Mike Lafferty successfully defends his dissertation

Dr. Mike Lafferty successfully defended his dissertation in March 2022, where he discovered genetic variants modulating levels of miRNAs in the developing human cortex. Mike was in the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology curriculum and is the 3rd PhD from our lab.

Mike receives the Paul Hollywood handshake for excellent dissertation.

Mike was kind enough to share his pizza with the group.

It was a very sunny day!