UROP Leader Information Submission: Submission #64

First Name: Karina
Last Name: Frey
Full name as you would like it to appear on the website: Karina Frey
Preferred Pronouns: She/her/hers
Hometown, State, and Country (ex: Tallahassee, FL, USA): Tampa, FL, USA
FSU email : Kgf20b@fsu.edu
Please check this box if you are willing to be contacted by students interested in UROP: Yes
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Major(s): Cell and Molecular Neuroscience
Minor(s): Chemistry 
Graduation Semester and Year (ex: Fall, 2022): Spring, 2023
What is your current research focus?:
Our research focuses on the neurodegenerative disease “Huntington’s disease” and the mechanical insights to the process of autophagy (misfolded protein degradation) in the mutant Huntington protein of yeast models. 

Are there any other research related activities you participate(d) in?:
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Answer one of the following two questions about being a UROP Leader or your UROP background. : How has UROP impacted your time at FSU?
Please answer the question you selected above in the area provided.:
UROP has been an amazing opportunity to segue into research exposure and experience. I was able to find the research lab that I have now been a part of for two years from the UROP program, and I absolutely love my research lab. I have made so many connections with PhD candidates and research professors, and have learned so many different experimental procedures and analyses. Because I had such a great experience with the research process, I wanted to become a UROP leader to help people like me with little prior research knowledge to become aware of the undergraduate research opportunities and benefits. 

Please list any other hobbies or interests you would like to share:
Besides research, I take part in dance marathon as a morale captain, am Vice President of Finance for the Medical Fraternity Phi Delta Epsilon, and am a dancer in Level Dance Company/ have danced since I was three years old! I love to read and love animals! 

Headshot: https://cre.fsu.edu/system/files/webform/urop_leaders_information/4441/8B7676CB-77FA-4919-BB40-FA7370D4E441.jpeg
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2025Year2025: 2022
Approved: Yes
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Years as a UROP Leader: 2022-2023