Current Trainees

2020-2021 Trainees

Trainee	Graduate Group	Lab Mentor	Research Project
Sara Alexander	CAMB	Mark Goulian	Stationary phase survival and the transcription factor SdiA
Gabriel Birchak	CAMB	Ben Black	Elucidating requisite chromosomal features conferring formation, function, and stability via de novoestablishment in mouse models
Priyanka Chatterjee	CAMB	Mechthild Pohlschroder	Cell signaling and motility regulation in the model archaeon Haloferax volcanii
Segovia Garcia	CAMB	Roberto Bonasio	Genetic and Biochemical Dissection of Polycomb Establishment
Cassidy Hemphill	Biology	Marisa Bartolomei	Morphological and Epigenetic profile of hearts and brains from IVF offspring in a mouse model
Kay Katada	CAMB	Kathryn Hamilton
Kaeri Martinez	CAMB	Sara Cherry	Tug of War: How Bunyaviruses Vie for 5’ Caps from mRNA’s Tagged for Degradation
Madeline Merlino	CAMB	Kellie Jurado	Defining antiviral immune responses at the maternal-fetal interface in congenital Zika virus infections
Emily O'Rourke	CAMB	Sunny Shin	Mechanisms of inflammasome-mediated sensing and control of Salmonella in human macrophages
Megan Stefkovich	CAMB	Paul Titchenell	Investigating glucokinase-mediated inhibition of Foxo1 in the liver

Former Trainees Currently Enrolled in the Program

Trainee	Graduate Group	Lab Mentor	Research Project
Nicholas Grams	CAMB	Matthew Weitzman	Investigating the Role of Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation in Adenoviral Progeny Production
Ronit Schwartz	CAMB	Igor Brodsky	Defining mechanisms of heterogeneity in cell fate decisions during Yersinia infection
Matthew Tracey	BMB	Sara Cherry / Kristen Lynch	Investigating the role of lncRNAs in the innate immune response to Zika virus infection
Patrick Walsh	CAMB	Eric Joyce	Investigating the function of newly identified spatial genome regulators
Joanna Wong	CAMB	Andrew Vaughan	Investigating the contribution of the venous endothelium in lung regeneration
Luella Allen-Waller	Biology	Katie Barott	Investigating how endosymbiont metabolism affects host intracellular pH regulation
Marisa Egan **	CAMB	Sunny Shin	Investigating the molecular basis for human NAIP/NLRC4 inflammasome recognition of Salmonella Typhimurium
Elizabeth Gallagher	CAMB	Erika Holzbaur	Evaluating the role of Leucine Rich Repeat Kinase 2 (LRRK2) in mitochondrial damage response
Gabriella Rice	CAMB	Panteleimon Rompolas	Resolving the differentiation trajectory of the stem cells that support sebaceous gland turnover
Alexander Smith	CAMB	Joseph Zackular	Characterizing the Molecular Mechanisms of Pathogen-Microbiota Interactions During Clostridium difficile Infection
Bailey Warder	CAMB	Steve DiNardo	Elucidating the cell mechanics that underlie stem cell niche morphogenesis
Rebecca Glynn	CAMB	Craig Bassing	Elucidating the mechanism of V(D)J recombination feedback inhibition and its role in preventing oncogenic translocations in lymphocytes
Luke Izzo	CAMB	Kathryn Wellen	Investigating the role of ACLY and acetyl-CoA metabolism in hepatocellula carcinoma
Brittany Mactaggert	CAMB	Anna Kashina	Investigating the role of protein arginylation in the cytoskeleton
Emily O'Driscoll	CAMB	Ophir Shalem	Genome-wide investigation of proteolytic cleavage
Ioana Soaita	CAMB	Zoltan Arany	Investigating the impact of diabetic metabolic dysfunction ont eh vascular epigenetic landscape
Desiree Alexander	CAMB	Shelley Berger	The impact of ACSS2 on neuronal plasticity and long term memory
Nina Montoya	CAMB	Joseph St. Geme III	Investigating molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis and immune evasion in the pediatric pathogen Kingella kingae
Alexandra Perlegos	NGG	Nancy Bonini	Impact of dynamic RNA modification m6A during various types of cellular stress
Kelly Sullivan	CAMB	Greg Bashaw	Elucidate how structural elements assist Comm-mediated Robo trafficking and degradation

** Cell and Molecular Biology Training Grant Affiliate