Onur Apaydin joined the UNC Nutrition Research Institute as a Research Specialist in the Saini Lab in September 2025. He completed his PhD in Life Sciences in Germany, where he studied macrophage signaling and extracellular matrix remodeling in cardiac regeneration, following a Master’s in Synthetic Biology. He has extensive experience with in vivo models, imaging, and transcriptomic analysis, and his background in immunology and regenerative biology supports ongoing research in the Saini Lab.