Graduate Student Appreciation Week 2025: Trainee Spotlights for Wednesday, April 9th

Happy National Graduate & Professional Student Appreciation Week !

Today, CMTM is highlighting another two excellent trainees from our center: Joseph Soto and Kostas Kontodimas.

Joseph is a graduate student working in The Connizzo Lab who is currently pursuing his M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, working on efforts to understand tendon mechanobiology.

Kostas is a Ph.D. student in the Varelas Lab on the Boston University Medical Campus, Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology.  He works with PI Bob Varelas and his lab mates using molecular and genetic approaches to understand how cell polarity and mechanical cues direct the activity of the transcriptional effectors YAP and TAZ to control mammalian organ development, homeostasis and disease processes.

Read their full  spotlights by clicking on the button below!