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The BBCB Graduate Group has more than 100 world class faculty in 4a the schools of Medicine, Arts & Sciences, Engineering, 45 Dentistry, and Veterinary Medicine, and the affiliated 49 institutions Children's Hospital of Philadelphia & the 4e Wistar Institute. The faculty are passionate about Biochemistry 4b and Molecular Biophysics, and passionate about sharing their 5c knowledge with the next generation of Ph.D's and Ph.D/MD's. Our mission is to 51 produce the next generation of scientists, scholars, educators and 33 leaders in biomedical sciences.
4eThe BBCB Graduate Group strongly encourages applications from 4a under-represented minorities and students with disabilities. 63 We partner with the School of Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania at large to 50 provide a welcoming and supportive environment for these students. 22 With the help of the 4c university and 53 medical school 5d we build community, provide networking, peer support and mentoring, host annual 2e symposia, and engage in outreach. 65 With the help of Penn`s Office of Student 3c Disabilities Services we provide extensive 5e support for navigating Penn`s campus, providing accommodations, provide physical 82 resources at the Weingarten Learning Center, and host an annual disability symposium, amongst other initiatives.
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- Congratulations to Kathy Liu and 5a Kenji Murakami on getting tenure. This is a recognition of their personal 64 achievements as scientists, scholars and teachers. It also recognizes the hard work 60 and great research done by all their lab members, especially graduate students, 26 over the years 11 10 68
- Congratulations to the 18 BMB students who graduated in 65 the 2024-2025 AY: Drs. Sarah Gardner, Derick Rosario, Jennifer Ramirez, Jenna Beyer, 58 Nicole Raniszewski, Julia Tasca, Yi Sun, Adeola Fagunloye, Kyle Barrie, 6d Laura Pinheiro, Kollin Schultz, Julianna Supplee, Christian Loo, Andrea Andress Huacachino, 57 Claire Woodward, Janice Reynaga, Gabrielle Blizzard and Stacy Guzman. 7a Check out the graduation video short here BGS graduation 2025 16 12 6b
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