Applications are open for two grant programs that support the research and training of early-career faculty looking to advance their careers in clinical and translational science.
Korydwen Terrasson, Ermias Mekuria Addo, Manead KhinTran Ngoc Ninh, Pankaj Pandey, Amar G. Chittiboyina, Daneel Ferreira, Harinantenaina L. Rakotondraibe, Joanna E. Burdette, Djaja D. Soejarto, A. Douglas Kinghorn
Alex C. Varkey, PharmD, MS '07, FAPhA, has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Clifton J. Latiolais Leadership Award, an honor recognizing outstanding leadership and contributions to institutional pharmacy practice, education, administration, and research.
As Binzel explained, “It’s an overall astonishing fact that [around] 90 percent of our DNA actually has viral origins. Over time and through evolution, we’ve been infected with viruses, and they incorporate into our genome, and it’s who we are now. But the mRNA itself is completely incapable of changing your DNA. It’d be like trying to throw a rock up over Hoover Dam and changing the dam reservoir makeup itself.”