1. How did you get into the field?
Both my mom and grandma have Type 2 diabetes, a very common disease in the black community. In graduate school, I sought out a lab that studied diabetes….
1. How did you get into the field?
My graduate training in x-ray crystallography was done here at UCI. I determined structures of membrane proteins and light-activated transcription factors. I used this early success to pivot…
1. How did you get into the field?
It honestly just kinda happened. My first research experience as an undergrad was with my genetics professor, a Black woman who studied dopamine in C. Elegans. When I…
UC Irvine has joined the Center for First-generation Student Success, an initiative of NASPA–Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and The Suder Foundation, as a member of the 2021-22 First-gen Forward cohort. As a First-gen…
UC Irvine became the second University of California campus to receive a prestigious STEMM Equity Achievement (SEA) Change Bronze Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The AAAS honor recognizes the…