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Gabriel Jones-Thomson Receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

September 12, 2025

Congrats to 2024 Amgen Scholar Gabriel Jones-Thomsom for receiving…

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Emily Friedman (2024 Cohort) Presents at 2025 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Conference

September 12, 2025

Emily Friedman (2024) was showcased by her home institution,…

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Sahana Shah (2023 Cohort) is a Fullbright Scholar!

September 12, 2025

Congratulations to 2025 Fulbright Scholar and 2022 cohort Amgen…

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Jessica Kahng (2019 Cohort) Finishes PhD at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories

September 12, 2025

Jessica Kahng (2019 cohort) just finished her PhD at Cold Spring…

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Will Benman (2017 Cohort) Wins Solomon Pollack Award

September 12, 2025

Congratulations to Will Benman (cohort 2017) for winning the…

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The Impact of Undergraduate Research

September 3, 2025

Undergraduate research transforms lives. Hear from three…

Student Spotlight: Sasha Gladkikh

Alexa Garcia

September 2, 2025

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT Meet Alexa Garcia! Alexa is a fourth-year…

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Potential stroke and dementia therapies, along with oral health discoveries, put on hold at UCLA

August 28, 2025

In an LAist report, researchers describe how suspended funding…

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The Next 100 Years

August 15, 2025

Did our wise forebears have any idea just how much incredible…