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As an undergraduate professor Lee attended UC Davis and graduated with BA Biology major, he then finished his Ph.D. in UC Berkeley. After graduation, he got a job in a lab.Professor Lee has been in the biological science department in UCSC since 2007. his current research includes using Drosophila fly to study genetic and development biology. I was impressed with Lee's techniques into studying Alzheimer's with the Drosophila fly(fruit fly). While I was reading the research paper, I had this unsettling question to why using precisely Drosophila fly to study Alzheimer's. However, during his lecture or presentation, I came to find out that the main reason he was using fruit flies was that they grow up fast their life spans approximates from
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