The Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at @MSKCancerCenter offers PhD and Summer Undergraduate Research Programs.
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Learn about our innovative #PhD programs in #Cancer #Biology and #Cancer #Engineering. Our graduate programs are embedded within @MSKCancerCenter in #NYC.
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Congratulations to GSK PhD student Dingyu Liu in the lab of @DanweiHuangfu for defending her thesis entitled "Functional Genomic Dissection of Lineage Specification
in Human Pancreas Development and Diabetes."
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Congratulations to GSK MD, PhD student Rebecca Gelfer in the lab of @RossLevineLab for defending her thesis entitled "Very Long Chain Fatty Acid Synthesis is a Metabolic Dependency and Therapeutic Target in NRAS Mutant Leukemia."
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Congratulations to GSK MD, PhD student Kathleen Luckett in the lab of @KarunaGaneshLab for defending her thesis entitled "Tumor-Intrinsic ZFP36L2 Links Epithelial Regeneration to Immune Evasion in Colorectal Cancer."
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Congratulations to GSK PhD student Yassmin Elbanna in the lab of @huselab for defending her thesis entitled "Mechanoimmunological Control of Metastatic Site Selection."
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Congratulations to GSK PhD student Lisa McGary in the lab of Santosha Vardhana for defending her thesis entitled "Investigating the Role of Glucose Metabolites
in T Cell Differentiation and Effector Function."
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Congratulations to GSK PhD student David Van Dongen in the lab of Stephen Long for defending his thesis entitled "Biochemical Characterization of the Integral
Membrane CAAX Endopeptidase RCE1."
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Congratulations to GSK PhD student Ashley Nichols in the lab of @J_Maciejowski for defending her thesis entitled "Chromosome Tethering and Mitotic Transcription Promote ecDNA Nuclear Inheritance."
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Congratulations to GSK PhD student Yan-Ting Chen in the lab of Santosha Vardhana for defending his thesis entitled "Context-Specific Regulation of T cell Function
by Amino Acid Availability."
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Congratulations to GSK PhD student Anran Tang in the lab of Thomas Norman for defending her thesis entitled "Scaling CRISPR Screens to Map Large-Scale Genetic Interactions."
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Congratulations to GSK PhD student Jenna Snyder in the lab of Adrienne Boirefor defending her thesis entitled "Diverse Leptomeningeal Fibroblasts Support Cancer Cell Growth."
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Congratulations to GSK PhD student Brianna Naizir
in the lab of Andrea Schietinger for defending her thesis entitled "Defining the Role of TOX in CD4 T Cell Fate
Commitment and Effector Function."
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Congratulations to GSK PhD student @juldelgado22 in the lab of Andrew Koff for defending her thesis entitled "A Multi-Omics Study of Molecular Determinants
and Pathway Diversity Underlying Therapy-Induced Senescence in Cancer."
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Congratulations to GSK PhD student Tiffany Merlinsky in the lab of @SantoshVardhana for defending her thesis entitled "Cysteine Availability Limits CD8+ T Cell Priming
in Severe COVID-19"
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Congratulations to GSK PhD student Won Jun Kim in the lab of @AbdelWahablab for defending his thesis entitled "Mis-Splicing-Derived Neoantigens and Cognate TCRs
in Splicing Factor Mutant Leukemias."
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We are now accepting applications for our Cancer Biology and Cancer Engineering #PhD programs for the 2026 academic year. Apply: sloankettering.edu/gerstner/…
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Congratulations to GSK's students who were awarded fellowships over the last year!
sloankettering.edu/news/gers…
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Congratulations to #GSK alumnus Zhi (Zach) Zheng from the lab of Scott Keeney, who has been awarded the 2025 Chairman's Prize!
mskcc.org/news/2025-gsk-chai…
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Congratulations to GSK PhD student Margaret Kennedy in the lab of @LoweLabMSKCC for defending her thesis entitled "Investigating Transcriptional Dysregulation in Disease through Genetic Engineering and Therapeutic Inhibition."
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Congratulations to GSK PhD student Celeste Dang in the lab of @SunLab_Official for defending her thesis entitled "Investigating the Role of Transcription Factor 19 in Innate and Adaptive Immunity."
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