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Linh Trinh (Mark Magnuson lab) received the inaugural Brighter Ventures Student Award. The award supports Ph.D. students interested in the application of artificial intelligence in the biomedical research field. Read More

The Department of Cell & Developmental Biology gathered for its annual retreat in late May, bringing together faculty, trainees, and staff to share scientific discoveries, celebrate accomplishments, and strengthen connections across the department. Department Chair Ian Macara opened the retreat with a “State of the Department” address. During his presentation,… Read More

Many current and former members of CDB will remember Dr. Lindsey Seldin, PhD who, after highly successful doctoral research with Terry Lechler at Duke University, became a postdoctoral fellow in the Macara lab, where she worked on mechanisms underlying epidermal  homeostasis and tumorigenesis.  She went… Read More

The mission of the School of Medicine Basic Sciences—fostering an environment where curiosity thrives and our community of scientists is empowered to create new knowledge about human biology, health, and disease—has driven everything we’ve done since our inception. Although our school was established in 2016, our departments have existed… Read More

“Yang has become the go‑to expert for making sense of complex single‑cell data. She helped create a breakthrough ‘molecular clock’ that tracks how individual cells change over time during development and with cancer—and knowing the timing of cellular events is a key to understanding. Beyond discoveries, Yilin introduces new methods,… Read More

Chancellor Daniel Diermeier, Provost C. Cybele Raver and Faculty Senate Chair Alissa Hare, who is assistant dean of the College of Arts and Science, presented awards at this year’s Fall Faculty Assembly to 10 faculty members who have made significant contributions through their scholarship, research or creative expression. Alissa Weaver,… Read More