| Marianna Tcherpakov |
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Events Co-chair Marianna graduated with a B.S. from Tel-Aviv University , Israel and got her PhD from Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel in 2004. She also holds MSc in Science Management from Polytechnic University of New York. Marianna joined Prof. Z.Ronai laboratory (Sanford-Burnham Institute) as a post doc fellow in 2004 working on Ubiquitin-Proteasome System. Currently, Marianna is working for local biotech company developing new assays and life science tools for epigenetic research. In her free time she enjoys reading, arts and traveling. She was a member of AWIS since 2009 and part of the WIST 2011 speaker committee. To contact this events committee co-chair please click This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to email. |
Grace Nakayama
Member-at-large and 2013 WIST co-chair
Grace Nakayama, Ph.D. has over 12 years R&D experience in the life sciences industry. Currently, she is managing two oncology programs in clinical development stages as a Program Manager at Biogen Idec. Previously, she led and contributed to early stage drug discovery projects as a Senior Principal Scientist at Pfizer La Jolla.
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Corine Lau
Treasurer
Corine Lau received her B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Washington, Seattle, and her Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
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Newsletter Co-Chair

Nurith grew up in Germany and, after a semester-long stint in California during her junior year of high school, moved to the US permanently at 20 years of age. She received her B.S. in Biological Sciences from Stanford University, with a minor in Cultural and Social Anthropology. She then completed her Ph.D. in Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego, with a dissertation on modeling cognitive deficits with relevance to schizophrenia in rodents.
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