Spring 2025 | New and Noteworthy: Postdocs and Students

POSTDOCS

Josh Dickerson (Lucas Lab) – Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship	David Ding (Savage Lab) – Bezos Earth Fund Ideation Prize, Phase II Finalist
Erin Doherty (Doudna Lab) – 2025 MCB Lisa-Eshun Wilson Community Award	Meagan N. Esbin (Tjian Lab) – 2025 MCB Lisa-Eshun Wilson Community Award
Grace Liu (Vance Lab) – 2024 Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Hanna Gray Fellow

 

GRADUATE STUDENTS

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipients:

Jinna Brim (Nuñez Lab), Carolina Guerrero (Doudna and Savage Labs), Sarah Palm (Collins Lab); Honorable Mention: Gabriela Diaz-Figueroa (Brohawn Lab), Ngan Phan (Nuñez Lab)

 

 

2024–2025 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor (OGSI) Award Recipients:

Isabel Baldwin (Robey Lab), Camille Fulmore (Schaffer and Kumar Labs), Alex Haugan (Martik Lab), Connor Horton (Collins Lab), Charlotte Langner (Vance Lab), Juliana Valenica Lesmes (Lumpkin and Bautista Labs), Christina Seo (Cate Lab), Michael Singer (Ohainle and Sudmant Labs), Maria Torres-Colon (Swinburne Lab), Scarleth Chalen Ulloa (Staller Lab), Michael Young (Ohainle Lab)

 

 

Lidia Llacsahuanga Allcca (Glaunsinger Lab) – Dr. Saul and Gordon Kit Fellowship	Elle Andrews (Raulet Lab) – 2025 Outstanding Graduate Peer Mentor Award
Roland Lacap (Karpen Lab) – 2025 MCB Lisa-Eshun Wilson Community Award	James Mbata (Titov Lab) – Berkeley Life Sciences Entrepreneurship Center, Nucleate Fellowship
Madi McCloud (Brohawn Lab) – 2025 MCB Lisa-Eshun Wilson Community Award	Rumi Sherriff (Rapé Lab) – 2025 Molecular Therapeutics Initiative (MTI) Innovator Award

 

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

2025 Bakar Ignite Scholars:

Carolyn Nguyen (Nuñez Lab), Karla Tapia (Hurley Lab), Shriprithi Vel Murugan (Hurley Lab), Selina Wu (Hurley Lab)

 

 

 

Congratulations to all our new graduates! We are proud of your accomplishments!  Image credit: Keegan Houser

 

 

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