Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Evelyn Hernandez studies how cells communicate through G-protein-coupled receptors, specifically the Beta 1 adrenergic receptors – which act as radio-like transmitters during events like the fight or flight response. She is providing the foundation to discover how to stop heart disease when it is caused by over activation of the Beta 1.
Hernandez was a UCSF Grad Slam 2023 presenter, a competition that challenges PhD students to present a compelling talk on their research in three minutes or less using compelling language that non-specialists can understand.
For students, the contest is an incentive to clarify their ideas and to help others understand and appreciate the significance of their work. For the audience, it's an entertaining glimpse into research graduate students are engaged in. https://graduate.ucsf.edu/grad-slam
View all 10 Grad Slam competition talks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVLbDUiGesPxqpjXZ6PUZOLQ8QPoSQZbk
Evelyn Hernandez is part of the UCSF Tetrad Program
Roshanak Irannejad, PhD, faculty mentor
https://tetrad.ucsf.edu/
https://irannejadlab.ucsf.edu/
Evelyn Hernandez studies how cells communicate through G-protein-coupled receptors, specifically the Beta 1 adrenergic receptors – which act as radio-like transmitters during events like the fight or flight response. She is providing the foundation to discover how to stop heart disease when it is caused by over activation of the Beta 1.
Hernandez was a UCSF Grad Slam 2023 presenter, a competition that challenges PhD students to present a compelling talk on their research in three minutes or less using compelling language that non-specialists can understand.
For students, the contest is an incentive to clarify their ideas and to help others understand and appreciate the significance of their work. For the audience, it's an entertaining glimpse into research graduate students are engaged in. https://graduate.ucsf.edu/grad-slam
View all 10 Grad Slam competition talks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVLbDUiGesPxqpjXZ6PUZOLQ8QPoSQZbk
Evelyn Hernandez is part of the UCSF Tetrad Program
Roshanak Irannejad, PhD, faculty mentor
https://tetrad.ucsf.edu/
https://irannejadlab.ucsf.edu/
