Shayleen Singh
Staff Research Associate
Shayleen grew up in Stockton, California and attended UCLA for her undergraduate degree in Physiological Sciences.
As an undergraduate, she was a research fellow in Drs. Aradhna Tripati and Robert Eagle’s climate science and biogeochemistry lab studying biomineralization pathways in shelled marine organisms and how these physiological mechanisms are affected by climate change conditions under the mentorship of PhD candidate Robert Ulrich. During undergrad, Shayleen also co-founded the Undergraduate Journal Club at UCLA, a student organization created to encourage and promote scientific literature reading, comprehension and discussion among undergraduates students.
Following graduation, Shayleen joined the Medina Lab at UCSF as a Staff Research Associate, studying the role of a transmembrane protein in lipid metabolism through various mouse models and the inter-variations in treatment outcomes of statin usage through patient-derived cell lines. Now as a Staff Research Associate in the Rutishauser Lab, she is extremely excited to dive into the world of immunology, CD8+ T cells, their role in infectious diseases and early life immunity.
When not in the lab, Shayleen can be found watching Bollywood movies, spending time with friends and family, traveling, eating new foods, or playing LEGO video games with her brother.
As an undergraduate, she was a research fellow in Drs. Aradhna Tripati and Robert Eagle’s climate science and biogeochemistry lab studying biomineralization pathways in shelled marine organisms and how these physiological mechanisms are affected by climate change conditions under the mentorship of PhD candidate Robert Ulrich. During undergrad, Shayleen also co-founded the Undergraduate Journal Club at UCLA, a student organization created to encourage and promote scientific literature reading, comprehension and discussion among undergraduates students.
Following graduation, Shayleen joined the Medina Lab at UCSF as a Staff Research Associate, studying the role of a transmembrane protein in lipid metabolism through various mouse models and the inter-variations in treatment outcomes of statin usage through patient-derived cell lines. Now as a Staff Research Associate in the Rutishauser Lab, she is extremely excited to dive into the world of immunology, CD8+ T cells, their role in infectious diseases and early life immunity.
When not in the lab, Shayleen can be found watching Bollywood movies, spending time with friends and family, traveling, eating new foods, or playing LEGO video games with her brother.