Cell & Molecular Biology

Florida State University | Department of Biological Science

Featured Student

Emily Darrow (Ph.D., 2018)
CMB graduate student in the Chadwick lab.

Emily Darrow (Ph.D., 2018) CMB graduate student in the Chadwick lab. The roles of many tandem-repeat DNA sequences in the human genome are unknown. DXZ4 is a large X-linked macrosatellite implicated in the structure of the inactive X chromosome (Xi). Using cutting-edge genome engineering tools, Emily excised DXZ4 from the Xi, causing large-scale local chromatin changes to the Xi. In collaboration with Dr. Erez Lieberman-Aiden's group, we showed compromised Xi 3D conformation. This work involved three members of the CMB Graduate Program: Emily Darrow, Zhuo Sun and Andrew Seberg. Emily defended her Ph.D. in 2017 and is starting a postdoc in 2018. ARTICLE: Darrow, E. M., M. H. Huntley, O. Dudchenko, E. K. Stamenova, N. C. Durand, Z. Sun, S. C. Huang, A. L. Sanborn, I. Machol, M. Shamim, A. P. Seberg, E. S. Lander, B. P. Chadwick and E. L. Aiden (2016). "Deletion of DXZ4 on the human inactive X chromosome alters higher-order genome architecture." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 113(31): E4504-4512.
Katherine Easterling
CMB doctoral candidate in the Bass lab

Katherine Easterling CMB doctoral candidate in the Bass lab Katherine co-first-authored a paper on inheritance in hop in the journal The Plant Genome. She carried out 3D imaging of hop chromosomes, suggesting a chromosomal basis for the non-Mendelian inheritance patterns observed for genomic markers. She also recently presented a talk and poster at the 2nd Annual Brewers Symposium in Corvallis, Oregon at Oregon State University, where she received the First Prize Award for her poster. ARTICLE: (2017) Zhang* D, Easterling* KA, Pitra* NJ, Coles MC, Buckler ES, Bass HW, and Matthews PD. "Non-Mendelian SNP inheritance and atypical meiotic configurations are prevalent in hop (Humulus lupulus L.)" The Plant Genome 10(3):(14 pp). (DOI: 10.3835/plantgenome2017.04.0032).
Vishnu Dileep (Ph.D. 2017)
CMB student in the Gilbert lab

Vishnu Dileep (Ph.D. 2017) CMB student in the Gilbert lab He studied the relationship between DNA replication-timing regulation and 3D chromatin architecture. Vishnuâ€™s doctoral research showed that the re-establishment of interphase-specific chromatin folding from the condensed mitotic chromosomes coincides with the establishment of the replication-timing program. Vishnu was supported by an American Heart Association fellowship and completed his work by studying genome-wide replication timing regulation at the single cell level. ARTICLE: Dileep V, Ay F, Sima J, Vera DL, Noble WS, Gilbert DM. Topologically-associating domains and their long-range contacts are established during early G1 coincident with the establishment of the replication timing program. Genome Res. 2015 Aug;25(8):1104-13. DOI: 10.1101/gr.183699.114.
Ji Huang
Ph.D. student in the McGinnis lab

Ji Huang Ph.D. student in the McGinnis lab Ji's article, entitled "Construction and Optimization of Large Gene Co-expression Network in Maize Using RNA-Seq Data", was recently published in Plant Physiology. His paper employed and tested different approaches to the construction of gene coexpression networks. He identified the optimal parameters for processing maize RNAseq data and generated a large, robust network. The maize coexpression database is available through the McGinnis lab web site at mcginnislab/mcn/main_page.php. ARTICLE: Huang, J., et al. (2017). "Construction and Optimization of a Large Gene Coexpression Network in Maize Using RNA-Seq Data." Plant Physiol 175(1): 568-583. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.17.00825
Hardeep Gumber
CMB doctoral candidate in the Bass lab

Hardeep Gumber CMB doctoral candidate in the Bass lab Hardeep won the graduate student oral presentation competition at the Southern Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida April 2017. She presented a talk titled: â€œThe maize LINC complex componentsâ€. Hardeepâ€™s research focuses on the role of telomeres and the nuclear envelope-associated LINC complex in meiotic chromosome dynamics and segregation.

CMB Students Currently in the Graduate Program

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Monica Abou Harb

monica.abouharb@lau.edu
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Lorea Arambarri

larambarri@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Jonathan Dennis
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Daniel Bartlett

dbartlett@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Gilbert
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Tracey Bell

squirrelmade@gmail.com
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Cecilia Bouaichi

2024 King Life Sciences
cbouaichi@bio.fsu.edu
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Amanpreet Kaur Brar

King Life Sciences
abrar@bio.fsu.edu
phone: (605) 641-7705
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major professor: Dr. Jones
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Brandon Buck

bdb13@my.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Jonathan Dennis
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Nina Bui

King
nbui@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Tang
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Christopher Carroll

cc18t@my.fsu.edu
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Sankalpa Chakraborty

0514 Kasha Biophysics Laboratory
schakraborty@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Fajer
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Deeptiman Chatterjee

219 KING
dchatterjee@bio.fsu.edu
phone: 850-645-7756
fax: 850-644-0481
major professor: Dr. Deng
second major professor:

Yichen Cheng

3069 King
yc14b@my.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Tang
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Lauren Cole

2024 King
lc13g@my.fsu.edu
phone: 850-644-6585
fax: 850-644-8815
major professor: Dr. Dennis
second major professor:

Caique Costa

King Life Sciences
ccosta@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Deng
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Ishwaree Datta

King
ishwareedatta94@gmail.com
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Katherine Easterling

3022 King
kae09@my.fsu.edu
phone: 850-644-6585
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major professor: Dr. Bass
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Elizabeth Faircloth

King
elizabethkayefaircloth@gmail.com
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major professor: Dr. Lyons
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Jinbo Fan

216 Biology Unit I
jfan@bio.fsu.edu
phone: 217-898-7217
fax: 850-644-0481
major professor: Dr. Yu
second major professor:

Randula Fonseka

216 Bio Unit I
rdf15c@my.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Zhu
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Hardeep Gumber

3708 King
hardeep@bio.fsu.edu
phone: 850-566-2325
fax: 850-645-8447
major professor: Dr. Bass
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Rubel Hoq

mhoq@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Dennis
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Allison Jevitt

3022 King
aj09f@my.fsu.edu
phone: 850-645-1502
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major professor: Dr. Deng
second major professor:

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Kyle Klein

3022 King
kklein@bio.fsu.edu
phone: 850-644-6585
fax: 850-645-8447
major professor: Dr. Gilbert
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Bailey Koch

bkoch@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Yu
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Ashley Loeven

3004 King Life Sciences
aloeven@bio.fsu.edu
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Jason Lynn

3022 King
jlynn@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. McGinnis
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Siming Ma

216 Bio Unit I
sma@bio.fsu.edu
phone: 850-368-2003
fax: 850-645-8447
major professor: Dr. Zhu
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Calvin Mackey

cmackey@bio.fsu.edu
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Angelica Medina

mmedina@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Tang
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Daniel Murray

King
dtm17b@my.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Stroupe
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Sarah Ogden

3004 King
sogden@bio.fsu.edu
phone: 850-645-8571
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major professor: Dr. Tang
second major professor:

Taylor Otwell

otwell55@yahoo.com
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Cameron Owens

King
owns2342@hotmail.com
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major professor: Dr. Lyons
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Maria Quintero

quin6745@fredonia.edu
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Hosna Rastegarpouyani

h.rastegarpouyani@gmail.com
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Juan Reza

juan@juanreza.com
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major professor: Dr. Bass
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Sarayu Row

3022 King
sr13r@my.fsu.edu
phone: 850-644-6585
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major professor: Dr. Deng
second major professor:

Sayantan Roy

King
sayantanroybcm@yahoo.com
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major professor: Dr. Yin
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Sadia Sayed

ssayed@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Chadwick
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Lauren Schulte

4004 King
lschulte@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. McGinnis
second major professor:

Andrew Seberg

3022 King
aps11b@my.fsu.edu
phone: 850-644-6585
fax: 850-645-8447
major professor: Dr. Chadwick
second major professor:

Sixian Song

songsixian_apply@163.com
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Divyaa Srinivasan

King
dsrinivasan@bio.fsu.edu
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Zhuo Sun

3078 King
zs13c@my.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Chadwick
second major professor:

Michael Sussman

sussmmic@gmail.com
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major professor: Dr. Dennis
second major professor: Dr. Lyons

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Lynee Tieu

King
lct12@my.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Lemmon
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Jesse Turner

3055 King Life Sciences
jturner@bio.fsu.edu
phone: (443) 974-0538
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major professor: Dr. Gilbert
second major professor:

Zachary Turpin

3055 KING
zturpin@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Bass
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Stefania Vendramin Alegre

4004 King
svendramin@bio.fsu.edu
phone: 850-645-9201
fax: 850-644-0481
major professor: Dr. McGinnis
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Athanasios Vouzas

King
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Nick Waddell

nwaddell@bio.fsu.edu
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Miao Wang

wm02468@126.com
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major professor: Dr. Zhu
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Micaiah Ward

4055 King
mward@bio.fsu.edu
phone: 850-645-8520
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major professor: Dr. Rokyta
second major professor:

Natalia Westervelt

nwestervelt@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Chadwick
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Sheng-an Yang

3078 King
sayang@bio.fsu.edu
phone: 850-645-1502
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major professor: Dr. Deng
second major professor:

Andrea Yoest

andreayoest@gmail.com
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Peiyao Zhao

pzhao@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Gilbert
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Yijing Zhao

zhaoyijingdl@163.com
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Featured Student

Emily Darrow (Ph.D., 2018)
CMB graduate student in the Chadwick lab.

Emily Darrow (Ph.D., 2018) CMB graduate student in the Chadwick lab. The roles of many tandem-repeat DNA sequences in the human genome are unknown. DXZ4 is a large X-linked macrosatellite implicated in the structure of the inactive X chromosome (Xi). Using cutting-edge genome engineering tools, Emily excised DXZ4 from the Xi, causing large-scale local chromatin changes to the Xi. In collaboration with Dr. Erez Lieberman-Aiden's group, we showed compromised Xi 3D conformation. This work involved three members of the CMB Graduate Program: Emily Darrow, Zhuo Sun and Andrew Seberg. Emily defended her Ph.D. in 2017 and is starting a postdoc in 2018. ARTICLE: Darrow, E. M., M. H. Huntley, O. Dudchenko, E. K. Stamenova, N. C. Durand, Z. Sun, S. C. Huang, A. L. Sanborn, I. Machol, M. Shamim, A. P. Seberg, E. S. Lander, B. P. Chadwick and E. L. Aiden (2016). "Deletion of DXZ4 on the human inactive X chromosome alters higher-order genome architecture." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 113(31): E4504-4512.
Katherine Easterling
CMB doctoral candidate in the Bass lab

Katherine Easterling CMB doctoral candidate in the Bass lab Katherine co-first-authored a paper on inheritance in hop in the journal The Plant Genome. She carried out 3D imaging of hop chromosomes, suggesting a chromosomal basis for the non-Mendelian inheritance patterns observed for genomic markers. She also recently presented a talk and poster at the 2nd Annual Brewers Symposium in Corvallis, Oregon at Oregon State University, where she received the First Prize Award for her poster. ARTICLE: (2017) Zhang* D, Easterling* KA, Pitra* NJ, Coles MC, Buckler ES, Bass HW, and Matthews PD. "Non-Mendelian SNP inheritance and atypical meiotic configurations are prevalent in hop (Humulus lupulus L.)" The Plant Genome 10(3):(14 pp). (DOI: 10.3835/plantgenome2017.04.0032).
Vishnu Dileep (Ph.D. 2017)
CMB student in the Gilbert lab

Vishnu Dileep (Ph.D. 2017) CMB student in the Gilbert lab He studied the relationship between DNA replication-timing regulation and 3D chromatin architecture. Vishnuâ€™s doctoral research showed that the re-establishment of interphase-specific chromatin folding from the condensed mitotic chromosomes coincides with the establishment of the replication-timing program. Vishnu was supported by an American Heart Association fellowship and completed his work by studying genome-wide replication timing regulation at the single cell level. ARTICLE: Dileep V, Ay F, Sima J, Vera DL, Noble WS, Gilbert DM. Topologically-associating domains and their long-range contacts are established during early G1 coincident with the establishment of the replication timing program. Genome Res. 2015 Aug;25(8):1104-13. DOI: 10.1101/gr.183699.114.
Ji Huang
Ph.D. student in the McGinnis lab

Ji Huang Ph.D. student in the McGinnis lab Ji's article, entitled "Construction and Optimization of Large Gene Co-expression Network in Maize Using RNA-Seq Data", was recently published in Plant Physiology. His paper employed and tested different approaches to the construction of gene coexpression networks. He identified the optimal parameters for processing maize RNAseq data and generated a large, robust network. The maize coexpression database is available through the McGinnis lab web site at mcginnislab/mcn/main_page.php. ARTICLE: Huang, J., et al. (2017). "Construction and Optimization of a Large Gene Coexpression Network in Maize Using RNA-Seq Data." Plant Physiol 175(1): 568-583. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.17.00825
Hardeep Gumber
CMB doctoral candidate in the Bass lab

Hardeep Gumber CMB doctoral candidate in the Bass lab Hardeep won the graduate student oral presentation competition at the Southern Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida April 2017. She presented a talk titled: â€œThe maize LINC complex componentsâ€. Hardeepâ€™s research focuses on the role of telomeres and the nuclear envelope-associated LINC complex in meiotic chromosome dynamics and segregation.

Featured Student

Emily Darrow (Ph.D., 2018)CMB graduate student in the Chadwick lab.

Katherine Easterling CMB doctoral candidate in the Bass lab

Vishnu Dileep (Ph.D. 2017)CMB student in the Gilbert lab

Ji Huang Ph.D. student in the McGinnis lab

Hardeep Gumber CMB doctoral candidate in the Bass lab

CMB Students Currently in the Graduate Program

Monica Abou Harb

Lorea Arambarri

Daniel Bartlett

Tracey Bell

Cecilia Bouaichi

Amanpreet Kaur Brar

Brandon Buck

Nina Bui

Christopher Carroll

Sankalpa Chakraborty

Deeptiman Chatterjee

Yichen Cheng

Lauren Cole

Caique Costa

Ishwaree Datta

Katherine Easterling

Elizabeth Faircloth

Jinbo Fan

Randula Fonseka

Hardeep Gumber

Rubel Hoq

Allison Jevitt

Kyle Klein

Bailey Koch

Ashley Loeven

Jason Lynn

Siming Ma

Calvin Mackey

Angelica Medina

Daniel Murray

Sarah Ogden

Taylor Otwell

Cameron Owens

Maria Quintero

Hosna Rastegarpouyani

Juan Reza

Sarayu Row

Sayantan Roy

Sadia Sayed

Lauren Schulte

Andrew Seberg

Sixian Song

Divyaa Srinivasan

Zhuo Sun

Michael Sussman

Lynee Tieu

Jesse Turner

Zachary Turpin

Stefania Vendramin Alegre

Athanasios Vouzas

Nick Waddell

Miao Wang

Micaiah Ward

Natalia Westervelt

Sheng-an Yang

Andrea Yoest

Peiyao Zhao

Yijing Zhao

Featured Student

Emily Darrow (Ph.D., 2018)CMB graduate student in the Chadwick lab.

Katherine Easterling CMB doctoral candidate in the Bass lab

Vishnu Dileep (Ph.D. 2017)CMB student in the Gilbert lab

Ji Huang Ph.D. student in the McGinnis lab

Hardeep Gumber CMB doctoral candidate in the Bass lab

Emily Darrow (Ph.D., 2018)
CMB graduate student in the Chadwick lab.

Katherine Easterling
CMB doctoral candidate in the Bass lab

Vishnu Dileep (Ph.D. 2017)
CMB student in the Gilbert lab

Ji Huang
Ph.D. student in the McGinnis lab

Hardeep Gumber
CMB doctoral candidate in the Bass lab

Emily Darrow (Ph.D., 2018)
CMB graduate student in the Chadwick lab.

Katherine Easterling
CMB doctoral candidate in the Bass lab

Vishnu Dileep (Ph.D. 2017)
CMB student in the Gilbert lab

Ji Huang
Ph.D. student in the McGinnis lab

Hardeep Gumber
CMB doctoral candidate in the Bass lab