My name is Carolina and I am a 5th year Pharmacological Sciences PhD student. I graduated from Penn State in 2018 with a B.S. in Biotechnology and worked on antibody-drug conjugate technology for PADCEV^TM at Seagen (now Pfizer) for three years. My research focuses on how lysosomes and cell metabolism engage in a two-way regulatory loop in health and disease. In my free time I enjoy hiking, going to the beach, and chasing after my dog, Flaca.

I’m Laurence, a 5th year Dev & Cell PhD student. I graduated with a BA in Biochemistry from Occidental College in 2020 and spent a year at Genentech performing purification development for biologics. My research aims to degrade pathogenic proteins using MrTAC, a chemical platform we developed for proximity-induced methylation. Outside of the lab, I spend most of my time at the pool, cooking & running.

My name is Melissa and I’m a 4th year Dev & Cell PhD student. I graduated with a BS in Biochemistry from UCI in 2022. I study the effects of Arginine methylation on glycolysis and breast cancer. I like going to the beach, watching reality TV, and hosting friends!

My name is Steven Nguyen. I am a 3rd year PharmSci PhD student. In the Albrecht lab, I am working on understanding the molecular mechanisms behind the lysosomal-storage disease, cystinosis. I enjoy doing research because any discovery, no matter how small, can potentially lead to great advancements in the scientific community. Outside of lab, I enjoy working out and building Lego sets.

I’m Catherine! I’m a 2nd year PharmSci student. I studied Molecular and Cell Biology/Neurobiology at UC Berkeley before working in the pharmaceutical industry at Design Therapeutics, where I worked on characterizing GeneTACs for trinucleotide repeat expansion diseases such as Huntington’s Disease. I now look forward to furthering my understanding of HD and other neurodegenerative diseases, as I now focus on understanding the effect of Arginine methylation on protein aggregates. Besides researching neurodegenerative disease and mechanisms for protein degradation, I’m always looking for new places to eat good food, shows to binge, and concerts to go to.