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Graduate Students

 

B

Bettinger, John

Interests: The biological roles of methionine oxidation

C

Cammarota, Christian

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

Cefaloni, Eric

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

Chang, Ching-Ho

Interests: Population dynamics and molecular mechanism of the Segregation Distortion system in Drosophila melanogaster

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Dao, Thao Kim

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

Dawney, Nicole

Interests: TBD

Driscoll, Rose

Interests: Evolutionary genetics of phenotypic plasticity in aphids

E

Emmanuele, Josie

  • Master's Student

Interests: TBD

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Gigas, Jonathan

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

Gregory, Lauren

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

Gu, Ningyang

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

H

Hutti, Chuck

Interests: Using genome wide CRISPR screens to identify genes involved in prion tolerance and its mechanisms

K

Kilwein, Marcus

Interests: Embryonic lipid utilization in Drosophila

Kovelakuntla, Vamsi

Interests: Bacterially-mediated fabrication of artificial nacre

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Lawson, Hannah

Interests: Developmental timing of sex-specific maturation of the C. elegans nervous system

Lee, Songeun

  • First Year PhD Student

Interests: TBD

Lentini, Jenna

Interests: Identification of the damaged RNA transcriptome and surveillance pathways

Lindley, Sean

Interests: TBD

Liu, Xiaomi

  • Master's Student

Interests: TBD

Longan, Emery

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

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Macoretta, Nicholas

Interests: TBD

Martinez, Jovany

  • Master's Student

Interests: TBD

Miller, John

  • First Year PhD Student

Interests: TBD

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Neville, Kathryn

  • First Year PhD Student

Interests: TBD

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Parish, Kate

  • Leave of Absence

Interests: TBD

Perrin, Lindsey

  • First Year PhD Student

Interests: TBD

Phromsiri, Pakinee

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

R

Ramos, Jillian

Interests: Determining the cellular targets and function of human KIAA1456, a putative tRNA methyltransferase enzyme

Rezazadeh, Sarallah

Interests: DNA repair in cancer and aging

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Saleh Ziabari, Omid

Interests: The parallel evolution of wings in aphids

Sidor, Lynn

  • First Year PhD Student

Interests: TBD

Stephenson, Roxan

Interests: The structure and function of the protein Jabba in Drosophila melanogaster embryos

Summers, Jeremy

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

Sun, Yu

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

Swovick, Kyle

Interests: Protein turnover and aging

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Tahir, Imran

  • First Year PhD Student

Interests: TBD

Tan, Ruiyue

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

Tolibzoda, Fara

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

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Walker, Ethan

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

Walker, Tyler

  • First Year PhD Student

Interests: TBD

Walunjkar, Nilima

Interests: Causes and consequences of thermal divergence in Saccharomyces species

Wei, Xiaolu

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

White, Roger

  • First Year PhD Student

Interests: TBD

Wnuk, Hayley

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

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Yang, Sifan

  • First Year PhD Student

Interests: TBD

Yao, Yixue

  • Master's Student

Interests: TBD

Ye, Xinhai

  • Visiting Graduate Student
  • Advisor: Werren

Interests: TBD

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Zacher, Maxwell

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

Zhang, Kejia

Interests: Molecular functions of tRNA methyltransferase in neuronal development

Zhang, Zhihui

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

Zhang, Rui

Interests: TBD

Zhang, Jiarui

  • Master's Student

Interests: TBD

Zhu, Mingyi

Interests: RNA secondary structure prediction