News
Recently, GPGG’s very own Shoumita Dasgupta, PhD, gave a seminar presentation titled “Histories and Futures of Genetic Essentialism: On Bias, Its Origins, and Its Harms”. Learn more about the seminar and Dr. Dasgupta by checking out this article!
Upcoming Thesis Defense
Dylan will defending his thesis next week! This is such a huge step and we are proud of all your hard work!
Upcoming Thesis Defense
Join us in congratulating Taylor on his upcoming thesis defense! Great job on all your hard work in getting here.
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 medical school and pathology program.
Summer Student Social
On Wednesday a group of GPGG students got together at Muse Paintbar. We were joined by current students, new students, and a recent graduate. Everyone let their creativity flow and worked hard at their masterpieces while enjoying food and drinks!
Student Spotlight
A big congratulations to Edward (Eddie) Ruiz who has been one of seven graduate students at BU chosen to be a 2023 Hariri Institute Fellow. The Hariri Institute aims to support graduate students and junior faculty by creating opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration to further develop computational research methods. Edward was granted this award due to his exemplary and innovative research pursuits in the Genetics and Genomics Program. Eddie's research primarily centers around the advancement of open-source computational techniques for spatial omics technologies, aiming to discover novel biomarkers or targeted therapies for cancer. As a Hariri Fellow, Eddie looks forward to fostering connections between researchers at BU who share an interest in computational research methods. Find out more here!
Russek Day 2023
Congratulations to all GPGG students who were recognized at Russek Day today! Prizes were awarded to:
1st: Gian Sepulveda, "DOT1L ACTIVATES C-MYC MEDIATED TRANSCRIPTION BY PROMOTING ITS DEGRADATION CYCLE ON CHROMATIN"; Grishok Lab
2nd: Dylan Steiner, “EVALUATING A NOVEL MOLECULAR BIOMARKER OF ANGIOINVASIVE LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA WITH SPATIAL TRANSCRIPTOMICS”; Lab of Avrum Spira and Marc Lenburg and Lab of Jennifer Beane
3rd: Robert Fisher, "USING A SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITOR TO INVESTIGATE COREST'S EFFECT ON RNA SPLICING REGULATION IN MELANOMA"; Alani Lab
Amazing job to all! To learn more about Russek Day check out this article!
Student Spotlight
We want to highlight an exciting student achievement! Robert will be interning at ReviR Therapeutics, an early stage biotech based in San Francisco, CA pioneering RNA therapeutic development utilizing machine learning and AI technology. He will be working on two projects: one focused on improving nonsense-mediated decay prediction and another on identifying tissue-specific alternative splicing patterns. Best of luck, Robert!
TRIVIA NIGHT
Last week GPGG took a much needed mid-semester break! Students enjoyed dinner and a couple rounds of trivia which ranged from putting their geography skills to the test to identifying songs covered in German. Thanks to our host, GPGG student, Megan Snyder!
Fall 2022 Student Social
This past Friday GPGG headed over to Room Escapers “Organized Crime” room to help the FBI put away one of Boston’s most notorious gangs. Students put their minds together and were able to solve the case with 10 minutes to spare!