Research Assistant Professor Chris Mackenzie Receives John Freeman Faculty Teaching Award
Ronald “Chris” Mackenzie, an assistant professor of research, is the 2024 recipient of the John H. Freeman Award for Faculty Teaching. This award is chosen by the senior class, and must exemplify enthusiasm and drive toward effective teaching, have a…
Research Assistant Professor Chris Mackenzie Receives Inaugural Rebecca Lunstroth Faculty Service Award
Ronald “Chris” Mackenzie, an assistant professor of research (and all-around expert), has been honored with the inaugural Rebecca Lunstroth Faculty Service Award. This award recognizes faculty members outside of the McGovern Center who volunteer for multiple teaching activities with the…
MMG’s Garsin and Lorenz labs discover novel therapy for fungal infections
Huge congratulations are in order for a recent paper published in Nature Communications by a collaboration between the Danielle Garsin, PhD and Michael Lorenz, PhD labs in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. “Antifungal drug development is particularly challenging…
Student Jennifer Hurtig Awarded the Jess Hay Chancellor’s Graduate Student Research Fellowship
The prestigious Jess Hay Chancellor’s Graduate Student Research Fellowship from The University of Texas System has been awarded to our very own Jennifer Hurtig, a doctoral student in The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School…
Postdoc Pratick Khara, PhD Wins Poster Award at Structural Biology Symposium
Congratulations to Patrick Khara, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, on winning a poster award at the 26th Structural Biology Annual Symposium April 30, 2022 in Galveston, Texas. For more information about UTMB’s SCSB…
MMG Postdoc Posters Win 1st and 2nd at 2022 MBID Research Retreat
This year, the MBID Research Retreat featured a socially-distanced, mask-encouraged, outdoor poster session with great success! The graduate student and postdoctoral research fellow categories were each eligible for a 1st and 2nd place winner, judged by various volunteer faculty and…
New MMG Faculty Member Jayhun Lee, PhD Earns STAR Award
Congratulations to new MMG Assistant Professor Jayhun Lee, PhD for receiving The University of Texas System’s Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention (STAR) Award. He was one of only three new faculty to receive this recognition. The UT Board of…
Postdoc Armand Brown, Ph.D. Named to “America’s 1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists” List
Hearty congratulations are in order for one of MMG’s very own postdocs, Armand Brown, Ph.D. of the Garsin Lab, for being named one of “1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists” by Cell Mentor. Armand’s research involves developing new therapies for the treatment…
Students Erika Flores and Kim Trinh Nguyen Pass Qualifying Exams Unconditionally
Congratulations to MD Anderson/UTHealth graduate students and members of Dr. Krachler’s lab Erika Flores and Kim Trinh Nguyen for passing their qualifying exams in late 2019! A time for celebration, indeed! Congratulations to you both!