Haina Huang, Ph.D.
Doctoral Thesis: Dissecting the roles of ribosome assembly factors in chaperoning rRNA folding, mediating quality control, and facilitating a temporal hierarchy in the assembly process
Description of Research Focus: Huang’s research dissected the roles of assembly factors during ribosome biogenesis using biochemical, genetic and structural tools.
Undergraduate Institution: Peking University
Noteworthy Publications: Assembly factors chaperone ribosomal RNA folding by isolating helical junctions that are prone to misfolding, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) of the United States of America (2021); Quality control of 40S ribosome head assembly ensures scanning competence, Journal of Cell Biology (2020)
Honors & Awards: Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W. Farris Foundation Graduate Student Fellowship (2020); Best Poster Award, Scripps Research, Research Fest (2019)
Looking Back: "The best part of my experience at Scripps was working in a diverse, warm, and supportive community. Surrounded by intelligent and selfless people here, I am grateful for all the help, advice, and encouragement that made me a better person."
Next Steps: "I am currently a scientist at Arrakis Therapeutics and endeavor to decipher RNA's structure-function relationship using various technologies."
Be sure to join us at 10 a.m. PDT on Friday, May 20 for our Commencement Ceremony Livestream! Huang's advisor and mentor, Prof. Katrin Karbstein, will deliver a few words about her graduate experience, and viewers can learn about our 47 other 2022 graduates, who are now setting out to build careers that will profoundly impact the future of biomedical research.
