#  Marissa Sumathipala 

 

 



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**Thesis advisor:** Susan Dymecki  
  
**Rotation labs:** Pascal Kaeser, Susan Dymecki, Manda Arbab  
  
**For me, home is:** Virginia

**Undergraduate degree(s):** Neuroscience, Harvard 2022

**Research experience before PiN:** Drosophila connectomics, single cell transcriptomics, synaptic local translation, brain organoid models of ALS

**Current research interests:** molecular/cellular neurobiology, synaptic biology, local translation, human neuroscience, neurodegeneration

**Interests outside lab:** figure skating, baking, hiking, reading



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Entry year
    
     [2023-2024](/entry-year/2023-2024)
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