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Ph.D. candidate Rosalie Lawrence on how our cells make decisions

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Rosalie Lawrence talking to people about her work

Rosalie Lawrence presents her “theory rotation” work to physicists during an MBL physiology course. (Photo courtesy of Rosalie Lawrence)

On Nov. 6, 2018, Ph.D. candidate in molecular and cell biology Rosalie Lawrence gave an interview on KALX’s program, “The Graduates,” about her research on how cells in our bodies make decisions. She studies mTORC1, a protein complex that interacts with cellular organelles called lysosomes and tells the cell when it has enough nutrients to grow. She is interested in the role mTORC1 plays in the development of cancer.

“The Graduates,” broadcast on the campus’s community and student radio station KALX, features graduate student research at UC Berkeley. Listen or download past episodes on iTunes . This episode was hosted by Andrew Saintsing, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Integrative Biology.