Yi Hua

Graduate Student, Chemistry, 6th year Email Yi | Hometown: Beijing, China B.S., Chemistry and Biology, Tsinghua University, China Yi is currently working on the chemistry of split inteins and their application for more complicated protein systems. Outside the lab, he …

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Yingzi Huang

  Graduate Student, Chemistry, 6th year Email Yingzi | Hometown: Guangzhou, China B.S., Biochemistry, Boston College Yingzi is interested in understanding the mechanism and effect of serine ADP-ribosylation on histones. Outside of the lab, Yingzi is a fan of classical …

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Xuanjia Ye

Graduate Student, Molecular Biology, 6th year Email Xuanjia | Hometown: Shanghai, China B.S., Biological Sciences, Fudan University, China Xuanjia is interested in the regulation of transcription. In the Muir lab, she is excited about learning chemical tool development and utilizing the knowledge …

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Nourhan Daigham

Graduate Student, Molecular Biology, 5th year Email Nourhan | B.S., Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Rutgers University, NJ Nourhan obtained her bachelor’s degree in Molecular Biology & Biochemistry from Rutgers University in 2016. After graduation, she worked in the laboratory of …

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Cole Lazarus

Graduate Student, Chemistry, 4th year Email Cole | Hometown: Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania B.S., Biochemistry, University of Delaware, 2021   Cole obtained his B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Delaware, where he worked in the lab of Prof. Zhihao Zhuang, developing …

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Zoe Merz

Graduate Student, Chemistry, 3rd year NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention Email Zoe | Hometown: Carlsbad, California B.S., Chemical Biology, UC Berkeley Zoe obtained her bachelor’s degree in chemical biology from UC Berkeley in 2021, where she worked in the …

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Kaylee Cappuccio

Graduate Student, Chemistry, 3rd year Email Kaylee | Hometown: Amsterdam, NY B.S., Chemistry and Neuroscience, Binghamton University, 2022 Kaylee got her B.S. from Binghamton University where she researched biosensor development and the behavioral effects of high fructose corn syrup consumption …

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Zhe Jiang

Graduate Student, Chemistry, 3rd year Email Zhe | Hometown: Hangzhou, China  B.S., Chemical Biology, Peking University, China Zhe studied total synthesis during his undergraduate period. After graduation, he joined an epigenetic lab to study RNA sequencing. Currently, he started his …

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Girum Erkalo

Graduate Student, Chemistry, 3rd year Email Girum | Hometown: Lancaster, Pennsylvania/ Ethiopia B.S., Chemistry, Millersville University of Pennsylvania Girum is interested in developing new chemical biology tools and using them to study biological mechanisms at the molecular level. Outside the …

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Alan Tong

Graduate Student, Chemistry, 2nd year NSF Graduate Research Fellow Email Alan | Hometown: Clarksburg, MD   B.S., Chemistry; B.S., Biology, Stanford University   During his undergraduate studies, Alan worked with Prof. Lynette Cegelski at Stanford University where he studied vancomycin-arginine conjugates …

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