We are pleased to announce the GSA Poster Award winners from the 24th International C. elegans Conference! Undergraduate and graduate student members of the GSA were eligible for the awards, and a hard-working team of judges made the determinations.

Congratulations to all!

Zachary Bush, University of Oregon

“Mapping meiotic crossover sites in individual C. elegans spermatocyte and oocyte genomes by whole-genome sequencing”

Elizabeth DiLoreto, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

“Shaping Brain Function with Microbes”

Kinsey Fisher, Duke University,

“Investigating the role of chromatin structure in starvation resistance via novel histone variant hil-1/H1-0”

Majdulin Istiban, KU Leuven

“Ancient glycoprotein hormone system regulates growth an intestinal function“

Dalton Meadows, Arizona State University

“miRNA Expression and Strand Selection in C. elegans”

Sabrina Montresor, University of Bremen

“The chaperone HSP-110 modulates Aβ1-42 aggregation in C. elegans”

Federico Pini, University of British Columbia

“Inter-class axon-axon interaction defines tiled synaptic innervation of DA-class motor neurons in C. elegans”

Sigma Pradhan, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Bern, Switzerland

“Parental dietary restriction delays offspring growth due to suboptimal ribosome provisioning”

We are pleased to announce the GSA Poster Award winners from the 23rd International C. elegans Conference! Undergraduate and graduate student members of the GSA were eligible for the awards, and a hard-working team of judges made the determinations.

Congratulations to all!

Madeline Beer, University of Toronto

“Investigating the Role of sRNA and Argonautes in Intercellular Communication”

Mohannad Dardiry, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology

“Dissecting the genetic architecture underlying mouth dimorphism in Pristionchus pacificus identifies cis -regulatory variation in a supergene locus.”

Mohamed Elaswad, Central Michigan University,

“The Role of ERK/MPK-1 in Modulating Condensation of RNA Binding Proteins in The Germ Line”

Bhaswati Ghosh, Louisiana State University

“A fat-promoting botanical extract from Artemisia scoparia acts as longevity modifier in C. elegans“

Grace McIntyre, Marian University

“The role of ceramide metabolism enzymes, ceramide synthase and acid sphingomyelinase, on lipid metabolism”

Evelyn Popiel, University of Toronto

“The role of the kinase MRCK-1 in excretory canal development”

Hagar Setty, Weizmann Institute of Science

“Sexually dimorphic neuronal circuitry drives distinct mechanosensory responses”

The Genetics Society of America (GSA) is pleased to announce that Anne Villeneuve, PhD, of Stanford University is the recipient of the 2019 Genetics Society of America Medal. Villeneuve is recognized for her research on the mechanisms governing chromosome inheritance during sexual reproduction.  Her research focuses on meiosis, the specialized cell division program involved in generating egg and sperm cells. Meiosis enables diploid organisms (which have two copies of each chromosome) to generate haploid gametes (which have only a single set of chromosomes). This halving of chromosome number is crucial for sexual reproduction, as it allows restoration of the diploid chromosome number in the offspring formed once the egg and sperm fuse.

As an independent fellow at Stanford, Villeneuve recognized the considerable untapped potential of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as an experimental system for studying chromosomes during meiosis. Trained as a geneticist, she set out to exploit this opportunity by conducting screens to identify genes important for meiosis, most famously an elegant approach nicknamed “Green eggs and Him,” which was published in GENETICS and continues to be used as an exemplar in many university genetics courses.

Research from Villeneuve’s lab and those of her former trainees has played a key role in establishing C. elegans as one of the premier experimental systems for investigating chromosome organization, genetic recombination, and genome maintenance in the context of meiosis. Villeneuve’s research integrates sophisticated genetic strategies with high-resolution and super-resolution cytological imaging of chromosomes in the context of an optically transparent gonad in which germ cells progressing through meiosis are arranged in a temporal/spatial “time course.” This approach has enabled them to identify numerous components of the machinery responsible for the key chromosomal and DNA events of meiosis and to elucidate the mechanisms underlying these events and how they are coordinated. A substantial fraction of the genetic mutants, assays, and cytological reagents used to investigate genome maintenance, recombination, and meiosis in C. elegans was developed in her laboratory.

Papers published by the Villeneuve lab during the past 15 years have had a significant impact on our understanding of most major aspects of the meiotic program, including pairing between homologous chromosomes; structure, function, assembly and dynamics of the synaptonemal complex (SC), a meiosis-specific structure located at the interface between aligned homologs; formation and repair of DNA double-strand breaks; spatial patterning and maturation of  meiotic crossovers; remodeling of chromosome structure in response to recombination; regulated release of sister chromatid cohesion; organization of chromosomes on the oocyte meiotic spindle; and quality control mechanisms that ensure a robust outcome of meiosis.

“Literally every major event in meiosis has been dissected in Anne’s lab and generated beautiful, high-profile papers,” says Barbara Meyer, a Professor at the University of California, Berkeley and one of the scientists who nominated Villeneuve for the Medal. “It is extremely rare to be able to cite a single lab with such a huge impact on a field of biology.”

A hallmark of research from the Villeneuve lab is the generation of microscopic images of meiotic chromosomes that provide a stunning visual readout of the inner workings of meiosis. This is beautifully illustrated in a recent paper from postdoctoral researcher Alex Woglar, which revealed the distinct spatial architecture of recombination proteins localized at meiotic crossover sites and showed that recombination site architecture undergoes dynamic changes during meiotic progression.

Villeneuve’s group has also provided insight into the process of crossover interference, which was originally described by Muller over 100 years ago, yet has remained largely mysterious during the intervening century. Crossover interference refers to the non-random placement of crossovers, such that a (nascent) crossover reduces the likelihood that another crossover will be formed nearby. A series of papers from the Villeneuve lab exploited genetic and cell biological tools available in the worm to implicate the SC as an important conduit of communication along the chromosomes. Their findings support a model of meiotic crossover regulation as a self-limiting system in which SC components initially promote the formation of crossover intermediates, which in turn trigger a change in the state of the SC that inhibits further crossover formation.

“Anne is a true scholar and has made a number of significant and impactful contributions to the field of genetics over the last 15 years,” says JoAnne Engebrecht, a Professor at the University of California, Davis and one of the scientists who nominated Villeneuve for the GSA Medal. “She embodies the ingenuity of the GSA membership in using genetics to investigate a fundamental biological process.”

Villeneuve’s influence on the fields of meiosis and recombination in particular, and genetics in general, extends well beyond the research conducted in her own lab.   She has an outstanding record for mentoring younger scientists, and many of her trainees have gone on to establish their own productive independent research groups. Moreover, she has fostered a collegial community among meiosis researchers and has provided mentorship for numerous scientists outside her own group. Villeneuve also has a long-standing involvement with the GSA. She first joined the GSA as a graduate student, served as its Secretary from 2013 to 2015, and was an Associate Editor for the GSA journal GENETICS from 2004 to 2010. Villeneuve’s scientific contributions and leadership in the Meiosis and Recombination fields have been recognized in recent years by a Research Professor Award from the American Cancer Society and by her election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016 and the National Academy of Sciences of the USA in 2017.

The GSA Medal was established in 1981 to recognize members who have made outstanding contributions to the field of genetics during the past 15 years. The award will be presented to Villeneuve at the 22nd International C. elegans Conference, which will be held June 20–24, 2019 in Los Angeles, CA.

To promote excellence in undergraduate research and education, the Genetics Society of America has established a travel award to assist undergraduate members attending a GSA conference and presenting their research.

We’re proud to announce the winners of the Undergraduate Travel Award! The recipients will be attending the 22nd International C. elegans Conference at UCLA from June 20–24, 2019. We can’t wait to see you at #Worm19!

Mario Cabrera

Baylor College of Medicine

“My research is understanding the molecular interplay of host and microbial factors that determine microbiome form and function.”

Nina Fassnacht

Marist College

“My research is understanding how chromatin remodelers are important for responding to different types of DNA damage in C. elegans.”

Kassandra Kin

University of California, Riverside

“By looking at insect parasitic nematodes, we were able to establish that one odor is able to elicit two different responses.”

Cameron LaFayette

University of Alabama at Birmingham

“I investigate how primary cilia dysfunction influences nephronophthisis using the C. elegans model.”

Robert Lao

The University of Toronto

“I am studying how small RNAs and their protein partners (called Argonautes) mediate communication between cells, and what role this process may play in parasitic worm infections.”

Katarina Liberatore

Muhlenberg College

“I study the regulation of arrest through neuronal signaling mediated by nuclear hormone receptors and insulin signaling.”

Aidan Nowakowski

Marist College

“My research looks at DNA repair pathways and how the loss of a crucial part of one pathway can affect the overall genomic stability of the organism.”

Victoria Puccini de Castro

Northeastern Illinois University

“By the analysis of mutations isolated in a large genetic screen, we have defined additional molecular components that work in conjunction with a canonical fibroblast growth factor signaling pathway to regulate fluid homeostasis in the nematode C. elegans.”

Priscila Robles

University of California, Riverside

“I am using CeNDR to find the genetic pathway associated with the detection of a chemical odorant.”

Brendil Sabatino

BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute

“I am working on elucidation of a novel oxidative stress response pathway via a functional genomics screen in C. elegans.”

Evan Schlesinger

Muhlenberg College

“I am working on fluorescently visualizing DAF-16 translocation in order to better understand a sleep-like developmental arrest.”

Alexander Sinks

Davidson College

“I am working to optimize a new protocol to profile protein-DNA interactions in C. elegans with increased accuracy.”

Dan Zhang

University of Calgary

“I study stem cells in the C. elegans germline that are regulated by protein interactions.”

For the past 20 years, Ahna Skop has organized the Worm Art Show at the 21st International C. elegans Conference. These are the winners from #Worm17, which was held in June 2017 at UCLA.

Click on any image to view it full size.

Best In Show

“Do you expect me to talk?”
Beata Mierzwa (BeataScienceArt.com), Oegema and Desai Lab
University of California San Diego

Microscopy

First

“Elegans rainbow”
Peter Askjaer
Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology

Second

“Germlines!”
Sarah Crittenden, Kimble Lab
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Third

“Starry Night”
Chih-chun (Janet) Lin, Wang Lab
Baylor College of Medicine

Mixed Media

First

“before egg prep”
Celja Uebel

Second

“Small Slightly Rounded Greats in Worm Lineaging”
Anthony Santella, Bao Lab
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Third

“Caenorhabditis voronoi”
Jonathan Liu, Sternberg Lab
California Institute of Technology

Honorable Mention

Annika Nichols, Zimmer Lab
IMP, Vienna

Social Justice

Padilla Lab
University of North Texas

Most Humorous

“Cinemhabditis elegans”
Nicolas Macaisne, Yanowitz Lab
University of Pittsburgh

Honorable Mention

“Careless CRISPR”

“Covfefe elegans”

Multimedia

First

“The Life-Cycle of a Worm”
The Wandering Professor

Second

“DUP85”
Dustin Updike
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory

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We are pleased to announce the GSA Poster Award winners from the 21st International C. elegans Conference! Undergraduate and graduate student members of the GSA were eligible for the awards, and a hard-working team of judges made the determinations.

Congratulations to all!

Poster organizers Jared Young, Tina Gumienny, and Erin Cram present the awards. Source: Bhoomi Madhu, Gumienny lab

Cell Biology

GSA Winner

Vivek Dwivedi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Regulation of Cell Extrusion by Protein Ubiquitination in C. elegans”

Honorable Mention

SoRi Jang, Yale University
“Glycolytic proteins reversibly form punctate structures with liquid-like characteristics in response to hypoxia”

Lauren Penfield, Yale University
“Lamin resists dynein forces to promote recovery from nuclear envelope ruptures in vivo”

Development

GSA Winner

Chelsea Maniscalco, NYU School of Medicine
“Investigating the remodeling of C. elegans primordial germ cells”

Honorable Mention

Xiaobo Wang, University of Montana
“Can DLC-1 binding teach its partner some new tricks?”

Hanna Shin, Texas A&M University
“Identification of a novel Ral signal transduction cascade in C. elegans 2° vulval fate patterning”

Aidan Walker, University of Oxford
“Investigating the role of the ARF GTPase arf-3 in regulating seam cell development and secretion”

Gene Regulation and Genomics

GSA Winner

Chiara Alberti, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology
“A novel small RNA labeling approach uncovers the tissue- and cell-specific microRNomes of C. elegans”

Honorable Mention

Rachel Woodhouse, University of Sydney
“Investigating the role of chromatin modifiers in transgenerational epigenetic inheritance”

Brian Carrick, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Genomic analyses of interactions that govern an RNA regulatory network in stem cells”

Ecology and Evolution

GSA Winner

Shannon Brady, Northwestern University
“Identification of the gene underlying variation in Caenorhabditis elegans bleomycin sensitivity”

Honorable Mention

Lindsay Johnson, University of Florida
“Network architecture and the cumulative effects of spontaneous mutations on the C. elegans metabolome”

Neurobiology

GSA Winner

Emily Bayer, Columbia University
“Monoamines control the feeding-dependent emergence of sexually dimorphic synaptic connectivity”

Honorable Mention

Deanna DeVore, Rutgers University
“Males need molecular promiscuity for mating: Extracellular matrix genes mec-1, mec-5, and mec-9 are not just for touch neurons”

Devyn Oliver, University of Massachusetts Medical School
“Structural and molecular analysis of a novel model of dendritic spines in C. elegans”

Meghan Arnold and Ryan Guasp, Rutgers University
“Structural Components and Genetic Requirements of Exophers and their Formation”

Munzareen Khan, Brandeis University
“The GCY-29 receptor guanylyl cyclase shapes thermosensory signaling in C. elegans”

Sarah Nordquist, University of Texas at Austin
“Identifying Novel Genes Required for Synaptic Function Among Human 21st Chromosome Orthologs”

Physiology

GSA Winner

Mariangela Sabatella, Erasmus University Medical Center
“Tissue-specific activities of the ERCC-1/XPF-1 endonuclease in response to DNA damage”

Honorable Mention

Bryan Gitschlag, Vanderbilt University
“Selfish mitochondrial genomes exploit nuclear-encoded pathways to propagate”

Cornelia Habacher, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
“Ribonuclease mediated control of body fat”

Hans Dalton, University of Southern California
“A transient arrest-survival state evolved to enhance fitness during pathogen exposure”

Brett Ipson, University of Texas Health Science Center
“Uncovering the roles of tyrosine aminotransferase and F01D4.5 in the oxidative stress response”

Undergraduate Poster Awards

GSA Winner

Heather Carstensen, California State University
“Characterization of a dauer constitutive mutant with dauer-specific molting defect in Pristionchus pacificus”

Honorable Mention

An-Phong Nguyen and Yesica Mercado Ayon, University of California Riverside
“Dissecting the Role of DRH-3 in RNA Interference in C. elegans”

Delphina Gonzalez, Pomona College
“Complexes regulating C. elegans eggshell formation and egg activation are scaffolded by a common protein”

Dr. Matthew J. Buechner Tie Award for service to the community

Sonia El Mouridi and Matthew J. Beuchner. Source: Tina Gumienny

Sonia El Mouridi, Institut NeuroMyoGène
“Reliable CRISPR/Cas9 genome engineering in Caenorhabditis elegans using a single efficient sgRNA and an easily recognizable phenotype”

Every two years, the GSA is proud to support the C. elegans research community as they come together to share their science and their infectious enthusiasm. Last week, the 21st International C. elegans Conference enjoyed beautiful Los Angeles weather and an abundance of cutting-edge biology. For those missing their worm friends already, and for those who couldn’t make it to UCLA, enjoy these #Worm17 photos from Twitter!

Worm pop art by James T. Wong. 2007.

In 1997, Ahna Skop approached her graduate advisor, John G. White, about adding a worm-themed art show to the International C. elegans Conference he was organizing that year. “He said I could do whatever I wanted, but not to involve him,” she recalls. That year marked the very first Worm Art Show, which has since become a beloved part of the annual meeting. This year, the worm community will celebrate the show’s 20th anniversary at the 21st International C. elegans Conference at UCLA June 21-25th.  

“Vulva monologues” by David Welchman. 2003.

For Skop, who was raised in a household of artists, uniting art and science came naturally. She first started studying C. elegans as an undergraduate, and remembers being struck by the beauty of microscope images in textbooks, even though she didn’t yet understand the science. The rest of the C. elegans research community responded enthusiastically to her inspired idea. The first show was small, but popular. Skop recalls that first show included a blown glass vase with the C. elegans genome sandblasted on the side and a driftwood mobile depicting the larval developmental stages. Even John White submitted a piece, a wooden reconstruction of the C. elegans vulva.

“Brisk swimmers” by Katherine Walstrom. 2011.

C. elegans art by Ahna Skop and Tri Nguyen. 1997.

These first submissions were pre-existing artistic works, and their creators were excited to finally have a place to share them. “People forget that science is a creative vocation,” Skop says. “Scientists are very creative in how they design their experiments, and it also comes out in their hobbies.” The data itself can also be quite beautiful; brilliantly colorful microscope images have been a staple of the art show since the beginning. Skop notes that microscopy is inherently a visually stimulating endeavor, a perfect example of the connection between science and art.

“On the shoulders of Lord Brenner” by Regina Lai. 2015.

The Worm Art Show has grown in size and popularity over the years, but the entries continue to be as varied as the researchers who attend the annual conference. C. elegans has now been interpreted in every media from embroidery to stained glass. According to Skop, the biggest change over the past 20 years has been the growing number of multimedia entries. Cell phone cameras and

“Life cycle on a thread”, a second place winner by Melissa Kelley. 2015.

YouTube have made audio-visual creation more accessible and popular than ever. The Art Show has also acquired yearly themes–the celebration of Nobel Prize winners, for example, or this year’s “C. elegans for social justice.” But through it all, the Art Show has remained a fun celebration of the worm community. Prize winners are selected by popular vote, and the video entries are screened on the last night of the conference, with the winner decided by who gets the most applause.

A painting by Adam Werts featuring C. elegans. 2007.

Skop, now an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has organized every Worm Art Show for the past 20 years. Though the full show is enjoyed only by conference attendees, she says the created works are a powerful way to reach out to non-scientists. “It’s a testament to what science is all about, and I want the public to actually know that,” she says. “This is an easy way to share the beauty of science and shows that scientists are creative people–not just old white men in lab coats.” As a faculty affiliate in the Arts Institute at UW-Madison, Skop can now train art

“C. elegans and C. briggsae” by Todd Harris. 2008.

students in her lab and has helped install large scientific art pieces in the UW-Madison genetics building celebrating fruit flies, mice, yeast, E. coli, and zebrafish, along with C. elegans. She would love to open a scientific art gallery someday where the innate beauty of science can speak to everyone.

Guest post by Ahna Skop. GSA-art features the creative works of scientists, particularly geneticists. Read more about the series from GSA President Stan Fields. If you would like to submit your own work or nominate someone else’s, please send an email GenesToGenomes@genetics-gsa.org with “GSA-Art” in the subject line.

I love Caenorhabditis elegans first for its beauty and then for the science. Beauty inspires my curiosity to figure out how things work and is most likely why I ended up a cell biologist. I dream about C. elegans and mitosis all the time. I am always inspired by things people can’t see with the naked eye. I think nature is miraculous in design, texture, and beauty, even on the microscopic level. I especially love the textures I see from electron microscopic images and have often used them in my ceramic art pieces. But I take inspiration from other biological organisms and my colleagues often as well.

Genetically I’m an artist. My father, Michael Skop, was a bit of a Renaissance man and was a classically trained fine artist who studied with Mestrovic (a pupil of Rodin) and also taught college-level anatomy. Actually, his middle name was Roe. Yes, that’s Mike Roe Skop. His high school biology teacher said his middle name should be Roe, so he got it legally changed (he didn’t originally have a middle name). His signature on his artwork included a small microscope. He operated an art school at our home studio for over 30 years, attracting artists, musicians, and philosophers from all over the world. My mother was a high school art educator and ceramicist and has dabbled in fiber art, sculpture, and painting. My two sisters and brother are also graphic artists.

Growing up, I was surrounded by clay, paint, charcoal, wood, and we were always trying new things and meeting other artists and students doing a variety of amazing pieces. We didn’t have any boundaries and I certainly didn’t set any for myself as I got older. I attribute this to my parents nurturing my creativity. I think of myself as a big kid, always learning, discovering, and trying new things.

I do just about everything, from graphic design, watercolor, ceramics, cakes, food blogging, and web design, to jewelry. If there is something I don’t know how to use or do, I usually take a class. My creative outlets are constantly changing which keeps me always learning and thinking. As well as creating my own, I have curated exhibitions of scientific art (TINY: Art from microscopes and the Cool Science Image Exhibition for the Macpherson Eye Research Institute). I am also an affiliate with the UW-Madison Arts Institute where I am able to mentor artists in my lab. You can see some videos of the art installed on our floor here.

Logo for the 2005 C. elegans Meeting.

My hobbies influence my research and teaching immensely, as they allow me to see things in different ways. During my undergrad studies, my development textbook showed the first confocal image of the mitotic spindle in a one-cell C. elegans embryo. This was taken by Tony Hyman on the very first confocal microscope that my future graduate mentor, John White, invented. I was smitten with the beauty of mitosis that day. I even circled the image and said I love this. By a twist of fate, John White moved to UW-Madison and I had the honor of working in his lab. And guess what I still work on? Mitosis and C. elegans embryos!

Installation of scientific art I did in our department’s foyer.

For this post, I am sharing a watercolor and three C. elegans meeting logos I created over the years. When I was a graduate student, my advisor, John White, asked me to make a logo for the 1997 International C. elegans Meeting, and the yin-yang logo is what I came up with. I’ve been doing the meeting logos almost every year since then. I have also organized the bi-annual Worm Art Show for the Meeting since I was a graduate student.

I find logo design a rewarding and challenging part of my contribution to the awesome C. elegans community. It’s fun to think about what attendees will want to wear on t-shirts and abstract books; why be boring? The greatest thing is that there is a cohort of scientists who now collect my designs on t-shirts and they come to the meetings with a pair of shorts and an “Ahna Skop collection” of t-shirts in their luggage and tell me how easy it is to pack for the meeting!

Logo for the 1997 C. elegans Meeting

Logo for the 2011 C. elegans Meeting

About the author: Ahna Skop is an Associate Professor in the Department of Genetics and an affiliate faculty in Life Sciences Communication and the UW-Madison Arts Institute at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ahna is also a SACNAS and ASCB Minority Affairs Committee member, where she is passionate about the success of the underrepresented in STEAM fields. Her lab seeks to understand the molecular mechanisms that underlie asymmetric cell division during embryonic development using the nematode C. elegans as a model system.

New Faculty Profiles showcase GSA members who are establishing their first independent labs. If you’d like to be considered for a profile, please complete this form on the GSA website.

Carolyn Phillips

Gabilan Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences (Since 2015)
University of Southern California
Lab website

Research program:

The Phillips lab studies the mechanisms of RNA silencing in C. elegans. We utilize a broad range of techniques including microscopy, genetics, biochemistry, and high-throughput sequencing to characterize new components of the RNA silencing pathway and to understand how they contribute to proper gene expression. We are also currently exploring how RNA silencing is regulated spatially (i.e. where the RNA silencing complexes localize and how they get there) and how mRNAs are sorted sub-cellularly to promote gene silencing or gene expression.

How has being a member of GSA helped you advance in your career? Why do you think societies like GSA are important? 

I am a huge fan of the GSA meetings because they are one of the few opportunities that graduate students and postdocs get to present their research. As a graduate student in the Dernburg lab, I was selected to give a plenary talk at the 2005 International C. elegans meeting. It was one of my most terrifying moments as a graduate student but also one of the highlights. GSA meetings are also a great place to catch up with old friends and colleagues.

If your position involves teaching, which subjects or courses are you expecting to teach?

I am teaching undergraduate Molecular Biology (transcription, translation, RNA processing, RNA silencing)
graduate level C. elegans genetics, and RNA biology.

Previous training experiences:

– Postdoctoral fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School (Research Advisor: Gary Ruvkun)
– Graduate student in Molecular and Cell Biology at UC Berkeley (Research Advisor: Abby Dernburg)
– Undergraduate student in Biological Sciences at UC Davis (Research Advisor: Michael Seldin)

What do you like to do when you’re not at work?

I love exploring my new city of Los Angeles, especially when it is 75 degrees and sunny in February.