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Dr. Ishmail Abdus-Saboor selected as HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar and McKnight Scholar
May 17, 2023 - 10:30am

Dr. Ishmail Abdus-Saboor was selected as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Freeman Hrabowski Scholar.

Abdus-Saboor lab
pictured left to right: Aida Razavilar, Andrew Chang, and Arooba Ahmed
2023 Bridges and Sturtevant Prize Awarded to Three Seniors
May 4, 2023 - 11:00am

This year's Bridges and Sturtevant Prize for most outstanding research in Biological Sciences by graduating seniors is being awarded to 3 students. Pictured from left to right: Aida Razavilar, Andrew Chang, Arooba Ahmed.

Awards | Bridges and Sturtevant Prize | Undergraduate | Undergraduate Research
Pranay Talla named Goldwater Scholar
April 27, 2023 - 5:00pm

Pranay Talla, a Biochemistry major (and Rabi Scholar) has been named a 2023 Goldwater Scholar.

Undergraduate Research
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Biology students and alumni honored by the 2023 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
April 10, 2023 - 2:00pm

Pictured above, from left to right: Riley McGarrigle, Tristian Wiles, Lizzie Bradford, and Lena Kogan. Photo credit: Michael Cesar.

Awards | NSF GRFP | PhD program | Students
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Writer in Residence Meehan Crist Hosts Short Series on Climate Chaos and Reproductive Justice for the London Review of Books Podcast
March 17, 2023 - 3:45pm

Image credit: Timothy Lee 

In The News
From left to right: Ruben Gonzalez, PhD, Dept. of Chemistry, Co-advisor; Sophie Lopez, CC - 4th year UG, Biological Sciences, Secretary; Pedro Gutierrez, GSAS - 5th year PhD, Biological Sciences, Treasurer; Krystell Santiago Estrella, SEAS - 2nd year UG, Biomed Eng & Applied Physics, Co-Administrative VP; Claudia Espinoza-Heredia, GSAS - 2nd year PhD, Psychology, Co-President.
Supporting Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in STEM
March 13, 2023 - 3:15pm

By Paige Wilson

SACNAS
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Targeting the Reproductive Capacity of the World’s Most Dangerous Animal: The Mosquito.
February 10, 2023 - 11:15am

By Lena Kogan and Elisabeth Bradford

Image credit: Alexander Wild

Duvall lab | Research
Stockwell lab paper on Ferroptosis featured in Columbia News
February 7, 2023 - 12:30pm

A paper published in Nature Chemical Biology was featured in Columbia News.

Stockwell Lab
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Nooriel Banayan Competing in Three Minute Thesis Competition
January 30, 2023 - 11:30am

A Biological Sciences PhD student, Nooriel Ba

Hunt lab members
Receptors in the skin send messages through nerve branches (red) that connect to a brain region (blue) associated with pleasure. Credit: Abdus-Saboor Lab/Zuckerman Institute
Research from the Abdus-Saboor Lab Published in Cell
January 25, 2023 - 1:00pm

The Abdus-Saboor lab recently published a study in Cell that demonstrates an important, specific role for sensory neurons in the skin in communicating rewarding physical touch to the brain.

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