News from the Samelson Lab


Thoughts on the UCLA Grant Freeze

Avi Samelson
01 August 2025


Shraddha joins the lab!

Avi Samelson
16 July 2025

We welcome Shraddha as the first postdoc in the lab and have a really fun lab hike with the Zipursky and De Robertis labs.
Everyone at the end of the lab hike. Bonus points if you can name the special gues


Manasi joins the lab and Kat starts her five week rotation!

Avi Samelson
16 June 2025

We welcome Manasi Movva as the first graduate student in the lab and Kat Varsamis for a five week rotation.
Avi, Manasi, Shraddha, Kat, Sandy at lunch to welcome Manasi who officially joinged the lab


Thank you BSCRC for an Innovation Award!

Avi Samelson
31 May 2025

We thank the UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center for an Innovation Award. We are excited to work on engineering next generation CRISPR systems to study protein aggregation with our collaborator Lindsay DeBiase.

The BSCRC Logo Lindsay DeBiase Picture


Victoria starts her rotatation!

Avi Samelson
24 April 2025

Welcome Victoria!