M.S. Student News

Asra Noor – Awarded Mays Cancer Center Travel Award!

May 14, 2025

Asra Noor, a fifth year PhD student, was recently awarded a Mays Cancer Center Travel Award. This funding allowed her to attend the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2025, where she presented her research focused on identifying protein-protein interactions and their functional consequences in myeloid malignancies.

Congratulations to Dr. Robin Leach and her student, Kaitlyn Bejar!

March 3, 2025

Congratulations to Dr. Robin Leach and her student, Kaitlyn Bejar! Kaitlyn Bejar Program: IBMS – Cell Biology, Genetics, and Molecular Medicine Discipline Mentor: Dr. Robin Leach Kaitlyn Bejar, a fifth year IBMS student, is a co-author on two papers published recently in Viruses and Emerging Microbes & Infections! Updated with correct journal information: Kaitlyn, a fifth year […]

Sheryl Vu – GSBS Outstanding MS Student Research Award!

April 9, 2024

Congratulations to Sheryl Vu, in Gang Huang’s lab, for being named the GSBS Outstanding MS Student Research Award!

Phuc Sheryl Vu – 2024 Outstanding MS Student Research Award!

March 20, 2024

It is our pleasure to announce that Phuc Sheryl Vu, 2nd year student in the department’s Master of Science program, has been selected by the GSBS as the winner of the 2024 Outstanding MS Student Research Award! The committee was impressed by her exemplary work and commitment to scientific research: from learning new techniques, to […]

Ms. Desirae Morales & Ms. Maia Smith – Recent Success of Two Students Mentored by CSA Faculty Lily Dong!

March 12, 2024

Ms. Desirae Morales: She was Dr. Dong’s MSc student and is currently in her first year as a Ph.D. student in the Cell Biology, Genetics, and Molecular Medicine Discipline at UTHSA. We just learned she was selected as one of this year’s Top 3 Abstract Award Winners by the annual conference committee for the Pediatric […]

Skanda Hebbale – Acceptance to Medical School at UTSW on a Full Scholarship!

October 16, 2023

Congratulations to Skanda Hebbale, an undergraduate student working in Luke Norton’s lab, on his recent acceptance to medical school at UTSW on a full scholarship!

Nahin Tunajjina – Life Science Research Professional at Stanford University

October 11, 2023

Congratulations to Nahin Tunajjina, a graduate from the CSA master-of-science program, for a new position as a Life Science Research Professional at Stanford University, School of Medicine. She will be part of an optogenetics team focused on neuro-repair after stroke. Congratulations also to her her mentor, Naomi Sayre. Very proud of you Nahin!