Current Students

Fifth + Year

Katie Augspurger

Katie Augspurger

she/her

University 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

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

Derek Bogdanoff

University of British Columbia
BS, Microbiology & Immunology

PI: Tom Nowakowski

Research summary: Technology Design and Development

Liz Bond

Liz Bond

She/her/her

University 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

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

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

Nathan Cho

he/him

Stanford 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

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

Megan Chong

she/her

Bowdoin 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

Daniel Conrad

he/him

University of California, Santa Barbara
BS, Cell & Developmental Biology

PI: Zev Gartner

Research summary: Single-Cell Sequencing Technology Development

Lorenzo Del Castillo

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

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

Gabriella Estevam

she/her

University 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

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

Jason Garcia

He/Him/His

San 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

Haley Gause

she/her/hers

California 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

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

Kelsey Hennick

University of California, Davis
BS, Genetics

PI: Tom Nowakowski

Research summary: cortical development

Honors, Awards & Fellowships: NSF GRFP Honorable Mention

Clara Herrera

Clara Herrera

she/her

Reed 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

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

Lili Kim

She/Her

University 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

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

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

Fredrick Leon

he/him/his

Emory 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

Jose Liboy

He/Him/His

University 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

Adam Longhurst

He/Him/His

University of California Santa Cruz
BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

PI: David Toczyski

Research summary: Epigenetic Regulation of G1 Progression

Harold Marin

Harold Marin

He/Him

University 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

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

Anna Morrison

She/her/hers

University 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

Thomas Moss

University of Virginia
BS, Biology

PI: Shaeri Mukherjee

Research summary: Mechanistic investigation into translational abrogation by Hsc70 phosphorylation

Elise Munoz

Elise Munoz

she/her

University 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

Carlos Nowotny

San Diego State University
BS, Chemistry Biochemistry

PI: David Agard

Research summary: A Mechanistic understanding of Hsp90-mediated kinase degradation

Ali Palla

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

Jesslyn Park

she/her

Winthrop 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

Manuela Richter

she/her

Stanford University
BS, Biology

PI: Sophie Dumont

Research summary: Length Regulation in the Mitotic Spindle

Honors, Awards & Fellowships: GRFP NSF fellow
ARCS scholar

Nathan Rossen

Nathan Rossen

Macalester College
BA, Biology

PI: David Julius

Research summary: Physiology and pathophysiology of enterochromaffin cells

Mashel Fatema Saifuddin

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

Frederick Santana

he/him/his

San 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

Hayden Saunders

he/him/his

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BS, Biology BS

PI: Geeta Narlikar

Research summary: Nucleosome conformational dynamics

Reuben Saunders

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

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

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

Sushil Sobti

University of Missouri-Columbia
BS, Chemistry

PI: Hani Goodarzi

Research summary: Sources and role of noise in gene expression

Adriana Steinbach

Adriana Steinbach

She, her, hers

University 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

Seesha Takagishi

she/her/hers

University 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

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

Chris Waters

he/him/his

University 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

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

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

Jenny Zhang

She/Her/Hers

University 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

Trase Aguigam

He/Him

University 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

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

Zach Cogan

University of California, Santa Barbara
BA, Biology

PI: Peter Walter

Brandon Courteau

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)

Addie Dwyer (Cady)

Duke University
BS, Biology

PI: David Raleigh

Research summary: Molecular mechanisms that drive meningioma pathology

Carla Espinoza

Carla Espinoza

she/her

University 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

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

Claire Kokontis

she/her/hers

University 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

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

Melissa Mendez

she/her

Univ 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

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

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

CJ San Felipe

he/him/his

University of California, Berkeley
BA, Molecular and Cell Biology

PI: James Fraser

Research summary: Developing SARS-CoV-2 antiviral therapeutics targeting Tom70-Orf9b.

CJ Sarabia

CJ Sarabia

He/Him/His

University 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

Steve or Steven Sun

He/His/Him

San 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

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

Alexis Villani

she/her/hers

University 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

Kenya Bonitto

she/her/hers

University 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

Emmy Delaney

she/her

University 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

Camille Derderian

she/her

CUNY 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

Eli Dugan

he/him

University of California, Berkeley
BA, Molecular Cell Biology

PI: Alex Marson

Research summary: Comprehensive Identification of HIV host factors in primary T cells.

Chloe Ghent

Chloe Ghent

She/her

University of California, Berkeley
BA, Molecular and Cell Biology

PI: Danica Galonic Fujimori

Research summary: Investigating the regulation of antibiotic resistance in bacteria

Matt Howard

Matt Howard

he/him/his

Washington 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

Philipp Huettemann

he/him/his

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
BS, Biochemistry

PI: Tanja Kortemme

Research summary: Designing de novo signaling systems

Julia Kim

Julia Kim

She/Her

Smith College
BA, Biochemistry

PI: Wallace Marshall, Mustafa Aydogan

Research summary: Metabolism in Early Development

Tracy Knight

Tracy Knight

she/her

Brown 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

Jennifer Le

she/her

University of California, Riverside
BS, Biochemistry

PI: Zev Gartner

Research summary: Cellular self-organization in the mammary epithelium

Deepa Rajan

Deepa Rajan

she/her/hers

Vanderbilt University
BA, Neuroscience

PI: Wallace Marshall, Adam Frost

Research summary: Origins of Intelligence

David Sanchez Godinez

David Sanchez Godinez

he/him

University 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

Gabriel Viramontes

He/him/His

University 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

Taylor Watanabe

she/her

Whittier College
BA, Biology

PI: Daniel Mordes

Research summary: Studying TDP-43 Proteinopathy - Modeling Early-Stage Disease

Caroline Wilson

Caroline Wilson

she/her

Colby 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

Kathleen Adams-Boone

Michigan State University
BS, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology/Biotechnology

PI: Joanne Engel

Rio Barrere-Cain

Rio Barrere-Cain

she/her

University 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

Miranda Cabanski-Dunning

University of California, Davis
BS, Cell Biology

PI: Frank McCormick

Karina Cedeno

Karina Cedeno

University of Utah
BS, Biology

Aaron Corin

Aaron Corin

he/him/his

Brandeis University
BS, Biochemistry, Biology

PI: Vijay Ramani, Geeta Narlikar

Amelie Delcourt

Amelie Delcourt

University of California, Los Angeles
BS, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

PI: Leanne Jones

Micah Fernando

Micah Fernando

He/Him/His

Grand Valley State University
BS, Biochemistry

PI: Kevan Shokat

Ruth Groza

Ruth Groza

University of Washington
BS, Biochemistry

PI: Angela Phillips

Abby Hein

Abby Hein

she/her

University of Colorado at Boulder
BA, Biochemistry

PI: Stephen Floor

Abe Horrillo

Abe Horrillo

he/him/his

University 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

Haiming Hu

University of California, San Diego
BS, Chemical Engineering

PI: Hao Li

Rachel Jones

Rachel Jones

University of Utah
BS, Cell and Molecular Biology

PI: Robert Blelloch

Hannah Kortbawi

Hannah Kortbawi

she/her

Santa Clara University
Biology

PI: Joseph DeRisi

Research summary: Investigating the role of autoantibodies in endometriosis

Jimin Lee

Jimin Lee

she/her

Korea 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

Jodi Lee

University of California, Santa Cruz
BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

PI: Katie Pollard

Gabriella Maldonado

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

Ayush Midha

he/him/his

Harvard 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)

Macey Slota (fmr Crow)

she/her/hers

Other
BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

PI: Davide Ruggero

Cole Tharp

Cole Tharp

Iowa State University of Science and Technology
BS, Biochemistry

PI: Angela Phillips

Alex Vu

Alex Vu

University of Southern California
BS, Biochemistry

PI: Qizhi Tang

Research summary: Regulation of Persistence in Regulatory T Cells

Keith Walcott

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

Kaite Zhang

Tufts University
BS, Biology & Clinical Psychology

PI: Vijay Ramani

First Year

Kevin Boardman

Kevin Boardman

he/him/his

UC DAVIS
BS, Genetics and Genomics

Rudra Bose

Rudra Bose

RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIV HEIDELBERG
MS, Molecular and Cellular Biology
INDIA
B OF TECH, Biotechnology

Wendy Cheng

Wendy Cheng

she/her

ENGLAND
BA, Natural Sciences (Biological)

Daniel Darling

Daniel Darling

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
BA, Biology

Sarina Ehteshamzadeh Ganjbakhsh

Sarina Ehteshamzadeh Ganjbakhsh

UNIV KENTUCKY LEXINGTON*
MS, Biological Sciences
IRAN
BSC, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Angela Gao

Angela Gao

UC LOS ANGELES (UCLA)
BS, Mechanical Engineering

Sam Ghaffari-Kashani

Sam Ghaffari-Kashani

He/Him/His

UC BERKELEY
BA, Molecular and Cell Biology

Can Goksal

Can Goksal

he/him/his

UC BERKELEY
BA, Molecular & Cellular Biology

Michelle Grunberg

Michelle Grunberg

UC SANTA BARBARA
BA, Biology

Hyobin Lim

Hyobin Lim

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
MS, Molecular Genetics
U WESTERN ONTARIO
BS MED SC, Biochemistry

Chang Liu

Chang Liu

She/her/hers

UNIV COLORADO BOULDER
BA, Integrative Physiology

Honors, Awards & Fellowships: Shurl & Kay Curci Scholarship
IMSD

Miaoxi Liu

Miaoxi Liu

Other
BSC, Immunology and Cell & Molecular biology

Paddy Liu

Paddy Liu

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
BS, Biological sciences; Philosophy

Brigitte Meyer

Brigitte Meyer

UNIV VIRGINIA
BS, Chemistry w/ Biochemistry Specialization

Megan Ostrowski

Megan Ostrowski

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
BA, Molecular Biology

Rafaella Shima

Rafaella Shima

She/Her

EARLHAM COLL EARLHAM SCH REL
BA, Biochemistry

Zhidong Tan

Zhidong Tan

NANKAI UNIV
BS, Biological Science (Poling Class)

Eric Tang

Eric Tang

SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY
MS, Biology (Cell and Molecular Biology)
BS, Biology (Cell and Molecular Biology)

Urvashi Thopte

Urvashi Thopte

she/her/hers

COLUMBIA U SCH GENERAL STUDIES
MA, Biotechnology
Other
BS, Microbiology

Carlo Vetralla

Carlo Vetralla

He/Him/His

UNIV DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO-BICOCCA
MS, BIOTECHNOLOGY IN MEDICINE
BS, BIOTECHNOLOGY