Bettinger, John

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Sina Ghaemmaghami

• john.bettinger@rochester.edu | (585) 276-1237
• 336 Hutchison Hall

Interests: The biological roles of methionine oxidation

Cammarota, Christian

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Daniel Bergstralh

• ccammaro@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-6680
• 330 Hutchison Hall

Interests: Biological physics and the role of mechanics in tissue development and cell processes

Castano, Maria Isabel

• First Year PhD Student

• mcastano@ur.rochester.edu

Interests: TBD

Cefaloni, Eric

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Paula Vertino

• ecefalon@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-9983
• 3-0852 Wilmot Cancer Center

Interests: Epigenetic mechanisms driving breast cancer and epithelial to mesenchymal transition

Dao, Thao Kim

• PhD Student
• Advisor: David Lambert

• thaokimdao@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7521
• 338 Hutchison Hall

Interests: The roles of retinoic acid in shell and embryonic development in the mollusc Ilyanassa

Dawney, Nicole

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Daniel Bergstralh

• nicole.dawney@rochester.edu | (585) 276-6680
• 330 Hutchison Hall

Interests: TBD

Deng, Chenghong

• First Year PhD Student

• cdeng6@ur.rochester.edu

Interests: TBD

Driscoll, Rose

she/her/hers

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Jennifer Brisson

• rdrisco2@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8388
• 303 Hutchison Hall

Interests: Evolutionary genetics of phenotypic plasticity in aphids

Gigas, Jonathan

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Vera Gorbunova

• jonathan_gigas@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-6637
• 425 Hutchison

Interests: Biochemistry and function of human Sirtuin-6 in cancer and aging

Gregory, Lauren

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Jennifer Brisson

• lgregory@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8388
• 303 Hutchison Hall

Interests: Investigation of the proximate basis of the aphid wing polyphenism

Gu, Ningyang

• Leave of Absence
• Advisor: David Dean

• ningyanggu@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3577
• 3-11311  MRBX

Interests: Using microinjection, FISH, and single-particle tracking to understand the intranuclear movement of plasmids

Hua, Shan

• First Year PhD Student

• shua@ur.rochester.edu

Interests: TBD

Kilwein, Marcus

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Michael Welte

• m.kilwein@rochester.edu | (585) 276-2440
• 311 Hutchison Hall

Interests: Embryonic lipid utilization in Drosophila

Kovelakuntla, Vamsi

he/him/his

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Anne S. Meyer

• vkovelak@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2809
• 331 Hutchison

Interests: Bacterially-mediated fabrication of artificial nacre

Lee, Minseon

• First Year PhD Student

• mlee99@ur.rochester.edu

Interests: TBD

Lee, Songeun

• PhD Student
• Advisor: David Lambert

• songeun.lee@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7521
• 338 Hutchison Hall

Interests: TBD

Lentini, Jenna

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Dragony Fu

• jenna.lentini@rochester.edu | (585) 275-0348
• 328 Hutchison Hall

Interests: Identification of the damaged RNA transcriptome and surveillance pathways

Lindley, Sean

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Douglas Anderson

• sean.lindley@rochester.edu | (585) 276-7726
• G.11201G MRBX

Interests: TBD

Lindsay, Matthew

• First Year PhD Student

• matthew.lindsay@rochester.edu

Interests: TBD

Liu, Xiaomi

• First Year PhD Student

• xliu104@ur.rochester.edu

Interests: TBD

Longan, Emery

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Justin Fay

• elongan@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-3843
• 313 Hutchison Hall

Interests: Genetic constraints on adaptation and their role in the evolution of domestication associated traits in the Saccharomyces yeasts

Macoretta, Nicholas

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Vera Gorbunova

• nicholas_macoretta@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-6637
• 425 Hutchison Hall

Interests: TBD

Neville, Kathryn

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Dan Bergstralh

• knevill3@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-6668
• 330 Hutchison Hall

Interests: TBD

Phromsiri, Pakinee

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Michael Welte

• pphromsi@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-2440
• 311 Hutchison Hall

Interests: Mechanisms and consequences of histone buffering in the early Drosophila embryo

Saleh Ziabari, Omid

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Jennifer Brisson

• osalehzi@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8388
• 303 Hutchison Hall

Interests: The parallel evolution of wings in aphids

Sidor, Lynn

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Anne Meyer

• lsidor@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2809
• 331 Hutchison Hall

Interests: TBD

Summers, Jeremy

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Nancy Chen

• jsummer7@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-7153
• 476 Hutchison Hall

Interests: The demographic and genetic effects of habitat fragmentation and degradation on the Florida Scrub-Jay

Sun, Yu

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Xin Li

• yu.sun@rochester.edu | (585) 276-7450
• 3-8552 Medical Center

Interests: Define RNA regulation for next generation using both dry and wet approaches

Swovick, Kyle

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Sina Ghaemmaghami

• kswovick@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-1237
• 336 Hutchison Hall

Interests: Protein turnover and aging

Tahir, Imran

• First Year
• Advisor: Arshad Rahman

• itahir@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-9494
• 3-11301  MRBX

Interests: TBD

Tan, Ruiyue

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Sina Ghaemmaghami

• rtan12@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-1237
• 336 Hutchison Hall

Interests: Analyze protein synthesis and translation pausing base on mass spectrometry

Tolibzoda, Fara

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Vera Gorbunova; Andrei Seluanov

• farangis_tolibzoda@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-6637
• 425 Hutchison Hall

Interests: Investigation of biochemical contributors of health in long-living animals and their role in aging associated neurodegeneration

Walker, Ethan

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Sina Ghaemmaghami

• ethan_walker@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 276-1237
• 336 Hutchison Hall

Interests: Interrogation of protein folding and homeostasis using high-throughput methodology

Walker, Tyler

• PhD Student

• twalk27@ur.rochester.edu

Interests: TBD

Walunjkar, Nilima

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Justin Fay

• nwalunjk@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-3843
• 313 Hutchison Hall

Interests: Causes and consequences of thermal divergence in Saccharomyces species

Wei, Xiaolu

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Amanda Larracuente

• xiaolu_wei@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 273-2475
• 337 Hutchison Hall

Interests: Molecular mechanism of Segregation Distorter in Drosophila melanogaster using a combination of genomic, cytological, and molecular approaches

White, Roger

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Michael Welte

• rwhite32@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-2440
• 311 Hutchison Hall

Interests: TBD

Wnuk, Hayley

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Doug Portman

• hwnuk@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-7915
• 2-9905 KMRB

Interests: Integration of metabolic and sexual state of the nervous system regulates behavior of C. elegans

Yang, Sifan

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Andrew Samuelson

• syang43@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 273-2544
• 2-9915 KMRB

Interests: TBD

Zacher, Maxwell

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Vera Gorbunova

• mzacher@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-6637
• 425 Hutchison Hall

Interests: Genetic mechanisms underlying longevity and cancer resistance in the bowhead whale

Zhang, Jiarui

• Master's Student

• jiaruizhang@rochester.edu

Interests: TBD

Zhang, Kejia

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Dragony Fu

• kzhang27@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0348
• 328 Hutchison Hall

Interests: Molecular functions of tRNA methyltransferase in neuronal development

Zhang, Rui

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Yi-Tao Yu

• rzhang44@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-1226
• 3.7531 Medical Center

Interests: TBD

Zhang, Zhihui

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Vera Gorbunova; Andrei Seluanov

• zhihuizhang@rochester.edu | (585) 275-6637
• 425 Hutchison Hall

Interests: Anti-aging and anti-cancer effects of high molecular weight hyaluronic acid

Zhu, Mingyi

• PhD Student
• Advisor: Dave Mathews

• mzhu21@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-1734
• 3-8816 Medical Center

Interests: RNA secondary structure prediction