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Iva Chitrakar
Postdoctoral Scientist, Biochemistry
Iva graduated from Saint Cloud State University with a B.S. in Biotechnology and from Stony Brook University with a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Structural Biology. In the Brown lab, Iva is investigating how protein interactions underlie mitochondrial DNA maintenance and heme synthesis feedback regulation. #MRB3