Upcoming Thesis Defense

Congratulations, Gian on your upcoming thesis defense! Your hard work in getting here as not gone unnoticed. The GPGG team is proud of you!

Student Spotlight

The first inaugural Boston University Questrom School of Business and Boston University Medical school case competition was held in February 2024. Students were asked to present their recommendations for marketing a novel Adhd medication to a panel of estimated local healthcare professionals, consultants, and biotechnology experts. Kate Alimenti, a second year GPGG PhD student participated in the competition alongside two other GMS students from the […]

Fall Social 2023

Earlier this month current and prospective students embraced their competitive spirits and headed to Puttshack to play a round a mini golf. A good time was had by all and the celebration continued with a group meal!

Kicking off the School Year!

The Graduate Program in Genetics and Genomics students enjoyed kicking off the new school year at the Party on the Pavilion at the Museum of Science, complete with a sunset over the Charles, delicious food, and matching DNA tattoos (Don’t worry, they were temporary)! A special welcome to the new students from everyone!

GPGG Takes to the Seas!

On Saturday December 11th, our students headed to the New England Aquarium to check out all their sea creatures. Favorites included the penguins, bioluminescent comb jellies, rock lobsters, tree frogs, and a giant sea turtle named Myrtle! We headed to the North End after for a “light” lunch of tasty pasta! It was a great […]

GSI Research Symposium Recap 2020

The Annual GSI Research Symposium was successfully held virtually on November 14th, 2020. There were 111 registrations and an average 56 concurrent viewers over the span of the webinar event.  The symposium began with a word from our sponsor, Illumina, with a Slide Presentation introducing the new NextSeq2000 system now here at the BUSM Microarray and Sequencing Resource (MSR). After Dean Dr. […]

Trip to BodyWorlds!

On Nov 25th, 2019, all current GPGG students were able to make it out for a day trip to explore the human body at Boston’s own Museum of Science BodyWorlds Exhibit. The students got to see a variety of systems up close and personal while enjoying the science in an interactive space. This was a […]

Recent Student Defenses Nov 2019

The Graduate Program in Genetics & Genomics is proud to have 2 students successfully defend their thesis in the month of November 2019! A huge congratulations goes to both of them and the GPGG wishes them the best of luck on their job hunt!   Barry K. Horne Jr successfully defended his dissertation thesis “The […]

Escape Room Group Outing

TRAPOLOGY   The Graduate Program in Genetics and Genomics had a wonderful kickoff to summer with a group outing to Trapology in downtown Boston, which is a local Escape Room with various storylines. Utilizing real analytical thinking, the group was able to successfully escape the room with 7 minutes and 10 seconds to spare in […]