2024 Amgen Scholar Emily Grunert received the Rathmann Family Foundation Endowment for Chemistry and Biology 24-25. Congratulations Emily!
2024 Amgen Scholar, Gabriel Jones-Thomson has been awarded the 2024 Goldwater Scholarship. Way to go Gabe!
Brandon Chew (2021 cohort) recently published an interview article he wrote for ASBMB Today sharing the personal journal of Professor Cassandra Hayne, a new professor at the University of Chicago. Brandon is currently a PhD student at the University of Chicago in Cell and Molecular Biology.
https://www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/people/042523/scientist-channels-personal-experience-into-passio
University of Chicago PhD student Shinya Wai (2019 cohort) contributed to the development of a new polymer that adheres a flexible semiconductor to tissue, with a potential use to collect date on the electrical activity of the heart. These findings from the Sihong Wang at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering were highlighted in the U Chicago News. https://news.uchicago.edu/story/transistor-can-adhere-internal-organs-tape
UCLA PhD student Shelby Vexler (2019 cohort) got third place in the UCLA Grad Slam for her research on “From Foe to Friend: Viruses that Fight Bacteria”. Vexler conducts research in Professor Irene Chen’s group in the department of Chemistry & Biochemistry.
UCLA Bioengineering Graduate Student Heather Romero Mercieca (2019 cohort) was celebrated by her undergraduate institution, UC Irvine, in honor of her received the NSF Graduate Research Fellowshp. https://engineering.uci.edu/news/2021/4/four-engineering-students-receive-graduate-research-fellowship-program-awards
Yale University MSTP candidate, Sangwon Yun (2016 cohort) had his PhD research in the Greco lab showcased by the New York Stem Cell Foundation https://nyscf.org/resources/a-tale-of-four-studies-valentina-grecos-lab-uncovers-the-fascinating-dynamics-of-skin-regeneration/
UCLA MSTP Candidate Brandon Tsai (2015 cohort) won the UC-wide Grad Slam Competition last year, besting PhD students from across the UC System with his presentation on Covid Vaccines.
https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/grad-slam-2023-brandon-tsai-covid-vaccines
Emily Aguirre (2015 cohort) was interviewed in an LA Times article about Ocean technology hub AltaSea, where she serves as a Research & Restoration Lead
John Ovian (2015 cohort) was awarded a prestigious F32 Fellowship for their postdoctoral work in the lab of Dr. Jonas Peters at CalTech . The project is entitled: An Electrochemical Approach to Amine Synthesis from Nitrogen https://reporter.nih.gov/search/YhKUwW5kz0ORaXf9s9H1BA/project-details/10914036
