Ozzy (he/him) received his B.S. in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology and a minor in Bioinformatics from UC Santa Cruz. It was there that he developed a passion for RNA and nematode biology while studying the mechanisms of pre-mRNA splice site selection in Al Zahler’s lab. Currently, he is interested in how the essential microRNA […]
Megan (she/they) received her B.S. in Quantitative Biology at UNC-Chapel Hill where she fell in love with histones and fruit flies working in the lab of Bob Duronio. She’s thrilled to keep asking questions about chromatin and gene regulation during development with a new (equally beautiful…) model system for her PhD. Outside of science, Megan […]
Mica (she/her) is a fourth-year undergraduate majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology and minoring in Computer Science and Entrepreneurship and Management. Since joining the Cochella lab in the March 2023, she has grown incredibly fond of the C. elegans roundworm as a model system. Outside of lab, Mica is a volunteer EMT and sings in […]
Lo-Yu is a PhD student in the Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology (BCMB) program. Having graduated from National Taiwan University in Taiwan with double majors in medicine and geoscience, and possessing diverse interests ranging from evolutionary biology to clinical medicine, he was attracted by the awesomeness of the Cochella lab. His research path took an […]
Yash (he/him) received his M.S. in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University, he is currently working on helicases involved in spliceosome regulation. Outside of his budding interest in molecular biology, Yash spends most of his time planning his next trip and deciding what he’d like to eat daily. He is a big board game enthusiast who […]
Ariane (she/her) did her MSc in Developmental Biology and Genetics at the University of Vienna in Austria. Fascinated by the role of miRNAs in the regulation of gene expression, she joined Luisa Cochella’s lab at the IMP in Vienna before moving to charming Baltimore. When not in lab, Ariane likes to cuddle with Chris the […]
Originally from Baltimore, Eric did his undergrad at UChicago before starting an MD-PhD at Hopkins. He joined the Human Genetics program and the Cochella Lab for his PhD to discover more about human genetic diseases using C. elegans. Eric likes roller derby, climbing, going to O’s games, and explaining the rules of cricket to anyone […]
Luisa (she/her) grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She obtained her Licenciatura (B.S.-Masters equivalent) in Biology from the Universidad de Buenos Aires and her PhD from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, where she conducted her thesis work in the lab of Dr. Rachel Green. For her postdoc, Luisa moved from using in vitro reconstituted translation […]
