About

Bioinformatics & Genomics

Preferred Pronouns: She/Her

  • Degree: Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics
  • City: Orem, UT
  • Email: marissa.ohran@gmail.com

I grew up in Orem, Utah, about 5 minutes away from Utah Valley University, where I was one of the first students to graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics. I'm passionate about learning and science and have been interested in biology and the natural world since I was quite young. That grew into an interest in evolution and genomics, which made UVU's Bioinformatics program a natural fit for me. While at UVU I had the opportunity to get involved in undergraduate research, and found that I really enjoy it. I greatly enjoy problem solving and discovery, and the challenge of searching for answers is something I find really exciting.

Skills

Through the courses I've taken and research I've done, I've gained experience in the following areas:


  • R for Statistics
  • Command Line Interface
  • Running jobs on a supercomputer
  • Genome Assembly and Assessment


Publications

Citations

Awards

Interests

When I’m not working on school or research projects, I try to find time for fun things, like:

Reading - My favorites are science fiction and fantasy, but I'm always open to recommendations!


Playing music - I'm a pianist and percussionist.


Listening to music - My favorite genres include alternative rock, pop, and soundtrack.


Art - I mostly do drawing. My earlier work featured sketching in pencil, sometimes adding color with either colored pencil or marker, though as of late my preference has been digital art. Most recently I've been working with Procreate.


Hanging out with my dogs - I have two dogs, Brego, a red golden retriever, and Shadow (short for Shadowfax), a bi-blue shetland sheepdog.

News

2023 Events


Graduated with Bachelors in Bioinformatics - May 5, 2023

UVU Showcase oral presentation - April 4, 2023

UCUR poster presentation - February 17, 2023

Darwin Day outreach event - February 10, 2023


2022 Events


Second place Poster presentation at the Joint Annual Meeting of ESA 2022


2021 Events


Presented Research at UVU poster session - December 2021

Joined the Hjelmen lab - Fall 2021

Photos

  • All
  • Presentations
  • Lab
  • Social

Graduation 2023

Me with Dr. Hjelmen

Graduation 2023

Me with Dr. Ogden

Butterfly Biosphere 2023

Hjelmen lab touring the Butterfly Biosphere at Thanksgiving Point

UCUR 2023

Comparing highly heterochromatic cactophilic Drosophila genome assemblies

Genomics class 2022

Conservation Genomics

JAM ESA 2022 - Vancouver

Assembly of highly heterochromatic cactophilic Drosophila genomes

JAM ESA 2022 - Vancouver

Exploring Vancouver as a lab

JAM ESA 2022 - Vancouver

Flying to the meeting

Mycology Class 2021

Doing research on aquatic fungi at Utah Lake

Mycology Class 2021

Doing research at Utah Lake

Mycology Class 2021

Taking a four wheeler down to the lake

Contact

Location

UVU Science Building
Orem, UT 84058


Social Profiles

Email

marissa.ohran@gmail.com

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