Sara Torres Robles
San Diego State University
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
ABOUT ME |
Sara Torres Robles was appointed as a MARC scholar in June 2017. Her major is biochemistry with a minor in Chinese. She is currently conducting research in the Structural Biochemistry Laboratory of Dr. Tom Huxford. Her current research project involves studying the protein:protein interactions of UNC45 and Hsp83, which may have importance in the assembly of myosin thick filaments, and therefore, muscle function. She also participated in the 2015 Kyoto University Amgen Scholars Program, where she spent the summer in Kyoto, Japan studying the effects of macromolecular crowding on the nucleocytoplasmic transport of proteins. In the future, Sara aims to earn a Ph.D. in structural biology, studying how life works at the molecular level. After her Ph.D., she wants to become a research professor, focusing on scientific problems in women’s health and neglected tropical diseases.
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