Gorman Scholar alumnus Erfan Zeyaei Kajbaf, and current MARC Scholars Earl Hwande, Adriana Ramirez Negron, Diego Reyes, and Alanna Stull collaborated with the BMSE-MCDB Fall 2020 Retreat to moderate a "Science and Racism" Q&A discussion with Professors Derek Applewhite (Reed College) and C. Brandon Ogbunu (Yale) as part of their Science for the Common Good Fall 2020 course with Professor Kathy Foltz. What a dynamic and thought-provoking conversation -- thank you to Profs. Applewhite and Ogbunu, the retreat organizers, and our scholars for a wonderful event!

Check out our new video that provides an overview of the MARC Program at UCSB! Featuring commentary from MARC PI and MCDB Professor Joel Rothman, Program Manager and CSEP Associate Director, and some of our recent MARC Scholars.

Colin Kim, a second year Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) Scholar, received an award in the Engineering, Physics, and Mathematics division for his poster on "Directed Evolution of an O-methyltransferase for Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Yeast" at the 2017 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) national meeting last week in Phoenix, AZ. Colin (center) joins fellow UCSB students, Rachel Liu and David Lowe, in celebrating their poster awards.

Four UC Santa Barbara students have been selected as the inaugural participants in a new initiative designed to enhance the way UCSB prepares its undergraduates for competitive graduate programs in biomedical research.