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Yu Lab Members  

Jie He - Postdoctoral Research Associate

Ph.D. in Biophysics from the Institute of Biophysics CAS Beijing, China

Jie's work focuses on the functional circuitry of the accessory olfactory system

SangSeong Kim - Postdoctoral Research Associate

Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Interdisciplinary Program of Brain Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

SangSeong's work focuses on the VNO signaling mechanism

Nancy Lane - Senior Administrative Assistant

Nancy is responsible for the efficient operation of the lab

Zhuoming Li - Postdoctoral Research Associate

Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from University of Tokushima, Japan

Zhuoming's work focuses on the neural mechanism of the main olfactory system.

Limei Ma - Research Specialist II

Ph.D. in Immunology from University of Illinois- Chicago

Limei's work focuses on the functional circuitry of the main olfactory system

Qiang Qiu - Postdoctoral Research Associate

Ph.D. in Biophysics from the Institute of Biophysics Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Qiang's work focuses on the biophysics of the olfactory system

Justin Ryder - Research Technician I

We welcome Justin back as a permanent part of our lab June 1, 2009.  He graduated in May 2009 from Truman State University with a Biology degree, minoring in Chemistry and Psychology. He was a 2008 Stowers Summer Scholar in the Yu lab.

Chunlei Wang - Postdoctoral Research Associate

Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Chunlei's work focuses on development of the olfactory circuit

 

Zulin Yu - Postdoctoral Research Associate

Ph.D. in Biophysics from the Institute of Biophysics Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Zulin's work focuses on photostimulation of neurons for probing of neural circuits and neural coding.

Le Zhan - Predoctoral Researcher from KU Medical Center in the IGPBS program.  Le joined the Yu lab June 1, 2009.

Yu Lab Alumni
Emily Abdoler, 2005 Stowers Summer Scholar Emily Abdoler

Arian Abdulla, Research Technician I from 2007-2008.

Arian attends Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

 

Sutton Ansley, 2006 Stowers Summer Scholar

 

Sutton Ansley

Shachi Bhatt, Rotation Student, KU Medical Center

Shachi completed a two month rotation in the Yu lab January-March 2009.

Sara Billings, Rotation Student, KU Medical Center

Sara completed a two month rotation in the Yu lab March-May 2009.

Laine Bruning, 2009 Summer Lab Assistant

Laine attends Creighton University to pursue a course of study in the sciences heading toward a degree in the medical field.

Stefani Fontana, 2006 Stowers Summer Scholar

 

Stefani Fontana

Megan Fracol, 2009 Stowers Summer Scholar and 2008 Summer Lab Assistant

Megan attends University of Kansas in Lawrence working on a major in Biochemistry/Pre-Med..

Evan Gillespie, Research Technician I from 2005-2007

 

Evan Gillespie

Stephen Gradwohl, Research Technician I during the summer of 2009, a lab assistant during the summer of 2008 and as a 2007 Stowers Summer Scholar in the Yu lab.

Stephen attends medical school at Washington University, St. Louis. 

Katharina Grauel, International Scholar in the Yu lab from August-October 2009 from Freie Univeritaet Berlin (Free University Berlin). 

Jing Hu, International Scholar from Peking University - July-September 2008.

Oxana Litvine, Postdoctoral Research Associate from 2005-2007. Oxana Litvine

Nirjal Sapkota, Research Technician I from 2007-2008.

Nirjal attends North Carolina State University in Raleigh.

 

Andrew Satterlee, 2009 Stowers Summer Scholar

Andrew will graduate in May 2011 from Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas with a Chemical Engineering degree.

Aaron Scott, Research Technician I from 2006-2007

We were fortunate to have Aaron in our lab during the summer of 2008 working as a Research Technician III.

 

Peniel Zelalem, Research Technician I from 2006-2007

Peniel Zelalem

Lingxue Zhang, 2009 International Scholar in the Yu lab from Peking University, Beijjing, China. 

Lingxue expects to graduate in July 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology.  She also studies in the School of Mathematics Science and the School of Foreign Languages (with a double major).