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CU BOULDER BIOCHEMISTRY: THE PLACE FOR MEI had developed a love of science through my advanced chemistry and physics courses at East High School in Denver. Even though I sat toward the back and was told I talked too much by the teachers in those
CU BOULDER: THE PLACE FOR MEFrom an early age, I was drawn to both biology and chemistry, and I became interested in how these disciplines intersect through biochemistry. I chose to pursue my undergraduate studies at the 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó
 MY DISSERTATION & THE POTENTIAL OUTCOMESI’m currently studying MAPK signaling thresholds using mass spectrometry proteomic and phosphoproteomic approaches in Dr. Natalie Ahn’s lab. I developed my interest in cancer research, cell
Asher Ferreira spent this past summer in the Summer Undergraduate 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó Program (HHMI SURP) at MIT. Outside of working on a double major (Biochemistry with the recent addition of Chemistry), Asher is Vice President of the
A Well-rounded Biochemist with an Interest in Classics and International Experiences: Damian SonsinoDamian Sonsino has embraced his full experience at CU 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó as an undergraduate and now an alumnus, selecting Biochemistry as his primary major, while adding a second major in Classics and a minor in Hebrew and Israel Studies. And... he did all of
Mila Stanojevic was on a path to CU 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó as a ranked member in the German top 150 tennis players and a high school graduate of the highly regarded Löwenrot Gymnasium in Heidelberg, Germany. The strength of academic programs
Leading as an Inclusive 91ÃÛÌÒ¸óerAdvancing diversity, equity, and inclusion of historically excluded students in STEM has been a large part of my identity and effort throughout my graduate school journey. As a Chicana, I
Clair Huffine is a 2025 PhD candidate in the Cameron Laboratory. She recently won the 2023 Biophysics Supergroup Outstanding 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó Presentation Award; is a 2023 P.E.O. SCHOLARS Award applicant; and in 2022 was an NIH/CU Molecular
Damon Runyon Cancer 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó Foundation awards $3.9 million to exceptional early-career scientistsNicole Marie Hoitsma, PhD [HHMI Fellow], with her sponsor Karolin Luger, PhD, at 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó, 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó, has been named one of 13 new Damon
Emily Kibby is a 2025 PhD candidate in Biochemistry in the Aaron Whiteley 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó Group. She became an NIH Signaling and Cellular Regulation Trainee in 2020 and in 2021 received a Graduate Teaching Award.A BLOOMING SCIENTIST It