Spring 2022 - Ah yes, Mac McGraw. In his spare time, when he's not volunteering to help feed the homeless, or running a Physiology Student Group, or participating in a Student Diabetes Club, or doing 512 things for the early entrance program (HEAP) for UA Medical School, he dabbles in a little bit of Langlais Lab. Mac comes to us from the Mandarino Lab, where he helped out on some of the Center for Disparities in Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism BioBank biz. Seeking a more bench-centric lab for his Phyiology Honors Thesis, Dr. Mandarino recommended Mac consider an experience with us. Mac has been such a fantastic addition to the lab because he already has an in-depth understand of type 2 diabetes, being type 1 himself. I'm pretty sure Mac has taught me more than I have taught him. When I grow up, I want to be like Mac.
UPDATE Fall 2023 - Mac graduated Spring 2023 from college with something like 239 awards. OF COURSE he went straight into medical school weeks later. Apparently, Mac will be spending his summer doing his medical school research project in the ol' Langlais Lab hell hole, or at least he says he is, until he bails on us for someone fancier.
UPDATE Spring 2024 - Looks like Mac is going to follow through with his Medical Student Research Program project in the Langlais Lab, can't get rid of this dude.
UPDATE Fall 2024 - Man. Now it looks like we're going to have Mac for the rest of his medical school experience, he's decided to take on a "Research Distinction" track. That's right, in the good ol' Langlais Lab. Good. We need him.