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Congratulations to Madison Pletan!
Madison (Tsai Lab) successfully defended her thesis, "An Endoplasmic Reticulum Junctional Structure Supports Nuclear Protein Quality Control and Viral Pathogenesis," on April 18, 2024.
Congratulations to Kristen Verhey!
Kristen has been inducted as a 2023 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for distinguished contributions to the fields of cell biology and biophysics in understanding microtubules and motors, and development of the tubulin code.
Congratulations to Emily Wang!
Emily (Tsai lab) was awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).
Congratulations Subhash Arya!
Subhash, (Parent Lab) was selected as the 2024 Thermo Fisher Trainee Achievement Award recipient. Established in 1997, these awards recognize promising trainees in immunology.
New Publication by Seth Teague (Heemskerk Lab)!
"Time-integrated BMP signaling determines fate in a stem cell model for early human development," has been published in Nature Communications.