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CMB Students Currently in the Graduate Program

Graduate Student
Alberta Abotsi


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Graduate Student
Taiwo Adewole


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major professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Graduate Student
Paul Agbola


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major professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Graduate Student
Sara Akram

King Life Science Building
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major professor: Dr. Hank W. Bass
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Graduate Student
Lorea Arambarri

Investigating the consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury on chromatin features

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major professor: Dr. Jonathan H. Dennis
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Graduate Student
Shahin Behrouz Sharif


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major professor: Dr. Jonathan H. Dennis
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Graduate Student
Tracey Bell


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major professor: Dr. Steven Lenhert
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Graduate Student
Jane Benoit

I am interested in the relationships between chromatin architecture, gene expression, and cellular processes. My projects include characterizing chromatin remodeling events during viral infection, innate immune stimulation, and cancer progression.
2024 King
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major professor: Dr. Jonathan H. Dennis
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Graduate Student
Katherine Bilodeau


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major professor: Dr. Kathryn M. Jones
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Graduate Student
Cecilia Bouaichi


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major professor: Dr. Roberto Vincis
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Graduate Student
Christopher Carroll

2024 King
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Graduate Student
Lauren Carson


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major professor: Dr. Hong-Guo Yu
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Graduate Student
Ishwaree Datta


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major professor: Dr. Erdem Bangi
second major professor: Dr. Hank W. Bass



Graduate Student
AidanDarian Douglas


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major professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Graduate Student
Francis Ebuara

KIN3004 King
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major professor: Dr. Darin R. Rokyta
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Graduate Student
Yu Fang


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major professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Graduate Student
Leslie Fillmore


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major professor: Dr. Alice A. Winn
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Graduate Student
Gabrielle Fisher


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major professor: Dr. Kathryn M. Jones
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Graduate Student
Yashika Garg

217 Kasha Building
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major professor: Dr. M. Elizabeth Stroupe
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Graduate Student
Yacob Gebreab


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major professor: Dr. Fanxiu Zhu
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Graduate Student
Daniel Hiott


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major professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Graduate Student
Rubel Hoq


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major professor: Dr. Jonathan H. Dennis
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Graduate Student
Anuvind Kalpetta Gramathil

In the Yu lab, I work on understanding how chromosome tethering to the nuclear periphery works. Yeast is not just used for baking, but to do science as well! :)
308 Biology Unit 1
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major professor: Dr. Hong-Guo Yu
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Graduate Student
Mahdi Khadem


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major professor: Dr. Jonathan H. Dennis
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Graduate Student
Kathryn Koirtyohann

Major Professor: McGinnis

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major professor: Dr. Karen M. McGinnis
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Graduate Student
Ashley Loeven

My research interests lie in understanding intracellular signaling that mediates dietary fat-induced inflammation and irreversible loss of olfactory sensory neurons in mouse models.

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major professor: Dr. Debra A. Fadool
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Graduate Student
Calvin Mackey


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major professor: Dr. Kathryn M. Jones
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Graduate Student
Anna Daniela Metzler


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major professor: Dr. Hengli Tang
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Graduate Student
Soheila Nabi


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major professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Graduate Student
Isanze Nudalo



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major professor: Dr. Alice A. Winn
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Graduate Student
Innocent Osuya


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major professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Graduate Student
Zohre Panahidizjikan


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major professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Graduate Student
John (Levi) Payne


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major professor: Dr. Thomas A. Houpt (cbMS)
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Graduate Student
Meizhu Qi


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major professor: Dr. Debra A. Fadool
second major professor: Dr. Douglas Storace



Graduate Student
Maria Quintero Rodriquez


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major professor: Dr. Erdem Bangi
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Graduate Student
Hosna Rastegarpouyani


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major professor: Dr. Kenneth A. Taylor
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Graduate Student
Bryce Redfern


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major professor: Dr. Kathryn M. Jones
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Graduate Student
Sayantan Roy

0517 Kasha Laboratory Building
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major professor: Dr. Qian Yin
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Graduate Student
Sadia Sayed


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major professor: Dr. Jonathan H. Dennis
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Graduate Student
Bianca Sheridan


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major professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Graduate Student
Yun Shi

My research mainly focuses on Ca2+-dependent thin filament regulation of contraction and cooperative interactions among myofilament proteins in striated muscle, including both skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle. As the Ca2+ sensor of the thin filament, troponin is the major protein that I am particularly interested in. For the projects I am currently involved in, experimental, statistical and computational methods are combined to reveal the characteristics of this protein in both physiological and pathological process, e.g., cardiomyopathy.
308 Bio Unit 1
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major professor: Dr. P. Bryant Chase
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Graduate Student
Sixian Song


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major professor: Dr. James M. Fadool
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Graduate Student
Divyaa Srinivasan


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major professor: Dr. Peter Fraser
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Graduate Student
Jessica Sullivan


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major professor: Dr. Thomas A. Houpt (cbMS)
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Graduate Student
Vincent Tocci


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major professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Graduate Student
Jesse Turner

I am interested in the 3D organization of chromatin within the nucleus and how that relates to other nuclear functions, such as transcription and DNA replication. My current project in the lab is investigating early replication control elements (ERCEs), a discrete class of cis-regulatory elements that act as "enhancers of early replication," but also have roles in maintaining sub-nuclear compartmentalization, transcription, and TAD structure. (he/him/his)
3070 King Life Science Building
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major professor: Dr. Hank W. Bass
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Graduate Student
Zachary Turpin


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Graduate Student
Manisha Tyagi


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major professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Graduate Student
Paola Urlich


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major professor: Dr. Hengli Tang
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Graduate Student
Athanasios Vouzas


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Graduate Student
Nick Waddell


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major professor: Dr. Jian Feng
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Graduate Student
Nidhi Walia


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major professor: Dr. M. Elizabeth Stroupe
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Graduate Student
Rui Yang


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major professor: Dr. Qian Yin
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Graduate Student
Yijing Zhao

I am interested in studying the impact of Zika virus on cell cycle progression.

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