University of Minnesota MSTP (MD/PhD)

07/02/2026

MSTP preceptor Kate Adamala's research highlighted by the New York Times

From chemical building blocks, scientists have created synthetic cells that have most of the hallmarks of life.

06/29/2026

Check out the co-author paper by John Lozada in Cell Reports Medicine titled "Case of complete response to immunotherapy in MMR-deficient prostate cancer associated with NK-like and CD4+CD8+ T cells ".

Mismatch repair deficiency (dMMR) and microsatellite instability (MSI-H) are rare in prostate cancer, occurring in 2%-4% of cases. These defects result in increased genomic instability and elevated tumor mutational burden (TMB), which can support responses to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). Her...

06/25/2026

Welcome to our 2026 incoming class!

06/09/2026

https://med.umn.edu/news/dr-carla-rothlin-joins-university-minnesota-lead-center-immunology-new-era

The Center for Immunology's new director studies how the body knows when to fight, when to stop, and how to heal itself afterward.

06/08/2026

Congratulations to Jacob Noeker, who successfully defended his PhD. The title of Jake's thesis is "Serotonergic signaling in astrocyte-neuron interaction within subcortical limbic regions".

06/05/2026

https://med.umn.edu/news/university-minnesota-researchers-find-metrics-matter-understanding-brain-networks-and-disease

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (06/04/2026) — Neurological and psychiatric disorders may start in one part of the brain, but their effects can spread to other parts of the brain network and cause damaging consequences.

05/27/2026

Our MD-PhD Information and Q&A Session is Tuesday, June 23 at 7:00 PM CDT on Zoom. Meet with the MSTP Director and current students. Register at http://z.umn.edu/mstpinfo

05/18/2026

Congratulations to Kate Fallon, who successfully defended her PhD. The title of Kate's thesis is "Redox perturbations in muscular dystrophy: mechanistic insights into eccentric contraction–induced force loss".