Outreach Events
William H. Ray Science Education Event!
Teaching at the Bret Harte school!
The 1st Genehackers Jamboree Research Symposium
Sonia presenting her research
Fundraising for hypothyroidism
Social Events
Social at the Point
Boba Study Break
2022 Spring Speaker Series
Klevin Lo
April 18th 2022
Klevin Lo is an associate at Milky Way Investments, where he focuses on biotechnology and life sciences investing. He is also helping with the incubation and operation of Altos Labs, a biotechnology company focused on youthful rejuvenation and restoring cellular health. Previously, he was an investment banking associate in the Healthcare Group at William Blair & Company and an Investment Banking Analyst in the Technology Group at KeyBanc Capital Markets (formerly known as Pacific Crest Securities).
Klevin received his B.S. in Biological Chemistry and Biology with Research Honors from the University of Chicago, where he worked under Professors Norbert Scherer and Aaron Dinner to elucidate the quantitative laws governing the growth and division of single cells.
Dr. Ed Boyden
April 25th 2022
Dr. Ed Boyden is the Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology at the McGovern Institute and professor of the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Media Arts, and Sciences, and Biological Engineering at MIT. He is the principal investigator of the Synthetic Neurobiology Group, and his main research interest lies in developing tools for mapping and controlling brain computations.
His work aims to systematically reveal the fundamental mechanisms of neural functions and to develop therapeutic strategies for neurological and psychiatric disorders through ground-breaking technologies including expansion microscopy.
Dr. Andrew Fire
April 26th 2022
Dr. Andrew Fire is the George D. Smith professor of Molecular and Genetic Medicine and professor of Pathology and of Genetics at Stanford University. He is most known for his work in RNA interference (“RNAi”), which he received the nobel prize in physiology for. His main research interests lies in the molecular un- derstanding how the cell can distinguish between “self” and “nonself” and “wanted” and “unwanted” gene expression, mainly through the RNAi machinery. Substantial current effort at his lab is also directed at identification of other triggers and mechanisms used in recognition and response to foreign information.