Congratulations to the Leiser lab, BMF Mentor Angela, and BMF Scholar Kelly on your preprint at eLife! Read more about their research here.

The 2024 BioMed Focus Scholars completed their program with a final research Symposium on August 9, 2024. Everyone was so impressed with how much the Scholars accomplished! Congrats on a really fantastic summer! 

Congratulations to the MacDougald lab, BMF Mentor Becky, and BMF Scholar Mariah, on your recent publication in Frontiers in Endocrinology. Read more about their study here.

Thank you to The American Society for Cell Biology COMPASS Outreach Grant for funding our proposal and providing support toward the 2024 BioMed Focus Symposium! 

This year we teamed up with The Aspirnaut Summer Research Internship Program to hold our Research Boot Camp and Science Career session. It was great to share the summer with you! Looking forward to more events in the future!

Congratulations to BioMed Focus alumni, Nevaeh and Ellee, who will begin their undergraduate studies in Fall 2024!

Nevaeh will be attending the University of Detroit Mercy.
Ellee will be attending the University of Michigan-Dearborn.

We wish you all the best and can't wait to hear about your many future accomplishments!

BioMed Focus alumni, Kelly and Jayda, presented their research at the 2024 ABRCMS ePoster Spring Symposium for Emerging Scientists and both won poster awards! Jayda's project was titled, “Microbial changes in pancreatic tissue during pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma" and Kelly's project was titled, "Deguelin Promotes Longevity through C. elegans Flavin-Containing Monooxygenase-4." Congratulations!!

Check out the Rogel Cancer Center's 2024 "Illuminate" newsletter and the featured BioMed Focus Scholars and volunteers.  Thank you for highlighting our program and for your sponsorship!

BioMed Focus alumna, Kyhla, presented her research at the 2023 ABRCMS ePoster Spring Symposium for Emerging Scientists and won a presentation award. Her poster was titled, "Dietary Iron Levels Have No Effect on Pancreatic Cancer Growth in Mouse Model." Congratulations!!

Check out our feature in the 2023 "Physiology Matters" Molecular & Integrative Physiology newsletter. Thank you for the opportunity to share our program and for your ongoing support!