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Congratulations to MID student, Jesus Duran-Ramirez (Walker & Hansen labs), for passing his candidacy exam last week! MD Anderson-UTH Grad

A microscopic holiday...

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Future microbiologists had the opportunity to meet with our Graduate Students this weekend to learn about the bacteria that live on everyday items and work on their own petri dish!

MID is proud of Samantha!

MID students invited one of our new faculty, Diana Proctor PhD, and took a break from the lab to enjoy a dinner out to celebrate the start of a new, productive year!

MID had lots of♥️for puppies this week! Students enjoyed getting some stress relief from Paws for Therapy #weareGSBS

Congratulations to our grad student fall award recipients (L to R): Samantha Hitt (Molly S. Bray Scholarship), Sabona Simbassa (James E. Tempesta, M.D. Endowed Scholarship), Shane Cristy (GSBS Endowment Scholarship) and Ryan Sloan (John J. Kopchick fellowship). MID is proud!

Congratulations to MID MS student, Walter Galdamez, and MicroSURP2024 (undergraduate summer program) student, Cora Kosnik, for winning awards for their poster presentations at the Texas Chapter ASM meeting. Great job!

Retreat 2025 in the Piney Woods is in the books! We enjoyed 1.5 days of science and fun, with special thanks to our keynote speaker, Simon Dove, PhD, from Boston Children's Hospital. A relaxing and engaging time enjoyed by all👏👏! MD Anderson-UTH Grad

Congratulations to MID student, Larissa Tavizón, for completing the UTHealth Leads program and gaining valuable leadership skills. #womeninscience

Congratulations to PhD student, Lee-Ann Notice-Sarpaning and her mentor, Ambro van Hoof, for a successful defense yesterday! MID is proud of you!!! van Hoof Lab MD Anderson-UTH Grad #womeninscience

PhD student, Ryan Sloan (Lee lab), graduate work was highlighted this week, among other students, at our Graduate School's Evening of Discovery. Community members learned about Ryan's work on parasitic pathogenicity. Great job Ryan! #sciencecommunication Jayhun Lee

CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Lee-Ann Notice Sarpaning (PI: Ambro van Hoof) and Dr. Chioma Odo (PI: Samuel Shelburne) on their graduation yesterday. MID is proud of these young scientists👏! MD Anderson-UTH Grad van Hoof Lab

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Wonderful write-up by PhD student, Jana Gomez (Walker lab), during her spring internship in the communications department at MD Anderson-UTH Grad, about PhD student Ryan Sloan's research on schistosomes in the Jayhun Lee. gsbs.uth.edu/news/story/rya…

Recent Microbiology & Infectious Diseases graduate Lee-Ann Notice-Sarpaning looks back on her PhD journey as she prepares for the next phase of her career as an independent scientist. Learn more about the lessons during her years at the Graduate School: loom.ly/Bfrko98.

Last week, @mda_uthgrad celebrated all students' work with a day of talks, posters and keynote speaker. Congrats to Ryan Sloan (poster winner) and Sabona Simbassa (elevator speech finalist) from the Lee lab for presenting their work on schistosomes. Bravo👏! Jayhun Lee

The MID program gathered to thank outgoing program director, William Margolin, PhD, for his years of service leading the program and ushered in our new program director, Anna Konovalova, PhD!

Congratulations to MS student, Musfirat Shubaita (Perez lab), for a successful defense today! Great job👏!