Student Award! 🗣️ @klaudiofatmiri.bsky.social from the Soranno Lab was recognized with the 2025 Elliot L. Elson Education and Training Award! This award was created to support educational opportunities for outstanding trainees and provides funds for educational expenses. Congratulations, Klaudio!

Student Award Alert! 🗣️ @mariabroering.bsky.social from the lab @nieminm.bsky.social earned the 2025 BMB Science Communication Award! This award is in recognition of her excellent scientific communication and reasoning during her first year as a rotation student. Congratulations, Maria!

Semester Recap!! 🗣️ We started the semester off strong with a great BBSB program retreat! Hosted in the St. Louis Zoo, we got to hear some really great talks and posters from students and faculty. As well as some wonderful talents and some interesting(?) karaoke performances in the talent show!

We had a great time getting to know some of our first year BBSB graduate students over coffee! We wish you the best as you continue to settle into graduate school, and we hope to see you around! @washubbsb.bsky.social

Last, but not least, please join us in welcoming Yuying to the BBSB program! 👏🥼💫 We are so excited to have such a wonderful cohort of incoming students!

Our next BBSB incoming student highlight features @nataliewalsh.bsky.social ! Welcome, Natalie! 🔬❤️🤩

Please help us give a warm welcome to the next incoming student, Eun Sil! 💚🧪🎇

Next is @anna-pan.bsky.social ! We are so happy to have you joining us in BBSB! ✨🧑‍🔬

First up, join us in welcoming @vnchlsn.bsky.social to BBSB! 🌟⚛️

Welcome, BBSB Incoming Students! 🎉 We’re excited to welcome five first-year students to our program this year! Pictured below at last week’s orientation, they’re now diving into scientific immersion training. Join us in giving them a warm welcome as we highlight each one in our upcoming posts!

@madison-stringer.bsky.social and @mariabroering.bsky.social were caught twinning! 👯 The BBSB students proudly wear their @washumedicine.bsky.social giving day T-shirts while enjoying the beautiful weather for lunch ❤️🥪🌞💚

Another pair of BBSB twins spotted! 👯 Freya Beinart and Anshuman Jaysingh rock a coordinated summer look, white pants and blue tops, while catching up over cookies and tea 👔☕👏

Twins!! 👯 BBSB GSC Chairs, @klaudiofatmiri.bsky.social and @morganpayne.bsky.social, were spotted in matching program T-shirts! These two do so much for our students, so let’s take a moment to recognize and celebrate our amazing chairs! 🎉 (T-shirt design by @ellamozi.bsky.social )

Spotted in the wild: BBSB students enjoying lunch! Some of our students who work in labs on the Danforth Campus took a well-deserved break today to catch up and share a meal together ❤️💚

GSC's main student event was a scavenger hunt this spring! Students split into groups and were sent to find objects or complete various tasks across the medical campus and local Forest Park area. What a super fun way to get together (and get some steps in 😅)!

Very excited to share our latest work, “Mitochondrial presequences harbor variable strengths to maintain organellar function,” led by the fantastically talented @washubbsb.bsky.social graduate student Youmian Yan. A 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

BBSB was happy to celebrate five recent graduates in this May's hooding ceremony. Please join us in congratulating Drs. Jonathan Mount, Alexandria Quillin, Jackie Garcia, Jenna Lin, and Paige Hall! 💚🎓❤️

A huge congratulations to Dr. Jenna Lin, who has successfully defended her thesis work from Baron Chanda's Lab last month! BBSB is so proud of Dr. Lin and this accomplishment! 🎊🎉🎈🙌

Niemi lab and @washubbsb.bsky.social graduate student Youmian Yan gave a fantastic presentation on her work at the @asbmb.bsky.social meeting in Chicago! #ProudPI (photo credit to @kerikozul.bsky.social)

A huge congratulations to Dr. Paige Hall from the Fremont lab for successfully defending last week! Her thesis, "Biophysical insights into emerging virus-host interactions," contained some really beautiful scientific work. Dr. Hall, BBSB is so proud! 🥳🥂🎉

BBSB students and faculty were happy to welcome a new round of admitted students this year! It was a pleasure meeting and introducing you all to St. Louis and our program. Special thanks to Drs. Natalie Niemi and Andrea Soranno for their great efforts in organizing the admitted students’ visit!