Students
Tyler Paul
Department: Cell & Developmental Biology
Advisor: Mira Krendel, PhD
Student Profile:
I gained admission into the upstate COM program in 2020. While studying medicine during the height of a pandemic, I realized that my education would not be comprehensive enough to allow me to succeed in truly helping my patients in the future when other dire situations may emerge. To me, the combined knowledge of the scientific method, nuances of the basic sciences, and clinical medicine is necessary to produce true experts in their fields and brings the best chance of greatly improving the lives of all our patients. I applied for the MD/PhD program during my MS1 year and was awarded admission in early 2021.I chose Upstate because it has a very cooperation centric environment. I believe this approach produces a better cohort of physicians that are able to work cohesively in any team they may be a part of. My thesis project investigates the roles of myosin1e and myosin1f on the ability of cells to migrate to and phagocytose their targets. This work touches upon multiple fields of study I am interested in, including wound healing and cancer progession. I did not grow up in Syracuse, but it has become the place I have lived the longsest in my life. I enjoy the mild summers and ability to participate in winter sports. Syracuse also provides a unique perspective to its residents as it is a city that has a great amount of potential, and although its history is long, it is in the beginning of a new growth phase. Outside of study, I enjoy playing a variety of sports, training in various martial arts, reading science fiction novels, and playing with my son Cyrus.