Our team

Misha Padigala, BS student                                                                                                        

Undergraduate student, University of Virginia

Misha is a third-year Human Biology major. She is interested learning about experimental and computational techniques to bridge molecular biology and bioinformatics. In the Trinh lab, Misha is studied noncoding RNAs and chemoresponse in leukemia. 

Accomplishments during training in Trinh lab

• 2026. Defensed undergraduate thesis-authored an abstract presented at the annual AACR meeting

• 2026. Co-authored an abstract presented at the annual AACR meeting

• 2025. First-author poster presentation on small molecules targeting chemo-resistant cells at the annual UVA Undergraduate Research Symposium.