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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.

Taylor Weiskittel

Taylor Weiskittel: Using big data to understand immune cells and cancer

My Ph.D. research used computer modeling to provide insight into which transcription factors — the proteins that control DNA activity — determine a cell's identity.

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Luke Kendall

Luke Kendall: Creating a lasting antitumor immune response

My Ph.D. work studied the use of a virus and the body's immune system as a potential anticancer treatment, using an approach called oncolytic virotherapy.

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Stephanie Oatman

Stephanie Oatman: Combining big data to understand mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease

My thesis project aimed to analyze multiple types of big data to identify important mechanisms in Alzheimer's disease.

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Student research by track

Read past profiles of our students and their research organized by research track in the Ph.D. program.

Biochemistry and molecular biology track

Biomedical engineering and physiology track

Clinical and translational science track

Immunology track

Molecular pharmacology and experimental therapeutics track

Neuroscience track

Regenerative sciences track

Virology and gene therapy track