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Guangbo Chen
Predoctoral Researcher
2006 BS Biology (Fudan University, China)
Projects:
- Ability of cell and biological molecule network to evolve and adapt
- Cancer as an evolutionary system
Hometown: Hunan, China |
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Veronica Conaway
Research Technician I
2008 BS Biology (Truman State University, Kirksville, MO)
Projects:
My job is divided into two parts. Half of my time is spent making sure the lab runs smoothly. I place orders, prepare various media, keep up with general organization, etc. The other half of the time I spend helping with projects. I have been genotyping mice for Sheng’s ADPKD project and am also assisting Norman and Giulia with their cytokinesis evolvability project. |
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Arupratan Das
Predoctoral Researcher
2006 MS Biochemistry (Calcutta University, India)
2004 BS Chemistry (Calcutta University, India)
Projects:
- Cdc42 recycling mechanism in dynamic maintenance of cortical polarity
Hometown: Calcutta, India
Family: one older sister
Hobbies: cricket, soccer |
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Amr Eldakak
Postdoctoral Research Associate
2006 PhD Molecular Biology (University of Illinois, Chicago, IL)
1999 MS Biology (Texas A&M, Kingsville, TX)
1992 BS Microbiology (Alexandria University, Egypt)
Projects:
- Asymmetric polarization of a group of transporters and its effect on aging in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Hometown: Alexandria, Egypt
Family: Iten Bayoumy (wife, Montessori teacher), Yousef (10 yrs old son) and Omar (5 yrs old son)
Hobbies: basketball, soccer, tennis |
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Juntao Gao
Postdoctoral Research Associate
2005 PhD Computational Biology (Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg & German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany)
2000 MS Biophysics (Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China)
1997 BS Biomedical Engineering (Capital Medical University, Beijing, China)
Projects:
- Modulization and dynamics of budding yeast protein interaction network |
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Hongbin Li
Senior Research Associate
2003 PhD Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (University of Bielefeld, Germany)
Projects:
- Mechanism of chromosome dynamics in mammalian meiosis |
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Rong Li
Investigator, Professor of Physiology
1992 PhD Cell Biology (UCSF)
1988 BS/MS Biochemistry (Yale University)
Hometown: Beijing, China
Family: husband – Dan, two children – Olivia and Gregory
Hobbies: art, hiking, sports in general
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Swarna Mehrotra
Postdoctoral Research Associate
2009 PhD Cancer Biology (University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA)
2003 BS/MS Human Biology and Biochemistry (All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India)
Projects:
- Exploring the role of cell-cell or paracrine signaling in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
Hometown: Lucknow, India
Family: My husband, Vishal
Hobbies: Listening to good music, watching movies and spending time with friends
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Parama Paul
Research Technician I
2006 MS Biochemistry (University of Calcutta, India)
2004 BS Chemistry (University of Calcutta, India)
Projects:
- I am working with Amr to investigate whether the asymmetric distribution of a multi-drug resistant transporter family is responsible for aging in budding yeast
Hometown: Kolkata, India
Family: parents
Hobbies: Listening to music and some sports |
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Norman Pavelka
Postdoctoral Research Associate
2006 PhD Immunology (University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy)
2001 BS/MS Biotechnology (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy)
Projects:
- Computational modeling and experimental evolution to study evolvability of yeast cell cycle processes
Hometown: Milano, Italy
Hobbies: theater
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Ines Mendes Pinto
Predoctoral Researcher
2002 BS/MS Pharmaceutical Sciences (University of Porto, Portugal)
Projects:
- Spatial and temporal analysis of Myo1 interactions for cytokinesis in yeast S. cerevisiae
Hometown: Amarante, Portugal
Hobbies: jazz and classical music, cinema |
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Sreekumar Ramachandran
Postdoctoral Research Associate
PhD Biochemistry (Mahatma Gandhi university, India)
BS/MS Zoology (Kerala univervisty, India)
Projects:
- Quantitative analysis of Cdc14 release kinetics in single live cells in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Hometown: Trivandrum, Kerala, India
Hobbies: reading, cricket |
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Giulia Rancati
Postdoctoral Research Associate
2005 PhD Industrial Biotechnology (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy)
2001 BS/MS Biotechnology (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy)
Projects:
- Aneuploidy underlies rapid adaptive evolution of yeast cells to the depletion of the conserved cytokinesis motor Myosin II
Hometown: Milano, Italy
Hobbies: I’m a movie freak! |
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Brian Slaughter
Postdoctoral Research Associate
2005 PhD Chemistry (University of Kansas)
1999 BA Chemistry (William Jewell College)
1999 BA Mathematics (William Jewell College)
Projects:
- Dynamic mechanisms of Cdc42 polarity maintenance
I employ a variety of live cell fluorescence techniques to examine the dynamics of Cdc42 in live yeast. This includes imaging, bleaching techniques to examine exchange at the yeast membrane, and fluorescence fluctuation techniques to examine molecular diffusion and interactions in the yeast cytosol.
Hometown: Grain Valley, Missouri
Family: wife Becky, daughters Grace Kay and Olivia Lou |
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Sarah E. Smith
Predoctoral Researcher
2005 BS Physics
Projects:
-The role of Bem1 in actin-independent polarization in S. cerevisiae
Hometown: Kansas City, MO, USA
Family: married
Hobbies: gardening, baking
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Praveen Suraneni
Research Technician II
2003 MS Biotechnology and Pharmacology (Sheffield Hallam University, England)
1999 BS Pharmacy (MGR Medical University, India)
Projects:
- Determine the role of the Arp2/3 complex in vertebrate cell motility using mouse embryonic stem cells as a model system
- Studying the novel chromatin-mediated actin assembly pathway during meiotic cell division using starfish oocytes as a model system
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Mary Toth
Senior Administrative Assistant
BA
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Family: sons, Justin and Zane
Hobbies: weaving/textiles, literature, travel
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Sheng Xia
Research Specialist I
2003 PhD Biophysics (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China)
1998 MS Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Hubei University, China)
1995 BS Biology (Hubei University, China)
Projects:
- Polycystins transduce fluid flow stress signal through activation of the MEF2C/HDAC5 transcription pathway
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Kexi Yi
Postdoctoral Research Associate
2004 PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Beijing Normal University, China)
1998 BS Biological Science (Qufu Normal University, China)
Project:
- Mechanism of Actomyosin assembly in oocytes of model organisms |
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Jin Zhu
Research Technician I
2008 MS Cell Biology (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
2005 MS Biology (Peking University, China)
Hometown: Jiangsu, China
Family: wife, Di
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