Congratulations Kendall !
March 31, 2026
Kendall has accepted an offer to undertake her medical training at Sam Houston State University Medical School. Go Kendall !!
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Congratulations Jenus - Again !
March 30, 2026
Jenus accepted an offer to join the Physician Assistant training program at UT Southwestern in Dallas this summer. Congratulations Jenus !!
Congratulations Rebecca !
August 01, 2025
Lab alum and Galapawenter Rebecca Keim earned her PhD in entomology under Richard Redak at UC Riverside studying native harvester ant interactions with invasive plant species AND she has just started her new job as an assistant professor at Schreiner University, teaching entomology, leading the…
Congratulations Ranya !
May 05, 2025
Lab alum Ranya Khalifa has been accepted in the PhD program in Biomedical Engineering at UH. Working with Muna Naash and Muayyad Al-Ubaidi, Ranya’s tentative thesis title is ‘Investigating the molecular function of USH2A and evaluating splice-switching oligonucleotides as a strategy to…
Congratulations Meredith !
June 15, 2024
Lab alum Meredith Ware finished her medical school training and has matched in pediatrics at UCLA. It was a long and twisty journey for her, but she landed exactly where she wanted to be. Go Meredith !
Congratulations Dr. Mills !
May 20, 2024
Lab alum Kendall Mills earned a from UC Santa Barbara in 2016 working with NOAA looking at the impact of whale strikes by cargo ships in the Santa Barbara Channel. Then she went to the University of Alaska Fairbanks to work with Link Olson on the biogeographic history of the world’s marmots…
Congratulations Catherine !
May 15, 2024
Lab alum Catherine Pham will soon be starting medical school and the UT Health San Antonio School of Medicine. Go Catherine !
Congratulations Alice !
May 03, 2024
After a winding journey, lab alum Alice Teper has started her Master of Public Health in Epidemiology at Texas A&M. Go Alice !
Biology & Biochemistry Undergraduate Research Training (BURT) Program has been Supported by the National Science Foundation !
April 01, 2024
The National Science Foundation has supported our (Frankino and Drs. Tiffany Davis and Detra Johnson) application to support students with financial need so that they can participate in undergraduate research. The award will support students with stipends so they can invest fully in a two-semester…
Congratulations Gabby !
March 10, 2024
BURS alum and all around impressive person Gabby Kostecki gave a talk about her work and experience with mentors and mentorship programming at UH. I had the honor of introducing her; I focused on her contributions to the BURS program that I developed and run. Go Gabby !