Candidacy Milestone Achieved- Congratulations I2GP Students!
We are proud to announce that four of our I2GP students have successfully passed their candidacy exams, marking a major milestone in their doctoral journeys!
Congratulations to Michael Parthun, Evangeline Schott, Madison Sikorski, and Ziyu (Blake) Wang.
Their hard work and dedication have set the stage for exciting dissertation research ahead. Please join us in celebrating their achievements as they advance to the next phase of their PhD training!
Zachary Miller, a Graduate Research Assistant in Mauricio Rojas' lab, is the lead author of the paper titled "Mechanisms and markers of lung ageing in health and disease" published in the July 2025 issue of European Respiratory Review (Volume 34, Issue 177).
Jiacheng (Alex) Jin, a Graduate Research Assistant in Gang Xin's lab, is the lead author of the paper titled "The NAE1-mediated neddylation operates as an essential post-translational modification checkpoint for effector CD8+ T cells," published in the March 2025 issue of PNAS (Volume 122, Issue 10).
Evangeline Schott, Graduate Research Assistant in Kymberly Gowdy Lab, won first place for the “PhD Poster Presentation” category at the Ohio Valley Chapter of the Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting on Friday, October 25th, 2024.
Michael Parthun, a Graduate Research Assistant in Emily Hemann's lab, has co-authored the paper titled "Established and Emerging Roles of DEAD/H-Box Helicases in Regulating Infection and Immunity," published in the January 2025 issue of Immunological Reviews (Volume 329, Issue 1).