Program Activities
UW MSTP students frequently meet formally and informally to share ideas and enjoy life outside of school. Some of the MSTP-sponsored events are:
E-24 Incoming Class
2024 Entering Class
2022 MSTP Entering Class
The 2022 entering class during their stethoscope ceremony in front of Portage Bay
2024 MS4 Graduation
Directors and recent graduates gather on the terrace
MSTP Retreat Poster Session
Students at the MSTP summer retreat participate in a poster session
2024 MSTP Olympics Winners
Team 1 poses for their Olympic win
Q&A with the Directors
MSTP directors hold a Q&A at the annual retreat
White Coat Ceremony
2022 class receiving their white coats
2023 MSTP Retreat - Pack Forest
Students gather for annual retreat
2023 White Coat Ceremony
2023 class on their white coat day
2023 Cohort on their white coat day
2023 Class in front of the big W.
MSTP Retreat
MSTP students and their families meet at one of the many state parks in Washington State for a summer retreat. We welcome incoming students and share science and fellowship. Recent locations have included Semiahmoo Resort, Fort Ebey State Park, Twanoh State Park, Magnuson Park, and Sleeping Lady Resort.
Weekly Journal Club & Monthly Dinner Meetings
These meetings focus on new journal articles and on the research of MSTP students and faculty mentors. The journal club is organized by and for students. The monthly dinners are open to MSTP students and faculty. All involve supper.
2025-26 MSTP Dinner Meeting Dates & Presenter Information
September 25, 2025
Student Speaker:
Nayoon Gim, (E-21)
Lee & Wang Lab
Bioengineering Graduate Program
“An LLM-assisted framework for accelerated and verifiable clinical hypothesis testing from EHRs”
Student Speaker:
Cassidy Burke, (E-20)
Stuber Lab
Neuroscience Graduate Program
“Single-nuclei transcriptional characterization of rat cortical and striatal cell types after escalated heroin intake and protracted withdrawal”
October 16, 2025
Student Speaker:
Marina Han, (E-19)
Kraemer Lab
Neuroscience Graduate Program
“Using a fluorescent C. elegans model of tauopathy to discover genetic regulators of pathological tau accumulation”
Student Speaker:
Andrew Snyder, (E-20)
Srivastava Lab
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Program
“Modulating AP-1 enables CAR-T cells to establish an intratumoral PD-1+Tcf1+ stem-like reservoir and overcomes resistance to PD-1 axis blockade”
November 20, 2025
Student Speaker:
Nick Petty, (E-20)
Kiem Lab
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Program
Student Speaker:
Jordan Shaker, (E-19)
Steinmetz Lab
Neuroscience Graduate Program
“The midbrain reticular formation in distributed cognition”
January 8, 2026
Student Speaker:
Mark Andrade, (E-20)
Cirulli Lab
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Program
February 5, 2026
Student Speaker:
Naomi Yamamoto, (E-20)
Kugel Lab
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Program
February 26, 2026
Student Speaker:
Kate LeBlanc, (E-21)
Kraemer Lab
Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Program
April 9, 2026
Student Speaker:
TBD
Quarterly Directors’ Suppers
1st and 2nd year students have informal suppers with our directors to discuss lab choices, coursework, and any other issues. Students will have met individually with directors between these supper meetings.