Lauren S.

Hi students! My name is Lauren and I have a Ph.D. in Molecular Microbiology and a B.S. in Animal Sciences with a background in chemistry. I completed a postdoctoral fellowship at UC Irvine studying the cell biology of Chlamydia trachomatis. My research relied on core molecular biology techniques including PCR, RNA sequencing, gene expression analysis, and mutagenesis, giving me deep, hands-on knowledge of biology, microbiology, molecular biology, and genetics from the undergraduate through gr…