UTSW Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

🚨 We’re officially on LinkedIn! 🚨 The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UT Southwestern is now sharing student stories, research highlights, and career journeys—where science meets professional growth. 🔗Connect & Grow with Us: bit.ly/3YijXGn #UTSW #PhDLife

Attending the Amgen Scholars North America Symposium was a rewarding & inspiring experience. The talent of the Amgen Scholars is truly spectacular. We thank @AmgenFoundation for their continued commitment to providing opportunities to our future scientific leaders. @UTSWMedCenter

Congratulations, @ODonnellLab_K! This is amazing and so well-deserved! @CR_AACR @UTSWMolBiol @UTSWMedCenter @UTSWGradSchool

We have an exciting day ahead with our SURF, Amgen & PB2PHD Scholars at Fort Worth Stockyards. Incorporating community-building components into our training program allows us to foster stronger connections & facilitate collaboration among all participants. #FortWorthStockyards

Congrats to Huabin Zhou, Ph.D., a postdoc in the Rosen Lab, on receiving the 2025 Brown-Goldstein Award! His research on biomolecular condensates and chromatin structure is advancing our understanding of genome organization. Learn more: bit.ly/4lGmxzm

The @UTSWGradSchool Amgen Scholars have arrived at UCLA to participate in the Amgen Scholars North America Symposium. Excited to share their science, build meaningful connections, & hear from leading scientists in industry/academia, & network with the broader @ASP_GPO community.

The @UTSWGradSchool SURF and Amgen Scholars Program thanks Dr. Kathryn A. O'Donnell for leading an engaging and insightful research seminar on new targets in lung cancer. We are grateful for @ODonnellLab_K’s continued commitment to our training program. @UTSWMedCenter @RTPatUTSW

Great to have Dr. Glen Liszczak speak in the SURF and Amgen Scholars seminar series this week. He shared insights on unexpected mechanisms of ETV6 dysfunction in blood disease. We also learned that he participated in an Amgen Scholars program during his undergraduate studies.

Inspiring piece in ⁦⁦@NatureCancer⁩, "An unexpected career in cancer metabolism," highlights Dr. Ralph DeBerardinis & the pivotal moments that prompted him to pursue a career in cancer metabolism. ⁦⁦@CRI_UTSW⁩ ⁦⁦@HHMINEWS⁩ nature.com/articles/s4301…

👏🏽 Congratulations, @SSebastianChoi, on receiving the @klingensteinorg award. Well-deserved! Wishing you continued success. @UTSWBrain @UTSWMedCenter @UTSWGradSchool

We’re truly fortunate to have such extraordinary scientists engaging with our summer students. Thank you, Dr. Ralph DeBerardinis, for sharing the groundbreaking science you are leading at @CRI_UTSW. I’m confident that your talk inspired our students and sparked their curiosity.

🎉 Big News! 🎉 Huge congratulations to Amogh Vaidya, Graduate Student Researcher in the @GDE_UTSW, who successfully defended his dissertation: "Development of Organ-specific Lipid Nanoparticles for Delivery of Nucleic Acid Therapeutics" Congrats, Dr. Vaidya! 🧑‍🎓🔬 #PhDLife

What an absolute privilege it was to host @SaelicesL for our STORIES Seminar Series. Her inspiring story highlighted the importance of believing in yourself, the impact of mentoring, and the value of curiosity & perseverance in driving innovation & scientific discovery.

We had an inspiring seminar by @cleaverlab, "Making Organs – In Vivo & In the Dish." Her talk sparked great questions among our SURF fellows & Amgen Scholars. Thank you, @cleaverlab for your ongoing support of our programs & for sharing such exciting science with our students.

Don't forget to join us TOMORROW! GSBS is kicking off the summer season with our annual mixer. With coffee, snacks and swag, you won't want to miss this! RSVP today at bit.ly/43XC6MV

Kicking off the 2025 SURF & Amgen Scholars Seminar Series with an engaging talk by Dr. Julie Pfeiffer on “How Bacteria & Circadian Rhythms Influence Enteric Virus Infection.” Thank you, Dr. @jkpfeiff, for your continued commitment to our programs—we’re honored to have hosted you!

What an incredible talk by @AzabLab on Multidisciplinary Translational Approaches for Cancer Therapy — truly inspiring how his team integrates basic cell signaling, immunology, & tissue engineering! Thanks, Dr. Azab, for participating in the SURF & Amgen Scholars program.

…and amplifying your impact on students. I’m so grateful to have participated in the @UTSWGradSchool SURF program under your leadership and mentorship. Your wisdom still resonates with me today. Thank you @ADiaz_PhD!

To another fantastic year of discovery and exploration for these young scholars, Dr. Diaz! 🧪👨‍🔬

Congratulations grad student Tiffany Brisco @Tiffany05Brisco for UTSW GSO Outreach Award in recognition of contributions to serve young scientists in @UTSWMedCenter community and Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex! @UTSWScience @UTSWGradSchool

Congrats to our recent Pathology @UTSWGradSchool students for receiving their PhDs! 🎓 Dr. Ryan Kowash – Cancer Bio (Mentor: Esra Akbay) Dr. Samantha Golomb – Cancer Bio (Mentor: Siyuan Zhang) Dr. David Sanchez – Genetics, Development & Disease (Mentor: Diego Castrillon)