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I am a 5th year Ph.D. student and earned an MS in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University. While doing MS, I was also working as a research tech on a project focused on using supraphysiological levels of testosterone as a new line of treatment for Prostate cancer.

Hi everyone! I am an MD-PhD candidate currently in my graduate school years in Dr. Sam Faggs lab. Our lab focuses on cell fate decisions and transcriptional regulation, and how to apply these basic sciences to regenerative medicine.

I am a fourth-year student in BCMB on the cell track in Dr. Guy Nir’s lab. My project is trying to understand genomic organization of the bacterial chromosome. I am using super-resolution microscopy to determine the structure of the Salmonella chromosome as a determinant for lifestyle infection. For the 2024-2025 term I am serving as a co-chair of BCSO.

I am a graduate student in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BCMB) program, focusing on the Structural Biology and Biophysics (SBB) track. My academic journey began with a bachelor's and master's degree in pharmacy from Kakatiya University in India.

I graduated Cum Laude from The University of Texas A&M in College Station, TX with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences in May 2021. For my career, I aspire to teach Anatomy and Physiology in higher education.

I am currently a rising second-year PhD student in Dr. Matthieu Gagnon’s lab in the department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

I am a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Michelle Ward’s laboratory in the department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. My current work is focused on understanding how the transcriptional landscape changes in cardiomyocytes after treatment with breast cancer drugs.

I am a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Whitney Yin’s laboratory in the department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

I am currently a 3rd year PhD candidate in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UTMB.

I am a graduate student in Dr. Xuping Xie's lab. I study variants within SARS-CoV-2 and the roles that nonstructural proteins play. I am a biological engineer by training, and many of my past research projects have involved virology. Prior to UTMB, I worked on an adeno-associated virus gene therapy project at UC Berkeley, and subsequently worked to study HIV-1 at the NIH.

A proud native of Laredo, Texas, I obtained both my bachelor's and master's degrees in biology from Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) as a first-generation college student. Growing up, I always had an appreciation for biology and chemistry, deciding from a very early age (5) that I wanted to enter the field for the privilege of wearing a lab coat. Over the years, my interest in biology shifted from the attire to a more defined field of study.

I am a postdoc in Dr. Guy Nir’s lab (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology). My research, in collaboration with Prof. Michael Sheetz’s lab (UTMB) and Prof. Erez Lieberman Aiden’s lab (Baylor College of Medicine), explores the effect of the matrix rigidity sensor on genome organization and gene expression, from ensemble-level to single-level methods.

Inspired by the words from Nobel laureate Joshua Lederberg “We live in evolutionary competition with microbes-bacteria and viruses.

Currently I am a research scientist under the direction of Dr. Bill Russell in the Mass Spectrometry Facility (https://www.utmb.edu/MSF) within the Small Molecules division that focuses on metabolomics and lipidomics. My background is mostly in lipidomics, i.e. the application of mass spectrometry instruments and techniques to the study of lipids. I became interested in lipids through a combination of influences. For example, in my undergraduate career at St. Olaf College (Northfield, MN) I had the opportunity to take part in an off-campus research opportunity that used electron tomography to image the cell membrane junction between conjugating Tetrahymena cells. Through my other classes I found the way that lipids fill multiple biological roles from structural (membranes, extracellular matrices), signaling molecules, and a source of energy to be fascinating.

I am a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, USA and working in Dr. Whitney Yin Lab.