Alumni
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Read More about Priya Sivaramakrishnan
Priya Sivaramakrishnan
Postdoctoral Fellow
psiv@PennMedicine.upenn.edu
Priya now runs her own lab at Penn
Priya intensely studied transcriptional rates in embryonic development using RNA-Seq and FISH.
When not being hardcore in the lab, Priya likes to be hardcore outdoors: she loves running & going on backpacking trips in the wilderness and hopes to visit all the national parks.
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Read More about Amanda ZachariasAmanda Zacharias
Postdoctoral Fellow
Amanda Zacharias
Postdoctoral Fellow
Amanda is now an Assistant Professor and runs her own lab at Cincinnati Children’s. Her lab investigates how Wnt signaling regulates transcription and asymmetric cell divisions in C. elegans embryonic development. -
Read More about Felicia Peng
Felicia Peng
Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Student
felicia.peng@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Felicia investigated the contribution of mRNA degradation to developmental gene expression during C. elegans embryogenesis. For fun she likes to read, bake, and DIY. She is currently trying to read all of Jane Austen’s novels.
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Read More about Jonathan RumleyJonathan Rumley
Genetics and Gene Regulation Graduate Student
Jonathan Rumley
Genetics and Gene Regulation Graduate Student
Jonathan earned his bachelor of science in biology from Wingate University in Wingate, North Carolina in 2011. He earned his master of science in biology from Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania in 2014. He joined the Murray lab as a PhD student in 2014. He studies the regulation of anterior genes, ref-2 in particular, in the early C. elegans embryo. He enjoys singing hymns and practicing Spanish with others.
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Read More about Travis WaltonTravis Walton
Technician
Travis Walton
Technician
After leaving the Murray lab, Travis completed his PhD at Harvard Medical School in the laboratory of Dr. Jack W. Szostak studying RNA replication during the origin of life. He is currently pursuing structural biology in the laboratory of Dr. Alan Brown at Harvard Medical School.
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Read More about Hannah DueckHannah Dueck
Postdoctoral Fellow
Hannah Dueck
Postdoctoral Fellow
Hannah is now working as a program director at the National Cancer Institute, where she supports research in cancer systems biology, tumor biology and the microenvironment. -
Read More about Josh BurdickJosh Burdick
Genomics and Computational Biology Graduate Student
Josh Burdick
Genomics and Computational Biology Graduate Student
Josh is now a Computer Analyst at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute.
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Read More about Shaili PatelShaili Patel
Technician
Shaili Patel
Technician
Shaili is a fourth-year Ph.D.-MBA student enjoying her research in eye developmental diseases at the University of Delaware. She loves hiking, camping and adventure. -
Read More about Julia RichardsJulia Richards
Postdoctoral Fellow
Julia Richards
Postdoctoral Fellow
Julia Richards has moved on to work as a scientist and technical writer in the pharmaceutical industry.
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Read More about Yuntian GanYuntian Gan
masters student
Yuntian Gan
masters student
Yuntian was a masters student investigating early embryonic developmental gene dynamics. He also coded programs to get more information out of the lab’s embryonic lineaging data. Outside the lab, Yuntian enjoys desserts, cooking, and kayaking.
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Read More about Hanfei 'Clement' ShenHanfei 'Clement' Shen
Master's Student
Hanfei 'Clement' Shen
Master's Student
Hanfei is a Ph.D. student in the Bioengineering Department at Penn and is working on discovery of extracellular vesicle cancer
biomarkers, machine learning, and microfluidics.
