People

Julia Chu received her Bachelor degree in Molecular & Cell Biology (emphasis in Biochemistry) from UC Berkeley in 1999. She has worked in UC Berkeley with Prof. Song Li focusing in cell and tissue bioengineering and Prof. Jacob Corn in lab management, before joining the Paredes Lab as Research Associate in July, 2018. Her duties include lab management, oversee safety in lab, and participate in several brain development research projects.

Jae Yeon Kim received her PhD degree in Brain & Cognitive Sciences from DGIST in the South Korea in 2020, working with Dr. Cheil Moon on mouse olfactory bulb interneuron development. She studied the molecular machinery that distinguishes the anatomical or functional specification of interneuron by their birth time. Jae Yeon joined the Paredes Lab as a Post doctor researcher in April 2020, doing characterization of late-migrating interneurons in human and piglet brain.

Oier Pastor-Alonso got a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of the Basque Country in 2020. Using mouse models, he studied the developmental formation and establishment of adult hippocampal neural stem cells and the mechanisms guiding their response in the context of medial temporal lobe epilepsy. He joined the lab in 2021 to explore the prenatal and postnatal development of neural stem and progenitor cells in the human hippocampus. His current interests move towards the study of the human infant and adult hippocampus and plasticity changes after seizures.

Laura Wise was born and raised in San Francisco. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Education from San Francisco State University. Laura always had a passion for promoting health education in underserved communities and serving as an advocate for access to better healthcare and medical treatment resources for people of color. She has also had a passion in supporting troubled youth in navigating mental and physical health challenges.