UCLA Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology

Congrats to MCIP PhD Candidate Rochelle Lai on winning Best Student Talk at the MCIP Retreat! 🎉 Her talk explored how bile acids regulate lipid metabolism. Congrats to Rochelle and her mentors, Drs. Tom Vallim and Liz Tarling! #uclamcip

Congratulations to MCIP PhD Candidate Celine Son on winning Best Student Poster at this year’s MCIP Retreat! Her poster explores how gut microbial depletion can influence brainstem neurons and exploratory behavior. Congrats to Celine and her mentor, Dr. Elaine Hsiao! #uclamcip

Huge congrats to MCIP PhD Candidate, Rochelle Lai and MCIP alum, Alvin Chan on their co-first author paper in Cell Metabolism! 🎉 “Bile acids regulate lipid metabolism through selective actions on fatty acid absorption.”

Huge congratulations to MCIP alum, Dr. Ashley Stein-Merlob (@A_SteinMerlob)! She earned the 2025 Young Investigator Award at the Global Cardio-Oncology Summit in South Africa for her amazing thesis research in MCIP. We are so proud—well-deserved!

Congratulations to MCIP PhD Student, Tierney Daw who was recently awarded an F31 NRSA! Well-deserved!

Congratulations to MCIP PhD Candidate, David Wong who was awarded the 2025 Asrican Sophie & Jack Award from the Graduate Programs in Bioscience!

Congratulations to MCIP PhD Candidate, Rochelle Lai who was awarded the 2025 Asrican Sophie & Jack Award from the Graduate Programs in Bioscience!

Congratulations to MCIP PhD Candidate, Jenny Cheng who was awarded the 2025 Asrican Sophie & Jack Award from the Graduate Programs in Bioscience!

Congratulations to MCIP PhD Student, Aneesh Kallapur who was awarded the 2025 Asrican Sophie & Jack Award from the Graduate Programs in Bioscience!

Congratulations to MCIP PhD Candidate, Noelle Morrow who won Best Student Poster at this year's MCIP Annual Retreat!

Congratulations to MCIP PhD Candidate, Lesly Palacios Castillo who won Best Student Talk at this year's MCIP Annual Retreat!

Congratulations to MCIP PhD Candidate, @Rick_Frausto, who was recently inducted into the UCLA Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society! Well-deserved, Ricardo! Congratulations also to his faculty mentor, Dr. Elissa Hallem!

Congratulations to MCIP PhD Student, Aneesh Kallapur who was awarded the American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship! Congratulations also to his faculty mentor, Dr. Tamer Sallam! Well-deserved!

Congratulations to MCIP PhD Candidate, Emily Chiem who was awarded an NIH F31 NRSA! Well-deserved! #uclamcip

Congratulations to MCIP graduate student, Chris Castro who was awarded the HHMI Gilliam Fellowship! Well-deserved! #uclamcip #GilliamFellows

Congratulations to Martha Rimniceanu for being awarded one of the Life Science Excellence 2024 Awards! Martha was awarded the Excellence in Research, PhD Candidate award from the UCLA Division of Life Sciences! Well-deserved! #uclamcip #uclaibp

Congratulations to MCIP Graduate Student, Lucia Lee for winning the audience-choice award for the Division of Life Sciences at the UCLA Graduate Student Research Showcase this year!

Congratulations to MCIP Graduate Student, Lucia Lee for being accepted to the TL1 Predoctoral Program! Well-deserved!

Thank you all students, faculty, and invited guests who attended the MCIP Annual Retreat last week! A special thank you to the students who gave talks and presented posters! Thank you also our keynote speaker and faculty presenters! #uclamcip

Congratulations to MCIP PhD Candidate @ShanteeAyala who won Best Student Poster at this year's MCIP Retreat!