Congratulations to Amy!
January, 2023
Congratulations to Amy for becoming a UCLA McNair Research Scholar. Good luck as you start your independent research project in the lab!
Andréa passes her Advancement to Candidacy Exam!
November, 2022
Congratulations to Andréa on passing her qualifying exams and officially becoming a Ph.D. candidate! We are very proud and look forward to seeing all she will accomplish in the coming years.
Introducing Dr. Anthony Jones!
November, 2022
Congratulations to Anthony on successfully defending his thesis last Friday, October 28th! His thesis was titled “Determining the role of CoA in alternative macrophage activation.” Anthony will continue to work in the lab as a Postdoctoral Researcher as he prepares for his next adventure of Med School.
Welcome Marisa, our newest lab member!
August, 2022
This summer we welcomed Marisa to the lab! She is a student in the department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology here at UCLA!
Award Update!
January, 2022
Congratulations to Ajit for receiving one of two UCLA DGSOM Junior Faculty Awards from the W. M. Keck Foundation.
Congratulations to Anthony, Nataly, Aracely, and Krista on their latest publications!
October, 2021
Sending big congrats to our lab members on their recent publications! Anthony, Nataly and Aracely are all authors of “A Single LC-MS/MS Analysis to Quantify CoA Biosynthetic Intermediates and Short-Chain Acyl CoAs” published in Metabolites. Krista and Mary (UCLA Pharmacology rotation student) authored “Measuring CPT-1-mediated respiration in permeabilized cells and isolated mitochondria” published in STAR Protocols.
Krista is Leaving for Medical School!
July, 2021
Though we are very sad to see her go, we are happy to announce that Krista, lab manager extraordinaire and overall great human being, will be starting medical school at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. Best of luck, Krista!
Anthony Continues to Rake it Up!
July, 2021
Congratulations to Anthony for earning a Dissertation Year Fellowship and Summer Mentored Research Fellowship. Well done!
Nataly and Andréa Join the Lab!
June, 2021
We’re growing! We are thrilled to welcome two new graduate students to our group — both are members of the Pharmacology home Area of UCLA’s Graduate Program in Biosciences.
Angel and Amber Graduate from UCLA!
June, 2021
We are thrilled to announce that Angel and Amber are graduating from UCLA as a part of the class of 2021! Both have earned a B.S. in Biology and will continue to work in the lab over the summer.