Rebekah Rashford
President, Editor | rashford@princeton.edu
Rebekah is a fifth-year PhD candidate at Princeton Neuroscience Institute, where she works with Catherine Peña investigating the effects that early life stress has on genetic control mechanisms during brain development. Before Princeton, Rebekah studied Biology and Creative Writing at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County where she investigated the dynamics of ribosome biogenesis. Other than science, Rebekah enjoys museums, writing stories and screenplay's, and taking long walks.
Reviews:
A C. elegans model reveals mechanisms behind reproductive aging
Alteration of gene activity in response to early life stress
Siena Dumas Ang
Co-founder, Treasurer, Editor | siena@princeton.edu
Siena is a fourth-year PhD student in the Quantitative and Computational Biology program. Prior to coming to Princeton, she spent 4 years at Microsoft Research working on DNA Storage. She graduated from the University of Washington with a triple degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, and Dance. At Princeton, Siena has worked on differential methylation, improving GWAS results to identify disease-gene associations using tissue-specific networks, and regulatory predictions for social behavior in bees. In her free time, she enjoys taking dance classes and performing, visiting NY/Philly, and taking her dog on long walks in the Institute woods with her fiancé.
Jovian Cheung
Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond Podcast Lead | jovianc@princeton.edu
Jovian is a second-year PhD student at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, where she jointly works with Catherine Peña and Annegret Falkner. Previously she was an undergraduate at UCLA, where she worked with Scott Wilke in studying the role of the anterior cingulate cortex in effort-based decision making. Outside of science, she enjoys making music and illustrations, as well as taking photos of seasonal flora around town.
Insights Podcast Lead: Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond
Kimberly Sabsay
Publishing Director, Editor | ksabsay@princeton.edu
Kimberly (Kimmie) is a fourth-year Quantitative and Computational Biology (QCB) PhD student in the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics. She is co-advised by AJ te Velthuis and Ned Wingreen. Her research focuses on investigating the architecture and dynamics of RNA virus genomes and how ribonucleoprotein (RNP) structures modulate efficient replication in host cells. In her free time she enjoys running, gardening, reading, and laughing.
Reviews:
Socioeconomic status effects on human health have evolved with industrialization
Viability of planting more trees for mitigating climate change
Learning from our past: Using medical history to guide patient care
Abby Stanton
Internal Coordination Director, Editor | aes5@princeton.edu
Abby is a third-year PhD student in the Department of Molecular Biology with a passion for understanding how all the molecular machines inside of the cell work together to make life possible. As a member of the Hughson lab, she studies the proteins that drive membrane fusion, one of the key processes needed to shuttle cargo from place to place within the cell. Outside of the lab, she enjoys dabbling in music composition and making elaborate spreadsheets about her creative projects.
Reviews:
Bacteria in the human microbiome can inactivate the antidiabetic drug acarbose
New tricks to study the cell's trickiest proteins
Designing a molecular light switch
Ann Cirincione
Communications Director, Editor | anngc@princeton.edu
Ann is a fifth-year Quantitative and Computational Biology PhD student in the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics. She is co-advised by Mona Singh and Britt Adamson, investigating protein mutational impact and sequence-to-function relationships using both computational and functional characterization. Prior to Princeton, she studied Computational Biology and Bioinformatics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Outside of lab, Ann enjoys running, cooking, and obsessing over her cat Fig.
Senna Aldoubosh
Undergraduate Coordinator | sa4183@princeton.edu
Senna Aldoubosh is a second year undergraduate in the Molecular Biology department interested in pursuing medicine after Princeton. She is a member of the Posfai lab, an associate podcast editor at the Daily Princetonian working on the Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond podcast in collaboration with Insights, and a volunteer at PMC. Outside of school, Senna enjoys listening to music, making science jokes, and going on walks.
Addie Minerva
Co-founder, Editor | aminerva@princeton.edu
Addie is a fourth-year PhD student in the Princeton Neuroscience Institute. Prior to Princeton, she studied Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology at Emory University and conducted research in behavioral neuropharmacology. She then worked for two years at UCSF, examining how cortico-striatal projections regulate emotional and motivated behaviors that are disrupted in psychiatric disease. Outside the lab, Addie is a huge foodie, enjoys all things outdoors, and is constantly asking strangers if she can pet their dogs.
Reviews:
Newborn mice form memories of their mothers that last a lifetime
Crystal Lee
Co-founder, Editor | cl40@princeton.edu
Crystal is a fourth-year PhD student in Cognitive Psychology at Princeton University, where she works with Casey Lew-Williams and Adele Goldberg in the Princeton Baby Lab. She graduated from the University of Rochester, where she majored in Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Linguistics. Crystal previously worked at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, Netherlands. She enjoys coffee, reading, and listening to true crime podcasts. Check out her website here.
Reviews:
The development of visual-spatial biases in children
Sara Geraghty
Co-founder, Editor | scamilli@princeton.edu
Sara is a fourth-year PhD student in the Quantitative and Computational Biology program at Princeton. Previously, she studied Biology and Computer Science at the University of Richmond and conducted research on the genetics underlying sponge:algal symbiosis. At Princeton, she primarily studies cancer genomics and transcriptomics, and in her spare time enjoys hiking, kayaking and cooking.
Reviews:
dSPRINT: Machine learning for uncovering protein-ligand interaction sites