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Akhter, Nasima
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
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Balakrishnan, Aiswarya
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Bellomio, Philip
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Sina Ghaemmaghami
- Office Location
- 336 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-1237
Interests: Incorporation of oxidized methionine within the nascent polypeptide during protein translation
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Cammarota, Christian
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Daniel Bergstralh
- Office Location
- 330 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-6680
Interests: Biological physics and the role of mechanics in tissue development and cell processes
Casler, Karli
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Patrick Murphy
- Office Location
- 2-9878 KMRB
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2414
Interests: TBD
Castano, Maria Isabel
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- J. Albert C. Uy
- Office Location
- 340 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-1309
Interests: Behavioral ecology and speciation of Neotropical birds
Cefaloni, Eric
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Paula Vertino
- Office Location
- 3-0852 Wilmot Cancer Center
- Telephone
- (585) 275-9983
Interests: Epigenetic mechanisms driving breast cancer and epithelial to mesenchymal transition
Chen, Minhao
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Michael Welte
- Office Location
- 311 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2440
Interests: TBD
Cutting, Joseph
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
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Deng, Chenghong
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Dragony Fu
- Office Location
- 328 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0348
Interests: The role of tRNA modification in neuron development
De Silva, Manikkuwadura
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Michael Welte
- Office Location
- 311 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2440
Interests: TBD
Driscoll, Rose
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PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Jennifer Brisson
- Office Location
- 303 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8388
Interests: Evolutionary genetics of phenotypic plasticity in aphids
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Edvalson, Logan
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Amanda Larracuente
- Office Location
- 337 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2475
Interests: TBD
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Gaydash, Elka (Yulia)
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Gigas, Jonathan
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: Biochemistry and function of human Sirtuin-6 in cancer and aging
Gona, Ram
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Anne S. Meyer
- Office Location
- 331 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2809
Interests: TBD
Gregory, Lauren
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Jennifer Brisson
- Office Location
- 303 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8388
Interests: Investigation of the proximate basis of the aphid wing polyphenism
Gu, Ningyang
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- David Dean
- Office Location
- 3-11311 MRBX
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3577
Interests: Using microinjection, FISH, and single-particle tracking to understand the intranuclear movement of plasmids
H
Hamazaki, Sakura
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- John Lueck
- Office Location
- 4-8517 Medical Center
- Telephone
- (585) 276-5489
Interests: Investigating the role of calcium mishandling in Myotonic Dystrophy Type I ( DM1) myopathy
Heinze, Eric
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Hillpot, Eric
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Andrei Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
Hu, Gang
Master's Student
- Advisor(s)
- David Mathews
Interests: Improving RNA structure stability predictions by creating a software model that uses updated nearest neighbor parameters for more accurate estimations of melting temperatures and interacting strand concentrations
Hua, Shan
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Patrick Murphy
- Office Location
- 2-9633 Medical Center
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0113
Interests: Investigating the role of H2A.Z and ANP32E on regulating gene expression
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Irvin, Joseph
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Gail Johnson
- Office Location
- 4-6314 Medical Center
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3740
Interests: The role of mitophagy on caspase 3 contingent tau pathology in neurons
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Jain, Anushka
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Sina Ghaemmaghami
- Office Location
- 336 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-1237
Interests: TBD
Johnson, Alycia
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
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Kelchner, Katelyn
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Kim, Sei Joong
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
Kirz, Brian
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Kovelakuntla, Vamsi
he/him/his
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Anne S. Meyer
- Office Location
- 331 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2809
Interests: Bacterially-mediated fabrication of artificial nacre
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Lee, Minseon
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Andrei Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: The role of SIRT6 in rejuvenating the epigenome and maintaining heterochromatin stability in aged cells
Leigh, Jennifer
Master's Student
Interests: The potential role of mitochondrial dysfunction in Tubular Aggregate Myopathy
Leo, Cailyn
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Dragony Fu
- Office Location
- 328 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0348
Interests: Determining the spatial and temporal effects of TRMT1 on neurodevelopment of mice
Liang, Yuan
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Andrei Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
Lindley, Sean
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Douglas Anderson
- Office Location
- G.11201G MRBX
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7726
Interests: RNA trans-splicing in cells
Lindsay, Matthew
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Amanda Larracuente
- Office Location
- 337 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2475
Interests: Evolutionary Genetics of Gene Drives and Repetitive DNA in Drosophila melanogaster
Liu, Xiaomi
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Jennifer Brisson
- Office Location
- 303 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8388
Interests: Wing plasticity in aphids, with a focus on a computational approach
Longan, Emery
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Justin Fay
- Office Location
- 313 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3843
Interests: Genetic constraints on adaptation and their role in the evolution of domestication associated traits in the Saccharomyces yeasts
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Macoretta, Nicholas
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
Marti, Emiliano
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Amanda Larracuente
- Daven Presgraves
- Office Location
- 337 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2475
Interests: Evolutionary history and molecular mechanisms of meiotic drive (sensu lato). Consequences of intragenomic conflicts in genome evolution and the origin of the species
Meadow, Michael
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PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Sina Ghaemmaghami
- Office Location
- 336 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-1237
Interests: Cross-species proteomics to study aging!
Moeller, Eric
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Morandini, Francesco
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (525) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
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Park, Jaeyoung (Jay)
Master's Student
- Advisor(s)
- David Lambert
Interests: Developmental roles of retinoic acid signaling in Tritia
Phromsiri, Pakinee
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Michael Welte
- Office Location
- 311 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2440
Interests: Mechanisms and consequences of histone buffering in the early Drosophila embryo
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Rechsteiner, Cheyenne
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
Reger, Noah
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Michael Welte
- Office Location
- 311 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2440
Interests: TBD
Romero, Faye
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Nancy Chen
- Office Location
- 476 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7153
Interests: Evolutionary and population genomics; genetic causes and consequences of inbreeding depression in the Florida Scrub-Jay
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Saleh Ziabari, Omid
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Jennifer Brisson
- Office Location
- 303 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8388
Interests: The parallel evolution of wings in aphids
Shipley, Alicia
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Michael Welte
- Office Location
- 311 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2440
Interests: The mechanism of H2Av exchange between lipid droplets in Drosophila embryogenesis and its temporal regulation at the midblastula transition
Sidor, Lynn
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Anne Meyer
- Office Location
- 331 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2809
Interests: Using synthetic biology to engineer bacteria to be able to polymerize a layer of polysilicate surrounding themselves, allowing for the creation of bacterial microlenses
Summers, Jeremy
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Nancy Chen
- Office Location
- 476 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7153
Interests: The demographic and genetic effects of habitat fragmentation and degradation on the Florida Scrub-Jay
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Tahir, Imran
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Arshad Rahman
- Office Location
- 3-11301 MRBX
- Telephone
- (585) 276-4650
Interests: Studying endothelial barrier dysfunction in the context of acute lung injury
Tan, Ruiyue
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Sina Ghaemmaghami
- Office Location
- 336 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-1237
Interests: snRNA modification and its role in the pre-mRNA splicing
Tolibzoda, Fara
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Andrei Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: Investigation of biochemical contributors of health in long-living animals and their role in aging associated neurodegeneration
Turner, Milla
Master's Student
Interests: TBD
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Walker, Tyler
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Anne S. Meyer
- Office Location
- 331 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2809
Interests: The protection of DNA in response to stress in bacteria
Walunjkar, Nilima
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Justin Fay
- Office Location
- 313 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3843
Interests: Causes and consequences of thermal divergence in Saccharomyces species
White, Roger
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Michael Welte
- Office Location
- 311 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2440
Interests: The role fatty acid trafficking and usage during Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis
Wnuk, Hayley
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Kuan Hong Wang
- Office Location
- G-9617 KMRB
- Telephone
- (585) 276-5162
Interests: The influence of emotional well-being on Alzheimer's Disease progression
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Yang, Sifan
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Andrew Samuelson
- Office Location
- 2-9915 KMRB
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2544
Interests: Role of SUMOylation and NEDDylation in aging and proteostasis
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Zacher, Maxwell
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: Genetic mechanisms underlying longevity and cancer resistance in the bowhead whale
Zhang, Jiarui
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Doug Portman
- Office Location
- 2-9905 KMRB
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7915
Interests: Molecular mechanism of juvenile-to-adult maturation in the C. elegans nervous system
Zhang, Kejia
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Dragony Fu
- Office Location
- 328 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0348
Interests: Molecular functions of tRNA methyltransferase in neuronal development
Zhang, Rui
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Yi-Tao Yu
- Office Location
- 3.7531 Medical Center
- Telephone
- (585) 275-1226
Interests: Pseudouridylation of snRNA and the mechanism of pre-mRNA splicing
Zhang, Zhihui
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Andrei Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: Anti-aging and anti-cancer effects of high molecular weight hyaluronic acid
Zhu, Mingyi
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Dave Mathews
- Office Location
- 3-8816 Medical Center
- Telephone
- (585) 275-1734
Interests: RNA secondary structure prediction