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Welcome to the U-RISE Program

Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE)

Mission

The U-RISE Program at Ó£»¨¶¯Âþ aims to recruit, retain, and prepare promising undergraduate students with various lived-experiences to successfully pursue a career in Biomedical Science research.Ìý

Announcements

The U-RISE Program is now accepting applications for the new cohort (2026-2028). Contact us if you have any questions about the application process or the program.

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U-RISE Events: Seminars and Workshops

  • The Visiting Scientist seminar for Spring 2026 was held on 18 March (Wed) at 4 PM in MH-513. Dr. Aaron Straight from Stanford University met with scholars and talked about his work on human centromeres. Click here for more information. Ìý

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  • The Visiting Scientist seminar for Fall 2025 was held on 5 November (Wed) at 4 PM in CPAC-146. Dr. Rui Zhao from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus met with scholars and talked about her work on RNA splicing. Click here for details.

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  • Previous Visiting Scientist seminar events were held during the academic year 2023-24 and 2024-25. Click here for details.

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Scholar Spotlight

Karen Salazar

Karen Salazar (Department of Biological Science)

Mentor Spotlight

Nikolas Nikolaidis

Nikolas Nikolaidis, Ph.D. (Department of Biological Science)

For inquiries about the program, please email us: urise@fullerton.eduÌý

The U-RISE at Ó£»¨¶¯Âþ was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), grant number 5T34 GM149493-03.

Institutional support is provided by the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs, and the colleges of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, , Engineering & Computer Science, and

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