UNC PREP 15

Scholar Bios 

Yelisbeth Santa Villafane

Research Interest: Synthesizing novel molecules that reduce perinucleolar compartment (PNC) prevalence in metastatic cancer cell lines,

exploring synthetic routes to a new class of oxazole molecules with the goal of identifying next-generation preclinical leads

for metastatic cancer treatment.

Ashley Merriweather

Research Interest: Discovery and Synthesis of Novel MAGE-A4 Inhibitors as Selective Cancer Therapy

Using a Focused DNA-Encoded Library Screen

Zoey Joshlin

Research Interest: Investigating the impact of a double-hit developmental exposure to alcohol on

behavior and neurochemical outcomes in adulthood

Damien Guilbaud

Research Interest: Deep Learning for Automated Detection of Extrachromosomal DNA

Brandon Villanueva Sanchez

Research Interest:  Genetic engineering and pharmaceutics to advance an emerging class of therapeutics, Live Biotherapeutic Products

Research Interest: Investigating mechanisms of phase-separation-driven chromatin
formation in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Autumn Coleman

Research Interest: Exploring evolutionary species tropism of rodent-borne and no-known-vector flaviviruses in
relation to mammalian host receptor transporter protein 4 (RTP4) using a multistep growth
curve approach

 Raquel Gaither

Research interest: Defining the organelle interactome throughout skeletal muscle maturation

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