#  Newsletter 

 



##  BBS News 

Your Source for News, Updates, and Community Highlights



 

 

 

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##  Student Spotlight 

 



  [### First rule of a disease fighter: Be curious

 ](/news/2026/05/first-rule-disease-fighter-be-curious) May 20, 2026 

 It was DNA replication that first captured Isaac Witte’s scientific imagination as a high school student in Overland Park, Kansas. “It’s this orchestration of so many different proteins and molecules that come together to do this core element of life,” he... 

 

 

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##  Celebrating Our Students’ Awards and Achievements 

Congratulations to all our students who have earned awards this year! Your hard work, dedication, and perseverance have truly paid off. We are proud of your achievements and inspired by your commitment to excellence.

**2025-2026 KGCRF Career Catalyst Awardees**  
Antonia Kowalewski (BBS, Getz lab)  
Amy Yu (BBS, Kanarek lab)

**2026 Landry Cancer Biology Research Fellows**  
Shadwa Bayoumi (BBS, Stegmaier lab)  
Lewis Hendrianto (BBS, Mancias lab)  
Hanjun Lee (BBS, Elledge lab)  
Caroline Pitton (BBS, Johnstone lab)  
Honorary Fellow: Madelaine Theardy (BBS, Sankaran lab)

**2026 KGCRF Professional Development Awardees**   
**KGCRF Rising Young Scientist Awards (up to G3s)**  
Shadwa Bayoumi (BBS, Stegmaier lab)  
Caroline Pitton (BBS, Johnstone lab)

**KGCRF Early Career Scientist Awards (G4s and up)**  
Margaret Dreishpoon (BBS, Toker lab)  
Amy Yu (BBS, Kanarek lab)



 

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##  Happy Birthday from BBS! 

Wishing you a year of exciting discoveries, productive experiments, and meaningful progress in your research and training. Your hard work and curiosity are vital to our scientific community. Enjoy your day, take pride in how far you’ve come, and we look forward to all you will accomplish in the year ahead.

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Allie Elchert

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Elle Epstein

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Bri Manning

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Neha Damaraju

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Della Syau

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Victoria Alkin

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Rita Chan

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Madelaine Theardy

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Chloe Choi

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Kayla Cruz

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Alan Wong

7



Abigail Zuckerman

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Jose Aceves-Salvador

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Wenbo Wu

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Arianna de la Torre Roehl

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Daniel DiMartino

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Morgan Glass

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Katherine Dailey

14



Jingting Lin

14



Jingjing Liu

14



Hyunji An

15



Elizabeth Dorans

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Vivian Garcia

16



Zachary Augur

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Valerie Nguyen

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Alex Thornock

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Enya Miguel Whelan

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Meril Takizawa

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Micah Gygi

22



Meredith Chambers

23



Alex Afeyan

24



Anusha Puri

25



Roberto Sotomayor

25



Nicholas Girardi

26



Gianna Colombo

27



Michele Muscolo

27



Kean Hean Ooi

27



Katherine Norton

29



Julia Silberman

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Benya Khowpinitchai

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