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Katrina Estep

Senior Scientist

Katrina Estep, PhD, is a Senior Scientist at Merck, specializing in translational pharmacology. They earned a Bachelor of Science in Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology from The Johns Hopkins University before completing a PhD at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where their thesis focused on the Wnt-Telomere feedback loop in colorectal cancer. Earlier in their career, Katrina conducted research at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine on Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome and worked as a Postbaccalaureate IRTA Fellow at the National Institutes of Health, investigating mitochondrial DNA structures. Their extensive experience also includes undergraduate research on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors at Idaho State University. Passionate about cancer biology and science communication, Katrina has developed expertise in advanced stem cell and organoid culture, as well as genome engineering techniques.

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Philadelphia, United States

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