MCB Graduate Program at Dartmouth

Steve Leach Named Interim Dean of the Geisel School of Medicine Starting Sept. 15 Dartmouth Provost Santiago Schnell announced the appointment of Steve Leach, MD, Director of the Dartmouth Cancer Center and the Preston T. and Virginia R. Kelsey Distinguished Chair in Cancer, as …

Congrats to MCB faculty & Dartmouth Cancer Center Director Steve Leach who will take over as interim dean of the Geisel School of Medicine Sept. 15! And thanks to MCB faculty Duane Compton who will be stepping down after an extended term as dean of Geisel! 🥳
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Attention MCB Students and Alumni! I'm excited to announce the 3rd Annual Gary Heussler Alumni Lecture will be presented on Sept. 19th by Drew Bridges! The lecture will be followed by a networking event to connect current students and alumni.

Check out the work of MCB alum Trista North (@tristanorth.bsky.social) this Wednesday at noon in Remsen 512!

🤩 Check out MCB faculty member @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social speaking about some of his lab's work in a webinar with The Scientist magazine! 🦠🫁

Recent MCB Grad Xhoela Bame (@bobalhill.bsky.social Lab) is hosting a session next Friday with Guarini on Navigating External Fellowships in STEM!
Registration Link:
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Our Focus: Research Focus - W.M. Keck Foundation OUR FOCUS Research For over 70 years, the Foundation has supported the highest levels of academic inquiry and discovery conducted by the finest researchers at the most innovative institutions in the U...

Kudos to MCB faculty member Mike Hoppa @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social who was awarded a W. M. Keck Foundation Medical Research Grant to develop next-generation membrane voltage indicators! 🥳

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I have the privilege of working with these fantastic people every day! @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social @ Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine!

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Kathryn Beauchemin from the Supattapone Lab on a successful thesis defense! 🥳

🚨 Thesis Seminar Alert: Kathryn Beauchemin of the Supattapone Lab will be presenting her thesis work tomorrow at 10am in Chilcott!

🤩 Congrats to MCB alum Jose Delgado (Shoemaker Lab), now at UCLA, on being named to the @bwfund.bsky.social's Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program! 🎉

Full Circle: ASURE Alum Returns to Pursue MD-PhD Elisa Bu Sha, a two-time ASURE participant, is back at Dartmouth, this time as an MD-PhD student. When Elisa Bu Sha first arrived at Dartmouth for a summer research experience, she couldn’t have pr…

Elisa Bu Sha first came to Dartmouth for ASURE, an undergrad research program focused on science, medicine, and mentorship. Two summers later, she’s back as a Dartmouth MD-PhD student planning to do her PhD in MCB! 🌲💚
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🎉 Congratulations to Robert Hill @bobalhill.bsky.social on his promotion to Associate Professor with tenure in the Dept. of Biological Sciences!
Robert was also one of two recipients of the 2025 Manley Huntington Award for Newly Tenured Faculty! 🥳

🎉 A belated congratulations to Dr. Diana Hilpert from the Bickel Lab who successfully defended her thesis last week! 🥳

Special shout out to recent grad Dr. Xin Li (@xinli0419.bsky.social) from the Jakubzick (@claudjak.bsky.social) Lab who was awarded the 2025 John W. Strohbehn Medal for Excellence in Biomedical Research!! 🤩
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Guarini Investiture 2025 Photos by Eli Burakian

🎉 Congrats to the MCB grads recognized in Investiture and Commencement exercises this past weekend!! 🥳
Check out this photo album to see some familiar faces (such as Rachel Berg-Murante of the Moseley Lab and Dan Murante of the Hogan Lab below):
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🚨Thesis Seminar Alert: Diana Hilpert from the Bickel Lab will be presenting her research tomorrow at 11:30am in Chilcott! 🪰🧬

Jamie Moseley Named Chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Geisel School of Medicine Dean Duane Compton, PhD, has announced that cell biologist Jamie Moseley, PhD, has been named the chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Moseley’s five-…

Congratulations to Jamie Moseley who has been named as the next Chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology! 🥳
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Calling all stem cell researchers!

We are seeking a research scientist to join our group and develop technology culturing pluripotent stem cells using tissue mimetic substrates. This is a 2 year funded opportunity. Details and instructions on how to apply: apply.interfolio.com/169153

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Paige Canova of the Leib Lab who successfully defended her thesis yesterday! 🥳

🚨 Imminent thesis seminar alert: Paige Canova from the Leib Lab will be presenting her thesis at 10am in Auditorium G!

Take Charge of Your Research Training: Supporting Career Development using IDPs. This webinar will explore the Individual Development Plan (IDP) framework and how doctoral students and postdocs in the sciences can use it to align their career goals with their transferable skills.…

Doctoral students and postdocs in the sciences: learn how to align career goals with skills using the IDP framework. Melanie Sinche from the University of Virginia will offer strategies for using IDPs for long-term success in various career paths. Save your seat:

Five Dartmouth Students Win NSF Graduate Fellowships | Dartmouth

🤩 Congrats to MCB students Grace Carey (@aaamodeo.bsky.social Lab) & Sophia Micale (He Lab) for Honorable Mentions from NSF GRFP! 🥳
GRFP supports the graduate education of students with potential for significant achievements in STEM
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PhD students in STEM: Nature wants to hear from you Nature - Buried in lab work or drowning in data? Take a break and help shape the future of PhD education.

📢 Calling PhD students 📢 we want to hear from you!

Help shape the future of PhD education. Take our survey to tell us all about your experiences

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Cancer Accelerator Alums Return to Reinvest in the Program — Magnuson They benefited from participating in The Dartmouth Innovations Accelerator for Cancer as graduate students. Now, they’re volunteering to make Dartmouth’s entrepreneurial ecosystem even stronger.

Check out MCB alum giving back to the Dartmouth Innovations Accelerator for Cancer: Jordan Fredriksen-Isaacs (Rosato Lab) & Savannah Butler (Ackerman Lab)! DIAC has awarded >$2mil to advance research. Teams went on to secure >$17mil while shaping careers
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Student Spotlight: Bernice Leung Bernice Leung is a PhD candidate in the molecular and cellular biology program. Her poster, Adipocyte PDL1 Depletion Sensitizes NRASQ61R-Mutant Melanoma to Anti-PDL1 Immune Checkpoint Blockade (ICB…

🤩 Student in the spotlight! Bernice Leung is a MCB student in the Curiel Lab and won an award at the 2025 Guarini Graduate Student Poster Session! 🥳

Read on to learn more about Bernice and why she chose MCB at Dartmouth:
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