ABBY WANG

Hi, I'm a recent UC Berkeley graduate where I studied the Z-stack of neuroscience, molecular biology, and data science.

These days, you can find me pipetting away in the lab, digging through design references, photographing the Bay Area music scene, or tackling my reading list at a local coffee shop.

ð–¡¡ San Francisco, CA

In vitro

I'm excited about using top-down approaches to a) dissect complex biological processes and b) reveal new insights into health and disease.

I like exploring the following topics in my research and readings:
  • Gut-organ axis
  • Neuroethics
  • The trifecta: neurodevelopment–neurobiology–neurodegeneration
  • Biosemiotics
  • Origins of disease & the evolution of aging
Skills:
  • Molecular biology workflows (sample preparation, molecular cloning and design, analysis, sequencing, bioinformatics)
  • Protein isolation and purification
  • Cell culture (iPSC maintenance and differentiation)
  • Histology (fixation, cryosectioning, IHC/ICC)
  • Confocal microscopy and image processing
2026–Present
Research Associate I @ Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA
PI: Andrew Yang
2022–2026
Undergraduate Researcher @ Innovative Genomics Institute, Berkeley, CA
PI: Benjamin Rubin

Tool development, experimental perturbation, and mechanism investigation to better understand the role of microbiomes–from singular specie to ecological community–in the environment and human health.

Writing: an honors thesis (HARNESSING ALTERNATIVE SWEETENERS AS AN ENGRAFTMENT STRATEGY FOR ENGINEERING MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES) and co-author publication (SCIENCE ADVANCES).

Summer 2025
Research Intern @ Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute, Los Angeles, CA
PI: Michael Workman

Modeling the gut-brain axis to understand the role of a dysbiotic microbiome in Parkinson's disease pathophysiology.