Our first ever Rutgers School of Graduate Studies biomedical PhD student retreat was so much fun! We had pet therapy with seeing eye puppies, collaborative team building activities, restorative justice circles, a tour of Rutgers Gardens and delicious food.
Phone
848-932-5604
Location
76 Lipman Drive
Lipman Hall, Room 122
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
For Babatunji Daramola, pest management is a public health issue that affects people’s homes, comfort, livelihoods, and safety. A graduate research assistant in the Department of Entomology at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, Daramola studies the intersection of urban pest management and public health.
Graduate Research in Interdisciplinary Biosciences (GRIB) Conference 2026
Hardik Yagnik’s journey into doctoral study was not part of an original plan. When he first came to the United States, his goal was straightforward: complete a master’s degree and deepen his technical knowledge in civil engineering. But that plan evolved.
By Anna Tassou
SGS Doctoral Students Receive Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowships
Career Pathways Research Brief No. 3
Published May 2026
Beyond Academia Is Not a Backup Plan: What the Research Says About PhD Careers
675 Hoes Lane West
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Dr. David Julius will deliver the 2026 Morris-Inouye Lecture at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in the Main Lecture Hall of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Piscataway. His lecture is titled “Gut Feelings: Probing mechanisms of visceral pain.” A reception will follow.
Dr. Julius shared the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Ardem Patapoutian for work that transformed our understanding of how the nervous system senses temperature and mechanical stimuli. He discovered the ion channel that detects both the “hot” ingredient in chili peppers and painfully elevated temperature. His laboratory continues to investigate the structure, regulation, and tissue distribution of sensory ion channels.
In addition to the Nobel, Dr. Julius’ other honors including a Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences and the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience, which he also shared with Dr. Patapoutian. He is professor and chair of the Department of Physiology at UCSF, where he holds the Morris Herzstein Chair in Molecular Biology and Medicine. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, and the AAAS.
