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CU BOULDER BIOCHEMISTRY: THE PLACE FOR MEI had developed a love of science through my advanced chemistry and physics courses at East High School in Denver. Even though I sat toward the back and was told I talked too much by the teachers in those
CU BOULDER: THE PLACE FOR MEFrom an early age, I was drawn to both biology and chemistry, and I became interested in how these disciplines intersect through biochemistry. I chose to pursue my undergraduate studies at the University of Colorado
MY DISSERTATION & THE POTENTIAL OUTCOMESI’m currently studying MAPK signaling thresholds using mass spectrometry proteomic and phosphoproteomic approaches in Dr. Natalie Ahn’s lab. I developed my interest in cancer research, cell
Asher Ferreira spent this past summer in the Summer Undergraduate Research Program (HHMI SURP) at MIT. Outside of working on a double major (Biochemistry with the recent addition of Chemistry), Asher is Vice President of the
A Well-rounded Biochemist with an Interest in Classics and International Experiences: Damian SonsinoDamian Sonsino has embraced his full experience at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ as an undergraduate and now an alumnus, selecting Biochemistry as his primary major, while adding a second major in Classics and a minor in Hebrew and Israel Studies. And... he did all of
Mila Stanojevic was on a path to ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ as a ranked member in the German top 150 tennis players and a high school graduate of the highly regarded Löwenrot Gymnasium in Heidelberg, Germany. The strength of academic programs
Leading as an Inclusive ResearcherAdvancing diversity, equity, and inclusion of historically excluded students in STEM has been a large part of my identity and effort throughout my graduate school journey. As a Chicana, I
Clair Huffine is a 2025 PhD candidate in the Cameron Laboratory. She recently won the 2023 Biophysics Supergroup Outstanding Research Presentation Award; is a 2023 P.E.O. SCHOLARS Award applicant; and in 2022 was an NIH/CU Molecular
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation awards $3.9 million to exceptional early-career scientistsNicole Marie Hoitsma, PhD [HHMI Fellow], with her sponsor Karolin Luger, PhD, at University of Colorado, Boulder, has been named one of 13 new Damon
Emily Kibby is a 2025 PhD candidate in Biochemistry in the Aaron Whiteley Research Group. She became an NIH Signaling and Cellular Regulation Trainee in 2020 and in 2021 received a Graduate Teaching Award.A BLOOMING SCIENTIST It