Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program at UC Davis

Ivan Olaya graduated with a BS in Genetics and Genomics from UC Davis on June 2017. He currently works in the Burgess lab, which studies homologous chromosome pairing and segregation during meiosis using yeast and zebrafish. Ivan is investigating whether homologous chromosomes in zebrafish can still pair without formation of the synaptonemal complex.

Tianna Grant obtained a BS in Biology with Honors from St. Francis College in May 2017. She is currently with the LaSalle Lab studying the role of gut microbiota in brain development using mouse models of Rett Syndrome. Tianna also has previous experience in cancer and biological defense research. With PREP@UCD she plans to integrate technology and science using animated models of her research, and will use these methods to communicate science throughout her career.

Lynda Flores-Graham received a BS in Biochemistry from California State University, Sacramento, in May 2017. As a PREP@UCD scholar, she has worked in Dr. Elva Diaz’s lab at the Department of Pharmacology and in Dr. Philipp Zerbe’s lab in Plant Biology. Lynda is interested in both molecular and cell biology, and organic chemistry.