Mariana did a terrific job defending her dissertation

Evolutionary origins, regulation, and function of carotenoid biosynthesis in the marine heterotrophic eukaryote, Aurantiochytrium limacinum

this January*, and has cool papers coming out soon.

I’m happy to have her staying as a postdoc in the lab for a few months, and then am eager to see where she lands next. Way to go, Mariana!

*I’m much less late with this one than with Kylie’s. But still some catching up to do!