I'm Eric Martin, a postdoctoral researcher in the Al-Sady and Buchwalter labs. I received my B.S. in MCD Biology from UC Santa Cruz. I moved to San Jose and started a career in developing and implementing purifications of bacterial toxins from their native organisms. After a couple of years, I went back to school to get my Masters of Biotechnology and participated in the CIRM Bridges stem cell training program at San Jose State University. I came back to UC Santa Cruz to earn my Ph.D. studying how chromatin dynamics regulate differentiation during hematopoiesis in the lab of Camilla Forsberg. Outside the lab, I enjoy being outdoors, mountain biking, skiing, camping, kayaking, and hiking with my family.