Dylan Shiramizu at his new workplace. 📸 courtesy of Shiramizu.
September 27, 2021 – We are incredibly proud of our Treehouse Undergraduate Bioinformatics immersion (TUBI) research group and what they’ve been able to accomplish here at UCSC. Case in point is research group member, proud Slug and 2021 UCSC graduate Dylan Shiramizu.
Dylan wrote to us this month, saying “I am excited to announce that I have accepted my offer as a Research Bioinformatician 1 at the Vujkovic-Cvijin Lab at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. My work there will be centered around microbiome science. … I really appreciate the opportunity you created for me during my college career!”
We had a couple of questions for Dylan about how his experience as a TUBI program member:
Would you like to share any thoughts on what it meant to you to be doing childhood cancer research as an undergrad?
Doing childhood cancer research as an undergrad meant so much to me! Being a survivor myself, it has been a dream and goal to contribute to cancer research so that other children affected by cancer can also have a future. I hope that in the future I can continue to have a positive impact in this field.
How did the program, the people you met or even Treehouse impact you personally?
The program really gave me a window to see what it was like researching childhood cancer. During the program, I was able to sit-in on a mock tumor board and it was nice to be able to experience what it might be like in the future. Also, it was really exciting to see that everyone in the program was passionate and driven to be a part of this research. It made the environment very productive and supportive!
More About TUBI
Our TUBI program provides an opportunity for undergraduate students to gain real world work experience as researchers in a supportive environment, contributing to Treehouse bioinformatic projects. Bioinformatics uses computers and programmable tools like computer models to study biology, and typically involves biological studies that have generated a lot of data. Treehouse projects focus on finding cancer treatment options for individual kids using genomic data generated by research studies and what’s known as gene expression analysis.
UCSC undergrads of all majors are encouraged to participate. TUBI is open to undergraduate students and community members who do not have prior experience in coding or biological research.
We plan to hold TUBI 2022 in the Winter quarter and will be sharing more information on how to apply soon: To learn more, please sign up for the Treehouse mailing list at the bottom of the Treehouse website home page.
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