Sarah Valles

Sarah attended UC Irvine in her home state of California and graduated with a degree in Biology. Due to her interest in outreach, she was selected as a Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) graduate mentor for the 2019-2020 school year. She is a member of the Compton Lab in the Biochemistry and Cell Biology Ph.D. program, where they study chromosome segregation mechanisms in mitosis. Using quantitative microscopy, Sarah studies the mitotic kinase Bub1 to understand how phosphorylation at CDK1 target sites can impact its functional role as a mitotic regulator. In her spare time, she enjoys brunch with friends and their pups, watching rom-coms and anime, sharing memes, and practicing yoga.