Bio
Tulika Sharan is a junior majoring in biochemistry with a minor in genetics. She is a research assistant in Dr. Dipali Sashital’s lab, where she studies interference and adaptation mechanisms in Type II-C CRISPR-Cas systems. She is currently serving as Speaker co-chair of the Stupka Symposium Planning Committee, is an International Student Ambassador, as well as a B&B Learning Community peer mentor. After graduating from Iowa State, Tulika plans to go to graduate school and further her career in Biochemistry.