# Student Life Our DRB graduate students are actively engaged in helping to shape our degree program and community. Our student leadership team not only organizes our fantastic annual retreat program, but designed the informal and formal speaking platforms that allow our trainees to practice sharing their ideas, ask questions and communicate the goals and progress of their ongoing research. Over social events and networking opportunities, our trainees get to know one another, as well as our Program faculty, to foster collaborative relationships and additional support for the challenges of graduate school. New DRB members are always warmly welcomed, and our DRB graduate student successes at Harvard and beyond are enthusiastically celebrated by the whole DRB community. To meet our amazing student leadership team, [please click here.](/student-leadership) To learn what types of careers our former DRB students have pursued following graduation, [please click here.](/alumni) Please contact the [BBS office](http://www.hms.harvard.edu/dms/bbs/contacts/index.html) or [Kayla Nygaard ](mailto:kayla_nygaard@hms.harvard.edu)for more information on which laboratories DRB students have selected for their thesis work. ## Recent DRB News [### The Quarterly DRB Newsletter Released! ](/news/quarterly-drb-newsletter-released) December 14, 2020 The newest edition of the DRB quarterly newsletter has been released. Read about all things DRB from the recent DRB Friendsgiving event to how to submit questions for the alumni career panel. As always, if you have any exciting news or publicaitons for... description [### Congrats to the DRB G2s that have joined their thesis labs ](/news/congrats-drb-g2s-have-joined-their-thesis-labs) August 12, 2020 As the academic year begins anew, DRB is excited for the coming research of the following students as they have officially joined their thesis lab. Fasih Ahsan has joined Alex Soukas' lab. Felicia Wrantiz has joined Caroline Burns' lab. Chaim Chernoff has... description [### Congratulations to Sam Wattrus on his publication on a novel magnetic cell sorting method in Zebrafish ](/news/congratulations-sam-wattrus-his-publication-novel-magnetic-cell-sorting-method-zebrafish) July 30, 2020 The work titled "A Transgenic System for Rapid Magnetic Enrichment of Rare Embryonic cells" was published in Zebrafish and can be found here. Sam, a G5 DRB student leader, performed the work in the Zon lab. The novel transgenic lines enable rapid cell... ![Image Failed to Load](/sites/g/files/omnuum9961/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/drb1/files/img_0652-1.jpeg?itok=F42CEiKP) [### Congratulations to Olivia Weeks on her successful PhD Defense ](/news/congratulations-olivia-weeks-her-successful-phd-defense) June 16, 2020 Olivia from the Goessling lab successfuly digitally defended her thesis "Environmental and Genetic Pertubations During Development Shape Multi-Organ Health Outcomes." Along with her scholarship, Olivia has been a vital student leader in DRB, having served... ![Image Failed to Load](/sites/g/files/omnuum9961/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/drb1/files/olivia_cropped.jpg?itok=mL1zU7dh) [### Congratulations to Margarete Diaz-Cuadros on her publication in Nature on the Human Segmentation Clock ](/news/congratulations-margarete-diaz-cuadros-her-paper-nature-human-segmentation-clock) January 08, 2020 The work titled "In vitro characterization of the human segmentation clock" was published in Nature and can be found here. Margarete, the co-first author, is a G5 in the Pourquie lab. This work represents a significant milestone in the furthering of our... description [### Congratulations to DRB Ph.D. Tyler Huycke for his publication in Cell ](/news/congratulations-drb-phd-tyler-huycke-his-publication-cell) September 19, 2019 The work titled "Genetic and Mechanical Regulation of Intestinal Smooth Muscle Development" was published in the September issue of Cell and can be found here. Tyler, the first author, is currently a Post-Doctoral fellow at the Gartner lab at UCSF. Second... ![Image Failed to Load](/sites/g/files/omnuum9961/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/drb1/files/tyler_graphical_abstract.jpg?itok=fWDwyqN5) [### Successful Meet-the-DRB to Kickoff the Academic Year ](/news/successful-meet-drb-kickoff-academic-year) August 29, 2019 We had a great Meet-the-DRB to start the 2019-2020 academic calendar year. The event started with talks by Trista North, Andrew Lasar, and Bess Miller describing the DRB program and an introduction to our new Curriculum Fellow Mara Laslo. Then, an hour of... ![Previous Meet-the-DRB](/sites/g/files/omnuum9961/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/drb1/files/eclly1hvuae5e-y.jpg_large.jpg?itok=iKgtHRw3) [### Congratulations to Edwin Rosado-Olivieri on his Successful PhD Defense ](/news/congratulations-edwin-rosado-olivieri-his-successful-phd-defense) August 29, 2019 Edwin Rosado-Olivieri from the Melton lab successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled " In vitro modeling of human B-cell differentiation, regeneration and function." Edwin's next research challenge will take place in New York, where he will join the... ![Image Failed to Load](/sites/g/files/omnuum9961/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/drb1/files/rosado_edwin_400x400.jpg?itok=scxO0MoE)