Minseon (Michelle) completed her BSc in Biology at UBC in 2021. During her undergraduate studies, Michelle worked with Profs. Shernaz Bamji and Tim O’Connor to screen the functions of gene variants associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
As a MSc student, Michelle investigated how maternal sucrose intake during pregnancy alone affects the fetal brain with a fucus on glucocorticoids.
Michelle transferred to the PhD program and received UBC Four-year Doctoral Fellowship to continue her studies on the effects of maternal sucrose consumption on offspring neuroendocrine and behavioural outcomes.