Tiffany Kuo

Biographical Sketch:

Tiffany grew up in Taiwan and graduated from the University of California, San Diego in 2020 with a B.S. in Biochemistry and Cell Biology and a minor in Cognitive Science. At UCSD, she worked with Dr. Sonya Neal on studying the cellular response to the accumulation of misfolded membrane proteins in S. cerevisiae. She started her PhD at Northwestern University's Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program in 2021 and joined Dr. Vadim Backman's lab to investigate the interplay between chromatin conformation, genome connectivity, and transcription in a gene-specific manner. Outside of the lab, she enjoys reading, traveling, and binge-watching reality TV shows.