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2026 Fellow Feature: Amy Mascorro, BSc

Publicado: abril 16, 2026

Meet one of our 2026 Fellows, Amy Mascorro, BSc! Amy Mascorro’s research focuses on repeat expansion disorders, including myotonic dystrophy.

She is a PhD student training in nucleic acid tool development at SUNY Albany under Drs. Jia Sheng and Andy Berglund. In Dr. Berglund’s Lab, she also developed an r(CAG)exp-expressing cell line for small-molecule screening and therapeutic characterization.

She aims to pursue a postdoctoral fellowship and faculty career to advance RNA/DNA-based therapeutics and mentor the next generation of scientists.

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