Misba Majood

Awards and Honors

2024-2025  Secretary (elected), Johns Hopkins Post Doctoral Association

2022 – 1st prize in poster presentation at WOST 2022 conference, IIT-Jodhpur

Research Interests

I am deeply fascinated by organoids because they bring together biology and engineering in a remarkable way. I really enjoy working with these complex structures because they give me the opportunity to study the detailed processes of how cells are organized and function in a very controlled setting. Furthermore, I also study transporters and solute carriers, which are important for maintaining balance within cells and exchanging nutrients in these organoid systems. This field of research not only helps us learn more about human biology but also creates new opportunities for finding new treatments.

Sepehr Mani

Undergraduate Institution

B.S. Animal Biology, University of Tehran

M.S. Biotechnology, Northeastern University

Research Interests

Neurobiology, Ion Channels

 

Lauryn Torres-Hernandez

Undergraduate Institution

B.S. General Biology, Montana State University-Billings

Awards and Honors

2024-2026 IBBS Director’s Fellowship

Research Interests

The molecular mechanisms of a transcription factor that may act as a master regulator of cell identity in the distal convoluted tubule of the kidney.

Publications

Julie Asbury

B.A. Biology, Notre Dame of Maryland University

Research Interests

Understanding the pathology of neurodegenerative diseases.