Hi, I’m Dana! San Francisco has been a special place to me. I received my Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry at San Francisco State University in 2017. While there I worked in Dr. Raymond Esquerra's lab studying the structure-function relationship of hemeproteins. When I came to UCSF for grad school I got excited about the dynamic architecture of DNA on nucleosomes. In the Al-Sady lab I study the mechanisms underlying heterochromatin formation and maintenance using yeast genetics as well as biochemistry and biophysical techniques. When I'm not in the lab I love to be outside with friends and family, going to live music shows, and thrift shopping.