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 |
Nicholas Grams |
CAMB |
Matthew Weitzman |
Investigating the Role of Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation in Adenoviral Progeny Production |
Madeline Merlino |
CAMB |
Kellie Jurado |
Defining antiviral immune responses at the maternal-fetal interface in congenital Zika virus infections |
Ronit Schwartz |
CAMB |
Igor Brodsky |
Defining mechanisms of heterogeneity in cell fate decisions during Yersinia infection |
Megan Stefkovich |
CAMB |
Paul Titchenell |
Investigating glucokinase-mediated inhibition of Foxo1 in the liver |
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 |
Former Trainees Currently Enrolled in the Program
Trainee |
Graduate Group |
Lab Mentor |
Research Project |
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 |
Emily Fabyanic |
PGG |
Hao Wu/Zhaolan Zhou |
Interpreting cell identity and state through utilization of single-cell transcriptomics/epigenomics |
Natasha Lopes Fischer |
CAMB |
Sunny Shin |
Innate immunity against the intracellular bacterium Coxiella burnetii |
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