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 a design textbook, 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 to explore the following topics in my current research and readings:
  • Gut-organ axis
  • Neuroethics
  • 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.