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GMB Graduate Student Ana Berglind (Erin Heinzen Lab) is the recipient of a F99/K00 Award

July 1, 2024
Ana Berglind, a Genetics and Molecular Biology graduate student in Erin Heinzen’s Lab, is the recipient of a F99/K00 award from the National Institutes of Health. Her project title is “Discovery and functional characterization of somatic variation in intractable focal epilepsy”. The purpose of the Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition...

GMB Teams Up with Genetics, Pharmacology, BCB, and the Office of Rural Initiatives for “Camp Med”

June 20, 2024
The Department of Genetics joined together with the Department of Pharmacology, the Curriculum in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BCB), the Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology (GMB), and the Office of Rural Initiatives to participate in a day of community outreach with “Camp Med” on Thursday, June 20....

GMB Graduate Student Noor Singh publishes paper in Current Biology!

June 3, 2024
Noor Singh (Kacy Gordon Lab) published an article titled “The Rac pathway prevents cell fragmentation in a nonprotrusively migrating leader cell during C. elegans gonad organogenesis” in Current Biology showing how a highly conserved small GTPase can prevent cell fragmentation during leader cell migration in C. elegans gonad morphogenesis.      

Names GMB Faculty Sarah Linnstaedt and Pengda Liu 2023-24 Yang Family Biomedical Scholars

May 17, 2024
Sarah Linnstaedt, PhD (GMB), Benjamin Vincent, MD, and Pengda Liu, PhD (GMB), were selected as Yang Family Biomedical Scholars in the eighth installment of this annual School of Medicine award. The has named three outstanding researchers as recipients of the eighth annual Yang Family Biomedical Scholars...

GMB Graduate Student Isabela Gerdes Gyuricza Featured In ’s “Five Questions” Series

May 17, 2024
In this new Vital Signs series, graduate student Isabela Gerdes Gyuricza in the Parr lab is featured. Through her research at , Gerdes Gyuricza has developed a clearer vision of how her work in genetic epidemiology can influence public health policies and make a difference in...

Micah Hysong (he/him) wins National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award

April 26, 2024
Micah Hysong (he/him), Genetics & Molecular Biology graduate student in Laura Raffield’s Lab ( Genetics), received the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award. This fellowship will pay for the remainder of his PhD and offer exciting opportunities. He got this fellowship based on both his research proposal...

Ryan Salcido wins National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award

April 26, 2024
Ryan Salcido, Genetics & Molecular Biology graduate student in Mauro Calabrese’s lab ( Pharmacology) and received the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award for his research proposal “Escape from X-Inactivation: A Model to Study Reversal of Epigenetic Silencing” and his commitment to science education and outreach.    ...

Rachel Dumez-Kornegay publishes paper in PLOS Genetics

April 4, 2024
Rachel Dumez-Kornegay & Rob Dowen: Probiotics in kombucha found to mimic fasting and reduce fat stores in C. elegans model   “These findings are significant as they are consistent with purported human health benefits of kombucha tea, which include protection against metabolic diseases, improved liver function, and reduced fat accumulation.” —...

BCB and GMB Graduate Students Baran, Flores, McAfee, and Szymanski Volunteer as Ambassadors in the Shadow a Scientist program

December 11, 2023
On November 29, graduate students Kerstin Baran (Genetics and Molecular Biology in the Kathleen Caron lab), JP Flores (Bioinformatics and Computational Biology in the Doug Phanstiel Lab), Jessica McAfee (Genetics and Molecular Biology in the Hyejung Won lab), and Rachel Szymanski (Genetics and Molecular Biology in the Frank Conlon...