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Congratulations to Sarah Lester (they/them) for being awarded an F31 Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Sarah鈥檚 project is titled: 鈥淯nderstanding the Genetic Contributions to Variation in Ozone Exposure Response.鈥�          

Ana Berglind, a Genetics and Molecular Biology graduate student in Erin Heinzen鈥檚 Lab, is the recipient of a F99/K00 award from the National Institutes of Health. Her project title is 鈥淒iscovery and functional characterization of somatic variation in intractable focal epilepsy鈥�. The purpose of the Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition...

The 黑料网 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 黑料网 Office of Rural Initiatives to participate in a day of community outreach with 鈥淐amp Med鈥� on Thursday, June 20....

Noor Singh (Kacy Gordon Lab) published an article聽titled “The Rac pathway prevents cell fragmentation in a nonprotrusively migrating leader cell during C.聽elegans聽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.      

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 黑料网 has named three outstanding researchers as recipients of the eighth annual Yang Family Biomedical Scholars...

In this new 黑料网 Vital Signs series, graduate student Isabela Gerdes Gyuricza in the Parr lab is featured. Through her research at 黑料网, 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), Genetics & Molecular Biology graduate student in Laura Raffield鈥檚 Lab (黑料网 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, Genetics & Molecular Biology graduate student in Mauro Calabrese鈥檚 lab (黑料网 Pharmacology) and received the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award for his research proposal 鈥淓scape from X-Inactivation: A Model to Study Reversal of Epigenetic Silencing鈥� and his commitment to science education and outreach.    ...

Rachel Dumez-Kornegay & Rob Dowen: Probiotics in kombucha found to mimic fasting and reduce fat stores in C. elegans model   鈥淭hese 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.鈥澛犫��...

On November 29, 黑料网 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...

Congratulations to Genetics and Molecular Biology Graduate Student Marielle Bond in the labs of Doug Phanstiel (Cell Biology and Physiology) and Hyejung Won (Genetics), for receiving the 鈥淧eople鈥檚 Choice Award鈥� at the 2023 Three Minute Thesis Competition! The Graduate School鈥檚 annual聽Three Minute Thesis competition聽final, an initiative of Professional Development, helps...

Marielle Bond, a doctoral student in Genetics and Molecular Biology聽(Doug Phanstiel and Hyejung Won labs), is a finalist in the 黑料网 Graduate School’s Three Minute Thesis competition. This achievement reflects her ability to present her research in an accessible and compelling way. The final competition will be this Wednesday, October...