It's been an amazing journey at UO and the Plesa lab! Looking forward to my next steps as a PhD scientist.

Calin Plesa@calin.bsky.social · last yr.

Amazing PhD defense by Dr. Natanya Villegas! She pioneered CRISPR-Cas9 and RNA work in our lab and drove multiple tech-dev projects. She is looking for opportunities in the PNW so reach out -> @trienetoscience.bsky.social

Join us today, May 27, for @trienetoscience.bsky.social's PhD thesis defense. Natanya is a graduate student in @calin.bsky.social's lab, where her research has focused on innovations in programmable nucleic acid libraries and CRISPR enrichment for molecular biology applications. 🧬

New preprint! We carried out the largest complementation and inhibition study for diverse homologs in a single protein family (DHFR) to date. Highlights thread follows... 1/n 🧵

bioRxivpreprint@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 2y ago

Exploring Antibiotic Resistance in Diverse Homologs of the Dihydrofolate Reductase Protein Family through Broad Mutational Scanning https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.23.634126v1