Celeste Parra Bravo

Celeste Parra Bravo graduated from UC Santa Barbara in 2020 with a B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. During her undergraduate career in the lab of Dr. Kenneth Kosik at UC Santa Barbara, she studied delta-catenin, a key protein in the regulation of synapse density and plasticity associated with Autism. Celeste also spent a summer in the lab of Dr. Martin Kampmann at UCSF where she conducted a genome-wide CRISPR screen to uncover the cellular factors involved in tau oligomerization. 

In the Gan Lab, she is interested in understanding the role of tau in the molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases to identify novel therapeutic targets. Outside of the lab, Celeste likes dancing, going to musicals, trying new restaurants, and exploring the city!

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Research Interests: Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration using human stem cell-derived models

Hobbies: Dancing, reading, and trying different food