Sreyashree Bose is a 5th year graduate student in the lab of Dr. Dorothy Shippen. She is responsible for characterizing a non canonical long non coding RNA in terms of its role in the regulation and maintenance of telomeres in the plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Additionally, Sreyashree serves as President of the Women In Science and… Read More →

Charlie Farber is a second year graduate student in the laboratory of Dr. Dmitry Kurouski. He is investigating the mechanisms of host/pathogen interactions using vibrational spectroscopy methods including Raman and IR. He is also interested in exploring the viability of Raman as a method for disease detection. Currently in his second year of the program, Charlie has published a… Read More →

Yuan Zhi is a 5th year student conducting research in the lab of Dr. Frank Raushel. He is interested in understanding how a carbohydrate transportation and metabolism related pathway play a role in Salmonella colonization in the gut of cattle. He has received three InnoCentive Winning Solvers Awards totaling $11,500. In August Yuan will be attending… Read More →

Natalie Garza is a third-year graduate student in the laboratory of Dr. Vishal M. Gohil. The goal of her project is to identify and characterize proteins involved in regulating intracellular copper transport to the mitochondria. The identification of these pathways will allow for better treatment options for metabolic disorders associated with copper deficiency. Natalie has… Read More →

Borja Barbero Barcenilla is a 4th year PhD student in the lab of Dr. Dorothy Shippen. He is investigating the moonlighting functions of telomere associated protein on Arabidopsis thaliana. He placed second in the oral presentation at the 20th annual Student Research Week (SRW). Borja is a former NCAA Division 1 athlete and holds records… Read More →