Boz Life Science Research and Teaching Institute

Happy #StudentSpotlight Friday! This week, we are thrilled to introduce Alonzo Houston, a recent graduate of UC San Diego who has been at the Boz Institute for almost two years. Alonzo is a key contributor to the deep-sea fish "omics" project, and was the first undergraduate transfer student selected for the DIVERsity SCUBA diving program. UC San Diego Extended Studies #STEM #SCUBA #Science #Research #Biology #DeepSeaFish #MarineBiology #Diver

We are proud to feature Karen Najera for this weeks #StudentSpotlight! Karen is a recent graduate of UC San Diego and joined the Boz Institute through the academic internship program. Outside of the lab, Karen established a volunteering program at her hometown hospital which brought connection and community to patients during the recovery process. UC San Diego Extended Studies #WomenInSTEM #Biology #Research #Microbiology #Bioinformatics #Science

Todays #StudentSpotlight features Lawrence Kupfer, a junior at UC San Diego who joined Boz Institute through the academic internship program! Lawrence works with the fruit-fly microbiome and neurobiology team to investigate sex-specific temporal shifts in gene activity. UC San Diego Extended Studies #STEM #Biology #Drosophila #Neurobiology #Microbiology #AIP #Gene

Introducing this weeks spotlighted student: Simran Swaitch! Sim is a recent addition to the lab, and is a third-year UC San Diego student majoring in neurobiology. She is involved in the study of fruit fly brain transcriptomes to better understand temporal shifts in gene activity. #WomeninSTEM #StudentSpotlight #Neurobiology #Gene #FruitFly #Drosophila #Brains #Research #Science UC San Diego Extended Studies

We're back at it again with another #StudentSpotlight! This week the spotlight is on Meghana Mazumdar, a fourth-year general biology major from UC San Diego. Meghana is a recent addition to the team, and is contributing to our studies involving deep-sea fish. #WomenInSTEM #Biology #UCSD #Research #DeepSea #Fish UC San Diego Extended Studies

Happy #StudentSpotlight Friday! The Boz Institute is excited to introduce Kenneth Newton, a human biology and physics double major from UC San Diego and a recent addition to the Boz team. Kenneth is working with the Tijuana River Estuary team to investigate the effects of both pathogens and chemical pollutants on human and ecosystem health. UC San Diego Extended Studies #Biology #Research #EnvironmentalHealth

This week we are thrilled to feature Niha Malhotra for our #StudentSpotlight. Niha is a fourth year data science major UC San Diego. She is a core member of the data analysis team at the Boz Institute, and has been with the lab for over two years! Niha also acts as a teaching assistant in the pre-college and undergraduate course offerings at the institute. UC San Diego Extended Studies #Research #DataScience #Biology #Phylogenetics #Microbiome #WomenInSTEM #UCSD

For this weeks #StudentSpotlight, we are happy to introduce Benjamin Deviney, a third year at UC San Diego who recently joined the lab as a part of UCSD's Academic Internship Program (AIP)! AIP is a wonderful way for students to engage with the research being done at the Boz Institute, and we are lucky to have students such as Ben participating in designing experiments, analyzing data, bench work, and more.  UC San Diego Extended Studies #STEM #UCSDStudent #Neurobiology #Bioinformatics #Drosophila #AIP

We're back with another #StudentSpotlight! We are excited to feature Jenna Jedlicki, a third year at UC San Diego who has been an active member of the Boz Institute team for over a year. At Boz, Jenna is studying the effects of environmental pollutants on the brains of male and female fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster). UC San Diego Extended Studies #Neurobiology #Research #Microbiology #FruitFly #Drosophila #WomeninSTEM #Boz #UCSD

We are proud to feature one of our student interns: Laylena Zipkin! Laylena is a senior at UC San Diego and has worked at the Boz Institute for over a year. She is a key member of the Deep-Sea Fish “Omics” project at Boz, and has become an experienced bench scientist. As an avid diver, she hopes to build a career in marine conservation. UC San Diego Extended Studies #WomenInSTEM #Biology #Science #Research #StudentSpotlight #Boz #UCSD