I am a senior at the University of Arizona majoring in microbiology with a minor in biochemistry. For the past year or so, I have been with Dr. Lisa Nagy’s developmental biology lab working to use CRISPR to modify a flour beetle so that florescent imaging of it’s development can be made to better understand the mechanisms of segmentation. I have also recently completed a summer research program at The Parasitology Institute in Ceske Budjovice, Czech Republic. There I studied tick borne diseases such as Lyme Disease and Relapsing Fever. I love to travel, as such, I hope to continue my studies there at the University of Southern Bohemia when I graduate!


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originally aired Oct 30, 2018. Hi! My name is Zach Westman; I’m a senior in Chemical Engineering at the University of Arizona. I’m currently...
I am currently in my second year studying Animal Sciences at the U of A. I was born and lived in Globe, Arizona before...