![webinar-hero Yan Li and Roberto El Khoury](https://www.oligotherapeutics.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/webinar-hero-1.jpg)
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](https://www.oligotherapeutics.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Roberto.jpeg)
Roberto El Khoury
Ph.D. candidate, McGill University
![yan_li](https://www.oligotherapeutics.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/yan_li.jpg)
Yan Li
Ph.D. student, University of California