News and Publications

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.

Robert J. Schmitz, UGA Foundation Professorship in Plant Sciences at the University of Georgia, Athens, was elected to be a member of The National Academy of Sciences. "Bob" Schmitz received his B.Sc. from the University of Arizona in 2002.

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]

Maya Leonard graduated from the W.A. Franke Honors College in 2026 with honors in Neuroscience & Cognitive Sciences and Molecular & Cellular Biology at the age of 19.

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.

MCB professor Lisa Rezende is one of the authors the podcast "Helping people navigate and make sense of cancer information: challenges and perspectives", published by Future Oncology.