MCDB Spotlights

A cross-disciplinary foundation in biological science, while allowing students the flexibility to choose their own path of inquiry.
Surenna Pecchia is a 5th year Ph.D. student in Max Wilson’s lab at UC Santa Barbara. She is from Chelmsford, Massachusetts and received her B.S. in Biology from UMass Lowell.
Studies the role of septins in collective border cell migration in the Drosophila ovary.
The Goard lab is focused on understanding the neural circuits that allow us to perceive, remember, and navigate through our spatial environment.