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Greg received his bachelor's degree in Microbiology from Brigham Young University where he developed a new class of influenza inhibitors. He completed his PhD degree at UCSF in Martin Kampmann's Lab. In the Kampmann lab, he studied how the V337M tau mutation perturbs differentiating iPSC-derived neurons. Greg works with the Clelland Lab at the Memory and Aging Center to develop new methods for screening nanoparticle delivery of gene editing therapies.
Liya Rabkina is a licensed and board-certified genetic counselor at the Memory and Aging Center. She graduated from Northwestern University's master’s program in genetic counseling in 2020 and became board-certified later that same year. In 2024, Liya finished a research fellowship through a collaboration between Northwestern University and the University of Pennsylvania, while also earning a master's certificate focused on advancing research training for genetic counselors. She has experience in oncology and preimplantation genetic testing (infertility genetics).
Bianca joined the Seeley Lab at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center in July 2024 as a laboratory assistant and helps the Neurodegenerative Disease Brain Bank in the preparation and packing of fixed tissue slides along with other tasks. Bianca received her B.S.
Albert is a data engineer working on the Brain Aging Network for Cognitive Health study building reproducible data pipelines. He graduated with a BA degree in Computer Science from UC Berkeley in 2017.
Dr. Margo Heston is a postdoctoral scholar and an NIH F99/K00 fellow funded through the NIH Blueprint and BRAIN Initiative Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience (D-SPAN) program.
San-Hae is a postdoctoral researcher at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center under the mentorship of Dr. Claire Clelland. His research focuses on developing delivery systems for CRISPR-based therapies to treat neurodegenerative diseases.
Kamryn is an Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator in the Community Outreach Program at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center and works with Dr. Charles Windon.
Kamryn graduated from Howard University in May 2024 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. At Howard, she worked as an emergency medicine medical scribe. Following her time at the MAC, Kamryn plans to pursue medical school and a master’s degree in public health.
In her free time, she enjoys working out and crocheting.
Laura is a Colombian multidisciplinary teaching artist, singer, dancer, and internationalist with a master's degree in human rights. She is the Project Manager & Music-Centered Workshop Senior Leader at Musicians For Human Rights in Greece and is a member of the UCSF Memory and Aging Center Community Outreach Program.
