People | Guna Lab

Current members

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Alina Guna

Principal Investigator

Alina did her undergraduate degree in Neuroscience at the University of Toronto, her PhD with Ramanujan Hegde at the MRC LMB in the UK, and her post doc with both Jonathan Weissman at UCSF/MIT and Rebecca Voorhees at Caltech. Other than biology, Alina loves playing squash, hiking with her German Shepherd, and reading novels.

Ananya Singh

Junior Specialist

Ananya is from the Bay Area and received her BS in Molecular Biology from the University of San Francisco. As an undergrad, she researched oncogenic Protein Kinase A activity in Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, a rare liver cancer. Outside of lab, she enjoys going to the gym, running and hiking, and finding new coffee shops around the city.

Manny de Vera

Lab Manager

Manny makes the lab run smoothly. He keeps everything well stocked, maintains and repairs all lab equipment, and uses his decades of experience at UCSF to help support all our lab work.

Graduate students from the TETRAD and Biophysics programs:

please contact Alina in person or via email to discuss rotating

Postdoctoral candidates:

Please send the following to alina.guna@ucsf.edu:

cover letter detailing your research interests, experience, and motivation for applying
curriculum vitae
contact information for three references