Sylvanne Braganza was a research specialist in the lab from June 2022 to June 2023. Sylvanne also worked in the lab as an undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania where she majored in Neuroscience & Economics and minored in Health Care Management & Chemistry. Sylvanne graduated in May 2022. On campus, she was involved with GlobeMed, ASAP Music Mentoring, Penn Heroes, and Service Link. In her free time, Sylvanne likes to read, listen to music, and play the organ. She is from Bensalem, PA. Sylvanne went on to pursue her MSBA at Carnegie Mellon University.

Publication

Mack, K.L.*, H. Kim*, E.M. Barbieri, J. Lin, S. Braganza, M.E. Jackrel, J.E. DeNizio, X. Yan, E. Chuang, A. Tariq, R.R. Cupo, L.M. Castellano, K.A. Caldwell, G.A. Caldwell, and J. Shorter. (2023). Tuning Hsp104 specificity to selectively detoxify α-synuclein. Mol. Cell. 83(18):3314-3332.e9. pdf file link (*Co-first author.).