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May 2021
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MCB Spring 2021
Student Award Winners

Eric Lu is MCB's 2021 Outstanding Senior. 

 
Read more about Eric Lu here!
KGUN did a news story on Eric that you can watch here!

Ryan Hecksel is MCB's 2021 Excellence in Undergraduate Research award winner! 

 
Read Ryan's story here and listen to his message to 2021 MCB graduates here. 

Aaron Byrd - MCB Outstanding Graduate Student, Scholarship

 
Aaron is a 4th year PhD student in Dr. Ross Buchan's Lab.
Read more about Aaron! 

Erik Lehmkuhl - MCB Outstanding Graduate Student, Service


Erik is just finishing his PhD program and will give his defense on June 17th. He was first author on a recently published paper and KOLD Tucson and Tucson.com did a news story on this research. Read more about Erik! 

Kathleen Lasick - MCB Outstanding Graduate, Teaching
 

Kathleen is a graduate student in Dr. Andrew Paek's lab and teaching is her passion. She has been teaching informally and formally since high school!
Read more about Kathleen!

Danny Brower Scholarship Winners


The Danny Brower Memorial Scholarship was established by the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology to honor the professional accomplishments of Dr. Danny Brower, Professor and scientist for over 25 years at the University of Arizona. In the Fall of 2007, Danny passed away unexpectedly. He was an inspiration to many, not only for his spirit and intellect, but also his ability to see the great potential and many connections between basic and translational science. Danny was widely recognized as an accomplished scientist and academician, as demonstrated by his numerous publications and service as the Head of Molecular and Cellular Biology.
The 2021 Danny Brower Scholarship Winners are:
Erika Haws and Shifat Hossain.

Read about this year's winners here!
 

MCB Microscopy Photo Content Winner

2021 was our third annual MCB microscopy photo contest. This photo contest is open to our graduating seniors and the winning photo, or photos, are used on the MCB commencement program and on the MCB website. 

Our 2021 winner is Hannah Ball. Hannah is a senior majoring in Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology. Read more about Hannah and the photo taken in the Zarnescu lab. 

MCB News
Congratulations MCB Graduates! 
MCB Research in the News
Erik Lehnkuhl is first author on a recent paper published in Neuropathologica Communications. Erik, along with co-authors n the Zarnescu Lab, use fruit flies as a model organism to study neurodegenerative diseases. In their recent study, the team studied the role of a protein called TDP-43. 
Read the UA News article here.
and the AZ Daily Star article here. 
MCB Faculty Publications
Assistant Professor Betül Kaçar is co-author on these recent publications: 

"Radiolysis generates a complex organosynthetic chemical network". You can read the paper here. 

"Radiolysis generates a complex organosynthetic chemical network" was published in Scientific Reports. Read it here. 

Dr. Kaçar, along with undergraduate student Brooke Carruthers, Postdoc Amanda Garcia and Master Student Alex Rivier have an article published in Current Protocols. Read it here. 
MCB Social Media
 
In case you don’t follow MCB on social media, here are the links!

    

Current MCB news, events, awards and stories are posted regularly!

Engage with MCB!
No matter when you graduated, 
we are proud that you are part of the MCB community. 
Our students welcome the opportunity to connect with you! 
Contact us today for more details on how you can engage.
mcb-engagement@email.arizona.edu 
520.621.4408

Be a panelist or speaker at one of our outreach events and talk about your experience in MCB and your career.

Be a Career Resource for a current student. Register on the Bear Down Network  and be available to our current students or connect other UA alumni.

Take over our MCB Social Media account for a "Day in the Life" of your career. 

Sponsor an event - we have several outreach and student events during the year, including our signature "Meet MCB" event. 

Make a financial gift - MCB will work with you to design a giving approach that reflects your philanthropic and financials desires.
Support MCB
Generous donations from our alumni and friends contribute to the success of our department and are used to support student scholarships and outreach activities. 
 
If you would like to donate to MCB, here is a link to donate:

https://give.uafoundation.org/science-mcb
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