Former Lab Members
POSTDOCTORAL Researchers
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Carolyn Adler
PostDoctoral Scientist
Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Biology
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
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Alice Accorsi
PostDoctoral Scientist
Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of California, Davis
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Chris Arnold
PostDoctoral Scientist
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
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Blair Benham-Pyle
PostDoctoral Scientist
Assistant Professor
Center for Stem Cell & Regeneration
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
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Li-Chun Cheng
PostDoctoral Scientist
Director of Laboratory Operations
Teiko.bio
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Erin L. Davies
PostDoctoral Scientist
Stadtman Investigator
Cancer and Developmental Biology Laboratory
National Cancer Institute, NIH
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Elizabeth Duncan
PostDoctoral Scientist
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
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Kyle Gurley
PostDoctoral Scientist
Patent Agent
Bozicevic, Field & Francis, LLP
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Kai Lei
PostDoctoral Scientist
Principal Investigator
School of Life Sciences
Westlake University
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Voichita D. Marinescu
PostDoctoral Scientist
Researcher
Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Genomics
University of Uppsala
Sweden
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Phil Newmark
PostDoctoral Scientist
Investigator
HHMI/Morgridge Institute
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
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Stephanie Nowotarski
PostDoctoral Scientist
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Néstor Oviedo
Graduate Student
Associate Professor
School of Natural Sciences
UC Merced
Merced, CA
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Bret Pearson
PostDoctoral Scientist
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Jason Pellettieri
PostDoctoral Scientist
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Peter Reddien
PostDoctoral Scientist
Professor of Biology
HHMI/Department of Biology
Whitehead Institute
Massachussetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
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Jochen Rink
PostDoctoral Scientis
Director
Department of Tissue Dynamics and Regeneration
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Göttingen, Germany
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Alessandro Rossi
PostDoctoral Scientist
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Kim Tu
PostDoctoral Scientist
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Wei Wang
PostDoctoral Scientist
Assistant Investigator
National Institute of Biological Sciences
Beijing (NIBS), China
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An Zeng
PostDoctoral Scientist
Principal Investigator
Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
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Shasha Zhang
PostDoctoral Scientist
Assistant Project Scientist
Yang Lab
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Graduate students
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Francesc Cebriá
VISITING Graduate Student
Principal Investigator
Department of Genetics
University of Barcelona
Spain
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George Eisenhoffer
Graduate Student
Associate Professor
Department of Genetics
University of Texas / MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
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Sarah Elliott
Graduate Student
Regulatory Writer
Gene Therapy Program
University of Pennsylvania
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Otto Guedelhoefer
Graduate Student
Developmental Biology Training Grant
Head of Intellectual Property
Ambys Medicines
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Aurimas Gumbrys
Graduate Student
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Hara Kang
Graduate Student
Faculty Member
Division of Life Sciences
College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering
University of Inchon
Inchon, South Korea
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Trang Huyen Pham
Graduate Student
Undergrad studentS and Visiting Scholars
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Adam Bermange
UNDERGraduate Student
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Antonia Jack
UNDERGraduate Student
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Victoria Luman
UNDERGraduate Student
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Anali Migueles-Lozano
UNDERGraduate Student
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Kenneth Murfitt
UNDERGraduate Student
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Melvin Noe Gonzalez
VISITING UNDERGraduate Student
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Brenda Pardo
VISITING Scholar
Duke University
Support Staff
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Dillon Alegre
Laboratory Technician I
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Diane Downhour
Research Technician
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Kirsten Gotting
Bioinformaticist
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Julianna Haug
Research Technician
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Jim Jenkin
Senior Lab Manager
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Yvonne Jenkin
Administative Assistant
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Samantha Jones
Laboratory Technician
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Réjeanne Juste
Research Specialist
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Carolyn Kaufman
Laboratory Technician
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Alex Locke
Laboratory Technician
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Edelweiss Pfister
Research Specialist
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Joya Robb
Laboratory Technician
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Tomas Solano Rueda
Laboratory Technician
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Shamalene Sivagnanam
Laboratory Technician
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