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What are we reading for our DEIA meeting?

Every two months we pick an article or webinar on the vast primary research in DEIA (diversity, equity, inclusion, and access) scholarship. This week we’re checking out Reyes and Duran’s work, “Higher education scholars challenging deficit thinking: an analysis of … Continue reading

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New paper alert!

Check out our latest work in CBE Life Sci Education: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39172968/“The Making of Future Scientists: Faculty Mentor Cultural Awareness and Inclusive Science Labs”

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Check out our Letter in Science!

A collaboration with social and clinical psychologists Dustin Thoman, Ivan Hernandez, Jessi Smith, and Miguel Villodas has given me a chance to participate in and learn a lot about the scientific research behind a passion of mine — equitable access to … Continue reading

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Check out our latest paper in Nature Comm!

Check out our latest work in Nature Communications! Here we show that distinct structural features in tumor-driving IDH1 mutants drive their unique catalytic profiles and lead to differences in an allosteric pocket that may impact inhibitor resistance. A great collaboration … Continue reading

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Graduate students awarded fellowships!

Our most sincere congratulations to PhD students Lucas and Diego! Lucas has been selected as an SDSU University Graduate Fellow, and Diego has been selected as an Arne Wick Predoctoral Fellow. Congratulations, guys!

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This is what someone who just passed his PhD qualifying exam looks like :-)

Congrats, Diego, you did a great job!

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Undergraduates present at URS

We are so proud of presentations by MARC and IMSD students Michelle, Giovanni, and Viraj. They did a great job presenting on their scientific contributions to our lab!

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Congrats to our newest ARCS scholars!

We are so proud of our ARCS scholars, Lucas and Joi, that were recently honored and an ARCS dinner. The ARCS Foundation advances science and technology in the United States by providing financial awards to academically outstanding U.S. citizens studying … Continue reading

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Check out our newest paper!

Read all about our latest IDH1 paper!

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Lucas awarded an ARCS scholarship!

Congratulations to Lucas, who has been awarded a prestigious ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) scholarship. We are proud!

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