Joshua Alcantara
jaalcan1@uci.edu
Kvon Lab
Investigating how the genomic landscape influences transcriptional enhancer activity during mammalian development.
Maria De Lourdes Andrade Ludena
mdandra1@uci.edu
Sun Lab
David Bojorquez
Grad Student Representative
bojorqud@uci.edu
Lara-Gonzalez Lab
Understanding how cell cycle machinery contributes to cell fate specification in early embryos.
Mia Brantley
brantley@uci.edu
Thompson-Peer Lab
Studying the non-cell autonomous signals that influence dendrite regeneration in Drosophila melanogaster.
Rostislav “Rosty” Brichko
rbrichko@uci.edu
Thompson-Peer Lab
Investigating dendrite regeneration in the Drosophila melanogaster nervous system. Studying the mechanisms underlying dendrite regeneration, how aging affects regeneration, and differences in dendrite regeneration in the central and peripheral nervous systems.
Melissa Campos
camposm4@uci.edu
Albrecht Lab
Investigating how methylation-driven lysosomal degradation of proteins regulates skeletal muscle metabolism and identity.
Brandon Chu
chub2@uci.edu
Edinger Lab
Sara Elizabeth Espinoza
seespino@uci.edu
Kvon Lab
Understanding the mechanisms enhancer-promoter specificity in the context of mammalian development.
Ghassan Filimban
gfilimba@uci.edu
Mortazavi Lab
Investigating the impact of inherent genetic diversity on cell-type-specific gene regulatory architecture within mammalian systems.
Cameron Geller
gellerc@uci.edu
Edinger Lab
Investigating the potential of a synthetic sphingolipid molecule called 893 to treat prostate cancer. Focus on determining whether cancer cells can adapt to the 893 compound, and if so, what changes occur within the cells that contribute to their decreased sensitivity to the compound.
Renzhi Hou
rhou1@uci.edu
Plikus Lab
Studying skin regeneration using salamander model.
Duncan Hoard
dhoard@uci.edu,
Arora/Warrior Lab
Yikai Huang
Grad Student Representative
yikaih3@uci.edu
Blumberg Lab
How ancestral exposure to environmentally relevant levels of obesogens affects epigenetic patterns and energy metabolism in mice, potentially contributing to transgenerational susceptibility to diet-induced obesity
Arinnae Kurdian
akurdian@uci.edu
Atwood Lab
Alfredo Lebron
alebron1@hs.uci.edu
Schilling Lab
Investigating genes involved in fate determination and patterning of cranial neural crest cells.
Kathleen Leon Parada
knleon@uci.edu
Luderer Lab
Kathleen is investigating the reproductive effects of space radiation and a air pollutant chemical, Benzo[a]pyrene, on the mammalian ovary. She is looking forward to finding a post-doctoral lab.
Natalia Libby
nlibby1@uci.edu
Eom Lab
Natalia is broadly interested in intercellular communication in the early vertebrate. She will join the Dae-Seok laboratory in the fall to investigate the mechanisms behind long-range, cell-to-cell communication in the zebrafish skin, particularly those mediated by airinemes, filopodia-like projections possessing a membrane-bound vesicle at their tips. Natalia studies cell-cell communication using zebrafish skin as a model.
Jessica Lin
linjm6@uci.edu
Wang Lab
Investigating Hippo pathway regulation in growth control and cancer.
Maria Luiza Lopes de Oliveira
mlopesde@uci.edu
Konieczny Lab
Gavin Long
grlong@uci.edu
Atwood Lab
Shabnam Dehkordi Moghareh
moghares@uci.edu
Lara Gonzalez Lab
Investigating how nutrient signaling interfaces with cell-cycle regulation to maintain a noncanonical G2 quiescent state, using C. elegans primordial germ cells as a model system.
Negar Mojgani
Grad Student Representative
mojganin@uci.edu
Mortazavi Lab
Investigating the effect of dysregulated repeat regions and retroelements on mammalian skeletal muscle development.
Olivia Monet
ogramza@uci.edu
Baker Lab
My research investigates how Xrp1-mediated cell competition recognizes and eliminates aneuploid cells in Drosophila melanogaster.
Guan-Yin Stevens
glsteven@uci.edu
Arora Lab
Warrior Lab
Understanding the transcriptional regulatory mechanisms underlying sugar homeostasis, mediated by TGF-ß signaling in Drosophila, using genetic and high-throughput genomic approaches
Marina Suarez Pizarro
msuarezp@uci.edu
Benavente Lab
Investigating the role of the epigenetic regulator UHRF1 in triple-negative breast cancer progression, immune-evasion, and metastasis.
Sihe Tan
sihet1@uci.edu
Shi Lab
Johnny Vertiz
jvertiz@uci.edu
Lara Gonzalez Lab
Studying the mechanisms behind mitotic arrest. Investigating how a CDC-20 protein is involved in regulating cell cycle progression. By studying cell cycle progression I believe that we can further understand the mechanisms behind cancer and develop better therapeutics.
Yinyin Zhuang
yinyiz1@uci.edu
Shi Lab
Focusing on nuclear mechanics and its regulation on ribosome biogenesis in cancer and aging diseases, dissecting lamina molecular structure via label-retention expansion microscopy and development of next-generation expansion microscopy.
Elnaz Abdollahzadeh
Grace Bower
Raquel Bowman
Margaret Duffield
Clark Hendrickson
Ethan Hollingsworth
Patrick Hwu
Daniel Martinez
Laurence Seabrook
Jessica Volladolid
Yi Wang
Ryan Weber