Seth shipman

Associate Investigator

gladstone institute of data science and biotechnology

Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease

Associate professor

Bioengineering & therapeutic sciences, ucsf

Weill Institute for Neurosciences

Health Innovation via Engineering (HIVE)

Bakar Aging Research Institute

Seth received his BA in from Wesleyan University and PhD in Neuroscience from UCSF, where he worked with Roger Nicoll. He completed his postdoc with George Church and Jeffrey Macklis at Harvard Medical School, using synthetic biology to build tools to study development. In 2019 he opened his lab in the Gladstone Institutes.

Kate Crawford

Kate graduated from Harvey Mudd College with a BS in Engineering in 2013. Before beginning graduate school, she researched mechanical properties of cancer cells at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul on a Whitaker Fellowship and created microfluidic devices to measure cell stiffness at CytoVale, a biotech startup in the Bay Area. In her free time, Kate enjoys cooking, techno, and annoying her cat.

2019 NSF Graduate Research Fellow

2020 UCSF Discovery Fellow

kate.crawford@gladstone.ucsf.edu

Graduate Student

Bioengineering

Rebecca Fang

Graduate Student

Neuroscience

Rebecca graduated from Columbia University with a BA in Neuroscience. Prior to joining the Neuroscience PhD program at UCSF, she studied gut-related disorders at Kallyope, a gut-brain axis therapeutics start-up. Outside the lab, she enjoys making and eating heaps of food in the kitchen, tending to her plants, and playing cello.

2021 Hillblom/Bakar Aging Research Fellow

2021 UCSF Discovery Fellow

rebecca.fang@gladstone.ucsf.edu

Alejandro González Delgado

Postdoc

Alex graduated from Universidad of Salamanca (Spain) with a BS in Biology. He did his PhD work at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Granada (Spain), where his main focus was studying Reverse Transcriptases associated with CRISPR-Cas systems. During his postdoc, he is keen on exploiting prokaryotic RTs as novel biotechnological tools. As a frustrated football player, outside the lab he enjoys outdoor activities, playing different sports and tasting craft beers.

2023 CIRM Fellow

alejandro.gonzalez@gladstone.ucsf.edu

Jihoon Han

Postdoc

Jihoon graduated from Boston College with a B.S. in Biochemistry. He did his Ph.D. work at Sungkyunkwan University in Korea, where his main focus was developing an exosome-based photoinducible protein delivery system for CRISPR/Cas-based epigenome editing in Alzheimer’s disease. During his postdoc, he is interested in studying the fundamental biology of retron and developing diverse retron-based tools that are not limited to gene editing. As a music minor, he enjoys listening to music, playing piano, and watching sports (NFL, NBA, MLB, EPL, UFC).

jihoon.han@gladstone.ucsf.edu

Pallavi Raj Sharma

Postdoc

Pallavi received her Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, with an expertise in biomaterials-based drug delivery for infectious diseases. Specifically, she engineered inhalable microparticles for bacteriophage delivery into mammalian cells and mice lungs. In the Shipman lab, she is interested in engineering bacteriophages for various applications. She enjoys reading and playing board games in her spare time.

pallaviraj.sharma@gladstone.ucsf.edu

Ramya Paravastu

Research Associate

Ramya grew up in the Bay Area and graduated from UCLA with a B.S. in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics. At UCLA, she was involved with virology research, studying the evolution of MPOX virus and its interactions with the innate immune system. Outside the lab, she enjoys practicing music, hiking, and baking.

ramya.paravastu@gladstone.ucsf.edu

Darshini Poola

Research Associate

Darshini is pursuing an integrated BS-MS at IISER-Pune and has joined the lab for her master's thesis project. Her previous research endeavors revolved around investigating the epigenetic mechanisms regulating the progression of cancer cells. Beyond her academic commitments, she enjoys reading novels, taking long walks, and solving sudoku puzzles.

darshini.poola@gladstone.ucsf.edu

Linhan Wang

Postdoc

Linhan received her Ph.D. from Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Biochemistry and Cell Biology, where she studied the mechanism of membrane proteins degradation from the ER in mammalian cells. During her postdoc, she is interested in developing and applying new gene editing tools into human cells. Outside the lab, she enjoys playing the Chinese zither, doing yoga and watching NBA games.

2024 CIRM Fellow

linhan.wang@gladstone.ucsf.edu

David Wen

Graduate Student

Developmental and Stem Cell Biology

David graduated from the University of Southern California with a BS in Quantitative Biology and a minor in Computer Science, where he studied bone repair and zebrafish heart development. He is currently in the Developmental and Stem Cell Biology PhD program at UCSF. Joint with the Theodoris Lab, he is interested in creating new molecular and computational tools for studying gene regulation during development. In his free time, he enjoys cooking, playing video games, and doing outdoor activities.

2022 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

2024 UCSF Discovery Fellow

david.wen@gladstone.ucsf.edu

Phillipe Wiederkehr

Research Associate

Phillipe graduated with a B.S. in Bioengineering from UC Berkeley in 2024. His undergraduate research focussed on microbiological genetics, and he is excited to help build new gene editing tools while at the Shipman lab. He enjoys thrift shopping, exercising, and watching the Lakers in his spare time.

phillipe.wiederkehr@gladstone.ucsf.edu

Karen Zhang

Graduate Student

Bioengineering

Karen graduated from the University of Washington in 2021 with a BS in Biochemistry and a BS in Microbiology. She is currently part of the joint Bioengineering PhD program at UC Berkeley and UCSF. Her research interests involve engineering bacteria and viruses to create novel biotechnological tools. Outside of lab, she enjoys exploring fictional worlds in movies, books, and video games.

2021 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

2023 UCSF Discovery Fellow

karen.zhang@ucsf.edu