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Catlyn Wetzel

As an ISCRM REU intern, Catlyn Wetzel will employ CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technologies to develop a promoterless gene trap cell line. Dr. Bengtsson’s lab is working on gene therapies for […] Read More

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Chrystal Guzman

 My doctoral research investigates how a small RNA molecule, microRNA-192, guides human stem cells toward a pancreatic beta cell fate. Using a CRISPR-Cas9-engineered, inducible miRNA system, I aim to improve […] Read More

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Theresa Chen

With support from the ISCRM Fellowship, Theresa is developing two complementary high-throughput single-cell techniques to investigate disease-associated enhancers in retinal organoids. Enhancers—noncoding DNA elements that regulate gene expression—have been linked to […] Read More

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Brenda Garibay

With an ISCRM fellowship award, Brenda Garibay investigates whether HP1BP3, an H1-like histone protein, is essential for epigenetic memory in heterochromatin. Using human iPSCs, she aims to uncover how HP1BP3 […] Read More

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Willow Chernoske

With ISCRM fellowship funding, Willow Chernoske will develop and conduct a proof of concept for a CRISPR-Cas12a biotinylation system designed by the Escobar Lab to determine the epigenetic mechanisms that […] Read More