3rd Year Genetics Graduate Student Maryam graduated in 2019 with a Bachelor’s in Biology from SBU, specializing in developmental genetics and joined the Biochemistry and Cellular Biology Master’s Program in Fall 2019. From there, she transitioned into the PhD Program in Genetics in Fall 2020. During her master’s training, Maryam worked in David Matus’s Read More…

3rd Year Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Graduate Program Student Shao received his bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from Ocean University of China in 2018. As a sophomore, he participated in the research of Pharmaceutical Synthesis Laboratory and Laboratory of Molecular Biology, focusing on the synthesis of diosgenin and designed the trigger aiming at the zebrafish HMG20B Read More…

Hello Everyone! I am Erika Deppenschmidt, but you can call me Erika Depp since my last name is awfully long and sometimes I cannot remember it all either. I am a second year Ph.D. student in the Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology program at Stony Brook University School of Medicine. I recently joined the Colognato lab Read More…

4th Year Medical Student (MD/PhD) Andrea earned a B.A. in Biology with a specialization in Neurobiology from Boston University before matriculating into Stony Brook University School of Medicine’s Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP). For her dissertation, she investigated the role of the protein dystrophin in oligodendrocyte development and successfully defended her thesis in March 2023. Read More…

3rd Year Neuroscience Graduate Student Mo received a biomedical engineering degree from Stony Brook University in 2011. His sophomore year he worked as a research associate at Center for Biotechnology where his project focused on understanding the function of the Cby1 gene. Mo’s engineering background afforded him the opportunity to secure a position upon graduation Read More…