University of Kansas
Marion Berzansky (Undergrad Spring 2025-2026)
- Project: Comparative Genomics of Olfactory Receptors in Tibetan Dog Breeds
- Received KU Departmental Honors; Presented posters at 2 conferences
- CURRENTLY: PhD in Biomedical Sciences program at the University of Missouri
- Project: Evolution of Olfactory and Ionotropic Receptors in Drosophila Across Altitudinal Gradients
- Received the KU Undergraduate Research Award (UGRA) Spring 2025; Presented posters at 3 conferences
- CURRENTLY: Applying to medical schools
- Project: Alteration of the Hypoxia-Inducible Factor Pathway in Lungless Salamanders
- Presented poster at 1 conference; winner of "Best Poster Award" at 28th Annual KU Undergrad Research Symposium
- CURRENTLY: Postbac Program in Kansas City ; Georgetown (deferred - Biomedical Masters Program)
University of Utah
Marisol Bustos
- Genomic Summer Research Program for Minorities (GSRM) Intern - Summer 2021
- Project: Investigation of Paraoxonase 1 (PON1) pseudogenization and transcriptional activity in Pinniped lineages
- Presented poster at 2 conferences; Coauthor on 1 publication (Published at Molecular Biology and Evolution)
- CURRENTLY: Pfizer R&D (Pfizer Rotational R&D Fellow)
Tacy Christensen
- Genomic Summer Research Program for Minorities (GSRM) Intern - Summer 2022
- Project: Characterizing HIF-pathway alteration and molecular response to hypoxia across extant basal metazoans (Ctenophora, Porifera)
- Presented poster at 2 conferences (including NIH NIGMS); Coauthor on 1 publication (In preparation)
- CURRENTLY: Andology Laboratory Phlebotomist
