Spring 2023 | New and Noteworthy: Postdocs and Students

POSTDOCS

Erin Doherty (Doudna Lab) – Berkeley Stem Cell Center postdoctoral fellowship supported by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) training program	Dinesh Gupta (Nayak Lab) – Outstanding Poster Presentation Award at the Northern California Geobiology Symposium
Joshua Sheetz (Rapé Lab) – Fellowship Award from the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation	Hyeyoung Shin (Adesnik Lab) – Weill Neurohub Fellow
Silvan Spiri (Brar Lab) – Swiss National Science Foundation postdoctoral mobility fellowship to study proteome changes during cellular rejuvenation	Akanksha Thawani (Nogales/Collins Labs) – 2023 Leading Edge Fellow and Lindau Nobel Laureate 2023 meeting participation and grant

GRADUATE STUDENTS

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipients:

Jaresley Guillen (Glaunsinger Lab), Claudia Medrano (Brar Lab), Lily Nguyen (Fisher Lab), Izaiah Ornelas (Nuñez Lab), Benjamin Styler (Ünal Lab), Sophia Tang (Shih and Savage Labs), Laurie Wang (Park Lab), Rachel Weissman (Savage Lab), Michael Young (Ohainle Lab) Honorable Mention: Mari Brady (Robey Lab), Charlotte Langner (Vance Lab)

Jaresley Guillen

Claudia Medrano

Lily Nguyen

Izaiah Ornelas

Benjamin Styler

Sophia Tang

Laurie Wang

Rachel Weissman

Michael Young

Mari Brady

Charlotte Langner

2022–2023 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor (OGSI) Award Recipients:

Lily Nguyen (Fisher Lab), Maia Reyes (Brar Lab), Jorge Rodriguez (Savage Lab), Anna Rogers (Lareau Lab), Justin Shumate (Collins Lab), Samantha Smith (Drubin Lab), Laurie Wang (Park Lab), Chenyu Zhang (DuPage and Raulet Labs)

Lily Nguyen

Maia Reyes

Jorge Rodriguez

Anna Rogers

Justin Shumate

Samantha Smith

Laurie Wang

Chenyu Zhang

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

MCB Class of 2022 Sponsored Research Award Recipients: Carolina Varona Argüelles (Whiteman Lab), Ameneh Gharabi (Korman Lab), Jocelyn Liang (Feller Lab and UCSF: Edwards Lab), Johnny Luu (Ozer Lab), Brynn Norby (Kriegsfeld Lab), Dereck Ruiz (Axent Biosciences), Alice Tran (Wang Lab), Emre Uludag (Bustamante Lab), and Julia Ybarra (DuPage Lab)
Carolina Varona Argüelles	Ameneh Gharabi	Jocelyn Liang	Johnny Luu	Brynn Norby
Dereck Ruiz	Alice Tran	Emre Uludag	Julia Ybarra