
Title: Trainee Spotlight Series: Yan Li and Roberto El Khoury
Time: 11am EST
Date: July 7, 2022
Description:
This Trainee Spotlight features Yan Li, a Ph.D. student at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Roberto El Khoury a Ph.D. candidate at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Yan Li will present on “Structure-based antisense oligonucleotide design of SARS-CoV-2 inhibitors, and Roberto will share his work on “Aging and Cancer: Do i-motif structures have a role in regulating telomerase activity?”. Roberto will also share some of his personal experiences with overcoming unexpected research challenges and participating in extracurricular activities.
Speakers:

Roberto El Khoury
Ph.D. candidate, McGill University

Yan Li
Ph.D. student, University of California