Hometown: Causeni, Moldova
Previous Research Interests: radioastronomy, planet hunting, optical trapping, molecular motors
Current Research Interests: how eukaryotic cells detect and respond to replication stress? how do complex molecular machines with dozens of subunits (such as the replisome) function?
Passionate about: molecules, science, history, photography, cooking
Guilty pleasure: ice-cream
Favorite quote: “Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!” — Monty Python
Spirit animal: The Polar Bear
Hometown: Shiga, Japan
Previous Research Interests: How does mismatch repair occur in the context of chromatin?
Current Research Interests: How does DNA damage checkpoint stabilize replication forks to maintain genome integrity?
Passionate about: Molecular biology, reading
Guilty pleasure: Sweets, Manga
Favorite quote: “Just concentrate on the next step, the next breath, the next stroke of the broom, and the next, and the next. Nothing else.” — Momo (Michael Ende)
Spirit animal: The turtle
Hometown: Pune, India
Previous Research Interests: Single molecule localization microscopy (SMLM), stimulated emission depletion (STED), synaptic proteins involved in neurodegenerative disorders
Current Research Interests: Investigate replisome components using multiplexed super-resolution imaging
Passionate about: Microscopy, science writing, hiking, gardening
Guilty pleasure: Midnight food binges
Favorite quote: “One of the poets, whose name I cannot recall, has a passage, which I am unable at the moment to remember, in one of his works, which for the time being has slipped my mind, which hits off admirably in this situation” – P. G. Wodehouse
Spirit animal: Dog
Graduate Program: Biochemistry
Hometown: Pinehurst, NC
Previous Research Interests: Rapid genome evolution and sub-clonal heterogeneity as a consequence of cell division errors
Current Research Interests: How DNA unwinding is regulated by checkpoint signaling
Passionate about: Microscopy, folk dance, baking, soccer
Guilty pleasure: PBR
Favorite quote: “You can observe a lot by just watching” — Yogi Berra
Spirit animal: Squirrel
Graduate Program: Biophysics
Hometown: Montvale, NJ
Previous Research Interests: The role of J-proteins in variant-specific yeast prion elimination, ribosome-associated complex structure and function, employing Kuramoto model oscillators and small-world network architecture in neuroscience
Current Research Interests: How is initiation of DNA replication regulated?
Passionate about: Single molecule imaging, history and evolution of Sinitic and Japonic languages, cooking, biking, chemical origins and early evolution of life, computer hardware
Guilty pleasure: Boba
Favorite quote: “I wish it hadn’t taken me so long to realize that.” — K. Emiya
Spirit animal: Salamander
Hometown: San Mateo, CA
Previous Research Interests: PK/PDs involved in ChemoFilter drug adsorption, B-cell stimulation and spreading
Current Research Interests: Segmenting single-molecule image movies into individual molecules/Single-Particle Tracking of CMG molecules using MATLAB
Passionate about: Classical/choral singing, molecular biology, volunteering, watercolors, baking, and tide pool exploration
Guilty pleasure: RHOBH
Favorite quote: “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” — Oscar Wilde
Spirit animal: Otter!
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Hometown: Concord, NH
Previous Research Interests: Microfluidic cell manipulation, On-Chip PCR, Rapid point-of care COVID-19 testing, Isothermal amplification
Current Research Interests: How the replisome overcomes protein lesions
Passionate about: molecular machines, basketball, biomimicry, textile design
Guilty pleasure: ice cream sandwiches
Favorite quote: “Destiny is a funny thing.” — Uncle Iroh
Spirit animal: Lemur
Hometown: Madrid, Spain
Previous Research Interests: DNA Re-Replication, PrimPol function at ICLs.
Current Research Interests: Structural and functional studies of PimPol primase
Passionate about: Molecular biology, traveling, reading
Guilty pleasure: Croquetas
Favorite quote: “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” — Marie Curie
Spirit animal: Cat
Hometown: Bloomington, Indiana
Previous Research Interests: Dialectology
Current Research Interests: Cool things to do in the bay area
Passionate about: Learning languages, traveling, hiking and cooking
Guilty pleasure: Gulab jamun cake
Favorite quote: “To speak a language is to take on a world, a culture.” -Franz Fanon
Spirit animal: Llama
Hometown: Wayne, NJ
Previous Research Interests: Art history, perfect squares, number patterns, maximalism, surrealism
Current Research Interests: Masonite and other compressed wood products, acrylic paint, cells and how they move, abstract art
Passionate about: Creating art, bridging art and science
Guilty pleasure: Baking, writing postcards, and sleeping
Favorite quote: “Learn to eat rejection; it will make you stronger.” — Bob Ragland
Spirit animal: Ms. Proboscis (@msproboscis on Instagram)
Portfolio site: www.sarinamitchel.com
Instagram: @rina_the_beans
Twitter: @smitchelart
Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cVvX05
Hometown: West Covina, CA
Previous Research Interests: brown squirrels
Current Research Interests: black squirrels
Passionate about: squirrel biodiversity, food on the ground, butt-scratches, did I mention squirrels?
Guilty pleasure: leftovers
Favorite quote: “Are you going to eat that?”
Spirit animal: The Pet Rock
