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Congratulations to Kristina Sattler for publishing a first-author paper! The title of the paper is Assessment of Lectin Staining Biomarkers for GNE Myopathy Gene Therapy…
Our September MCDB Alumni Spotlight is highlighting Dr. Jessica Nunes! Dr. Nunes is a Postdoctoral Fellow at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. She graduated from MCDB in 2023…
Congratulations to each of our newly elected MCDB GSO members!
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Congratulations to Jessica Wedig for passing her final exam!
We are excited to announce that the new online paperless workflow for our MCDB Student Progress Report form is now live. This new workflow takes effect immediately; all progress reports submitted…
Congratulations to Bethany Pepple for receiving a C. Glenn Barber Fellowship from the College of Veterinary Medicine!
Welcome to the incoming MCDB cohort! We’re so excited to have each of you in the program.
Yijing Su, Ananya Viswanathan, Abigail Shugrue, Khulood Alzahrani, Gabriela Pardo-Toro,…
Our August MCDB Alumni Spotlight is highlighting Dr. Yu-Ci Syu! Dr. Syu is a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She graduated from MCDB…
Congratulations to our graduates! We wish them success on their future endeavors!
Katelyn Amstutz Advisor: Iris Me
Yogesh Budhathoki Advisor: Ryan…
Congratulations to Annika Chura, Ayushi Das, Zixi Long and Noura Srour for being selecting among the 2026-27 cohort of Pelotonia…
Congratulations to Jingru Liang for receiving a predoc fellowship from the American Heart Association!
Congratulations to Mackenzie Dillenbeck, Jack Gregory, Matt Janik, Bianca Lederfeind, Brendan Moran and George Roy for being…
Congratulations to Yogesh Budhathoki for successfully defending her dissertation!
Congratulations to Mariam Salem for successfully defending her dissertation!
Our July MCDB Alumni Spotlight is highlighting Dr. Siddhi Nath Paudel! Dr. Paudel is a Scientist in the Oncology In Vivo Pharmacology group at Amgen. He graduated from MCDB in…
Congratulations to Mackenzie Dillenbeck and Andrew Vontell for passing their candidacy exams!
Our July MCDB Alumni Spotlight is highlighting Dr. Iftekhar Showpnil! Dr. Showpnil is a Bioinformatics Analyst at Nationwide Children's Hospital. He graduated from MCDB in 2022.…
Congratulations to Jessica Herstine for successfully defending her dissertation!
Welcome to Internship Insights! This new series will feature interviews with MCDB students about their experiences with internships during their time in the program. We hope that…
Congratulations to Katelyn Amstutz, Hsiang-Ling Huang and Tianyi Tao for successfully defending their dissertations!
Congratulations to all of the MCDB students that were awarded at the 2026 IGP Symposium!
Outstanding Poster Presentation: Zianne Olverson Runner-Up Poster Presentations: Caleb Holaway, Aparna…On May 11 and 12, 2026, MCDB graduate students hosted an interactive science activity for middle schoolers at Hayes Intermediate School in Grove City, Ohio.
MCDB students Carmen…
Our June MCDB Alumni Spotlight is highlighting Dr. Anisha Kalidindi! Dr. Kalidindi is an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company. She graduated from MCDB in 2022.
We asked…
Congratulations to Dominic Kolonay for receiving the Dr. Margaret T. Nishikawara Graduate Student Scholar Award! This award is given to recognize the top doctoral candidate in the…
Congratulations to Salma Abdelbaky, Moulisubhro Datta, Kyle Ernzen, Natasha Maria James, Jack…
Our May MCDB Alumni Spotlight is highlighting Dr. Daniel Arango! Dr. Arango is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at Northwestern University. He graduated…
On Wednesday, Ayushi Das, Maria Mihaylova, Zianne Olverson, Emily Payne, Kristin Stanford, Yi Wang…
Congratulations to Caden Martin for successfully defending his dissertation!
On Apr. 17, 2026, MCDB graduate students Zianne Olverson, Electra Coffman, Jessica Anderson, Madeline Burghaze, Remy…
Congratulations to Mariam Salem for publishing a first-author paper in the European Journal of Immunology!
The title of the paper is, “Gene Regulatory Programs of NK…
Congratulations to Leyre Jiminez-Garcia for publishing a first-author paper in Springer Nature Link!
The title of the paper is, “Meningeal-tumor interactions define…
Our May MCDB Alumni Spotlight is highlighting Dr. Sanjana Rajan! Dr. Rajan is a Senior Computational Scientist in Immunology R&D Discovery at Johnson & Johnson. She graduated from…
MCDB Student Spotlight Award for Service and Engagement Awardee: Zianne Olverson
Zianne Olverson demonstrates an extraordinary passion for community…
Congratulations to Ma Suu, Zhantao Du and Paul Nicolosi for passing their candidacy exams!
Tong Xiao also recently published a first-author paper in Nature Immunology. The paper was titled, "ZFP148 is a transcriptional repressor of cytolytic effector CD8+ T cell…
Congratulations to Natasha Maria James, Yi Wang and Kyle Ernzen for all successfully defending their dissertations!