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The MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences is dedicated to the highest level of education and research, training the researchers of tomorrow to turn discovery into life-saving solutions.
It’s #UTHealthHoustonGivingTuesday! Join us at launch.uth.edu/gt25gsbs to uncover biomedical knowledge that can change lives. Your gift of any amount will help prepare the next generation of scientists working to understand disease and bring new hope to patients everywhere.
December 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It’s #UTHealthHoustonGivingTuesday! Join us at launch.uth.edu/gt25gsbs to uncover biomedical knowledge that can change lives. Your gift of any amount will help prepare the next generation of scientists working to understand disease and bring new hope to patients everywhere.
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at the MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences!
As we pause to give thanks, we’re grateful for the curiosity, compassion, and collaboration that define our community.♥️ #WeAreGSBS
As we pause to give thanks, we’re grateful for the curiosity, compassion, and collaboration that define our community.♥️ #WeAreGSBS
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at the MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences!
As we pause to give thanks, we’re grateful for the curiosity, compassion, and collaboration that define our community.♥️ #WeAreGSBS
As we pause to give thanks, we’re grateful for the curiosity, compassion, and collaboration that define our community.♥️ #WeAreGSBS
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
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.
How do neurons maintain recycling as we age — and does sex matter? 🧬 November’s Paper of the Month from Neuroscience student Mya Rodriguez finds that neuronal autophagy stays consistent across sexes, clarifying aging research.
🔗 Read more here: https://loom.ly/GkvqZRE #Neuroscience #WeAreGSBS
🔗 Read more here: https://loom.ly/GkvqZRE #Neuroscience #WeAreGSBS
November 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
How do neurons maintain recycling as we age — and does sex matter? 🧬 November’s Paper of the Month from Neuroscience student Mya Rodriguez finds that neuronal autophagy stays consistent across sexes, clarifying aging research.
🔗 Read more here: https://loom.ly/GkvqZRE #Neuroscience #WeAreGSBS
🔗 Read more here: https://loom.ly/GkvqZRE #Neuroscience #WeAreGSBS
🧠 Our Neuroscience PhD students, faculty, program leadership and alumni represented the Graduate School at the Society for Neuroscience 2025 in San Diego this week! 👏 Congrats to Archit Gupta, Trainee Professional Development Award winner! Several other students presented posters as well! #SfN25
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🧠 Our Neuroscience PhD students, faculty, program leadership and alumni represented the Graduate School at the Society for Neuroscience 2025 in San Diego this week! 👏 Congrats to Archit Gupta, Trainee Professional Development Award winner! Several other students presented posters as well! #SfN25
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
#BiomedicalScience #WeAreGSBS
November 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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
#BiomedicalScience #WeAreGSBS
Brainpower by day, karaoke by night! 🎤 The Genetics and Epigenetics program retreat featured student talks, AI deep dives, a keynote from Stanford Biology Professor Vanessa Barone, PhD, 🐠 Downtown Aquarium adventures, and karaoke hits. See more karaoke highlights here: https://loom.ly/jx1Fz60
November 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Brainpower by day, karaoke by night! 🎤 The Genetics and Epigenetics program retreat featured student talks, AI deep dives, a keynote from Stanford Biology Professor Vanessa Barone, PhD, 🐠 Downtown Aquarium adventures, and karaoke hits. See more karaoke highlights here: https://loom.ly/jx1Fz60
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
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
Today's American Legion Auxiliary Fellowship Awards Luncheon honored thirteen students conducting exceptional cancer-related research. Each Fellow presented their work in engaging three-minute talks. Thank you to the ALA for their enduring partnership in supporting our students!
November 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Today's American Legion Auxiliary Fellowship Awards Luncheon honored thirteen students conducting exceptional cancer-related research. Each Fellow presented their work in engaging three-minute talks. Thank you to the ALA for their enduring partnership in supporting our students!
👏 Congratulations to Neuroscience PhD candidate Mya Rodriguez, recipient of the 2025 Terry J. Crow, PhD, Scholarship in Neuroscience! Her research explores how brain cells stay healthy as we age — work that could deepen our understanding of age-related brain function. 🧠
🔗 https://loom.ly/f1JZX94
🔗 https://loom.ly/f1JZX94
November 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
👏 Congratulations to Neuroscience PhD candidate Mya Rodriguez, recipient of the 2025 Terry J. Crow, PhD, Scholarship in Neuroscience! Her research explores how brain cells stay healthy as we age — work that could deepen our understanding of age-related brain function. 🧠
🔗 https://loom.ly/f1JZX94
🔗 https://loom.ly/f1JZX94
Beyond the lab, our faculty, alumni, and students lead impactful programming like our recent Symposium with faculty talks from four departments; an alumni panel with MD Anderson computational biologists and an industry AI manager; and a career panel combining perspectives from academia and industry.
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Beyond the lab, our faculty, alumni, and students lead impactful programming like our recent Symposium with faculty talks from four departments; an alumni panel with MD Anderson computational biologists and an industry AI manager; and a career panel combining perspectives from academia and industry.
A glimpse of some of our students in action recently at the Allison Institute Scientific Symposium — sharing their research and exploring advances in immunobiology and immunotherapy. Congrats to Annette Wu, (mentors Wen Jiang, MD, PhD, and Betty Y.S. Kim, MD, PhD), awarded 3rd place for her poster!
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A glimpse of some of our students in action recently at the Allison Institute Scientific Symposium — sharing their research and exploring advances in immunobiology and immunotherapy. Congrats to Annette Wu, (mentors Wen Jiang, MD, PhD, and Betty Y.S. Kim, MD, PhD), awarded 3rd place for her poster!
Congrats to Microbiology and Infectious Diseases PhD student Dakota Archambault, for winning a best poster award at the Microbiology Society’s Candida and Candidiasis 2025 meeting in Berlin, Germany recently! Her research reveals how Candida albicans changes form to cause infection.
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Congrats to Microbiology and Infectious Diseases PhD student Dakota Archambault, for winning a best poster award at the Microbiology Society’s Candida and Candidiasis 2025 meeting in Berlin, Germany recently! Her research reveals how Candida albicans changes form to cause infection.
Our Therapeutics and Pharmacology students had a spooktacular time at the Fall 2025 Retreat! 👻 From creative costumes to an inspiring keynote by S. Rahima Benhabbour, PhD, from University of North Carolina Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, it was a day full of fun and learning.
November 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Our Therapeutics and Pharmacology students had a spooktacular time at the Fall 2025 Retreat! 👻 From creative costumes to an inspiring keynote by S. Rahima Benhabbour, PhD, from University of North Carolina Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, it was a day full of fun and learning.
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
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.
Meet Cancer Biology PhD student Andrew Gillard, whose work is advancing oncolytic viroimmunotherapy for brain tumors. As a Dr. John J. Kopchick Fellow, he’s exploring ways to make cancer-targeting viruses more effective. 🔬 Read more: https://loom.ly/rXa1SPY
#WeAreGSBS #CancerResearch
#WeAreGSBS #CancerResearch
November 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Meet Cancer Biology PhD student Andrew Gillard, whose work is advancing oncolytic viroimmunotherapy for brain tumors. As a Dr. John J. Kopchick Fellow, he’s exploring ways to make cancer-targeting viruses more effective. 🔬 Read more: https://loom.ly/rXa1SPY
#WeAreGSBS #CancerResearch
#WeAreGSBS #CancerResearch
Halloween fun at the Graduate School, with many BOOtiful costumes — at the Therapeutics and Pharmacology Retreat, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases program’s MicroBOOology activities, Genetic Counseling’s pumpkin carving, the Graduate Student Association’s Halloween event, and more! #WeAreGSBS
November 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Halloween fun at the Graduate School, with many BOOtiful costumes — at the Therapeutics and Pharmacology Retreat, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases program’s MicroBOOology activities, Genetic Counseling’s pumpkin carving, the Graduate Student Association’s Halloween event, and more! #WeAreGSBS
How do shared protein structures across species reveal new insights into Huntington’s disease? 🔬 Molecular & Translational Biology program PhD student Stephen Farmer, mentored by Sheng Zhang, PhD, explores this in October’s Paper of the Month: https://loom.ly/887lEMQ #MolecularBiology #WeAreGSBS
October 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
How do shared protein structures across species reveal new insights into Huntington’s disease? 🔬 Molecular & Translational Biology program PhD student Stephen Farmer, mentored by Sheng Zhang, PhD, explores this in October’s Paper of the Month: https://loom.ly/887lEMQ #MolecularBiology #WeAreGSBS
The third presentation in our elevator pitch series features Medical Physics PhD candidate Diana Carrasco — watch to learn about her research involving radiation therapy! Carrasco won first place in the Graduate Student Research Day Pre-Candidacy PhD, MS & SMS contest.👏
October 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The third presentation in our elevator pitch series features Medical Physics PhD candidate Diana Carrasco — watch to learn about her research involving radiation therapy! Carrasco won first place in the Graduate Student Research Day Pre-Candidacy PhD, MS & SMS contest.👏
Our Community Outreach Group was proud to help launch the first-ever Ion Family Tech Festival this past weekend, where K–12 students explored hands-on science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) activities. Engaging with young minds made the day unforgettable! 🚀✨ #WeAreGSBS
October 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Our Community Outreach Group was proud to help launch the first-ever Ion Family Tech Festival this past weekend, where K–12 students explored hands-on science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) activities. Engaging with young minds made the day unforgettable! 🚀✨ #WeAreGSBS
🧬 From “What’s a biosketch?” to “How do I make mine shine?” — yesterday’s workshop covered it all! Big thanks to Sarah Herzog, PhD, and the First-Generation Student Group for helping students strengthen their grant applications.
October 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🧬 From “What’s a biosketch?” to “How do I make mine shine?” — yesterday’s workshop covered it all! Big thanks to Sarah Herzog, PhD, and the First-Generation Student Group for helping students strengthen their grant applications.
Congratulations to alumna Callie Kwartler, PhD, Molecular and Translational Biology professor, on receiving the North American Vascular Biology Organization's 2025 Springer Junior Investigator Award! 🎉 She presented her award lecture at their annual Vascular Biology meeting in Cape Cod this week.
October 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Congratulations to alumna Callie Kwartler, PhD, Molecular and Translational Biology professor, on receiving the North American Vascular Biology Organization's 2025 Springer Junior Investigator Award! 🎉 She presented her award lecture at their annual Vascular Biology meeting in Cape Cod this week.
Thinking about earning a master's degree in biomedical sciences? 🎓🔬Join this week's Discover Biomedicine session tomorrow (3-4 p.m. CST) to learn all about the path to an MS degree in Biomedical Sciences. #DiscoverBiomedicine
Register at: gsbs.uth.edu/admissions/recruitment-schedule
Register at: gsbs.uth.edu/admissions/recruitment-schedule
October 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Thinking about earning a master's degree in biomedical sciences? 🎓🔬Join this week's Discover Biomedicine session tomorrow (3-4 p.m. CST) to learn all about the path to an MS degree in Biomedical Sciences. #DiscoverBiomedicine
Register at: gsbs.uth.edu/admissions/recruitment-schedule
Register at: gsbs.uth.edu/admissions/recruitment-schedule
Our Community Outreach Group officers and student volunteers connected with Houston families at the ArBOOretum Family Festival — helping kids paint tiny pumpkin masterpieces! 🎃 Next stop: hands-on science fun at the inaugural ION STEAM Family Tech Festival this Saturday! #arbooretum #WeAreGSBS
October 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Our Community Outreach Group officers and student volunteers connected with Houston families at the ArBOOretum Family Festival — helping kids paint tiny pumpkin masterpieces! 🎃 Next stop: hands-on science fun at the inaugural ION STEAM Family Tech Festival this Saturday! #arbooretum #WeAreGSBS
Tonight we celebrated the next generation of scientists at our Lab Coat Ceremony — honoring Graduate School faculty member Swathi Arur, PhD, recipient of the Paul E. Darlington Mentor Award, and congratulating our second-year students receiving their lab coats. Photos to follow next week! #WeAreGSBS
October 18, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Tonight we celebrated the next generation of scientists at our Lab Coat Ceremony — honoring Graduate School faculty member Swathi Arur, PhD, recipient of the Paul E. Darlington Mentor Award, and congratulating our second-year students receiving their lab coats. Photos to follow next week! #WeAreGSBS