Leah and Arjun graduate from UC Berkeley

After years working together in the Schepartz lab as a graduate and undergraduate student team, Leah and Arjun are moving on to exciting new roles.

We’re celebrating two big milestones: Leah Tang Roe and Arjun Garapaty have graduated from UC Berkeley!

After working side-by-side for years, the foundation they built together helped shape the acyl chemistry based protein editing approaches that the Roe Lab focuses on today. Their time working together was fueled by intense dedication to curiosity driven research, hard work, plenty of joy/humor/fun, and always showing up to help each other take the next career step.

Leah is moving to UCSF as a QBI Faculty Fellow, where she’ll be launching her own independent research group.

Arjun is heading to Harvard as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow in the Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department.

Congratulations, Leah and Arjun — we can’t wait to see what you do next!