Mengjia (Michelle) Lin

Ph.D. Student
2025 BioHaven Fellow

Michelle obtained her undergraduate and master’s degrees from CUNY Queens College, studying Biochemistry. During her time at Queens College, she studied interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) in S. cerevisiae. ICLs are among the most toxic forms of DNA damage. After completing her master’s degree, she worked as a research assistant at The College of New Jersey focusing on RNA splicing and RNA processing in S. cerevisiae.  Michelle joined the lab in Spring 2022 and is interested in the dynamics of the B chromosomes during the meiotic divisions in females.