Spotlights

A cross-disciplinary foundation in biological science, while allowing students the flexibility to choose their own path of inquiry.

We use light-switchable molecules to control and engineer natural cell behaviors.

Studies the role of septins in collective border cell migration in the Drosophila ovary.

Although the Graduate Division ceremony has been canceled, we look forward to celebrating in person with these accomplished scientists in the future. Congratulations and best wishes to all.

Dissecting how macrophages count and measure to design new cancer therapies.

We are interested in a simple question: how does a cell build a peroxisome? I use genetic and microscopy tools to answer questions about protein quality control mechanisms within the cell.

Annalise is a Ph.D. student at UC Santa Barbara in the Morrissey Lab. She was awarded the Karl Storz Imaging fellowship in her second year, and her research was recently featured on the NIH Director’s Blog.

The Goard lab is focused on understanding the neural circuits that allow us to perceive, remember, and navigate through our spatial environment.

How do neural circuits control the complex motor sequences that constitute fly grooming behavior?

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.