Advisor: Charles Gersbach, Ph.D. Location: Duke Nanaline #147 Dissertation Title:Reprogramming Exhausted Cytotoxic T cells Through Transcription Factor Overexpression Zoom Details: Zoom Link Zoom Meeting ID: 932 5830 2241 Passcode: 629790

Nana Acheampong, a Pharmacology PhD student in the lab of Laura Wingler, PhD, and Patrick Prochazka, a Molecular and Cancer Biology PhD student in the lab of Christopher Counter, PhD, have been awarded Graduate Diversity Enrichment Progr

Advisor: Corinne Linardic, M.D., Ph.D. Location: Duke South 3031 Dissertation Title:RUNX2 Inhibition Disrupts a PAX3::FOXO1-RUNX2 Feed-Forward Loop and Dismantles Oncogenic Gene Programs in Fusion-Positive Rhabdomyosarcoma Zoom Details: Zoom Link Meeting ID: 922 3739 0603

Advisor: Michael Kastan, M.D., Ph.D. Location: Bryan Research, Rm. 103 Dissertation Title: GRP94 is a Novel ATM Interactor and Putative Substrate which Regulates Oncogenic Receptor Expression and Microglial Activation Zoom Details: Zoom Link Meeting ID: 970 2243 7008

Ten trainees from across the Graduate School were selected to present at the 3-Minute Thesis finals competition on Monday, August 4th, and two PCB-affiliated students won big!  

Bryony Hawgood, a Cell and Molecular Biology PhD student in the lab of Trudy Oliver, PhD, and Andrew Wang, a graduate Cell and Molecular Biology PhD student in the lab of Zhao Zhang, PhD, were selected as 2025-2026 School of Medicine 2nd year Dean’s Scholarship recipients.

Congratulations to the following trainees who have been awarded fellowships:

Advisor: Trudy G. Oliver, Ph.D. Location: Nanaline, Room 147 Dissertation Title: Uncovering the Cell of Origin and Cell Fate Plasticity Trajectories in Small Cell Lung Cancer and Other Neuroendocrine Tumors Zoom Details: Zoom link Meeting ID: 940 7408 3554 Passcode: 296999

Congratulations to Victoria J. Parker Radosova, an incoming Pharmacology PhD student, who has been named Director of Events of the Duke Biomedical Graduate Student Council for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Advisor: Benjamin Alman, M.D. Location: LSRC A247 Dissertation Title: Macrophage Regulation of Mesenchymal Subpopulations During Healing