Brian Sarmiento

Brian received his B.S. in Developmental and Cellular Biology from University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB). At Dartmouth, Brian is being co-mentored by Dr. Godek and Dr. Compton from the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology. His thesis work investigates the high instance of mitotic errors in early development using human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and human induced pluripotent stem cells (hIPSCs) as models of early development. In this endeavor, he combines quantitative microscopy, live cell imaging, fluorescence-activated cell sorting, and mass spectroscopy to uncover the mitotic error regulation pathways that may differ between pluripotent cells and somatic cells. Outside of lab, Brian enjoys swimming during the summer, ice skating during the winter, and running, reading manga, and playing videogames all year around.