While everyone in my lab is a bit heartbroken. It’s been a good moment to come together to celebrate how fucking awesome Zara was. I know she meant so much to so many people at ucsf, in pharmacology, cell biology, and synthetic biology, the leading edge community, and really across science.

While I wish I could’ve worked with her for the rest of my career, I’m so very grateful to have had the opportunity to work together on science. She has left a permanent mark on my lab and will inspire us to be dedicated to open science, mentorship, and innovative tool building.

In my lab, she brought such fire to the science and inspiration. She kept doing lab work til she lost mobility due to her love for science and being around the lab. She was a dedicated mentor with sharp wit and bright ideas. She contributed foundational to all our projects and training everyone.

Congrats! So well deserved!