2025 KU Molecular Biosciences Symposium
The KU Molecular Biosciences Symposium was held Friday, August 15, 2025. This annual symposium is organized and hosted by the 4th-Year Molecular Biosciences graduate students. The keynote speaker, this year was Dr. Heba Mostafa from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Seven MB graduate students received awards at the symposium that were sponsored by the Dr. Stanley L. Twomey Memorial Award Fund:
Best Oral Presentation Award:
Anam Fatima Shaikh (Orozco lab)

Best Poster Awards:
- Gabby Perkins (Holmstrom lab)
- Anika James (Neufeld lab)
- Eryk Yarkosky (Chandler lab)
- Zach Opoka (Graham lab)
- Macie Proctor-Roser (Orozco lab)
- Priyani Hapugaswatta (Mizuki Azuma lab)
