{"id":10621,"date":"2024-04-16T09:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T16:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/?p=10621"},"modified":"2024-11-26T11:40:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T19:40:42","slug":"mcnair-scholar-sylvia-kennerly-accepted-to-washington-state-university-phd-in-molecular-biosciences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/mcnair-scholar-sylvia-kennerly-accepted-to-washington-state-university-phd-in-molecular-biosciences\/","title":{"rendered":"McNair Scholar Sylvia Kennerly Accepted to Washington State University  PhD in Molecular Biosciences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2024\/03\/Sylvia-Kennerly-WSU-Molecular-Biosciences-Program-PhD-Acceptance-Offer-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Congrats to Sylvia Kennerly\" class=\"wp-image-10633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2024\/03\/Sylvia-Kennerly-WSU-Molecular-Biosciences-Program-PhD-Acceptance-Offer-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2024\/03\/Sylvia-Kennerly-WSU-Molecular-Biosciences-Program-PhD-Acceptance-Offer-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2024\/03\/Sylvia-Kennerly-WSU-Molecular-Biosciences-Program-PhD-Acceptance-Offer-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2024\/03\/Sylvia-Kennerly-WSU-Molecular-Biosciences-Program-PhD-Acceptance-Offer-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2024\/03\/Sylvia-Kennerly-WSU-Molecular-Biosciences-Program-PhD-Acceptance-Offer-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2024\/03\/Sylvia-Kennerly-WSU-Molecular-Biosciences-Program-PhD-Acceptance-Offer-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to McNair Scholar <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/sylvia-kennerly\/\">Sylvia Kennerly<\/a>! Sylvia has been accepted to the Washington State University <a href=\"https:\/\/gradschool.wsu.edu\/degrees\/doctor-of-philosophy-in-molecular-biosciences\/\">Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Biosciences program<\/a>, with funding. Washington State University&#8217;s SMB Ph.D. program provides an<a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.wsu.edu\/education\/graduate-degrees\/ph-d-molecular-biosciences\/\"> integrated graduate curriculum<\/a> and rotating laboratory experiences, including <a href=\"https:\/\/nihbiotech.wsu.edu\/\">National Institutes of Health Training Program<\/a> opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their program overview states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Molecular Biosciences is a dynamic continuum of disciplines, which uses the approaches of chemistry, physics, and biology to understand the fundamental mechanisms of living organisms.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sylvia Kennerly<\/strong>&nbsp;is an aspiring researcher Graduating this Spring 2024 with a Bachelors in Biochemistry from Eastern Washington University. Sylvia engaged in a research project with&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/experts\/nicholas-burgis\/\">Dr. Burgis<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;in winter quarter&nbsp;of 2023 exploring the expression of variant ITPase on human neuron cells. For her 2023 summer research internship, she worked with mentor&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/experts\/jason-ashley\/\">Dr. Jason Ashley&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong>investigating specific pathways affecting osteoclasts. As a student with strong interest in pursuing a career in biochemistry, Sylvia has set her sights on earning&nbsp;a PhD in biochemistry. Through further research and laboratory experience, she hopes to make a positive&nbsp;impact towards human health and disease research. Sylvia&#8217;s unwavering commitment to scientific inquiry&nbsp;and her determination to grow and learn new fields makes her a promising scholar we know will be a powerful<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to McNair Scholar Sylvia Kennerly! Sylvia has been accepted to the Washington State University Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Biosciences program, with funding. Washington State University&#8217;s SMB Ph.D. program provides an integrated graduate curriculum and rotating laboratory experiences, including National Institutes of Health Training Program opportunities. Their program overview states: Molecular Biosciences is a &#8230; <a title=\"McNair Scholar Sylvia Kennerly Accepted to Washington State University  PhD in Molecular Biosciences\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/mcnair-scholar-sylvia-kennerly-accepted-to-washington-state-university-phd-in-molecular-biosciences\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about McNair Scholar Sylvia Kennerly Accepted to Washington State University  PhD in Molecular Biosciences\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26138,"featured_media":10633,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpo365_audiences":[],"wpo365_private":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[594,719,9,645,14,15,28,624],"tags":[159,83,264,147,729,154,134],"class_list":["post-10621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2022-2023-cohort","category-2023-24-grad-school-acceptances","category-acceptances-awards","category-biochemistry","category-biology","category-chemistry","category-news","category-sylvia-kennerly","tag-acceptances","tag-accepted","tag-biochemistry","tag-biology","tag-bioscience","tag-ewu-mcnair-program","tag-ewu-mcnair-scholar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10621"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10621"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37349,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10621\/revisions\/37349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}