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Arur standing with Dean Alejandro Aballay aafter receiving award at October's Lab Coat Ceremony.

Swathi Arur, PhD, honored with Darlington Mentor Award for her lasting impact on the next generation of scientists

Swathi Arur, PhD, professor and long-standing GSBS faculty member, has been awarded the 2025 Paul E. Darlington Mentor Award, recognizing her extraordinary influence on students and faculty through mentorship...
December 4, 2025
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November’s Paper of the Month finds that neuronal recycling pathways remain stable across sexes, simplifying future studies of aging and disease.

November’s Paper of the Month finds that neuronal recycling pathways remain stable across sexes, simplifying future studies of aging and disease.

Neuroscience PhD student Mya Rodriguez has uncovered that male and female neurons maintain equivalent recycling capacity as they age. The findings, published in Molecular Biology of the ...
November 21, 2025
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Researcher with long curly hair presents a scientific poster to three attendees at an indoor event. The poster header reads ‘Evening of Discovery’ and shows charts and microscopy images. A small sign marked ‘Station #3’ is visible on the left.

Kopchick Fellowship advances Cancer Biology student Andrew Gillard’s work on brain tumor therapies

Cancer Biology PhD student Andrew Gillard is using the Dr. John J. Kopchick Fellowship to advance promising oncolytic viroimmunotherapy strategies for brain tumors. The fellowship...
November 3, 2025
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Mya Rodriguez, pictured with her mentor, Andrea Stavoe, PhD

Recognizing excellence: Mya Rodriguez receives 2025 Terry J. Crow, PhD, Scholarship in Neuroscience

Congratulations to Neuroscience PhD student Mya Rodriguez, who has been awarded the 2025 Terry J. Crow, PhD, Scholarship in Neuroscience for her academic excellence and leadership. Her research explores...
November 1, 2025
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October’s Paper of the Month reveals how a conserved protein complex across species may unlock new clues to Huntington’s disease

October’s Paper of the Month reveals how a conserved protein complex across species may unlock new clues to Huntington’s disease

The answers to human diseases may lie in the biology we share across species. In his recent studies, Stephen Farmer, a PhD student in the Molecular and Translational Biology and Neuroscience programs in...
October 31, 2025
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Anna DeBruine at conference in Italy

Therapeutics and Pharmacology student Anna DeBruine recognized at Italy conference for outstanding work in cancer cachexia research

Therapeutics and Pharmacology student Anna DeBruine was honored with the Women in Cachexia Student Spotlight Award at the 8th Cancer Cachexia Conference in Turin, Italy, for her poster on estrogen-related...
October 14, 2025
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Banner announcing the D. Dudley and Judy White Oldham Faculty Award with text 'Congratulations to the 2025 award recipients!' and headshots of Swathi Arur, PhD, and Rachel Miller, PhD.

Swathi Arur, PhD, and Rachel Miller, PhD honored with annual Oldham Faculty Award

MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences faculty members Swathi Arur, PhD, and Rachel Miller, PhD, have been named recipients of the 2025 D. Dudley and Judy White Oldham Faculty...
October 10, 2025
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Ahammed presenting paper at conference

Microbiology and Infectious Diseases graduate Khondakar Sayef Ahammed, PhD, explores new horizons in RNA biology research

From a small village in India to the world’s largest medical center, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases graduate Khondakar Sayef Ahammed, PhD, has pursued science as both a career and a way of ...
October 9, 2025
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Headshot of Wassim Chehab, PhD, Director of Curriculum and Faculty Development

Meet the Faculty: Wassim Chehab, PhD

With a passion for enhancing curriculum and content at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Director of Curriculum and Faculty Development...
October 8, 2025
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Headshot of Richa Nayak, PhD candidate in the Genetics and Epigenetics program.

Kopchick Fellow Richa Nayak investigates the role of “jumping genes” in stem cells and human disease

Genetics and Epigenetics PhD candidate Richa Nayak is investigating how “jumping genes” — ancient viral sequences embedded in our DNA — are regulated in adult stem cells. These ...
October 3, 2025
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