Fifth + Year
![Katie Augspurger](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1652.jpg)
Katie Augspurger
she/herUniversity of Minnesota, Twin Cities
BS, Biochemistry
PI: Abigail Buchwalter, Barbara Panning
Research summary: Understanding the role and regulation of sex-specific variation in Lamin A
![Varun Bhadkamkar](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1493.jpg)
Varun Bhadkamkar
Williams College
BA, Chemistry
PI: Shaeri Mukherjee
Research summary: Understanding pan-Ras family small GTPase ubiquitination during Legionella infection
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: 2019 UCSF Moritz-Heyman Discovery Fellow
![Derek Bogdanoff](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1653.jpg)
Derek Bogdanoff
University of British Columbia
BS, Microbiology & Immunology
PI: Tom Nowakowski
Research summary: Technology Design and Development
![Liz Bond](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1756.jpg)
Liz Bond
She/her/herUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
PI: Allison Williams
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2020 (honorable mention)
Discovery Fellow (2021)
![Gabi Canales](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1541.jpg)
Gabi Canales
University of Maryland Baltimore County
BS, Biological Sciences
PI: Jeremy Reiter
Research summary: Studying the mechanism of activation and function of MC4R at the primary cilia
![Tim Casey-Clyde](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1757.jpg)
Tim Casey-Clyde
University of California, Davis
BS, Cell Biology
PI: David Raleigh
Research summary: Epigenetic regulation of mouse neural crest development
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: T32 in Translational Brain Tumor Research
![Nathan Cho](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1759.jpg)
Nathan Cho
he/himStanford University
BS, Biology with Honors
PI: Sophie Dumont
Research summary: Defining the mechanisms by which NuMA drives spindle mechanical robustness
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellow (2022-2023)
Chuan Lyu Discovery Fellow (2021-2024)
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention (2021)
Tetrad Teaching Assistant Award (2021)
![Pervin Choksi](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1543.jpg)
Pervin Choksi
University of Western Australia
BS, Biomedical Science
PI: Holger Willenbring
Research summary: Manipulating oval cells to restore liver function in alcoholic hepatitis patients
![Megan Chong](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1698.jpg)
Megan Chong
she/herBowdoin College
BA, Biology
PI: Sophie Dumont
Research summary: Detecting errors in chromosome attachment to ensure mitotic fidelity
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: NSF GRFP Honorable Mention 2019
UCSF Integrative Program in Complex Biological Sciences Training Grant 2020
NIH Ruth Kirschstein Predoctoral F31 Fellowship, NCI, 2021-2024
![Daniel Conrad](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1502.jpg)
Daniel Conrad
he/himUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
BS, Cell & Developmental Biology
PI: Zev Gartner
Research summary: Single-Cell Sequencing Technology Development
![Lorenzo Del Castillo](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1654.jpg)
Lorenzo Del Castillo
California State University, Northridge
BS, Cell and Molecular Biology
PI: Jeremy Reiter
Research summary: I am using optogenetic tools in cells to manipulate hedgehog signaling and look at pathway dynamics in different developmental systems.
![Ulises Diaz](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1538.jpg)
Ulises Diaz
San Francisco State University
BS, Cell and Molecular Biology
PI: Wallace Marshall
Research summary: Organelle scaling and regulation in giant unicellular organisms.
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: HHMI Gilliam Fellow 2020
![Gabriella Estevam](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1542.jpg)
Gabriella Estevam
she/herUniversity of California, Santa Cruz
BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
PI: James Fraser
Research summary: Structural biology of kinases, RTK autoregulation and inhibitor sensitivity
![Jocelyne Fadiga](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1762.jpg)
Jocelyne Fadiga
University of California, Merced
BS, Chemical Sciences
PI: Orion Weiner
Research summary: Mechanisms of polarity and substrate topology integration during neutrophil migration
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: NIH IMSD
NSF GRFP
![Jason Garcia](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1655.jpg)
Jason Garcia
He/Him/HisSan Francisco State University
BS, Biology, Biology, Cell and Molecular Biology
PI: Su Guo
Research summary: Role of Par3 phosphorylation during Radial Glia asymmetric cell division
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: IMSD Fellowship (2018-2020)
Ford Fellowship Honorable mention (2020 & 2021)
Louise Zeh Fellowship (2020-2021)
NIH Diversity Supplement (2022-2023)
![Haley Gause](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1535.jpg)
Haley Gause
she/her/hersCalifornia State University, Long Beach
BS, Microbiology
PI: Sandy Johnson
Research summary: Mechanisms behind Candida and Bacterial Interactions in the Gut Microbiome
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: Hooper Graduate Student Fellowship (2022)
Discovery Fellowship (2020 - current)
TA Excellence Award (2020)
MPHD T32 Training Fellow (2019)
NSF GRFP Honorable Mention (2018)
![Sarah Heater](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1657.jpg)
Sarah Heater
University of Washington
BS, Biology:Physiology and Spanish
PI: Anita Sil
Research summary: Elucidate the Mechanism of Temperature Sensing in a Thermally Dimorphic Fungi through Investigating the Candidate Thermosensor Msb2
![Kelsey Hennick](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1768.jpg)
Kelsey Hennick
University of California, Davis
BS, Genetics
PI: Tom Nowakowski
Research summary: cortical development
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: NSF GRFP Honorable Mention
![Clara Herrera](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1540.jpg)
Clara Herrera
she/herReed College
BA, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
PI: Joanne Engel
Research summary: I will be characterizing the predicted interaction between C. trachomatis protein CT224 and a human E3 ubiquitin ligase as well conducting a ubiquitination screen in chlamydia-infected cells.
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: UCSF I-Micro training grant (2019)
UCSF Discovery Fellowship (2019)
UCSF I-Micro training grant (2020)
NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship (2021)
Award for best graduate student oral presentation at Chlamydia Basic Research Society Meeting (2023)
![Dana Kennedy](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1546.jpg)
Dana Kennedy
San Francisco State University
BS, Biochemistry
PI: Bassem Al-Sady
Research summary: Understanding the mechanisms underlying heterochromatin formation and maintenance using biochemistry and biophysical techniques
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: 1. 2017 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recipient
2. 2017 National Institute for General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) fellowship at UCSF
![Lili Kim](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1659.jpg)
Lili Kim
She/HerUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
BS, Biochemistry
PI: Carol Gross
Research summary: Surveying the Phenotypic Landscape of Bacillus subtilis
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: 2018 NSF GRFP - Honorable Mention
![Matthew Kim](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1660.jpg)
Matthew Kim
University of California, Berkeley
BA, Molecular and Cell Biology
PI: Hana El-Samad
Research summary: Degron mediated proteolysis for synthetic T cell engineering and regulation
![Victor Lam](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1480.jpg)
Victor Lam
University of Texas-Austin
BS, Biology Honors
PI: John Gross
Research summary: Interaction and evolution of HIV1 Vif with human antiviral APOBEC3G
![Fredrick Leon](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1775.jpg)
Fredrick Leon
he/him/hisEmory University
BS, Biology
PI: David Booth
Research summary: The influence of iron on cell differentiation and nutrient sharing in the closest living relatives of animals
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: NSF fellow, Discovery Fellows
![Jose Liboy](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1661.jpg)
Jose Liboy
He/Him/HisUniversity Of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
BS, Industrial Biotechnology
PI: Stephen Floor
Research summary: I am currently studying the role of G3BP stress granules in mRNA translation regulation and cell adaptation to exogenous stress.
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: 2018 – 2020: The National Institute for General Medical Sciences Initiative for Maximizing Student Development Fellowship
2020 – present: UCSF Discovery Fellowship
2021 - present: NRSA Predoctoral F31 Fellowship
![Adam Longhurst](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1419.jpg)
Adam Longhurst
He/Him/HisUniversity of California Santa Cruz
BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
PI: David Toczyski
Research summary: Epigenetic Regulation of G1 Progression
![Harold Marin](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1534.jpg)
Harold Marin
He/HimUniversity of California, Davis
BS, Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
PI: Abigail Buchwalter
Research summary: H3K9me2 heterochromatin tethering to the nuclear periphery in mammals
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: Discovery Fellowship -- 2020
Honorable mention in Ford Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship -- 2021
![Jessica Mella](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1778.jpg)
Jessica Mella
University of Utah
BS, Biology
PI: Abigail Buchwalter
Research summary: The sorting of emerin protein between the nuclear envelope and the secretory pathway
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: UCSF Matilda Edlund Scholarship, 2019
![Anna Morrison](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1779.jpg)
Anna Morrison
She/her/hersUniversity of Michigan-Ann Arbor
BS, Cellular and Molecular Biology
PI: Anita Sil
Research summary: Investigating the molecular mechanisms that underlie temperature response in Histoplasma capsulatum
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: NSF GRFP Honorable Mention (2021)
Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Defense (MPHD) T32 Training Grant (2021 & 2023)
![Thomas Moss](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1664.jpg)
Thomas Moss
University of Virginia
BS, Biology
PI: Shaeri Mukherjee
Research summary: Mechanistic investigation into translational abrogation by Hsc70 phosphorylation
![Elise Munoz](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1539.jpg)
Elise Munoz
she/herUniversity of Arizona
BS, Biochemistry, Applied Math, Mol and Cell Biology
PI: Geeta Narlikar
Research summary: Elucidating the role of Rvb1/Rvb2 ATPases in chromatin remodeling complexes
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: NIGMS F31 Predoctoral Fellowship (2021)
HHMI Gilliam Fellowship Finalist (2019)
National Science Foundation GRFP Honorable Mention (2018)
![Carlos Nowotny](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1415.jpg)
Carlos Nowotny
San Diego State University
BS, Chemistry Biochemistry
PI: David Agard
Research summary: A Mechanistic understanding of Hsp90-mediated kinase degradation
![Ali Palla](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1782.jpg)
Ali Palla
University of California, Berkeley
BS, Chemical Biolody
PI: Danica Galonic Fujimori
Research summary: Investigating the mechanisms and functions of histone modifier KDM5A beyond the histone H3 tail
![Jesslyn Park](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1666.jpg)
Jesslyn Park
she/herWinthrop University
BS, Chemistry
PI: Stephen Floor
Research summary: Elucidating the role of stress granule scaffold proteins in cellular viability
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: -2021 NASEM Ford Foundation Fellowship Honorable Mention
-2020 NSF GRFP Honorable Mention
![Manuela Richter](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1501.jpg)
Manuela Richter
she/herStanford University
BS, Biology
PI: Sophie Dumont
Research summary: Length Regulation in the Mitotic Spindle
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: GRFP NSF fellow
ARCS scholar
![Nathan Rossen](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1783.jpg)
Nathan Rossen
Macalester College
BA, Biology
PI: David Julius
Research summary: Physiology and pathophysiology of enterochromaffin cells
![Mashel Fatema Saifuddin](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1668.jpg)
Mashel Fatema Saifuddin
University of Texas-Austin, Natl Univ of Singapore
BS, Biochemistry, Exchange Program
PI: Noelle L'Etoile
Research summary: Memory Consolidation, Maintenance and Recall in C. Elegans
![Frederick Santana](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1784.jpg)
Frederick Santana
he/him/hisSan Francisco State University
MS, Cell and Molecular Biology
BS, Biology (Microbiology)
PI: Natalia Jura
Research summary: Pseudokinase regulation of Akt-mTOR signaling and its implication in malignant melanoma
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: - 2021 NASEM Ford Foundation Fellowship
- 2019 NIGMS IMSD Fellowship
![Hayden Saunders](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1537.jpg)
Hayden Saunders
he/him/hisUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BS, Biology BS
PI: Geeta Narlikar
Research summary: Nucleosome conformational dynamics
![Reuben Saunders](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1505.jpg)
Reuben Saunders
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BS, Chemistry
PI: Jonathan Weissman
Research summary: Improving phenotype quality in functional genomic screens.
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: Hertz Fellowship in Global Health and Development
![Eric Simental](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1544.jpg)
Eric Simental
University of Arizona
BS, Biochemistry/Molecular and Cellular Biology
PI: Barbara Panning, Bassem Al-Sady
Research summary: Designing a heterochromatin spreading sensor
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: IMSD Fellowship
![Jasmine Sims](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1787.jpg)
Jasmine Sims
San Francisco State University
MS, Cell and Molecular Biology
BS, Biochemistry
PI: Nadav Ahituv
Research summary: studying candidate pathogenic sequences recurrent in cancer.
![Sushil Sobti](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1669.jpg)
Sushil Sobti
University of Missouri-Columbia
BS, Chemistry
PI: Hani Goodarzi
Research summary: Sources and role of noise in gene expression
![Adriana Steinbach](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1545.jpg)
Adriana Steinbach
She, her, hersUniversity of Chicago
BS, Biological Chemistry
PI: Shaeri Mukherjee
Research summary: Investigating the mechanism of lysosomal fusion evasion during Legionella pneumophila infection
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: iMicro T32, Hooper Graduate Fellowship
![Seesha Takagishi](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1536.jpg)
Seesha Takagishi
she/her/hersUniversity of Washington, Northwestern U Sch Contng Stud
BS, Certificate of Completion, Biochemistry, Programming
PI: Hana El-Samad
Research summary: Optogenetic method to investigate transcription factor signaling in mammalian cells
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: NSF GRFP - 2020
Tetrad TA award - 2020
![Nia Teerikorpi](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1407.jpg)
Nia Teerikorpi
University of California, Berkeley
BA, Molecular and Cellular Biology - Biochemistry II
PI: Jeremy Willsey
Research summary: Characterization of the Neurodevelopmental DNA Regulatory Pathways Underlying ASD
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: NSF GRFP 2016, 2017 - Honorable Mention
Autism Speaks Weatherstone Predoctoral Fellowship, 2019 - 2 year fellowship - Awarded
NIH/NIMH NCRCRG & CN Consortium Meeting, 2019 - Sponsored Travel - Awarded
![Chris Waters](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1400.jpg)
Chris Waters
he/him/hisUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
PI: Lani Wu, Steven Altschuler
Research summary: Understanding emergent behaviors in mitophagy
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: NSF GRFP (2016)
TA excellence award (2018)
![Brian Wysolmerski](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1798.jpg)
Brian Wysolmerski
Cambridge University
M PHIL, Genetics
Pomona College
BA, Biology
PI: Mark Von Zastrow
Research summary: Subcellular trafficking of the heterotrimeric G protein, Gs, after activation by GPCRs
![Connie Yan](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1670.jpg)
Connie Yan
University of Washington
BAS, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
PI: Wallace Marshall
Research summary: Role of Sfi1 proteins in Stentor regeneration
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: NSF GRFP - 2019
![Jenny Zhang](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1800.jpg)
Jenny Zhang
She/Her/HersUniversity of California, Berkeley
BA, Molecular Cellular Biology
PI: Sandy Johnson
Research summary: Molecular components that mediate Candida-Pseudomonas antagonism.
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: UCSF Discovery Fellowship
UCSF Fletcher Jones Fellowship 2022-2023
Fourth Year
![Trase Aguigam](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1855.jpg)
Trase Aguigam
He/HimUniversity of California, Los Angeles
BS, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
PI: John Gross, Geeta Narlikar
Research summary: mRNA decapping and chromatin structure and function
![Camila Benitez](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1860.jpg)
Camila Benitez
University of California, Berkeley
BA, Molecular and Cell Biology emphasis in neuroscienc
PI: Aimee Kao
Research summary: How TSC1 haploinsufficiency leads to the specific accumulation of Tau
![Zach Cogan](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1871.jpg)
Zach Cogan
University of California, Santa Barbara
BA, Biology
PI: Peter Walter
![Brandon Courteau](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1873.jpg)
Brandon Courteau
University of Rochester
BS, Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
PI: Natalia Jura, Kliment Verba
Research summary: Structural studies of oligomeric states of HER receptors
![Addie Dwyer (Cady)](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1864.jpg)
Addie Dwyer (Cady)
Duke University
BS, Biology
PI: David Raleigh
Research summary: Molecular mechanisms that drive meningioma pathology
![Carla Espinoza](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1878.jpg)
Carla Espinoza
she/herUniversity of California, San Diego
BS, Biochemistry and Cell Biology
PI: Natalia Jura
Research summary: Investigating structure and signal activation of proto-oncogene RON receptor with it's ligand, Macrophage Stimulating Protein (MSP).
![Alex Hong](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1888.jpg)
Alex Hong
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BS, Biology
PI: Joseph Bondy-Denomy
Research summary: Characterizing P. aeruginosa antiphage defense systems – Gabija and "ImmunoX" – particularly how their putative proteins target infecting phage DNA and the regulatory mechanisms behind these systems.
![Claire Kokontis](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1890.jpg)
Claire Kokontis
she/her/hersUniversity of Chicago
BS, Biology
PI: Joseph Bondy-Denomy
Research summary: Mechanisms of a bacteriophage-encoded protective "nucleus-like" structure and anti-CRISPR proteins
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: UCSF Discovery Fellowship (2022)
![Armando Martinez](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1893.jpg)
Armando Martinez
San Jose State University
BS, Molecular Biology
PI: Frank McCormick
Research summary: Investigating SOS1 two distinct RAS binding sites: a catalytic site and an additional allosteric RAS binding site
![Melissa Mendez](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1894.jpg)
Melissa Mendez
she/herUniv of London-King's College London
BSC, Biochemistry
PI: Peter Walter
Research summary: A novel role for the ER HSP70 in proteotasis via a nucleotide-independent interaction with the UPR sensor IRE1⍺
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: NIGMS IMSD Fellowship
![Kim Meneses](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1895.jpg)
Kim Meneses
University of California, Los Angeles
BS, Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics
PI: Zev Gartner
Research summary: The role of basement membrane on the structural niche of insulinlow beta cells in pancreatic islets
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: CIRM Fellowship 2021-2023
NSF Fellowship 2021-2026
![Camille Moore](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1898.jpg)
Camille Moore
University of California, Berkeley
BA, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
PI: Vijay Ramani, Geeta Narlikar
Research summary: Investigating the structure of heterochromatic domains using a minimal in vitro system and high throughput sequencing
![CJ San Felipe](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1905.jpg)
CJ San Felipe
he/him/hisUniversity of California, Berkeley
BA, Molecular and Cell Biology
PI: James Fraser
Research summary: Developing SARS-CoV-2 antiviral therapeutics targeting Tom70-Orf9b.
![CJ Sarabia](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1906.jpg)
CJ Sarabia
He/Him/HisUniversity of California, Santa Cruz
BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
PI: Roshanak Irannejad
Research summary: Investigation of cAMP signaling specificity from intracellular membrane compartments
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: NSF GRFP 2022 Honorable Mention
![Steve or Steven Sun](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1910.jpg)
Steve or Steven Sun
He/His/HimSan Francisco State University
MS, Cell and Molecular Biology
BS, Cell and Molecular Biology
PI: Ryan Hernandez
Research summary: Impact of associative overdominance on nucleotide diversity and the site frequency spectrum
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: IMSD Fellowship (2020-2022)
![Vanna Tran](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1913.jpg)
Vanna Tran
Southwestern University
BS, Biology
PI: Sophie Dumont
Research summary: Defining the physical and molecular basis of mammalian kinetochore structural maintenance under force
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: UCSF Discovery Fellow
Integrated Program in Complex Biological Systems (ipCBS) T32
![Alexis Villani](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/1916.jpg)
Alexis Villani
she/her/hersUniversity of California, Irvine
BS, Microbiology and Immunology
PI: Joseph Bondy-Denomy
Research summary: Temperature-induced inactivation of bacterial immune systems
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: MPHD T32 2021-2022
Third Year
![Kenya Bonitto](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2040.jpg)
Kenya Bonitto
she/her/hersUniversity of California, Los Angeles
BS, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
PI: Davide Ruggero
Research summary: Exploring the functions of non-canonical translation factors and understanding how cancer cells control translational machinery.
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: NIGMS IMSD Fellowship
![Emmy Delaney](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2041.jpg)
Emmy Delaney
she/herUniversity of California, Davis
BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
PI: David Morgan
Research summary: Investigating separase substrates and their role in cell cycle progression
![Camille Derderian](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2042.jpg)
Camille Derderian
she/herCUNY Hunter College
BA, Psychology
PI: Jeremy Reiter
Research summary: Studying protein localization, function, and interaction at the ciliary base, and investigating cellular processes triggered by ciliary signaling
![Eli Dugan](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2043.jpg)
Eli Dugan
he/himUniversity of California, Berkeley
BA, Molecular Cell Biology
PI: Alex Marson
Research summary: Comprehensive Identification of HIV host factors in primary T cells.
![Chloe Ghent](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2044.jpg)
Chloe Ghent
She/herUniversity of California, Berkeley
BA, Molecular and Cell Biology
PI: Danica Galonic Fujimori
Research summary: Investigating the regulation of antibiotic resistance in bacteria
![Matt Howard](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2045.jpg)
Matt Howard
he/him/hisWashington University
AB, Biology & Chemistry: Concentration in Biochemistry
PI: Aashish Manglik, Willow Coyote-Maestas
Research summary: Development of high-throughput genetic screening platforms to study GPCR function, evolution, and pharmacology
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: Julius R. and Patricia A. Krevans Fellowship
![Philipp Huettemann](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2046.jpg)
Philipp Huettemann
he/him/hisUniversity of Michigan-Ann Arbor
BS, Biochemistry
PI: Tanja Kortemme
Research summary: Designing de novo signaling systems
![Julia Kim](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2047.jpg)
Julia Kim
She/HerSmith College
BA, Biochemistry
PI: Wallace Marshall, Mustafa Aydogan
Research summary: Metabolism in Early Development
![Tracy Knight](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2048.jpg)
Tracy Knight
she/herBrown University
BS, Cell and Molecular Biology
PI: Abigail Buchwalter
Research summary: Determining the regulatory role of nuclear membrane protein emerin in Wnt-mediated B-catenin signaling in cardiomyocytes
![Jennifer Le](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2049.jpg)
Jennifer Le
she/herUniversity of California, Riverside
BS, Biochemistry
PI: Zev Gartner
Research summary: Cellular self-organization in the mammary epithelium
![Deepa Rajan](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2053.jpg)
Deepa Rajan
she/her/hersVanderbilt University
BA, Neuroscience
PI: Wallace Marshall, Adam Frost
Research summary: Origins of Intelligence
![David Sanchez Godinez](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2050.jpg)
David Sanchez Godinez
he/himUniversity of California, Santa Cruz
BS, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
PI: Orion Weiner
Research summary: Dissecting establishment of coordination during tissue unjamming events
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: NIGMS IMSD Fellowship
![Gabriel Viramontes](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2051.jpg)
Gabriel Viramontes
He/him/HisUniversity of California, Merced
BS, Biology: Emphasis in Ecology and Evolution
PI: David Booth
Research summary: Uncoupling how algal cues trigger multicellular development in the closest living relatives of animals
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: IMSD Award
![Taylor Watanabe](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2052.jpg)
Taylor Watanabe
she/herWhittier College
BA, Biology
PI: Daniel Mordes
Research summary: Studying TDP-43 Proteinopathy - Modeling Early-Stage Disease
![Caroline Wilson](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2054.jpg)
Caroline Wilson
she/herColby College
BA, Biology: Concentration in Neuroscience
PI: Luke Gilbert
Research summary: High-throughput combinatorial CRISPR-based epigenetic editor discovery
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: NSF Honorable Mention
Second Year
![Kathleen Adams-Boone](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2161.jpg)
Kathleen Adams-Boone
Michigan State University
BS, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology/Biotechnology
PI: Joanne Engel
![Rio Barrere-Cain](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2224.jpg)
Rio Barrere-Cain
she/herUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Human Biology
PI: Tiffany Scharschmidt
Research summary: Epigenetic regulation of T cell plasticity
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: I have published an online op-ed and two manuscripts, one of which I was first other on. Citations are below:
Op-Ed Published on Online Forum Highlighting How Physicians Can Increase Voting Opportunities June 17, 2021 https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2021/06/doctors-you-can-increase-voting-in-the-u-s.html
Macedo, B., Christophers, B., Barrere-Cain, R., Albrecht, Y. S., Granovetter, M. C., Kumar, R., ... & Rodrigues, J. A. (2022). The Virtual Summer Research Program: supporting future physician-scientists from underrepresented backgrounds. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 1-18.
Barrere-Cain, R., Garriga, M., Kaki, D. A., Lawrence, C., Reardon, A., & Martin, A. (2022) Why and How Civic Health Should be Incorporated into Medical Education. Academic Medicine, 10-1097.
![Miranda Cabanski-Dunning](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2168.jpg)
Miranda Cabanski-Dunning
University of California, Davis
BS, Cell Biology
PI: Frank McCormick
![Karina Cedeno](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2170.jpg)
Karina Cedeno
University of Utah
BS, Biology
![Aaron Corin](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2176.jpg)
Aaron Corin
he/him/hisBrandeis University
BS, Biochemistry, Biology
PI: Vijay Ramani, Geeta Narlikar
![Amelie Delcourt](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2178.jpg)
Amelie Delcourt
University of California, Los Angeles
BS, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
PI: Leanne Jones
![Micah Fernando](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2181.jpg)
Micah Fernando
He/Him/HisGrand Valley State University
BS, Biochemistry
PI: Kevan Shokat
![Ruth Groza](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2185.jpg)
Ruth Groza
University of Washington
BS, Biochemistry
PI: Angela Phillips
![Abby Hein](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2186.jpg)
Abby Hein
she/herUniversity of Colorado at Boulder
BA, Biochemistry
PI: Stephen Floor
![Abe Horrillo](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2187.jpg)
Abe Horrillo
he/him/hisUniversity of California, Los Angeles
BS, Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology
PI: Benoit Bruneau
Research summary: Understanding changes in genome architecture and epigenetics during cardiac development.
![Haiming Hu](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2188.jpg)
Haiming Hu
University of California, San Diego
BS, Chemical Engineering
PI: Hao Li
![Rachel Jones](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2189.jpg)
Rachel Jones
University of Utah
BS, Cell and Molecular Biology
PI: Robert Blelloch
![Hannah Kortbawi](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2225.jpg)
Hannah Kortbawi
she/herSanta Clara University
Biology
PI: Joseph DeRisi
Research summary: Investigating the role of autoantibodies in endometriosis
![Jimin Lee](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2191.jpg)
Jimin Lee
she/herKorea Advanced Inst of Sci and Tech
MS, Chemistry
KOREA UNIV - SEOUL
BS, Life Sciences
PI: Dan Southworth
Research summary: Investigating the Structure of Tau Fibrils
![Jodi Lee](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2192.jpg)
Jodi Lee
University of California, Santa Cruz
BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
PI: Katie Pollard
![Gabriella Maldonado](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2198.jpg)
Gabriella Maldonado
Northeastern University
BS, Biochemistry
PI: Hideho Okada
Research summary: Dissecting molecular mechanisms driving neuron-glioblastoma tumor cell cross-talk
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation PhD Scholarship
![Ayush Midha](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2226.jpg)
Ayush Midha
he/him/hisHarvard University
Human Developmental and Regenterative Biology
PI: Isha Jain
Research summary: Metabolic adaptations to hypoxia
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: UCSF Justice, Equity, and Inclusion Award
![Macey Slota (fmr Crow)](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2177.jpg)
Macey Slota (fmr Crow)
she/her/hersOther
BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
PI: Davide Ruggero
![Cole Tharp](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2211.jpg)
Cole Tharp
Iowa State University of Science and Technology
BS, Biochemistry
PI: Angela Phillips
![Alex Vu](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2212.jpg)
Alex Vu
University of Southern California
BS, Biochemistry
PI: Qizhi Tang
Research summary: Regulation of Persistence in Regulatory T Cells
![Keith Walcott](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2213.jpg)
Keith Walcott
University of California, Santa Cruz
BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
PI: Angela Phillips
Research summary: Investigating the impact of host protein homeostasis on SARS-CoV-2 evolution
![Kaite Zhang](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2218.jpg)
Kaite Zhang
Tufts University
BS, Biology & Clinical Psychology
PI: Vijay Ramani
First Year
![Kevin Boardman](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2316.jpg)
Kevin Boardman
he/him/hisUC DAVIS
BS, Genetics and Genomics
![Rudra Bose](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2317.jpg)
Rudra Bose
RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIV HEIDELBERG
MS, Molecular and Cellular Biology
INDIA
B OF TECH, Biotechnology
![Wendy Cheng](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2322.jpg)
Wendy Cheng
she/herENGLAND
BA, Natural Sciences (Biological)
![Daniel Darling](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2325.jpg)
Daniel Darling
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
BA, Biology
![Sarina Ehteshamzadeh Ganjbakhsh](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2327.jpg)
Sarina Ehteshamzadeh Ganjbakhsh
UNIV KENTUCKY LEXINGTON*
MS, Biological Sciences
IRAN
BSC, Cellular and Molecular Biology
![Angela Gao](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2332.jpg)
Angela Gao
UC LOS ANGELES (UCLA)
BS, Mechanical Engineering
![Sam Ghaffari-Kashani](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2334.jpg)
Sam Ghaffari-Kashani
He/Him/HisUC BERKELEY
BA, Molecular and Cell Biology
![Can Goksal](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2335.jpg)
Can Goksal
he/him/hisUC BERKELEY
BA, Molecular & Cellular Biology
![Michelle Grunberg](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2337.jpg)
Michelle Grunberg
UC SANTA BARBARA
BA, Biology
![Hyobin Lim](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2353.jpg)
Hyobin Lim
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
MS, Molecular Genetics
U WESTERN ONTARIO
BS MED SC, Biochemistry
![Chang Liu](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2354.jpg)
Chang Liu
She/her/hersUNIV COLORADO BOULDER
BA, Integrative Physiology
Honors, Awards & Fellowships: Shurl & Kay Curci Scholarship
IMSD
![Miaoxi Liu](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2355.jpg)
Miaoxi Liu
Other
BSC, Immunology and Cell & Molecular biology
![Paddy Liu](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2356.jpg)
Paddy Liu
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
BS, Biological sciences; Philosophy
![Brigitte Meyer](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2359.jpg)
Brigitte Meyer
UNIV VIRGINIA
BS, Chemistry w/ Biochemistry Specialization
![Megan Ostrowski](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2363.jpg)
Megan Ostrowski
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
BA, Molecular Biology
![Rafaella Shima](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2369.jpg)
Rafaella Shima
She/HerEARLHAM COLL EARLHAM SCH REL
BA, Biochemistry
![Zhidong Tan](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2372.jpg)
Zhidong Tan
NANKAI UNIV
BS, Biological Science (Poling Class)
![Eric Tang](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2373.jpg)
Eric Tang
SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY
MS, Biology (Cell and Molecular Biology)
BS, Biology (Cell and Molecular Biology)
![Urvashi Thopte](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2374.jpg)
Urvashi Thopte
she/her/hersCOLUMBIA U SCH GENERAL STUDIES
MA, Biotechnology
Other
BS, Microbiology
![Carlo Vetralla](https://biochem.ucsf.edu/student-database/storage/images/users/2376.jpg)
Carlo Vetralla
He/Him/HisUNIV DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO-BICOCCA
MS, BIOTECHNOLOGY IN MEDICINE
BS, BIOTECHNOLOGY