Congratulations to MCIP PhD Candidate, Monty Blencowe on his first author paper published in Diabetologia! The title of his paper is “IAPP-induced beta cell stress recapitulates the islet transcriptome in type 2 diabetes”.

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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00125-021-05569-2

MCIP PhD Student, Monty Blencowe and his faculty mentor, Dr. Xia Yang published a preview paper in Cell Reports Medicine! Congratulations! Their preview is “Found in translation — core network preservation across liver diseases and species” on the recent Esmaili et al. study from Cell Systems.

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Congratulations to MCIP PhD Student, Asif Razee who won the American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2021 abstract scholarship and the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) 2021 best abstract award!

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Congratulations to MCIP PhD Student, Asif Razee who received a NIH T32 training grant in Vascular Biology! Well-deserved! Congratulations also to his faculty mentor, Dr. Soban Umar!

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Congratulations to MCIP PhD Candidate, Huei-Bin Wang who was awarded the Ministry of Education of Taiwan’s Government Scholarship to Study Abroad (GSSA)! This is a two year scholarship to further his studies and research in MCIP and in the lab of his faculty mentor, Dr. Chris Colwell! Congrats and well-deserved, Huei-Bin!

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Congratulations to MCIP PhD Candidate, Jessica Nevarez-Mejia who received a NIH T32 training grant in Vascular Biology! Well-deserved! Congratulations also to her faculty mentor, Dr. Elaine Reed!

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Congratulations to MCIP PhD Candidates, Lara Bideyan, Madza Farias-Virgens, and Ting Fu who were awarded the UCLA Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship for AY 2021-2022! Well-deserved! Congratulations also to their faculty mentors Dr. Peter Tontonoz, Dr. Stephanie White, and Dr. Grace Xiao!

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Congratulations to our MCIP Graduating Class of 2021!

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Congratulations to MCIP PhD Student, Pranav Kannan for being awarded a NIH T32 training grant in Muscle Cell Biology, Pathogenesis, and Therapeutics!

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Congratulations to MCIP PhD Student, Irene Santiago who was awarded the Dr. Ursula Mandel Privately Endowed Fellowship from the UCLA Graduate Division for AY 2021-2022! Well-deserved! Congrats also to her faculty mentor, Dr. Kaustabh Ghosh!

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