Yeast Meeting

January 2019

Mariana presents the seminar at the NY Area Yeast Meeting. 

George and Beatrice Schwartzman Professorship in Chemistry

January 2019

Mariana is selected as the recipient of the 2019 George and Beatrice Schwartzman Professorship in Chemistry. Congratulations!

New Recruits

January 2019

 We welcome Omina Nazarzoda, Maliha Khan, Elizaveta Son and Shana Mathew to the Torrente lab. Welcome aboard!

Congrats Mila

January 10, 2019

Mila is selected to the Goldsmith Scholars Program. Congrats Mila! 

We wish you the best Navin

December 2018

Navin leaves the lab. Navin is the last founding member of our lab to depart after three years of some great work, though he already misses us so much that he will continue to attend journal club :P 

2018 American Society for Cell Biology 

December 2018

Mariana, Seth and Sam present posters at the 2018 American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. Both Mariana and Sam received a travel award from the Minority Affairs Committee to attend the conference. 

New Recruits

September 2018

We welcome Jailene Paredes to the Torrente laboratory. Jailene is part of the MARC program at Brooklyn College. Welcome aboard! 

New Members

June 2018

We welcome George Angelakakis, Mila Mirzakandova, and Bashnouna Salib to the Torrente Lab. Welcome aboard!

Farewell Marcella, Natalie and Sadiqa

May 2018

Marcella graduates, and Natalie and Sadiqa leave the lab. Best wishes to everyone as they move on to new things!

Science Day

May 2018

Marcella is presenting a poster on her work in the laboratory at the 2018 Brooklyn College Science Day. It's a great opportunity for undergraduates doing research at Brooklyn College to display their hard work.

Summer Research

May 2018

Our undergraduates are doing some great things! Huda was recently accepted to do research at both Rockefeller University and Harvard Medical School. Michel plans on working at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Summer Undergraduate Research Program. Also, Navin was accepted to conduct work at the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy.

New Publication

December 2017

Our research on the connection of neurodegenerative disease and histone post-translational modifications was recently published in ACS Chemical Neuroscience.

ASCB/EMBO 2017

December 2017

This year from December 2nd to December 6 in Philadelphia, the American Society of Cell Biology and the European Molecular Biology Organization held their annual forum. Mariana, Seth, and Marcella all presented individual posters on their research and did a fantastic job. Seth and Mariana also attended the Doorstop Meeting in cell biology of degeneration and repair in the nervous system. Lastly, Mariana got a travel award from the Minority Affair Committee to attend the conference.

Goodbye Farzanna

December 2017

After some interesting times in the laboratory, Farzanna is leaving us and is heading on to greater things.

NYC-LSAMP

November 2017

Natalie Mendo was accepted into the New York City Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NYC-LSAMP). This is program has been at the forefront of a concerted effort to substantially increase the number of underrepresented minority students who enroll and graduate with baccalaureate degrees in STEM disciplines in CUNY. Congrats Natalie!

Karen is Leaving :(

August 2017

Karen is leaving our lab after a year of some great work. She is moving on to get a degree in Bioinformatics from the University of North Carolina. We wish her the best of luck!

Future Research Leaders Conference at NIH

July 2017

Mariana is one of a select few who as has been chosen to participate in the Future Research Leaders Conference (FRLC); it is career-development opportunity for talented early-career biomedical and behavioral scientists from diverse backgrounds. The next FRLC will take place within the annual NIH Research Festival in Maryland during September 2017.

NRMN P3 Proposal Preparation Program

June 2017

Mariana also got selected to the NRMN P3 Proposal Preparation Program at the University of Minnesota.

IMAGE Grant Writing Workshop

June 2017

Mariana just got selected to the 2017 IMAGE grant writing workshop!

New Undergraduates

May 2017

We have three new undergraduates joining our lab. Michel Fallah, Hermena Ibrahim, and Andrew Elgendy were all carefully selected, because of their determination and knowledge. We look forward to their presence.

Science Day

May 2017

Brooklyn College held its 27th Annual Science Research Day for high school, undergraduate, and graduate researchers on the campus. It was an excellent time for presentation, discussion, and education on many topics that are studied at Brooklyn College, from biology, to chemistry, to psychology, and to environmental sciences. Huda, Marcella, Mohamed, Natalie, Navin, and Sadiqa all presented the projects that they were working on in the laboratory. Karen and Mariana both participated as judges for the day.

CSURM Fellowship

April 2017

Mariana was awarded a Carl Strom Underrepresented Minority (CSURM) Fellowship to attend the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) & Related Motor Neuron Disease Gordon Research Conference.

Seth Joins the Lab

January 2017

Seth Bennett, a PhD candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center, has joined the Torrente Laboratory in order to work on some of the lab's project as well as work towards his PhD in Biochemistry. We gladly welcome Seth to the laboratory as our newest member.

Steven Graduates 

December 2016

Undergraduate Research Assistant Steven Meltser has officially graduated from the Scholars Program at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Baccalaureate Program for Interdisciplinary Studies. We would like to congratulate Steven and wish him well!

Furman Fellowship

December 2016

Sadiqa won the Furman Fellows Scholarship as well as a scholarship from the Study Abroad Scholarship Association (SASA) in order to travel abroad to rural Inida. Sadiqa used the funding to examine anthropological ethnography and a global health model, as part of both her anthropology and pre-health studies.

Mariana Highlighted In NINDS Project

December 2016

Mariana was recently highlighted in the "From Potential to Action: NINDS Trainees Navigate Diverse Paths to Success" Project. This project seeks to highly outstanding neuroscientists who have used NINDS diversity programs to become successful researchers in their field.

City College Seminar

October 2016

Mariana was invited by the Chemistry Department of CUNY City College to present her research, much to the delight of the many students and researchers in attendance.

Hunter College Seminar

September 2016

Mariana was invited by the Biology Department of CUNY Hunter College to present her research. It was an enjoyable experience for everyone involved.

Biology Department Seminar

September 2016

Mariana was invited by Brooklyn College's own Biology Department to present as part of the Priscilla F. Pollister Biology Seminar Series of Fall 2016.

Presidential Scholar

August 2016

Our very own Mohamed Said has been selected as a Presidential Scholar as well as admitted to the Brooklyn College Scholars Program.

Enhanced PSC-CUNY Research Award

August 2016

We have been awarded an Enhanced PSC-CUNY Research Award from The Research Foundation of CUNY to fund our studies on Tryptophan Hydroxylase misfolding!

Chemistry Scholarship

April 2016

Steven Meltser has been chosen to be a recipient of the Professor David Davidson Memorial Undergraduate Chemistry Summer Research Scholarship. This will be used towards research in Elucidating the Role of Protein Aggregation in the Etiology of Depression.

Faculty Retreat for the Leadership Alliance

April 2016

Mariana attends the Spring 2016 Faculty Retreat for the Leadership Alliance at Brown University.

Feliks Gross Award

April 2016

Mariana is selected as recipient of a 2016 Feliks Gross Award which recognizes outstanding research, or potential for such, by assistant professors in the humanities or sciences, including social and life sciences.

ASRC SEED

April 2016

The Advanced Science Research Center of CUNY has funded our research! We are thankful for the help.

We're Live!!!

March 2016

The lab is fully functioning and we are working vigorously on changing the world.