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Ablaeva, Julia

Research Specialist, Gorbunova/Seluanov

Office Location
425 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-6637

Athar, Fathima

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova

Office Location
425 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-6637

Augustin, Marlie

she/her/hers, they/them/theirs

Data Entry Clerk

Office Location
402F Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-3859
On-site
Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

B

Bai, Huiru

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova

Office Location
425 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-6637

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

Bennett, Danielle (Dani)

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Meyer

Office Location
331 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-2809

Benyajati, Cheeptip

Associate Professor

Director of Student Relations for Biology

Office Location
474 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-8040

Interests: Regulation of gene expression during development of Drosophila; Transcription, chromatin structure, and mechanisms of developmental chromatin structure remodeling

Berger, Kyle

he/him/his

Research Associate, Fu

Office Location
328 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-0348

Bi, Xin

he/him/his

Professor

Research Active

Now accepting:

Undergraduate researchers

Please email with inquiries.

Office Location
307 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-6922

Interests: Epigenetic regulation of eukaryotic gene expression; Structural and functional domains of the genome; Chromatin boundary elements; Gene silencing; DNA damage repair and tolerance

Biashad, Seyed Ali

Research Technician, Seluanov

Office Location
425 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-6637

Bickel, Ryan

Associate Professor of Instruction

Assistant Director of the Undergraduate Program in Biology and Medicine

Office Location
486 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 276-7226

Bissell, Mary

Biology Space Planning Administrator

Office Location
213 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-8059
On-site
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 6:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Remote
Thursday, Friday: 6:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Bouzas, Santiago Oscar

he/him/his

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Brisson

Office Location
303 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-8388

Brisson, Jennifer

she/her/hers

Professor

Research Active

Office Location
310 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-8392
Web Address
Website

Interests: Evolution of morphology; Molecular basis of phenotypic plasticity; Evolution and development in the pea aphid; The role of epigenetics in polyphenism

C

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

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, Nancy

she/her/hers

Assistant Professor

Research Active

Now accepting:

PhD students

Please email with inquiries.

Office Location
477 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 276-7149
Web Address
Website

Interests: Population genetics with pedigrees; Contemporary evolution in natural populations; Evolutionary genetics; Conservation genomics; Avian genomics

Chhibber, Hannah

she/her/hers

Fly Food Technician, Welte

Office Location
311 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 276-2440

D

Deem, Kevin

he/him/his

Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, Brisson

Office Location
303 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-8388

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

Di Fraia, Domenico

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova

Office Location
425 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-6637

DiGiorgio, Patricia

Graduate Course Administrator

Office Location
475 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-7991
On-site
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Remote
Thursday, Friday: 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Driscoll, Rose

she/her/hers

PhD Student

Advisor(s)
Jennifer Brisson
Office Location
303 Hutchison Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-8388

Interests: Evolutionary genetics of phenotypic plasticity in aphids

E

F

Fay, Justin

Professor

Research Active

Now accepting:

PhD students

Please email with inquiries.

Undergraduate researchers

Please email with inquiries.

Office Location
319 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-2998
Web Address
Website

Interests: Evolution of gene regulation; Comparative genomics and domestication; Disease consequences of human evolution

Femiano, Donna

Temp - Undergraduate Secretary

Office Location
488 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 273-3685
On-site
Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Ferro, Juan Martin

Research Associate, F. Uy

Office Location
340 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-6066

Fratianni, Caroline

she/her/hers

UPBM Administrator & Curriculum Advisor

Office Location
487 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-3850
On-site
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Remote
Tuesday, Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Fry, James D

Associate Professor

Director of the Undergraduate Program in Biology and Medicine

Research Active

Office Location
318 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-7835

Interests: Genetics of ecological adaptation in Drosophila; Evolutionary effects of deleterious mutations; Quantitative-genetic theory and methodology

Fu, Dragony

Associate Professor

Director of Graduate Affairs & Admissions in Biology

Research Active

Now accepting:

PhD students

Please email with inquiries.

Office Location
333 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 276-3346
Web Address
Website

Interests: RNA modification and translation regulation; Neurodevelopmental disorders linked to RNA function; Biochemistry and molecular biology

Fuda, Nicholas

Research Associate, Larracuente

Office Location
337 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 273-2475

G

Gangan, Manasi

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Meyer

Office Location
331 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-2809

Ghaemmaghami, Sina

Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor

George Y. and Catherine H. Wu Professor in Chemistry

Professor of Biology

Director, AS&E Undergraduate Research

Research Active

Now accepting:

PhD students

Please email with inquiries.

Office Location
326A Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-4829
Web Address
Website

Interests: Protein folding and degradation; Neurodegenerative diseases and aging; Prion biology; Proteomics

Glastad, Karl

Assistant Professor

Research Active

Now accepting:

PhD students

Please email with inquiries.

Postdoctoral Applicants

Please email with inquiries.

Web Address
Website

Interests: Gene regulation, hormonal signalling, molecular and cellular determinants of aging and lifespan; Mechanisms and evolution of plasticity; Arthropod genomics; Video games

Gorbunova, Vera

Doris Johns Cherry Professor

Professor of Biology

Co-director, Rochester Aging Research Center

Research Active

Now accepting:

PhD students

Please email with inquiries.

Undergraduate researchers

Please email with inquiries.

Office Location
434 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-7740
Web Address
Website

Interests: Mechanisms of aging; Comparative biology of aging; Comparative biology of aging; DNA repair and genomic instability; Anticancer therapy

Gourdain, Rebecca

Stockroom Clerk

Office Location
213 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-3886
On-site
Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. or 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

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

He, Luying (Louise)

Research Technician, Meyer

Office Location
331 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-2809

Holz, Jonathan

he/him/his

Associate Professor of Instruction

Not Research Active

Now accepting:

Undergraduate researchers

Please email with inquiries.

Office Location
483 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-8973

Interests: Pedagogy; Open educational resources; Equity in education; Physiology, Anatomy, Toxicology

Hopkins, Brian - On Leave

he/him/his

Undergraduate Course Administrator

Office Location
488 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 273-3685
On-site
Monday, Thursday, Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Remote
Tuesday, Wednesday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

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

I

Ibragimov, Airat

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova

Office Location
425 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-6637

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

J

Johnson, Brad - On Leave

he/him/his

Customer Technology Support Tech

Office Location
216 Hutchison
On-site
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Remote
Wednesday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

K

Korotkov, Anatoly

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova

Office Location
425 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-6637

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

Kruelski, Natasha

Research Technician, Larracuente

Office Location
337 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 273-2475

L

Lai, Timothy

he/him/his

Research Technician, Fay

Office Location
313 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 276-3843

Lambert, J. David

Professor

Research Active

Now accepting:

PhD students

Please email with inquiries.

Undergraduate researchers

Please email with inquiries.

Office Location
344 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 273-2482
Web Address
Website

Interests: The evolution of developmental mechanisms; Early patterning in molluscs and related groups; Cytoskeletal basis of asymmetric cell divisions; Evolution of novel phenotypes

Larkin, Linaria

she/her/hers

Research Technician, Meyer

Office Location
331 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-2809

Larracuente, Amanda

she/her/hers

Associate Professor

Associate Chair

Research Active

Now accepting:

PhD students

Please email with inquiries.

Undergraduate researchers

Please email with inquiries.

Office Location
343 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 273-1693
Web Address
Website

Interests: Evolutionary genetics and genomics; Intragenomic conflict and the evolution of selfish DNA; Evolutionary and functional genomics of satellite DNA; Sex chromosome and dot chromosome evolution in Drosophila; Centromere organization and evolution

Lawrence, Deborah

Receptionist and Department Coordinator

Office Location
402B Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 273-1139
On-site
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Remote
Wednesday: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

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

Lewis, Aaron

Facilities Operations Assistant

Office Location
213 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-8909
On-site
Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Remote
*occasional remote work

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

Lyon, Hiram

he/him/his

Project Assistant, Culver

Office Location
301 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 276-2372

M

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

Marvin-Foley, Sarah

Undergraduate Course Administrator

Office Location
488 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-5181
On-site
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Remote
Thursday, Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Meyer, Anne S.

she/her/hers

Associate Professor

Research Active

Now accepting:

PhD students

Please email with inquiries.

Undergraduate researchers

Please email with inquiries.

Office Location
472 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-9290
Web Address
Website

Interests: Synthetic biology; 3D printing of bacteria; Engineering of bacteria to produce biomaterials; Survival strategies of bacteria; Organization of bacterial DNA

Minckley, Robert L.

Professor of Instruction

Research Active

Office Location
446 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-0272
Web Address
Website

Interests: Ecology and evolution of host breadth in bees; Community structure of desert bees; Conservation biology of pollinators

Muirhead, Christina

Research Associate, Presgraves

Office Location
480 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 276-2183

Murphy, Patrick J.

Assistant Professor

Office Location
2-9619 KMRB
Telephone
(585) 275-0113
Web Address
Website

Interests: Regulation of vertebrate gene transcription in vivo; Epigenetics and chromatin; Zebrafish genetics and genomics; Developmental cell state transitions; Bioinformatics

O

Orr, H. Allen

Shirley Cox Kearns Professor

Professor of Biology

On sabbatical until July 2024

Office Location
342 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-3838
Web Address
Website

Interests: Genetics of speciation in Drosophila; Genetics and theory of adaptation; Population genetics

P

Paige, Victoria

she/her/hers

Research Technician, Gorbunova

Office Location
425 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-6637

Peter, Benjamin

he/him/his

Assistant Professor

Research Active

Now accepting:

PhD students

Please email with inquiries.

Undergraduate researchers

Please email with inquiries.

Office Location
478 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-2634
Web Address
Website

Interests: Population genetics; Evolutionary genetics; Human genetic history; Ancient DNA; Population structure

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

Portman, Douglas

Professor

Research Active

Now accepting:

PhD students

Please email with inquiries.

Office Location
2-9647 KMRB
Telephone
(585) 275-7414
Web Address
Website

Interests: Genetics of development and behavior in C. elegans; Neural cell fate specification; Sex differences in neural circuit function; Sexual dimorphism in developmental patterning

Presgraves, Daven C.

Dean's Professor

Professor of Biology

Research Active

Now accepting:

PhD students

Please email with inquiries.

Office Location
481 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-0925
Web Address
Website

Interests: Evolutionary genetics ; Speciation genetics; Molecular population genetics; Selfish gene complexes

Q

R

Reid, Jennifer

Research Technician, Brisson

Office Location
303 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-8388

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

Rossow, Lisa

Accounting Assistant

Office Location
402F Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-3586
On-site
Monday, Wednesday: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Remote
Tuesday: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Roth, Haley

she/her/hers

Research Technician, Presgraves

Office Location
480 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 276-2183

Rybak, Brenna

Manager, Business Administration

Office Location
402D Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-8837
On-site
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Remote
Tuesday, Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Rydkina, Elena

Teaching Lab Specialist

Office Location
215 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-9051
On-site
Monday - Thursday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Remote
*occasional remote work

S

Sanberg, Victoria (Tori)

Research Technician, Werren

Office Location
309 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-3889

Seidman, Daniel

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chen

Office Location
476 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 276-7153

Sellix, Michelle

Grants Management Specialist

Office Location
402F Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 273-2823
On-site
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Remote
Tuesday, Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Seluanov, Michael

Research Technician, Teaching Lab

Office Location
215 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-9051
On-site
Monday, Wednesday: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Seluanov, Andrei

Professor

Research Active

Now accepting:

PhD students

Please email with inquiries.

Undergraduate researchers

Please email with inquiries.

Office Location
432 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-6636
Web Address
Website

Interests: Molecular and cell biology; Tumor suppressor mechanisms in log-lived rodents the Naked Mole-Rat and Eastern Grey Squirrel; Mammalian Sirt proteins in regulation of stress response during aging; Anti-cancer mechanisms in whales

Shannon, Regina

Ordering Liaison

Office Location
402F Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 276-4147
On-site
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Remote
Thursday, Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

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

Sia, Elaine

she/her/hers

Professor

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs

Not Research Active

Office Location
334A Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-9275

Interests: Molecular biology and genetics; Mutagenesis and repair of the mitochondrial genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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

T

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

U

Uy, J. Albert C.

Professor and Chair

Research Active

Now accepting:

PhD students

Please email with inquiries.

Undergraduate Unpaid Interns (or BIOL 395s)

Please email with inquiries.

Office Location
450 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 273-1309
Web Address
Website

Interests: Evolutionary Ecology; Behavioral Ecology; Evolutionary Genetics; Speciation; Conservation

Uy, Floria Mora-Kepfer

she/her/hers

Assistant Professor

Office Location
332 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-5330
Web Address
Website

Interests: Evolution of sociality; Neuroethology; Host-parasite interactions; Behavioral Ecology; Conservation

V

VanDeMar, Erin

Senior Financial Analyst

Office Location
402E Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-5416
On-site
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Remote
Wednesday, Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Volobaev, Valentin

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova

Office Location
425 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-6637

W

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

Wang, Ning

Assistant Professor

Research Active

Now accepting:

PhD students

Please email with inquiries.

Undergraduate researchers

Please email with inquiries.

Web Address
Website

Interests: Cell biology, biochemistry, and molecular genetics; Organelle biogenesis; Organelle degradation through selective autophagy; Organelle aging and neurodegeneration

Welte, Michael

he/him/his

Professor

Office Location
317 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 276-3897
Web Address
Website

Interests: Cell and developmental biology; Intracellular trafficking of proteins, RNAs, and organelles; Regulation of motor-driven transport; Cell biology of lipid droplets; Lipid droplets in protein sequestration and innate immunity

Werren, John H.

Research Professor

Nathaniel and Helen Wisch Professor in Biology

Office Location
306 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-3694

Interests: Evolutionary genetics, genomics, and proteomics. The unifying theme is how interacting elements shape systems at different levels of biological organization. A current research project focuses on combining computational and molecular evolutionary approaches to investigate protein function and protein-protein interactions relevant to biology and disease. Other research topics include the genetics of speciation, nuclear-mitochondrial coevolution, microbe-host interactions, and parasitism across biological levels.

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

Y

Z

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

Zarr, Mikayla

she/her/hers

Research Technician, Lambert

Office Location
338 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-7521

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

Zheng, Zhizhong

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova

Office Location
425 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-6637

Zhu, Mingyi

PhD Student

Advisor(s)
Dave Mathews
Office Location
3-8816 Medical Center
Telephone
(585) 275-1734

Interests: RNA secondary structure prediction