10/28/2022
Alumni Success Story - Ángel L. Reyes-Rodríguez, PhD
University where PhD was obtained: I earned a PhD in Molecular Virology from Case Western Reserve University.
Duration of training and lab: I worked as a postdoc at Lerner between 2016 and mid-2019 in the laboratory of Cornelia Bergmann.
Work at Lerner: I studied the role of IL-10 signaling in macrophages and IFNγ signaling in astrocytes during coronavirus infection in the central nervous system.
Successes while at Lerner: My biggest success at Lerner has been related to the development of soft skills that prepared me for careers in and out of science. I was impactful in my lab and contributed to the enhancement of the postdoctoral experience at the LRI.
New position title: I am the Director of the McNair Scholars Program at Cleveland State University.
New role description: My job is to help undergraduate students become successful graduate school applicants and give them tools to succeed once there.
Preparations provided at Lerner: There are many skills I developed at Lerner that prepared me for my current role. The most important one has been establishing collaborations. At Lerner, there is a lot of collaboration and comradery between labs; in my current role, I collaborate with people from different parts of the university to gather the resources my students need.
Advice for current Lerner postdocs: My advice for Lerner Postdocs is to look for joy in whatever they do. A lot of times life in a lab can be hard, but you can always find joy in different aspects of your work. Not only will you feel more fulfillment, but it could lead you to clues as to what your next career step might be.