Spotlight on Students
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Yaochao Zheng, PhD candidate in the Yao lab was recently asked to present at the national Vesicle Vibe AAEV Virtual Seminar Series. The series was created to offer an educational platform for junior faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and students involved in cutting edge EV research. Read more about the lecture series.
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Congratulations, Marzan! You make the RBC proud! Marzan has been a driving force in several collaborations with other labs studying Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury models. His persistence, collaborative mindset, and technical expertise have moved these studies forward and strengthened the connections between research teams within the RBC! The Graduate Degree Accelerator, formerly known…
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Formed in 2011, the Regenerative Engineering and Medicine research center, known as REM, represents a collaborative effort among Emory University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and UGA’s Regenerative Bioscience Center. The 2025 Regenerative Engineering and Medicine (REM) retreat was held at Emory University on May 16, drawing more than 140 attendees from across Georgia’s major…
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Christina is a Neuroscience Ph.D Student in the Roberts-Galbraith Lab. Her current research focuses on understanding how neuropeptides influence stem cell function and regeneration utilizing an animal capable of robust regeneration called the planarian. Christina was awarded the ARCS scholarship after submitting a two-phase application. The first phase consisted of two letters of recommendation, a…
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Earlier this year Yaochao Zheng was awarded a UGA Communication Scholarship and Grant. This funding has allowed him to recruit undergraduates from both RB and non-RB backgrounds to develop a podcast series introducing foundational topics in regenerative bioscience (RB) to a broader audience. The first podcast series, now available on mainstream platforms like Spotify (Link…
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We are proud to announce that RBC graduate student Amin Davarzani has received the Shuker Scientific Poster Award during the recent GeorgiaBio Summit! He continues to thank his RBC faculty mentors, Dr. Lohitash Karumbaiah and Dr. Leidong Mao, and in his words, “the amazing team at Georgia Bio, Cell Manufacturing Technologies (CMaT), Georgia Research Alliance…



