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Brandon graduated from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs with a B.S. in Biology. During his time at UCCS, he was an Undergraduate Research Assistant in the Olesnicky Lab, where he worked with Drosophila to study the role of the RNA binding protein, Caper, in the developing brain. Following his studies at UCCS, he worked as a Professional Research Assistant at the University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus in the Dempsey Lab and Organoid and Tissue Modeling Shared Resource (OTMSR). In the Dempsey Lab and OTMSR, Brandon aided in research focused on the intestinal stem cell niche, and via the OTMSR, provided resources and expertise to support the use of novel 3D culture models. Brandon is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology. He is interested in studying the subcellular organization and trafficking of EGFR. In his free time, he enjoys playing board games, disc golf, and spending time with his two cats, Kylo and Rey.