Current Trainees
2020-2021 Trainees
Trainee | Graduate Group | Lab Mentor | Research Project |
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Claire An | CAMB | Nancy Speck and Andrew Modzelewski | Determining the role of retrotransposons in hematopoietic stem cell formation |
Diana Cruz | CAMB | Guilherme Nader and Aime Franco | Probing the Impact of Nuclear Confinement in Thyroid Cancer |
Segovia Garcia |
CAMB |
Roberto Bonasio | Genetic and Biochemical Dissection of Polycomb Establishment |
Taku Harada | CAMB | Roger Greenberg | Determining the mechanism of inflammasome mediated immune signaling in homologous recombination deficient ovarian cancer |
Cassidy Hemphill | Biology | Marisa Bartolomei | Morphological and Epigenetic profile of hearts and brains from IVF offspring in a mouse model |
Marisol Hooks | CAMB | Elizabeth Heller | Regulation of neuronal chromatin by cocaine abstinence in striatal neuron subtypes |
Kay Katada | CAMB | Kathryn Hamilton | Understanding autophagic plasticity in the intestinal epithelium |
Kaeri Martinez | CAMB | Sara Cherry | Tug of War: How Bunyaviruses Vie for 5’ Caps from mRNA’s Tagged for Degradation |
Emily O'Rourke | CAMB | Sunny Shin | Mechanisms of inflammasome-mediated sensing and control of Salmonella in human macrophages |
Katey Stone | CAMB | Benjamin Prosser | Stress granules as a mechanism of translational control in cardiomyocytes |
Former Trainees Currently Enrolled in the Program
Trainee | Graduate Group | Lab Mentor | Research Project |
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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 |
Madeline Merlino | CAMB | Kellie Jurado | Defining antiviral immune responses at the maternal-fetal interface in congenital Zika virus infections |
Megan Stefkovich | CAMB | Paul Titchenell | Investigating glucokinase-mediated inhibition of Foxo1 in the liver |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Desiree Alexander | CAMB | Shelley Berger | The impact of ACSS2 on neuronal plasticity and long term memory |
Kelly Sullivan | CAMB | Greg Bashaw | Elucidate how structural elements assist Comm-mediated Robo trafficking and degradation |
** Cell and Molecular Biology Training Grant Affiliate