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Mini Symposium: Advances in Prostate Cancer Research and Treatment

Oct 14, 2025, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Mini-Symposium (Virtual) on Advances in Prostate Cancer Research and Treatment organized by the North America and Europe Chapters of the Markey Global Cancer Consortium. More information here: https://www.globalcancerconsortia.org/mini-symposium

ReSEED Lunch & Learn: Diversifying Your Research Funding Portfolio - Part 1

Sep 18, 2025, 12:00 – 1:00 PM

Learn about ways to diversify your research funding portfolio.

Winners of UK’s 2025 Excellent Undergraduate Research Mentor Award. From left: Juan Canedo, Hisashi Sawada, Cassandra Gipson-Reichardt, Lindsey Fay and Nicholas Teets with a title that reads Mentorship in Action"

Mentorship in action: UK faculty guiding next generation of researchers

Aug 21, 2025, 7:42 AM

Each year the Office of Undergraduate Research presents mentor awards, recognizing faculty who provide outstanding guidance, foster exceptional undergraduate research experiences and strongly support research initiatives across campus.

Cancer Metabolism Symposium

Nov 20, 2025, 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM

The University of Kentucky COBRE for Cancer and Metabolism is pleased to announce the annual Cancer & Metabolism Symposium that will occur in collaboration with 4 other COBRE programs from the University of Arizona for Medical Sciences, University Oklahoma Health Science Center, University of Louisville and Tulane University on November 20, 2025.

Cover of Aperture Edition 2 showing a magnifying glass

Students launch UK’s 2nd edition of undergrad research journal

Aug 19, 2025, 7:14 AM

The second edition of Aperture Journal of Undergraduate Research is now available and highlights the projects of 15 student-professor partnerships.

‘Behind the Blue’: Larry Goldstein on 60 years of neurology at UK

Aug 18, 2025, 7:11 AM

On this episode of Behind the Blue, Dr. Larry Goldstein talks about the UK College of Medicine Department of Neurology's origins and its evolution into a leader in patient care, education, and research.

Markey study identifies new target for obesity-related breast cancer

Jul 29, 2025, 7:12 AM

UK Markey Cancer Center researchers have identified a protein that could be a promising treatment target for obesity-related breast cancer.

Markey researchers identify genetic marker that could guide brain cancer treatment

Jul 25, 2025, 7:01 AM

Markey Cancer Center researchers have discovered a genetic biomarker that could help identify patients with glioblastoma most likely to benefit from the cancer drug bevacizumab.

Carla Blanton, Pete Nelson, Linda Van Eldik, Ilhem Messaoudi and Chipper Griffith cut the ribbon on the renovated Sanders-Brown research facility.

UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging celebrates reopening of renovated research facilities

Jul 23, 2025, 8:44 AM

A $28 million renovation project modernized three floors of research space within the building that houses the Sanders-Brown Center of Aging.

UK engineering researcher leads NSF‑funded initiative to model heart fibrosis with machine learning

Jul 22, 2025, 7:27 AM

Researchers at UK are teaming up with researchers at Michigan State University to develop cutting-edge simulations of heart disease progression.

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