Congrats to MCIP PhD Candidate Celine Son on winning Best Student Poster at the MCIP Retreat! Her poster explored how gut microbial depletion influences brainstem neurons and exploratory behavior. Congrats to Celine and her mentor, Dr. Elaine Hsiao!

Congrats to MCIP PhD Candidate Rochelle Lai on winning Best Student Talk at the MCIP Retreat! Her talk explored how bile acids regulate lipid metabolism. Congrats to Rochelle and her mentors, Drs. Tom Vallim and Liz Tarling!

Huge congratulations to MCIP PhD Candidate Rochelle Lai and MCIP alum Alvin Chan on their co-first author paper published in Cell Metabolism! Their paper is titled, “Bile acids regulate lipid metabolism through selective actions on fatty acid absorption.”

Huge congratulations to MCIP alum, Dr. Ashley Stein-Merlob! She earned the 2025 Young Investigator Award at the Global Cardio-Oncology Summit in South Africa for her amazing thesis research in MCIP. We are so proud—well-deserved!

Congratulations to MCIP PhD Student, Tierney Daw who was recently awarded an F31 NRSA! Well-deserved!

Congratulations to MCIP PhD Candidate, David Wong who was awarded the 2025 Asrican Sophie & Jack Award from the Graduate Programs in Bioscience!

Congratulations to MCIP PhD Candidate, Rochelle Lai who was awarded the 2025 Asrican Sophie & Jack Award from the Graduate Programs in Bioscience!

Congratulations to MCIP PhD Candidate, Jenny Cheng who was awarded the 2025 Asrican Sophie & Jack Award from the Graduate Programs in Bioscience!

Congratulations to MCIP PhD Student, Aneesh Kallapur who was awarded the 2025 Asrican Sophie & Jack Award from the Graduate Programs in Bioscience!

Congratulations to MCIP PhD Candidate, Lesly Palacios Castillo who won Best Student Talk at this year’s MCIP Retreat! Congratulations also to her mentor, Dr. Mark Frye!