Christine Qabar is a Microbiology PhD Candidate in the Cox Lab at UC Berkeley. She obtained both her Bachelor’s degree in Cell & Molecular Biology and her Master’s degrees in Molecular Microbiology from Towson University in Baltimore. She is fascinated by microbial genetics in the context of infection, and for her thesis she is exploring differential usage of isoprenoid biosynthesis pathways in Mycobacterium marinum, a model pathogen for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. When she's not in lab, Christine can be found cuddling her cat, playing D&D, or trying to keep up with watering her houseplants.