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Saron Akalu
Undergraduate Researcher

University of California, Berkeley
Department of Integrative Biology

Office: 4095 Valley Life Sciences Building
Email: sakalu@berkeley.edu
           

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Education

A.A. Anthropology, Berkeley City College
A.S. Biology, Berkeley City College 
B.A. Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley (in progress)

Publications

​Verster, K. I., Tarnopol, R. L., Akalu, S. M., & Whiteman, N. K. (2021). Horizontal transfer of microbial toxin genes to gall midge genomes. Genome biology and evolution, 13(9), evab202.​

Research Interests

Biological Anthropology, Evolutionary Genetics/Genomics, Developmental Biology

Honors and Awards

Cal Alumni Achievement Award 2020 - Present
Genetics Society of America Undergraduate Travel Award 2022
Victoria Finnerty Award 2022
NSF REU Grant, University of Iowa 2021
NIH Bridges to Baccalaureate (B2B) Summer Research Grant (2019)