Karen
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Karen
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GSBS, Aggie, Houstonian
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Our elevator pitch series, created to share award winning pitches from Graduate Student Research Day, concludes with Cancer Biology PhD student Candise Tat, who explains how copper may hold clues to defeating pancreatic cancer. 🎥 Watch to see how a little change could make a big difference.
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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We gave cancer the boot 👢today at MD Anderson Cancer Center’s 10th annual Boot Walk to #endcancer. Thanks to our deans for organizing our team, the GSBS Solemates! 🎉 Together, we raised $2,125 to support student research. Thank you, team, and to all who supported us! 🙌 #WeAreGSBS
November 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Our recruiters and student ambassadors look forward to talking with you in San Antonio this week! 🤝 Register at go.uth.edu/RecruitGSBS. Or reach us at gsbs_recruiting@uth.tmc.edu to get your questions answered.

#BiomedicalScience #WeAreGSBS
November 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Today's Kopchick Symposium, “Overcoming Barriers in Science,” united scientists at all career stages for a day of learning and connection. Funded by John J. Kopchick, PhD, and Charlene Kopchick, and organized by the Kopchick Fellows, the event fostered powerful student and faculty exchanges.
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Behind the steams before the big moment! We’re steaming lab coats and getting ready to celebrate our second-year students at tomorrow’s Lab Coat Ceremony! 🥼🎉#WeAreGSBS
Watch the celebration live on Zoom: https://loom.ly/Urf1Q9s
October 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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We pawsed for our friends at Paws for Therapy this week. 🐾 They are so sweet! 🐶 We're grateful for their cheerful and comforting visit.♥️ #WeAreGSBS
September 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Curious about the latest advances in cancer research? 🔬 Join our Discover Biomedicine virtual series tomorrow (3-4 p.m. CST) for inspiring research spotlights featuring UTHealth Houston and MD Anderson faculty. #DiscoverBiomedicine

Register at: gsbs.uth.edu/admissions/recruitment-schedule
October 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Our elevator pitch series continues — with Neuroscience PhD candidate Madison Shyer. Listen to learn about her incredible research! 🔬Shyer won first place in the Graduate Student Research Day Post-Candidacy PhD Elevator Pitch Contest.👏 #WeAreGSBS #Neuroscience
September 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Mindfulness is key, according to first-year student Jazmine Grant, as she thinks about advice for new students starting their graduate school journeys! #WeAreGSBS
September 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Facing a tight job market? Assistant Dean of Career and Alumni Engagement Raquel Ybanez Salinas, PhD offers practical advice in her latest column in Inside Higher Ed. She shares strategies for taking meaningful action and expanding your options.
What to Do When Your Job Search Stalls (opinion)
Take these steps to get unstuck, Raquel Y. Salinas writes.
www.insidehighered.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Learn how Genetics and Epigenetics student Sseu-Pei Hwang’s research enhances our understanding of RNA modifications linked to cancer development, opening new avenues for targeted therapies in July’s Paper of the Month: https://loom.ly/G19BQfQ #WeAreGSBS #CancerResearch
July 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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🔬Graduate Student Research Day is on — the competitions are in progress! First, oral presentation competitors are taking the stage to convey their research and field questions from Graduate School peers and scientists in The Medical Center community. Great presentations, everyone!👋 #WeAreGSBS
June 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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👏Congratulations to A. Kyle Jones, PhD, recipient of the 2025 John P. McGovern Outstanding Teaching Award! Honored by Graduate School students, Jones exemplifies what it means to be both an educator and lifelong learner. Read more about his impact. #WeAreGSBS #TeachingExcellence #MedicalPhysics
Inspiring minds: A. Kyle Jones, PhD, named outstanding educator
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May 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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We spent today setting up for tomorrow’s Commencement 2025! We’re thrilled to see our graduates share this milestone with their families and friends! Congratulations to all of our students earning their PhD and MS degrees. We’re so proud of you! #WeAreGSBS
May 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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It's #UTHealthHoustonGivingDay and we’re on a mission to make a big impact in a short amount of time. Whether you’re making a gift, sharing our message, or cheering us on, I hope you will join me in supporting breakthroughs in biomedical science. Every gift makes a difference at go.uth.edu/GDGSBS25.
April 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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The Graduate School is pleased to announce that accomplished scientist and graduate educator Rebecca M. Howell, PhD, has been elected as faculty president-elect. Learn more about Howell and her new role as a vital liaison between faculty and leadership. #WeAreGSBS #medicalphysics #radiationphysics
Rebecca Howell, PhD, elected Faculty President-Elect
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March 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Looks who is on Bluesky now😍
Andrea Hernandez Molina’s research in the Young Laboratory involves treatment for head and neck cancer. Hear more about her research as a PhD candidate in the Immunology Program, and why she is thankful to work with such amazing scientists in their “home away from home.” #WeAreGSBS #immunology
March 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I love HEB's Lone Star crackers and approve of this message.
friends i am here to encourage you to run, don't walk, to your local HEB to get your hands on these absolutely perfect morsels, like you thought Goldfish were pretty good as far as cheesy crackers go? these are on another plane of deliciousness entirely
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March 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Our bald eagles and whooping cranes are taking their turn in the snow. Both birds are native to North America and can tolerate a wide range of different weather conditions, including snow.

📸: Kevin H., VP of Animal Programs
January 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Checking on our Galápagos Islands exhibit! Our California sea lions explored their snow-covered environment and stayed warm in their temperature-controlled habitat.

📸: Sea Lion Supervisor Krista and team
January 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
A very unofficial and unscientific measurement of the snow between the med center and Pearland
January 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I have two. Libraries are the best! ❤️
If you don’t have a local library card, it should be your New Year’s resolution to get one. It’s an easy resolution to keep and you’ll actually use it, trust me.
January 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM