Our department will be hosting our first Graduate Student Rising Stars Symposium, in partnership with the Neurobiology Department and the Diabetes & Metabolism Research Center. The event with feature exceptional young scientists, with a strong focus on highlighting talented scientists from underrepresented backgrounds.
Biochemistry labs will host and mentor summer undergraduate researchers with several groups.
Utah Native American Research Internship (NARI)
Genomics Summer Research for Minorities (GSRM) Internship
Diabetes & Metabolism Research Center
Rural & Underserved Utah Training Experience (RUUTE) and Regional Affairs
The EDI Group
To foster ongoing awareness and discussion of issues of equity and inclusion in science, a working group of students, postdocs, and faculty is organizing a monthly discussion series to examine different topics about inequities in science and medicine and the challenges faced by scientists from diverse communities.
Two department trainees, Julio Fierro (graduate student) and Yang Xu (postdoctoral fellow) shared their journeys in science and discussed challenges they have faced and how they have addressed and overcome them.
To highlight outstanding postdoctoral scientists from diverse backgrounds, Biochemistry has partnered with Oncological Sciences to feature seminar talks by emerging leaders in cell and cancer biology from around the country.