Graduate Students
Moneeza Agha
- Entry Year: 2016
- Lab: McLean
- Research Topic: Functional organization of commissural interneurons mediating left-right alternation at different speeds of locomotion in larval zebrafish
Gloria Alvarado
- Entry Year: 2019
- Lab: Lane
- Research Topic: An investigation of cytokine expression dynamics in individual macrophages during Salmonella infection
Xavier Anderson
- Entry Year: 2019
- Lab: Petersen
- Research Topic: Determining the roles of microtubules in injury response and regeneration
Brooke Angell
- Entry Year: 2020
- Lab: Brickner
- Research Topic: Elucidating the molecular mechanism of transcript buffering
Jonathan Boucher
- Entry Year: 2018
- Lab: Leonard
- Research Topic: Programmable gene therapy vector tropism and in vivo cell therapy via engineered vesicles
Julianna Bourgeois
- Entry Year: 2021
- Lab: Mirkin
- Research Topic: Glucosylceramidase spherical nucleic acids for enhanced BBB transport and lysosomal activity recovery in neurodegeneration
Evan Buechel
- Entry Year: 2015
- Lab: Pinkett
- Research Topic: Investigation of the molecular mechanism regulating Pdr1 transcriptional activity
David Bushhouse
- Entry Year: 2019
- Lab: Lucks
- Research Topic: Sequence and structure features of the Cbe pfl ZTP riboswitch regulate leak, sensitivity, and dynamic range
Delfin Buyco
- Entry Year: 2021
- Lab: Kamat
- Research Topic: Determining the role of lysosomal cholesterol transporter Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC1) function on the biophysical properties and structure of lipid membranes
Eduardo Campos Chávez
- Entry Year: 2020
- Lab: Mondragón
- Research Topic: Structural and biophysical studies of the T-box riboswitch
Matthew Capek
- Entry Year: 2019
- Lab: Gallio
- Research Topic: Investigations into the evolution of nocifensive and thermosensory behavior in insects
Lucas Carter
- Entry Year: 2020
- Lab: Backman
- Research Topic: Interrogating the molecular modulators of chromatin organization via genomic screening
Nicholas Chamberlain
- Entry Year: 2021
- Lab: Bao
- Research Topic: Regulation of keratinocyte proliferation and differentiation by nucleocytoplasmic acetyl-CoA
Edric Choi
- Entry Year: 2020
- Lab: Lucks
- Research Topic: Deducing RNA structure and dynamics from quantitative analysis of chemical probing reactivities
Eleanor Clark
- Entry Year: 2019
- Lab: Petersen
- Research Topic: Investigating positional patterning systems of body-wide homeostasis and regeneration
Karlin Compton
- Entry Year: 2018
- Lab: LaBonne
- Research Topic: The role of H3K4 methylation in formation and maintenance of the vertebrate neural crest
Ely Contreras
- Entry Year: 2015
- Lab: Schmidt
- Research Topic: Melanopsin phototransduction regulates diverse visual behaviors
William Corcoran
- Entry Year: 2018
- Lab: Leonard
- Research Topic: Investigating miniproteins as synthetic receptor binding domains to enable soluble ligand-sensing cell-based therapeutics
Corinne Croslyn
- Entry Year: 2021
- Lab: Blythe
- Research Topic: The role of gap genes in directing spatial patterns of polycomb-mediated H3K27me3 in Drosophila embryogenesis
Emily Czajkowski
- Entry Year: 2018
- Lab: Wignall
- Research Topic: Investigating the components of spindle assembly and stability that allow for faithful chromosome segregation in C. elegans and M. musculus
Eleanor Degen
- Entry Year: 2019
- Lab: Blythe
- Research Topic: Spatiotemporal gene regulation by the Bicoid morphogen
Stephenie Droll
- Entry Year: 2018
- Lab: Bao
- Research Topic: Characterizing two putative tumor suppressors in epidermal homeostasis and cancer progression
Elizabeth Duvall
- Entry Year: 2020
- Lab: Braun
- Research Topic: Temporal network-based analysis using gene coordination and activity level to identify influential networks
Connor Forsyth
- Entry Year: 2022
- Lab: Mirkin/Stegh
- Research Topic: Immunotherapeutic cGAS agonist DNA dendrons for the treatment of leptomeningeal metastasis
Natalie Gilbert
- Entry Year: 2015
- Lab: Blythe
- Research Topic: Investigation into the role of chromatin dynamics in IFN-stimulated gene transcription
Brent Groubert
- Entry Year: 2021
- Lab: Brickner
- Research Topic: Defining the molecular mechanism of epigenetic inheritance of H3K4me2 during transcriptional memory
Elias (Qingxu) Guan
- Entry Year: 2020
- Lab: Petersen
- Research Topic: Understanding the effect of directional and positional input for planarian wound response and regeneration
Zhuoling He
- Entry Year: 2021
- Lab: Bozza
- Research Topic: Cell type specification and gene choice bias in the mouse main olfactory system
Laura Hertz
- Entry Year: 2019
- Lab: Lucks
- Research Topic: Investigating distinct structures within the fluoride riboswitch to understand the dynamic cotranscriptional folding process
Patric Ho
- Entry Year: 2016
- Lab: Bao
- Research Topic: Characterization of GATAD2A-NuRD and its interaction with the BAF complex in regulating epidermal homeostasis
Alexis Jacob
- Entry Year: 2020
- Lab: Brickner
- Research Topic: How nucleoporin-dependent spatial organization of the yeast genome impacts transcription
Alexandra Karagiaridi
- Entry Year: 2020
- Lab: Pinkett
- Research Topic: Characterizing the complex assemblies and transport mechanism of the non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae ABC Sap transporter
Daniel Kranz
- Entry Year: 2019
- Lab: Klein
- Research Topic: Spatiotemporal characterization of amyloid beta oligomer proteoforms in Alzheimer's disease
Kyle Krueger
- Entry Year: 2020
- Lab: Petersen
- Research Topic: Uncovering deeply-conserved genetic regulators of neoblasts in Hofstenia miamia
Tiffany Kuo
- Entry Year: 2021
- Lab: Backman
- Research Topic: Studying the interplay between chromatin conformation, genome connectivity, and transcription in a gene-specific manner
Andrew Liu
- Entry Year: 2017
- Lab: Carthew
- Research Topic: Growth control of Drosophila melanogaster wings
Katherine Lo
- Entry Year: 2019
- Lab: Petersen
- Research Topic: Investigating the role of wound-induced genes in planarian regeneration
Anika Marand
- Entry Year: 2020
- Lab: Lane
- Research Topic: Investigating the dynamics of phoP expression during Salmonella infection
Jordy Martinez
- Entry Year: 2021
- Lab: Wignall
- Research Topic: Investigating the role of the Ring Complex (RC) in meiotic spindle architecture using C. elegans oocytes
Meghan Masotti
- Entry Year: 2020
- Lab: Kozorovitskiy
- Research Topic: Genetically targeted striatal proteomics across development in a mouse model of autism spectrum disorder
Ryan McKeown
- Entry Year: 2021
- Lab: Andersen
- Research Topic: Comparative genome-wide association studies of telomere length variation in selfing Caenorhabditis
Karla Medina
- Entry Year: 2021
- Lab: Backman
- Research Topic: Does chromatin conformation control ovarian cancer stem cell plasticity?
Juhi Narula
- Entry Year: 2019
- Lab: Wignall
- Research Topic: Investigating the role of a conserved kinase in acentrosomal spindle organization using Caenorhabditis elegans oocytes
Tonatiuh Ocampo
- Entry Year: 2021
- Lab: Mirkin
- Research Topic: Synthesis of virus-like particle spherical nucleic acids for enhanced therapeutics
Daniel (Jun Young) Oh
- Entry Year: 2019
- Lab: Dombeck
- Research Topic: Immediate early gene Fos and Arc expression during CA1 place field formation
Brett Palmero
- Entry Year: 2020
- Lab: Tullman-Ercek
- Research Topic: Determining the benefits of violacein pathway encapsulation in the 1,2-propanediol utilization bacterial microcompartment
Krishna Paranandi
- Entry Year: 2019
- Lab: Mirkin
- Research Topic: Spherical nucleic acids as a disease-modifying therapy in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Omar Payán Parra
- Entry Year: 2018
- Lab: Yang
- Research Topic: Studying the formation of long-distance genomic interactions during mouse cerebellar development
Aldeb Perera
- Entry Year: 2020
- Lab: Allada
- Research Topic: Identifying the genetic and cellular basis of sleep homeostasis in sNPF+ neurons
Emily Pujadas
- Entry Year: 2018
- Lab: Backman
- Research Topic: Genome-wide transcriptional engineering through the regulation of the physical structure of chromatin
Anthony Pulvino
- Entry Year: 2021
- Lab: Amato
- Research Topic: Primate microbiota metabolites and endogenous retrovirus interactions in mouse epithelial cells
Rebecca Rasmussen
- Entry Year: 2017
- Lab: O'Halloran/Lucks
- Research Topic: Zur- and zinc-mediated ribosomal protein regulation in Escherichia coli
Michael Ray
- Entry Year: 2018
- Lab: Lackner
- Research Topic: Investigating the molecular mechanisms of organelle inheritance and asymmetric fitness-based organelle partitioning
Reyvin Reyes
- Entry Year: 2019
- Lab: Rosenzweig
- Research Topic: Characterizing biosynthetic enzymes involved in the production of methanobactin
Reese Richardson
- Entry Year: 2019
- Lab: Amaral
- Research Topic: Identifying bias and improving reproducibility in RNA sequencing computational pipelines
Sara Rigney
- Entry Year: 2016
- Lab: LaBonne
- Research Topic: Understanding the role of cell heterogeneity in pluripotency, lineage restriction and the establishment of neural crest cells
Kristen Rivera
- Entry Year: 2019
- Lab: Pinkett
- Research Topic: Structural and biochemical investigation of the nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Sap ABC transporter mechanism of selectivity and transport
Erica Rosario
- Entry Year: 2020
- Lab: Lackner
- Research Topic: Investigating the roles membrane properties and architecture have on membrane contact site formation and function
Yannick Schreiber
- Entry Year: 2021
- Lab: Leonard
- Research Topic: Development of tunable microenvironment-responsive CAR-T cells using synthetic gene circuits to enhance potency and safety
Nicolas Scrutton Alvarado
- Entry Year: 2019
- Lab: Yang
- Research Topic: Characterization of a novel neuronal-specific nuclear subcompartment and its mechanism of formation in the mouse cerebellum
Zachary Shaver
- Entry Year: 2022
- Lab: Jewett/Kamat
- Research Topic: Enhancing the immunogenicity of glycoconjugate vaccines through rational carrier protein design and conjugation to synthetic vesicles
Madison Spratt
- Entry Year: 2019
- Lab: Lane
- Research Topic: Characterizing the dynamics of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium virulence expression at the single-cell level
Taojunfeng Su
- Entry Year: 2019
- Lab: Kelleher
- Research Topic: Characterization of IDH1 proteoform signatures in cancer using top-down mass spectrometry-based proteogenomics
Jordan Summers
- Entry Year: 2021
- Lab: Tullman-Ercek
- Research Topic: Investigating regulatory and structural elements of the type III secretion system for heterologous protein secretion
Jack Sumner
- Entry Year: 2020
- Lab: Hartmann
- Research Topic: Pulmonary pressures: identifying lung microbiome structure, function, and dynamics
Elijah Taylor
- Entry Year: 2019
- Lab: Mondragón
- Research Topic: A single-molecule approach to observe domain movement dynamics in type IA topoisomerases
Yiren Tu
- Entry Year: 2021
- Lab: Wang/Vafabakhsh
- Research Topic: An optogenetic investigation of the native chromatin accessibility
Frank Tucci
- Entry Year: 2019
- Lab: Rosenzweig
- Research Topic: Investigating the role of the membrane in particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO) structure and function
D. Jake VanBelzen
- Entry Year: 2017
- Lab: Brickner
- Research Topic: The molecular requirements and ubiquity of RNAPII promoter poising in epigenetic transcriptional memory
Citlayi Villaseñor
- Entry Year: 2020
- Lab: Kamat
- Research Topic: The lipid bilayer's role in membrane protein folding, structure, and function
Alex Vogt
- Entry Year: 2020
- Lab: He
- Research Topic: Biochemical and structural investigation of end processing in NHEJ
Brett Wisniewski
- Entry Year: 2017
- Lab: Lackner
- Research Topic: Uncovering novel functions and regulators of the mitochondrial fission protein Dnm1 using cell biological, biochemical, and structural approaches
Bingxian Xu
- Entry Year: 2020
- Lab: Braun
- Research Topic: Unveiling regulatory networks using dynamic circadian gene expression
Feihong Xu
- Entry Year: 2020
- Lab: Amaral
- Research Topic: Severe pneumonia subtyping and prognosis from multi-omics data and electronic health records