Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program at UC Davis

Johnny Vertiz graduated from California State University, Northridge in May 2022 with a BS in Cellular and Molecular Biology. He conducted research at CSUN as a Build PODER scholar in the lab of Ray Hong, where he studied host finding behaviors in nematodes at the molecular and genetic level. Specifically, he studied how neuronal inhibition impacted a nematodes chemo-sensation. As a PREP scholar, he will work with Crystal Rogers to study how environmental factors can impact embryonic development.