Congratulations to MCIP graduate student, Chris Castro, who was awarded the 2024 HHMI Gilliam Fellowship! Well-deserved! Congratulations also to his faculty mentors, Dr. Elizbeta Nemeth and Dr. Tomas Ganz!

Congratulations to Martha Rimniceanu for being awarded one of the Life Science Excellence 2024 Awards! Martha was awarded the Excellence in Research, PhD Candidate award from the UCLA Division of Life Sciences! Congratulations also to her faculty mentor, Dr. Mark Frye! Well-deserved!

Congratulations to MCIP Graduate Student, Lucia Lee for winning the Audience-Choice award for the Division of Life Sciences at the Graduate Student Research Showcase this year!

Congratulations to MCIP Graduate Student, Lucia Lee for being accepted to the TL1 Predoctoral Program! Well-deserved!

Congratulations to MCIP PhD Candidate, Mirian De Siqueira for winning Best Student Talk at this year’s MCIP Retreat!

Congratulations to MCIP PhD Candidate, Shantée Ayala for winning Best Student Poster at this year’s MCIP Retreat!

Congratulations to MCIP PhD Candidate, Kayla Lim who was selected to join the 2023-2024 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society (BGHS)! She was selected based on her dedication and achievements towards the five pillars of society: Scholarship, Leadership, Character, Service, and Advocacy. Very well-deserved! 

Read more at this link: https://grad.ucla.edu/life-at-ucla/diversity/bouchet-graduate-honor-society/connect-with-us/

Congratulations to MCIP PhD Student, Rochelle Lai from the Tarling/Vallim lab, who was awarded the 2023 Goodman-Luskin Microbiome Center Seed Fellowship award!

Congratulations to MCIP PhD student, Emily Chiem, who was awarded the Training Grant in Neurobehavioral Genetics!

Congratulations to MCIP PhD Candidate, Martha Rimniceanu, who was awarded the UCLA Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology Hyde Fellowship!