This installment of Dissertation Diaries highlights Kirsten Trinidad, a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate at the Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture. Before joining Tufts, Trinidad completed a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering at Rutgers University.
In an increasingly tech-driven world, specialization in bioinformatics will set graduate students in Tufts’ biology master’s program apart. Bioinformatics is a scientific subdiscipline situated at the intersection of biological and computer sciences. Through the use of computer technology, complex datasets from biological experiments can be effectively stored and analyzed.
LABLINES: “Linking Arts and Biology through Lines & Narrative for Engaging Science,” is set to launch at Tufts this semester. The initiative recently received a grant from the Tufts MUSE funding program, which supports “arts, humanities, and humanistic social sciences projects” that may otherwise have limited funding options.
“A Life Illuminated,” a 2025 documentary by Tasha Van Zandt about famed marine biologist Dr. Edith Widder, premiered for Boston audiences on Oct. 22. The historic Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline hosted the first evening of the 2025 GlobeDocs Film Festival, an annual event premiering documentaries produced by the Boston Globe. A Q&A session with key players in the documentary filming process followed the screening.
This installment of “Dissertation Diaries” highlights Udathari Kumarasinghe, a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Tufts University. Before Tufts, Kumarasinghe completed a Bachelor of Science in Physics at the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka.
