People

Program affiliation
Immunology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Dendritic cell development and diversification

Key words
Dendritic cell and T cell differentiation, gene expression, transcription, inflammation

Program: Immunology

Current advisor: Takeshi Egawa, MD, PhD

Undergraduate university: Miami University, 2020

Program: Neurosciences

Current advisor: Brian A. Gordon, PhD

Undergraduate university: University of California-Berkeley, 2022

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 1998

Thesis Advisor: Susan S. Wente

Thesis Title: Molecular Mechanisms of mRNA Export in Eukaryotic Cells

Program: Immunology

Current advisor: Naresha Saligrama, PhD

Undergraduate university: Harvard University, 2017

Program: Biochemistry

Graduation Year: 2020

Thesis Advisor: Ron Bose

Thesis Title: Modeling HER2 mutations in Colorectal Cancer using a HER2 Transgenic Mouse Model and Gastrointestinal

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration, with interest in circadian clock genes, glial function, and neuroinflammation

Key words
circadian, clock genes, astrocytes, microglia, neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration, Bmal1, Alzheimer`s Disease

Program: Integrative and Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 1987

Thesis Advisor: Jacques U. Baenziger

Thesis Title: "Biosynthesis, Intracellular Transport, and Proteolytic Processing of Membrane Secretory Component in Rat Hepatocytes"

Program: Plant Biology

Graduation Year: 2013

Thesis Advisor: Barbara N. Kunkel

Thesis Title: The Roles of Auxin in Pseudomonas syringae Pathogenesis

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis Advisor: Alison Goate

Thesis Title: The Search for Novel Susceptibility Loci Involved in Late Onset Alzheimer's Disease: Significant findings on chromosome 10 and a possible protective effect of the urokinase plasminogen activator gene