Brandon Wilbanks: Finding DNA molecules that can transport drugs inside cells
My graduate research focused on developing a new way to get therapies, such as drugs, proteins and other helpful molecules, into the body's cells.
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Student Research
As graduate students near the end of their Ph.D. training at Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, they reflect on their research journeys, lessons they learned along the way, and their hopes for the future.
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Harry Min: Pursuing treatments for deadly neurodegenerative disease
My research focused on progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), a devastating neurodegenerative disease that affects patients' movement, behavior, and cognition.
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Ramin Garmany: A big-data approach to understand a genetic heart disease
My research focused on a genetic heart disease called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) which causes the heart to become too large and can lead to abnormal heart rhythms, heart failure, and sudden death.
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Read past profiles of our students and their research organized by research track in the Ph.D. program.
Biochemistry and molecular biology track
Luke Doskey: Student Analyzes Cell-to-Cell Communication in Disease
Keenan Pearson: Optimizing a DNA-Based Tool to Address Disease
Pei Yi Ng: Aiming to Mitigate Alzheimer’s Disease
Rameen Shah: Developing a Mini Brain to Study a Rare Genetic Disease
Brandon Wilbanks: Finding DNA Molecules That Can Transport Drugs Inside Cells
Biomedical engineering and physiology track
Clinical and translational science track
Immunology track
Molecular pharmacology and experimental therapeutics track
Zack Aibaidula, M.D.: Becoming a Scientist to Help Patients with Brain Cancer
Matthew Baker: Student Identifies Neurons Related to Addictive Behavior
Kevin Gao: Reengineering Heart Cells to Understand Sudden Cardiac Death
Ramin Garmany: A Big-Data Approach to Understand a Genetic Heart Disease
Deborah Msekela: Sleep-Related Epilepsy