Students

Liam Adsit

Graduate Student
Ikuko Smith Lab

David Aguilar

Graduate Student
Ronald Keiflin Lab - PBS (Rotating)

Joseph Alzagatiti

Graduate Student
David Glanzman Lab (UCLA)

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Circuits, and Therapeutics.

Varun Aniruddha Sane

Graduate Student
Simpson Lab

Naomi Baxter

Graduate Student
Max Wilson Lab

Annalise Bond

Graduate Student
Morrissey Lab

I am using optogenetics to study how macrophages remember and integrate phagocytic signals. 
 

Kevin Brackett

Graduate Student
Carolina Arias Lab

Juwel Chandra Baray

Graduate Student
Rothman Lab

My research focus is on developmental genetics, trans-differentiation, and aging in nematode C. elegans.
 

Soham Chowdhury

Graduate Student
Brooke Gardner Lab

I'm interested in how cells use quality control pathways to maintain organelles such as the peroxisome.

Janeva Chung

Graduate Student
William Smith Lab

2203 Life Sciences

Research

My research leverages the simple neural circuitry and complete connectome of Ciona to develop a simple model of how ve

Michael Costello

Graduate Student
Acosta-Alvear Lab

2106 Marine Biotech

Diego De Alba

Graduate Student
Simpson Lab

Milagros Esmerode

Graduate Student
Brooke Gardner Lab

Studying peroxisome formation and function using biochemistry and molecular biology.

Samantha Fiallo

Graduate Student Researcher
Joel Rothman Lab

I am training to study epigenetic regulation, embryonic development, and genetics of behavior in nematode C. elegans.

Hannah Ghasemi

Graduate Student
Richardson Lab

Benjamin Gorko

Graduate Student
Sung Soo Kim Lab

Keile Hansen

Graduate Student
Richardson Lab

Nickolas Holznecht

Graduate Student
Thomas Weimbs Lab

Nicole Jacobsen

Graduate Student
Brooke Gardner Lab

Studying peroxisome formation and function using biochemistry and molecular biology.

Steven Jensen

Graduate Student
Hayes Lab

Christine Joyce

Graduate Student
Richardson Lab

Investigating the molecular mechanisms of DNA repair in human cells using genetic, biochemical, and systems biology approaches.

Erica Keane Rivera

Graduate Student Researcher
Ken Kosik Lab

Erica's research aims at gaining a better understanding of toxic tau species and how their propagation relates to Alzheimer's disease pro

Carla Ladd

Graduate Student
Simpson Lab

Investigation of the neuroscience and genetics behind decision making in Drosophila melanogaster.

Jennifer Lai

PhD Student
Kim Lab

A 2nd year PhD student in Kim Lab.

Menglin Li

Graduate Student
C Montell Lab

4130S Biology II
I'm working on circadian rhythm and sleep behavior in Drosophila. Also I'm studying the unconventional roles for rhodopsins in Drosophila.

Ada Madejska

Graduate Student
Boris Shraiman and Ken Kosik Lab

Amanda Maheras

Graduate Student
Ronald Keiflin Lab (PSB)

Josh McNamara

Graduate Student
Ma Lab

Interested in using proteomic approaches to study virus-host interactions.
 

Yishen Miao

Graduate Student
William Smith Lab

2173 Biology II
How can we use computers to investigate biology?

Surenna Pecchia

Graduate Student
Wilson Lab

Interested in optogentic protein design principles.

Robert Piscopio

Graduate Student
Dey Lab | Wilson Lab

BioE 2209
Interested in how cells interact with their environment, mechanisms of cellular communication, and also how cells process and relay information in the context of both disease and development.

Duncan Proctor

Graduate Student
Arias Lab

Melanie Rodriguez

Graduate Student
Denise Montell Lab

Annie Rogers

Graduate Student
Meghan Morrissey Lab

Kirstin Rollins

Graduate Student Researcher
Morrissey Lab

Research

Chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) expressed on macrophages promotes phagocytosis of cancer cells.

Meg Schimmel

Graduate Student
Weimbs Lab

Kaitlin Schroeder

Graduate Student
Hayes Lab

Contact-dependent growth inhibition (CDI) is a mechanism by which non-isogenic strains of Gram-negative bacteria compete with one another

Elizabeth Sharpe

Graduate Student
Weimbs Lab

2203 Life Sciences

Ramandeep Singh

Graduate Student
Craig Montell Lab

Shambhavi Singh

Graduate Student
De Tomaso Lab

Matthew Smith

Graduate Student
Zach Ma Lab

Ian Tayler

Graduate Student
Stowers Lab

Utilizing 3D cell cultures and microfluidics to investigate the mechanobiology of stem cell differentiation and cellular reprogramming.

Christine Tchounwou

Graduate Student
Safinya Lab

2240 MRL
My research interest currently involves understanding tau-microtubule interactions in neurons and their impact on neurodegenerative disease states.

Nora Wolcott

Graduate Student
Goard Lab

Investigating the neural circuitry underlying spatial coding in mammalian hippocampus and the pathogenic factors that perturb this system.

Jasmine Yeo

Graduate Student
Goard Lab

Studying the neural circuit underlying spatial navigation and memory