THE CAMB STUDENT NEWSLETTER

Cancer research has seen a steady shift towards ‘tumor microenvironment’ driven hypotheses. Tumor cells exploit their environment to fuel...

In a run-down shack town, a fly drinks from a standing pool of water and unknowingly ingests unicellular protozoans of the genus...

It is no mystery that the path of higher education is a difficult task. For graduate students in the Biomedical Graduate Studies program,...

Hippocampal memory formation requires neuroplasticity, which is produced by the orchestrated expression of neuronal genes through...

“What do you want to do with your PhD?” Both dreaded and inescapable, this question seems to crop up at every gathering of family, old...

Going to a scientific conference can be exciting and informative, but also stressful and overwhelming. Since conferences are vital...

As a graduate student in the lab of gene therapy pioneer Dr. Dusty Miller at the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center, Andy was at the...

Fat has a bad reputation for its negative contribution to a host of diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity....

Outreach programs are essential for sparking young students’ interest in scientific research. Spreading the knowledge, importance, and...

Part I. GET-UP Constitutional Referendum The last GET-UP general meeting of the Spring semester was held on May 9, 2017. The meeting...

The NSF-funded Center for Engineering Mechanobiology is a new science and technology center (STC) at Penn launched this past fall. STCs...

Since March of this year graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania have come to hear the truth about the state of their work...

Traditionally, the format of the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) consists of two years of medical school, approximately four...

Transcription factors mediate many essential processes. The role of transcription factors in mediating neuronal growth, function, and...

In the midst of a global health emergency, many look to researchers and health care providers to develop and administer treatments or...

Clinical microbiology is the application of research for the prevention, direct diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases. Clinical...

While many insist that science is a meritocracy, this is often not the experience for certain populations. Who is viewed as the “best...

The CAMB Student Newsletter is about more than celebrating the scientific accomplishments of our students – we are about uniting the CAMB...

You may have been actively trying to erase all traces of 2016 from your memory, but the CAMB Student Newsletter would like to remind you...

Winter is once again upon us, but that doesn’t mean that you have to retire your bike while you await the arrival of spring. A few...

Influenza A viruses, the causative agent of the annual flu, infect birds and some mammals. The viruses are categorized into different...

Launched in August 2013, the Office of Inclusion and Diversity is a relatively new addition to Penn Medicine that supports, evaluates,...

Is the “traditional postdoc” actually traditional? Most graduate students who want to pursue the academic route aim to complete a...

Dr. Valder Arruda began his career in Sao Paulo, Brazil as a clinician specializing in hematology and hemotherapy. His first job was to...