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Ali Bayram |
My research and teaching interests had been fostered by several years of undergraduate
teaching and mentoring in Turkey. I taught discussion and laboratory sections for
both introductory molecular and cellular biology and for introductory genetics for
two semesters each between 2013-16 at Firat University Faculty of Health Sciences
as an Asst. Prof. Since 2017, I have been a postdoctoral associate in Biochemistry
& Molecular Biology. I am currently focusing on the transcriptional regulation of
the insulin receptor (InR) gene in Drosophila. My goal is to identify and characterize
the complex cis-regulatory elements that regulate the sensitive regulation of this
gene, and ultimately its biological significance in development and physiology. |
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Dominic Thorley |
I graduated from Michigan State University through the College of Lyman Briggs with
a major in Genomics and Molecular Genetics in 2018. I joined the lab in January of
2017 as an undergraduate, and have since transitioned to working as a full time post-baccalaureate
research assistant. My project is utilizing CRISPR/Cas9 to mutate a putative regulatory
motif in the isocitrate dehydrogenase (Idh) gene of D. melanogater. The goal of knocking
out this transcription factor binding site is to determine if Retinoblastoma (Rb)
plays a novel role in transcriptional regulation of Idh; this would contribute to
a more complete understanding of the role of the Rb family proteins. I am also working
on a project that involves knockout of Rbf2, again using CRISPR/Cas9 germline mutations.
Since creating these Rbf2 mutants I am working on characterizing the effects that
knocking out Rbf2 has on the organisms. |
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Sarah Hodge |
I am a post-bac researcher in the Arnosti laboratory, having graduated from Michigan
State University in December 2017 with a degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
My research focus is using molecular and genetic approaches to understand the transcriptional
regulation of genes by retinoblastoma tumor suppressor proteins, using Drosophila
as a system. I have analyzed Rbf target genes in the fly by cloning promoters of different
classes, responsive to Rbf1 and/or Rbf2 proteins. My work is aimed at understanding
the structural and functional features that endow these conserved cancer proteins
with unique activities. |
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Pamela Himadewi |
I am a post-baccalaureate researcher in the lab. I graduated from Michigan State University
with a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and a minor in computational math, science,
and engineering. My research projects revolve around identifying potential promoter
regions from different functional classes of genes, to better understand transcriptional
regulation by Rb family proteins in Drosophila melanogaster. Previously, I have also
served as a member of the MSU iGEM team in 2016, building Arduino-powered photo-bioreactors
and engineering cold and freezing adaptation in Cyanobacteria. |
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Mark Pulver |
I am a senior undergraduate from Menominee, MI majoring in Chemistry. My project involves
studying the insulin receptor gene in fruit flies and how different drugs, such as
caffeine, change the receptor's expression levels. Post graduation I plan on pursing
a PharmD. |
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Gabby Iacobellis |
I am currently a junior undergraduate student, majoring in Human Biology. In the future,
I plan to attend Pharmacy School and earn a Pharm.D. Participating in a laboratory
setting and conducting research has been a great experience here at the Arnosti lab.
Currently, I am researching the effects of different drugs, such as caffeine, on the
insulin receptor gene and its expression in Drosophila. |
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Carina Arnosti |
I am an undergraduate researcher working with Ana-Maria Raicu. I am creating chimeric
dCas9-Rb fusion proteins to study mechanisms of transcriptional repression in vivo.
I am planning on continuing my education so that I can eventually end up in psychological
research. |
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Anthony Decicco |
I am a senior studying Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and I plan on graduating
in May of 2019. I have been in the Arnosti lab since fall of 2017 and after starting
out as a lab assistant I am now an undergraduate research assistant. My project explores
the genetic differences that differentiate how the RBF1 and RBF2 proteins, found inDrosophila
melanogaster, regulate gene expression. |
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Nate Wilson |
I am currently going into my Senior year at Michigan State to earn a Bachelors Degree
in Human Biology. I plan to further pursue medicine after graduation. My research
is focused on the effect of specific mutations in retinoblastoma tumor suppressor
genes on the life span and fertility of Drosophila melanogaster, an area that may
have parallels in human health and disease. |
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Dylan Johnston |
My research in the Arnosti laboratory was focused on the molecular analysis of regulation
of the isocitrate dehydrogenase gene by retinoblastoma (Rbf) protein. To determine
the importance of Rbf binding to the IDH promoter, I used molecular biological methods
to prepare lacZ reporters containing wild-type and mutant sequences for transformation
into Drosophila. |
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Rewatee Gokhale |
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Kurtulus Kok |
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Anne Sonnenschein |
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Yiliang Wei |
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Andrew Ingersoll |
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Kelly Montgomery |
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Irina Pushel |
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Yuk Kie Wan |
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Juliana Lopes |
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Dr. Mahmoud Romeih |
Theodor Bilharz Institute, Cairo, Egypt |
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Anwaar Ahmad |
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pittsburgh |
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Lyle Burgoon |
Team Leader, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core, US Environmental Protection Agency,
North Carolina |
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Walid Fakhouri |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Schutte laboratory, MSU |
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Montserrat Sutrias-Grau |
Barcelona, Spain |
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Scott Keller |
White Hall, Michigan |
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Jae-Ryeon Ryu |
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Calgary, Alberta |
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Kathy Foley |
Instructor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, MSU |
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Carla Margulies |
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg |
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Robin Wagner |
Lansing Community College |
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David Mörsdorf |
I was a biochemistry master's student from the University of Tübingen, Germany, and
at MSU as a Short-Term Scholar. In my project, I studied different gap repressor proteins,
such as Krüppel and giant. We examined chromatin changes upon their overexpression
to find out how they regulate gene expression. Many repressor proteins play vital
roles in early development. This was my first time in a fly lab, which I then continued
with work in the Margulies lab at the University of Munich. Thus, my project introduced
me to a new model organism and gave me a great opportunity to learn new methods, such
as ChIP. I am now a Ph.D. student at the University of Tübingen. |
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Ashley Severance |
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Li Li |
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Yang Zhang |
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Ahmet Ay |
Asst Prof of Biology & Mathematics, Colgate University |
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Carlos Martinez |
Postdoctoral Fellow, SUNY Stony Brook |
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Martin Buckley |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University |
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Priya Mani |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Oregon Health Science University |
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Meghana Kulkarni |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University |
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Paolo Struffi |
Joint Research Center (JRC) of European Commission, Ispra, Italy |
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Julie Ebels |
Grand Rapids, MI |
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Geoff Attardo |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University |
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Yifan Mao |
Patent Agent, Mendel Biotechnology Inc, California |
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Jelani Thomas |
Charles River Laboratories, Worcester, MA |
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Bethany Strunk |
Chemical Biology Ph.D. program, University of Michigan |
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Anu Kumar |
Practicing D.O., Philadelphia, PA |
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Xian Zhou |
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Jared Elenbaas |
I worked in Dr. Arnosti's lab since my freshman year. I completed my studies in the
summer of 2014 with a first author paper in Cell Cycle describing the effects of retinoblastoma
protein mutations on cellular growth and apoptosis in the imaginal discs of Drosophila.
Currently, I am studying Physiology at the University of Michigan and conducting research,
as I apply to medical schools. I am interested in M.D./Ph.D. program in the future,
to allow me to both practice medicine and be involved with research. |
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Haris Khan |
Haris worked in our laboratory and that of Dr. R. William Henry in the summer of 2014,
to determine how phosphorylation of human retinoblastoma proteins in the C-terminal
instability element regulates their turnover and function. Haris is a senior at the
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), in Lahore Pakistan, where he met
Professor Dr. Zakir-ullah, who received his Ph.D. from MSU. He hopes to study molecular
biology at the graduate level. |
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Lindsey McQuade |
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Ashley Menning |
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Tess Jeffers |
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Seuk-min Ryu |
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Yerzhan Suleimenov |
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Yasmin Elgamel |
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Xiaozhou Liu |
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Sydonie Schimler |
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Evan Dayringer |
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Stephanie Duperon |
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Andrew Armstrong |
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Jessica Fuller |
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Keyunna Castleberry-Austin |
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Jennifer Chen |
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Chu-Yin Yeh |
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Meghana Joshi |
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Nicole Biluk |
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Laya Bhavaraju |
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Nick Day |
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Philip Williams |
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Taraz Buck |
Graduate student in Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University on Pittsburgh. |
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Edu Fernandez |
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Timanika Dansby |
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Ludvig Nyquist |
Norway |
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Kevin Wright |
Graduate School at UC Berkeley |
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Brehan King |
Medical school, Fall 2000 |
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Gavin Hewitt |
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Roxane Amey |
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Cameron Kennedy |
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Amy Anderson |
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Aina Ramly |
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Tory Priputin |
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Catherine Yurk |
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Carlton Browning |
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Sarah Ballard |
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Jackie Brosius |
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Sarah McCormack |
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Irene Flick |
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Mary Phillips |
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Elizabeth Wagenmaker |
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