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.

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

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.

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.👏

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