A University of Arizona-led team finds that mitochondria — the cell’s power plants — plug directly into the nucleus, fueling the genes that build the heart, brain and body.

“We are deeply committed to advancing patient care through the power of clinical research,” says Corey Casper, MD, MPH, Banner’s chief research officer and a Division of Infectious Diseases professor at the College of Medicine – Tucson.

Regents Professor Juanita Merchant, MD, PhD, devotes her career to “hedgehog,” a cell signaling pathway that may hold keys for improving neuroendocrine cancer treatment and help identify new drug targets.

With Division of Endocrinology presenters Ronadip Banerjee, MD, PhD, division chief, and Jennifer Stern, PhD, the key focus was on glucagon and GLP-1 receptor agonists’ role in weight-loss and healthspan improvement as we age.

With a focus on pandemics, lungs and sleep research, this NIH-funded program is recruiting biomedical sciences research candidates for the 12th cohort of an scientific training fellowship led by Sairam Parthasarathy, MD, Francisco Moreno, MD, and Janko Nikolich, MD, PhD. Starting in July, it’s open to applicants from across the U of A Health Sciences. Learn more and apply.

With multiple Department of Medicine faculty acting as judges and evaluators, poster and oral vignette presenters outdid themselves at this annual event to cap off research projects often presented at symposiums and conferences around the nation.