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For twin sisters Sally and Nora Shaheen, graduation is the latest milestone they have reached side by side. The fraternal twin sisters, both molecular and cellular biology majors, will graduate and cross the graduation stage together, as they prepare for their next chapter: applying to medical school.

Carmen Sánchez Moreno, winner of the spring 2026 MCB Excellence in Research Award, arrived at the University of Arizona as a freshman in August 2022. By October, she was already working in a research lab. Today, she's conducting groundbreaking research on how cells organize to form bird beaks.

On April 23, the W.A. Franke Honors College hosted its annual research presentation symposium, Franke Honors Pinnacle. Noorie Sandhu was the Overall Showcase Winner.

Ten MCB students receive Galileo Scholarships in spring 2026: Nandini Manepalli, Isaiah Toth, Jasmine Meredith, Bella Lee, Adriana Gómez-Buckley, Hannah Majors, Erika Haws, Carmen Sanchez Moreno, Bhuvi Mamtani, and Ruiheng (Raymond) Hon.

Alexis Garbarczyk, Ryan Hecksel, and Chance Parkinson received Graduate Student Awards in the MCB Department. They are now in the running for the College of Science Awards.

Among the honorees is George Sutphin, an associate professor in the U of A College of Science and a member of the Cancer Biology research program at the U of A Cancer Center.

Short profile on CBC preceptor and MCB student Kaia Mount.

Rie Siddaiah's graduate research is being conducted in the Charest lab, where she studies the impact of the small GTPase Ras and its relationship with key molecular players in the progression of metastasis. [external link]

A protein complex inside every living cell that tells it how to grow. Problems with the protein's signaling system can lead to neurological issues. University of Arizona biologist Andrew Capaldi describes how scientists are examining the inner workings of cells.