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.
Our lab at UTMB originally worked primarily on Zika virus and Dengue virus. During to the coronavirus pandemic, our lab quickly pivoted towards SARS-CoV-2 work, and I have been fortunate to receive related training from our lab in a time-efficient manner. This involves not only in-vitro work in BSL3 containment, but also animal studies in the corresponding animal BSL3 (ABSL3) facilities. I now have independent access to both types of facilities and will be training incoming trainees in our lab to work safely in containment labs.
In my spare time, I enjoy learning foreign languages and listening to music. I play the violin and a little bit of piano. I enjoy karaoke and always appreciate a supportive audience if I were to sing anything from the microphone.
Our lab at UTMB originally worked primarily on Zika virus and Dengue virus. During to the coronavirus pandemic, our lab quickly pivoted towards SARS-CoV-2 work, and I have been fortunate to receive related training from our lab in a time-efficient manner. This involves not only in-vitro work in BSL3 containment, but also animal studies in the corresponding animal BSL3 (ABSL3) facilities. I now have independent access to both types of facilities and will be training incoming trainees in our lab to work safely in containment labs.
In my spare time, I enjoy learning foreign languages and listening to music. I play the violin and a little bit of piano. I enjoy karaoke and always appreciate a supportive audience if I were to sing anything from the microphone.