Brennen Lewis was a Penn Summer Undergrad Intern in the lab in 2023 and a rotation student from the BBCB graduate group in 2024. He graduated from the University of West Florida in 2023 with a BS in Biomedical Sciences. He researched neurodegenerative diseases and protein misfolding as an undergraduate. For his graduate training, he hopes to continue this line research with an emphasis on disease mechanisms. Outside of the lab, he enjoys hiking, playing video games, and spending time with his girlfriend, Steph.

Publication

Barbieri, E.M., M. Linsenmeier, K.R. Whiteman, Y. Cheng, S. Braganza, K.E. Copley, P. Miranda-Castrodad, B. Lewis, K. Villafañe, D.A. Amado, B.L. Davidson, and J. Shorter. (2025). Scouring the human Hsp70 network uncovers diverse chaperone safeguards buffering TDP-43 toxicity. bioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2025.05.10.653282. pdf file link