Trainees

Current Trainees - 2026

Trainees Graduate Group Lab Mentor Research Project
Mariah Antopia GCB Glennis Logsdon High-resolution 3D chromatin architecture of human centromeres 
Alexandra Goldhamer NGG Joe Zhou GR-YY1 regulatory circuit as a mediator of stress vulnerability
Kai Shing   NGG Erica Korb Defining the cell-type-specific function of the histone variant H2BE in vivo
Sarina Smith   CAMB-GE Defne Amado Developing an AAV-C9orf72 ALS/FTD Mouse Model with Superior Lower Motor Neuron Targeting
Megan Wynalda PHRM Montserrat Anguera The Impact of B-Cell Intrinsic TLR7 Signaling in XCI maintenance in Lupus
Alexis Leach CAMB-GE Colin Conine Role of Sperm miRNAs in Epigenetic Inheritance using Caenorhabditis elegans
Joy Li Biology Doris Wagner Epigenome Reprogramming for Plant Genetic Engineering
Pedro Mendez Fernandez CAMB-GE (MD/PhD) Rajan Jain Mechanisms of IL-1b Priming on Fibroblast Activation Gene Expression
Tammy Ray NGG Michael Hart Neuromodulatory effects of neuropeptides on structural plasticity of a Single Neuron
Benjamin Wales McGrath CAMB-GE Yoseph Barash Dissecting the Mechanisms of RNA Binding Protein Regulatory Networks
 

Former Trainees Currently Enrolled in the Program

Trainees Graduate Group Lab Mentor Research Project
Jasmine Akoto CAMB-GE         Naiara Akizu             Role of PRC2-EZH1 in Neuronal Differentiation and Synaptic Gene Regulation
Joan Donahue CAMB-DSRB Yana Kamberov Characterizing the Impact of the XEDAR R57K Human Genetic Variant
Georgia Mies GCB Iain Mathieson Modeling local ancestry to detect selection in admixed human populations
Sanam Kavari CAMB-GE (MD/PhD) Jennifer Kalish Role and Regulation of the IC2 Imprinted Cluster in Extravillous Trophoblast Differentiation
Morgan Rameau CAMB-GE Eugene Khandros CHD7 as a Novel Regulator of Fetal Hemoglobin