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Makenzie Patarino is a PhD student in neuroscience at UW working with Dr. Abbie Schindler at the VA Hospital Puget Sound. Her research aims to characterize the biological and behavioral effects of chronic alcohol use following blast trauma.
Kacey Rosenthal is a PhD candidate in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Washington. She studies an aggressive form of breast cancer so that doctors can understand better how to stop it from growing and spreading.
Sam Fernandes is a part-time biology grad student and a full-time cowgirl. She works in the Rasmussen lab at UW, studying how our biggest organ, the skin, protects us from the elements and lets us feel our world. Sam’s work focuses on how some organisms harness the awesome power of regeneration to give their skin cells unlimited Heath Power (HP). She hopes this work can help those experiencing nerve damage and restore their sense of touch.
Preetham Venkatesh is a Biochemistry graduate student at David Baker’s lab at the University of Washington. His research focuses on designing novel proteins that can interact with proteins in the human body.
Angelina Zhang is a chemical biology graduate student at the University of Washington, where she works in the Maly Lab. Her research focuses on making and using small molecule probes to study protein-protein interactions in cancer signaling pathways and how protein-drug interactions disrupt those pathways. She aims to use these findings to find new druggable sites in proteins.
Amy Bounds is a Biochemistry PhD graduate student at the University of Washington where she works in Suzanne Hoppins’ lab. The Hoppins’ lab studies how the mitochondria change shape to complete different tasks in the cell. Amy’s research focuses on understanding the function of protein that may be involved in regulating how and when the mitochondria change their shape.
