#  Katie Dong 

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   ![Katie Dong](/sites/g/files/omnuum5476/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/2025-07/katie_dong.jpg?itok=cNiaDPXT) 

 



 





 

**For me, home is:** Novi, MI

**Prior degree(s):** B.S. in Biology (Neurobiology track) & CS minor, Stanford

**Research experience before PiN:** I studied development of the *Drosophila* olfactory circuit in the Liqun Luo lab at Stanford. Specifically, I studied the roles of endocytic Rab GTPases, which facilitate membrane trafficking in the endolysosomal pathway, in neuronal morphogenesis and circuit assembly.

**Current research interests:** cell & molecular neurobiology generally

**Interests outside lab:** crochet, baking, drawing, graphics



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Entry year
    
     [2025-2026](/entry-year/2025-2026)
- ## People
    
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