LESLIE KOYAMA
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Leslie Ann Jaramillo Koyama
Education
2013 - 2019 Ph.D. Candidate Developmental Biology
Stanford University School of Medicine
2009 - 2013 B.A. in Biology
Barnard College
Research Experience
2020-present - Scientist I, Akoya Biosciences
2013-2019 - Ph.D. Candidate, O'Brien Lab, Stanford University
2011-2013 - Undergraduate researcher, Dietrich Lab, Columbia University
Grants & Awards
2016 - Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Diversity Fellowship (NIH F31 NRSA - Diversity)
2014, 2015 - National Science Foundation - Graduate Research Fellowship Program, Honorable Mention
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Publications
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2019 - Bellymount enables longitudinal, intravital imaging of abdominal organs and the gut microbiota in adult Drosophila
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2018 - Long-term live imaging of the Drosophila adult midgut reveals real-time dynamics of cell division, differentiation, and loss
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2018 - Paraffin Embedding and Thin Sectioning of Microbial Colony Biofilms for Microscopic Analysis
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2016 - The Pseudomonas aeruginosa efflux pump MexGHI-OpmD transports a natural phenazine that controls gene expression and biofilm development.
Outreach/Volunteer Experience
2017-2019 - CoFounder, Generation Sci: A Conference for the Next Generation of Scientists
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2017-2019 - CoLeader, Science Teaching through Art (STAR)
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2014 - Organizer, A Conversation on Personal Genomics