October 2023 – Abrar was awarded a scholarship to attend the 15th annual course Isotope Tracers in Metabolic Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
October 2023 – Alexandria passed her BMMB qualifying exam!
December 2023 – Kareem passed his PhD Comprehensive exam!
July 2023 – Dr. McReynolds and her team (including Dr. Debarshi Roy from Alcorn State University and Brenita Jenkins) secured seed funding from the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences under the Inter-Institutional Partnerships for Diversifying Research (IPDR) Program, specifically in the Life Sciences track (IDLIFE). This initiative, titled "Deciphering Differential Regulation of Metabolic Pathways in Chemo-Sensitive and -Resistant Ovarian Cancer Cells using Repurposed Therapeutic Agents and Natural Products," stands as a collaborative effort between Alcorn State University and Penn State University.
June 2023 – Dr. McReynolds was an invited speaker to the Endocrine Conference in Chicago, IL where she spoke on managing burnout and promoting resiliency in science.
June 2023 – Dr. McReynolds was selected to participate in ASBMB’s IMAGE Grant Writing Workshop in Washington DC.
June 2023 – Isaiah spent this summer as an intern in Yale University's REU Program, where he was mentored by Dr. Valentina Greco.
May 2023 – Abrar successfully passed her Comprehensive Exam, becoming the first graduate student in the lab to achieve this significant accomplishment!
May 2023 – JJ was awarded the prestigious Erickson Discovery Grant for the Summer of 2023 to investigate NAD+ metabolism in mouse models of acute kidney injury.
May 2023 – Shaina was awarded the Student Engagement Network (SEN) grant for the Summer of 2023 to help support her summer research in the lab.
April 2023 – Keynote Speaker, STEM Like A Girl, Louisville, MS (Dr. McReynolds)
April 2023 – WUSTL-Student Invited Keynote Speaker, INSPIRE Conference, Washing University in St. Louis School of Medicine “Mechanisms of NAD+ Homeostasis in Aging and Disease” (Dr. McReynolds)
February 2023 – Trainee-Invited Speaker, Huck Graduate Student Advisory Committee, Career Exposure Seminar Series, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Penn State University, “Oh the places you will go with a Penn State Degree” (Dr. McReynolds)
January 2023 – Trainee-Invited Speaker, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Colloquium, Duke University, “Mechanisms of NAD+ Homeostasis in Aging and Disease” (Dr. McReynolds)
December 2022 – Trainee-Invited Speaker, At the Leading-Edge Symposium, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Physiology, “Mechanisms of NAD+ Homeostasis in Aging and Disease” (Dr. McReynolds)
November 2022 – Invited Speaker, Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Students (ABRMCS), Scientific Expert Lecture, “Mechanisms of NAD+ Homeostasis in Aging Health and Disease” (Dr. McReynolds)
November 2022 – Kareem is accepted and given the opportunity to travel and attend the 14th Annual Isotope Tracers in Metabolic Research course at Vanderbilt University
October 2022 – Kareem passed his BMMB qualifying exam! Kareem is now the 2nd PhD Candidate in from the McReynolds lab!
October 2022 – Dr. McReynolds was invited to join the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Member Committee for a three-year term.
September 2022 – Academic Keynote Address, UIC Postdoc Career Development Symposium, University of Illinois Chicago; “Mechanisms of NAD+ Homeostasis in Aging Health and Disease” (Dr. McReynolds)
August 2022 – The McReynolds Lab had 4 new undergraduates to join our team! This includes Shaina, Cole, Clara, and Isabella.
May 23, 2022 – JJ joins the lab as the first BMMB undergraduate student!
May 16, 2022 – Abrar was the 1st graduate student in the McReynolds Lab to pass her qualifying exam! Congratulations, Abrar—our 1st PhD Candidate in the lab!
May 9, 2022 – Ian joins the lab as the first BMMB undergraduate student!
January 1, 2022 – Melanie officially joins Penn State as an Assistant Professor of BMB!
December 14, 2021 – Abrar joins the lab as the second BMMB graduate student!
December 7, 2021 – Kareem joins the lab as the first BMMB graduate student!
June 11, 2021 – St. Elmo Brady Postdoctoral Inclusive Excellence Symposium
March 10,2021 – Eberly college welcomes alumna Melanie McReynolds as new faculty member
Dr. Melanie McReynolds named faculty member of Penn State’s Eberly College of Science
November 25, 2019 – Sloan Scholar Spotlight: Melanie McReynolds
June 1, 2019 – Understanding the link between metabolism and aging
Melanie McReynolds selected as Hanna Gray Fellow, awarded $1.4M to research aging
May 3, 2019 – Melanie McReynolds awarded HHMI Hanna Gray Fellowship
September 19, 2018 – PU Postdoc Melanie McReynolds Wins $1.4M To Pursue Biochemistry Research on Aging
September 12, 2018 – McReynolds wins HHMI Hanna Gray Fellowship for early career researchers