@USCPIBBS

Programs in Biomedical & Biological Sciences (PIBBS) provides the education, the mentoring and the navigation during the first year of a USC doctoral degree.

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Booster shots are not just for COVID-19 vaccines. How can a booster vaccine help your body? Learn more from @CDCgov.
CDC
@CDCgov31 Mar 2022
No vaccine, including a #COVID19 vaccine, is 100% effective. Your body’s ability to fight off infection can decrease over time. When this happens, a booster can help your body build back the immunity that has been lost. More: bit.ly/3mrK4Z5.

How Booster Shots Work

COVID-19 boosters help increase your body’s protection against COVID-19.

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Introducing our April Student Spotlight, Adam Marentes! Marentes joined the program in Fall 2017. #FightOn!
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Congratulations are in order . . . again! John D. Carpten, PhD, professor and chair of translational genomics at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been elected for a second time to the American Association for Cancer Research (@AACR) board of directors.
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Part 2 of @LibertatemN's Student Spotlight! We are honored to spotlight him this month and wish him the best for all his future endeavors. #FightOn!
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Introducing this month's Student Spotlight, Libere Ndacayisaba! Libere is a part of the Medical Biophysics program in PIBBS. Learn about his first year at PIBBS, Dissertation, and Extracurriculars in Part One of the Spotlight!
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@USC2 Mar 2022
.@POTUS has announced the US Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot Initiative will run for two more years with the new goal to decrease cancer deaths by 50% in the next 25 years. 👏👏 nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Thank you to the Epstein Family Foundation for their generous donation to @UCSanDiego & @KeckMedUSC for the advancement of Alzheimer's Research! Read the full article here: tinyurl.com/4b5c95ak
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Television Journalist Ann Curry will deliver this year's commencement address for the class of 2022! Read the full article here: tinyurl.com/2p95r5ep
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Today @POTUS and @FLOTUS called together a team of experts — including two @USC #cancer scientists — to reignite a national research effort, #CancerMoonshot with the aim of reducing the national death rate from the disease by 50% over the next 25 years. ow.ly/Tg1Q50HL2lo
USC cancer scientists John Carpten and Peter Kuhn at The White House discussing Cancer Moonshot

ALT USC cancer scientists John Carpten and Peter Kuhn at The White House discussing Cancer Moonshot

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We would like to congratulate Dr. Kuhn and Dr. Carpten for this extraordinary achievement! They will be working on Biden's Cancer Moonshot initiative which aims "to accelerate scientific discovery in cancer, foster greater collaboration, and improve the sharing of data."
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Introducing this month’s Student Spotlight: Ben Weekley! Weekley is a 4th year Cancer Biology & Genomics Student. Fight On, Ben ✌️! The rest of his spotlight can be found on our Instagram, @uscpibbs.
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Congratulations to our new dean, Carolyn C. Meltzer! Meltzer will assume her role effective March 1st. Welcome to the Trojan Family! ✌️
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Congratulations!! 🎉🎉 Fight On, Carly! ✌️
Ellison Medical Institute
@EMILosAngeles9 Nov 2021
Congratulations to #EllisonInstitute & #USC graduate student Carly Strelez for passing her dissertation defense and earning her PhD in Cancer Biology today! @MumenthalerLab @DavidAgus @USCPIBBS @KECKSchool_USC
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Join us for a workshop on Public Speaking with Dr. David Kang instagram.com/p/CVyjO1XvREz/…
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SACNAS@SACNAS25 Oct 2021
Today is the day! Welcome to #2021NDiSTEM - the largest diversity in STEM Conference in the country. Together our future is bright! ✨
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Join us for our Professional Development Workshop with Dr. Carol Lin this Thursday! instagram.com/p/CU8Wem0h8wk/…
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News Highlight: New USC Study finds that diet drinks might not help with weight loss.
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Read the full story on Keck School News: keck.usc.edu/looking-to-lose…

Looking to lose weight? Diet drinks might not be the sweet spot, according to new USC study

The study is one of the largest to date to examine the effects of an artificial sweetener on brain activity and appetite responses in different segments of the population.

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@USC8 Oct 2021
A perfect score for the @SoCalCTSI! ✌️ news.usc.edu/192516/a-perfec…
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