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PhD student Joanne Jung learned about the importance of a healthy gut microbiome from a young age. Today she studies how it can help us with stress and age-associated diseases.

PhD student Hannah Majors puts tiny worms through “sensory Olympics” after feeding them different types of fats - which might help to develop support for healthy aging in people.

Jeremy Joseph from the BMCB program wants to decipher how cells organize and regulate the thousands of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) that determine when, where, and how proteins are made.

Junior Andrea Hernández grew up in Nogales, Sonora. Here, she reflects on her passion for science and how it felt to split her education across the border. [external link]

Hunter Tallsalt, KEYS intern from Holbrook High School, and graduate mentor Isaiah Toth worked together on cell migration research in the laboratory of Pascale Charest, associate professor of molecular and cellular biology at the University of Arizona. [external link]

Among The U of A's 2026 Fulbright Student Scholars is Zoe Bertino, who graduated with two bachelor's degrees: molecular and cellular biology; and philosophy, politics, economics and law.

A transparent fish, a newly discovered cell type, and some very important conversations to eavesdrop on: Abhinav Sur is setting up the first zebrafish facility in Arizona to help solve intestinal diseases like Crohn’s or ulcerative colitis.

Ethan Leigh is graduating from The University of Arizona with a B.S Molecular and Cellular Biology and a B.A Biochemistry in Spring 2026.

Susan Hester, Associate Professor of Practice at MCB, received the University of Arizona Foundation Leicester and Kathryn Sherill Teaching Award, when the University of Arizona recently honored 25 exceptional faculty and mentors.