Justin Wang, PhD
Doctoral Thesis: Seryl-tRNA Synthetase in Translation and Cancer Inhibition.
Research Focus: Wang researched proteins involved in translation to understand their fundamental biological roles in protein synthesis and applications to cancer therapy.
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Noteworthy Publications: Seryl-tRNA synthetase promotes translational readthrough by mRNA binding and involvement of the selenocysteine incorporation machinery, Nucleic Acids Research (2023)
Honors and Awards: The Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2024)
Looking Back: "Looking back, I most appreciate the space to grow and discover what I am passionate about, which I wouldn't have without the support of my advisor Dr. Xiang-Lei Yang, the program staff, and my fellow graduate students."
Next Steps: "I'm interested in pursuing science policy, especially in higher education and academic research."
Join us at 10 a.m. PDT on Friday, May 17, 2024 for our Commencement Ceremony Livestream! Wang wil be introduced by his advisor, Prof. Xiang-Lei Yang, who will deliver a few words about his graduate experience. Viewers will also learn about our many other 2024 graduates, who are now setting out to build careers that will profoundly impact the future of biomedical research.
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Yang lab graduate students (l to r) Justin Wang, Ingrid Vallee, and Julia Jones |
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Justin Wang and other members of the Yang lab, posing for their recreational running group |
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