Students in the News

Jacob Chalif, a graduate student in the Earth sciences department, was featured in an article commenting on his recently published study showing that “waviness” in the polar jet stream that brings Arctic-like conditions farther south are not historically uncommon. Read …

A new study led by Guarini PhD candidate Alicia Pietramale, molecular and cellular biology, uncovers a surprising two-step strategy used by the brain’s immune cells during injury. The research shows that microglia initially respond using quick, sugar-based energy before building …

PhD candidate Sixtine Fleury, psychological and brain sciences, led a new study identifying a brain receptor linked to psilocybin’s antidepressant and anti-anxiety benefits without triggering hallucinations. The findings point toward safer, more accessible treatments for depression and anxiety. Read more.

Shane Taylor, a Guarini PhD student in the molecular and cellular biology program, is helping advance cancer immunotherapy by exploring new ways to harness the immune system to fight tumors. Inspired by the scientific response to COVID-19, Taylor now advances …

Ameya Kulkarni, a PhD student in the ecology, evolution, environment, and society program (EEES) used the award to record and analyze frog calls across natural and urban habitats on either side of the Goa Gap in the Western Ghats to …

First-year PhD student Cassidy Metzger has identified more than 100 potential blazar galaxies, including eight previously unknown candidates, in her first paper as lead author, using data from major space-based surveys. Her work expands the rare, high-energy objects used to …

Guarini graduate student Guinevere Herron, physics and astronomy, is helping use artificial intelligence to uncover some of the universe’s faintest galaxies, including one Herron has named “Kamino” after a remote planet in Star Wars: Episode 2. The work could deepen …

Guarini PhD student Yiping Li, quantitative biomedical sciences, is quoted in an article about her co-authored research that looked at a potential association between ultra-processed foods and prediabetes in young adults. Read more on Healthline.

A new study co-authored by Guarini PhD student Anusha Bhatt, molecular and cellular biology, uncovers how early fruit flies embryos know when to switch on their own genes—shedding light on fundamental processes that also shape human development. Read more.

On October 16, thirteen Guarini PhD students and postdocs traded Hanover’s fall foliage for Boston’s innovation corrider during the Guarini Career Trek, a one-day immersion in industry career paths organized by the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies. 

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