Khushbu Kabra

Mentor

Khushbu is a PhD. student in the Nutritional and Metabolic Biology program and is working on understanding cholesterol metabolism in ALS. She received an Honors Bsc. in Biochemistry from University College London, followed by a masters from UC Berkeley and UCSF in a joint program in Translational Medicine. After working in industry for a couple of years, Khushbu decided to go back to basic research and apply her scientific curiosity and interest in mitochondria and neurodegenerative disease at Dr. Area-Gomez lab. When not doing experiments in the lab, she is usually snacking or dreaming about California.