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Tenai Eguen is a 5th year graduate student in the division of biological sciences at the University of California, San Diego. She attended the University of California, Santa Cruz for her undergraduate studies and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry and molecular biology, and Bachelors of Arts degree in business management economics. She received the California Alumni Association Undergraduate research awards for her research in light sensing in plants. Her undergraduate research was funded by the Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program, UCSC. Tenai began her graduate studies at UCSD in 2006, and was awarded the Competitive EDGE Summer Research award, the UCSD Alliance for Graduate Education (AGEP) fellowship and the San Diego fellowship. Tenai is currently a NSF plant systems biology IGERT fellow under the direction of Dr. Steve Briggs. Her lab research involves the use of proteomics to study plant defense against pathogen infection. She is currently training and mentoring undergraduate students to understand science through lab research. Tenai is also a senior teaching assistant for the biological sciences division, and is actively involved in the training and mentoring of TAs. She is a member of the minority outreach and recruitment committee at UCSD. Tenai hopes to continue her research in plant development after she graduates.
