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Charley Baker

Graduate Assistant

Education

B.S. Biological Sciences, University of Maryland 2023
B.A. English Literature and Language, University of Maryland 2023

Bio

Charley is a PhD student in the Molecular Biosciences Program on the Microbiology and Molecular Genetics track. Charley was born and raised in New Jersey and graduated from the University of Maryland in 2023. She worked in Dr. Sean Riley’s lab to explore the host/ pathogen interactions of the intracellular bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii. Her current interests involve exploring the biochemistry of the Class 1 CRISPR systems and adapting technologies for nucleic acid detection for cancer diagnostics.