At Michigan Medicine, many of our faculty serve across multiple departments, which opens up opportunities for students to also experience not just Pathology, but also other disciplines. The Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics is one of the departments with which several of our Pathology faculty and students collaborate. In honor of the UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the DCMB featured one of our joint students as shared below.
Saturday, February 11 is UN Day of International Women and Girls in Science, and an opportunity to celebrate the international women and girls of the DCMB community. We are so proud of all your contributions and achievements!
As an example of the talent and dedication that international women bring to our department, we are pleased to feature Mahnoor Gondal, a PhD student in the Cieslik lab (DCMB and Department of Pathology) who is co-mentored by Dr. Arul Chinnaiyan, Director of the Michigan Center for Translational Pathology (MCTP) and Dr. Marcin Cieslik.
“This passion for knowing the unknown is a catalyst to bring people together from all across the world in different forms and consortiums to contribute their unique skill sets and background – it’s a very nice feeling to be a part of that.”Mahnoor Gondal, PhD student
“I like the idea of the uncertainty of things in the biological systems, especially cancers. The biological systems are hierarchical and complex but in them are hidden patterns, and from what I have read and seen you only see those patterns when you are really passionate and you get lucky. The beautiful thing that I observed about scientists is that they are willing to gamble on their idea, sell it to other people, lead to establish teams, and brave enough to go after it not knowing what the outcome will be and more often than not "fortune favors the brave" —I love that! This passion for knowing the unknown is a catalyst to bring people together from all across the world in different forms and consortiums to contribute their unique skill sets and background – it’s a very nice feeling to be a part of that – finding clues and crumbs that nature has left for us to find to advance and help human life and the quality of that life.”
“Since coming to the United States from Pakistan in 2021, Mahnoor quickly integrated into Dr. Marcin Cieslik’s team and has established herself as a leader in the lab. She is one of the most optimistic people I have ever met and brings an unmatched excitement to her science that has allowed her to make rapid progress on her projects. Her work is high-quality, rigorous, and employs novel methods to study MHC molecules in cancer. Further, Mahnoor is a genuine and kind person whose thoughtful gestures endear her to everyone she interacts with. In sum, Mahnoor is an incredible woman who embodies the type of scientist that the UN’s International Women and Girls in Science day was made to celebrate.”
Congratulations to all the DCMB international women in science!
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Source: UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science, 11 February
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