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The September Graduate Student of the Month is Shashanka “Shank” Rao KM. Shank works in the lab of Dr. David Krzywanski in the Department of Cellular Biology & Anatomy. His dissertation project is titled, “The effect of mitochondrial antioxidant enzyme Nicotinamide nucleotide transhydrogenase (NNT) on cardiovascular diseases”.
Congratulations, Shank!
Learn more about Shank's research in the Krzywanski Lab.