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Dr. Rodriguez-Fernandez (aka Dra. Imilce), is a Latina scientist with in-depth training in stem cell biology, stress signaling, tissue homeostasis, microbiome, and aging with +14 years of combined research experience in Academia and Industry. Dra. Imilce has a bachelor’s degree in microbiology from the UPR Mayaguez and a Ph.D. in Human Genetics from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) under the mentorship of Dr. Esteban Dell’Angelica. She obtained a postdoctoral training from the lab of Dr. Heinrich Jasper that started at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging located in Novato CA (where she was awarded an F32 NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral fellowship) and completed at the biotech company Genentech Inc. in South San Francisco, CA (Fun fact: She was part of the only fruit fly lab at Genentech!). Dra. Imilce joined the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras in 2021 as an assistant professor at the College of Natural Sciences, Department of Biology.
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