{"id":5586,"date":"2026-06-20T23:32:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T03:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/?p=5586"},"modified":"2026-06-22T23:33:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T03:33:06","slug":"day-in-the-life-of-uconn-health-graduate-student-megan-callender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/2026\/06\/20\/day-in-the-life-of-uconn-health-graduate-student-megan-callender\/","title":{"rendered":"Day in the life of UConn Health Graduate Student, Megan Callender"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Day in the life of UConn Health Graduate Student, Megan Callender<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>June 20, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Day in the Life of JAX Predoctoral Affiliate Megan Callendar | Biomedical Science Ph.D. Student\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tE3svGD5RPQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span>Meet Megan Callender! Megan is a predoctoral affiliate in the Varn Lab at JAX, earning a Ph.D. in Biomedical Science through UConn Health. Megan&#8217;s research explores genomics approaches to investigate the impact of aging on brain cancer progression.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Megan is a predoctoral student in the Genetics and Developmental Biology Area of Concentration. \u00a0The Genetics and Developmental Biology Area of Concentration within the Biomedical Science Ph.D. program provides students with fundamental interdisciplinary training in modern molecular genetics and developmental biology, emphasizing cellular and molecular aspects as well as tissue interactions.\u00a0 The concentration prepares students to compete for job opportunities in traditional medical and dental school departments as well as a productive research career in either academia or industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Jackson Laboratory\u2019s Cooperative Ph.D. Program provides training in mammalian genetics, neuroscience and genomic medicine through partnerships with degree-granting academic institutions, including Tufts University School of Medicine, UConn Health and The University of Maine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jax.org\/education-and-learning\/pre-and-postdoctoral-program\/phd-programs\" class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\">Ph.D. Training at JAX<span class=\"glyphicon glyphicon-new-window\"><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day in the life of UConn Health Graduate Student, Megan Callender June 20, 2026 &nbsp; Meet Megan Callender! Megan is a predoctoral affiliate in the Varn Lab at JAX, earning a Ph.D. in Biomedical Science through UConn Health. Megan&#8217;s research explores genomics approaches to investigate the impact of aging on brain cancer progression. Megan is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-30 04:44:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5586"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5587,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5586\/revisions\/5587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}