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Ariella Shikanov

Ariella Shikanov, Ph.D.

CMB Associate Director
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Accepting new students?
Yes
Trainings and Identities:
MORE Mentor Training, Implicit Bias Training, Bystander Training, Gender Bias or Discrimination Training
Research Interests:
tissue engineering, reproduction, biomaterials
Ziad Sabry

Ziad Sabry

Joined CMB:
2022
CMB Mentor:
Zong Wang, Ph.D.
Siara Sandwith

Siara Sandwith

Joined CMB:
2022
Mentor:
John Moran, Ph.D.
Research Interests:
transposable elements
Audrey Seasholtz

Audrey Seasholtz, Ph.D.

Biological Chemistry
Research Interests:
Molecular mediators of stress and anxiety; regulation and role of CRH, the CRH receptors and CRH-binding protein in stress; mechanisms of transcriptional regulation; transgenic mice.
Randy Seeley

Randy Seeley, Ph.D.

HK Ransom Endowed Professor
Surgery
Accepting New Students?
Yes
Research Interests
Gut-brain axis, obesity, type 2 diabetes, nutrition

JoAnn Sekiguchi, Ph.D.

Internal Medicine
Research Interests:
Our lab studies mechanisms of DNA repair and how aberrant repair processes affect genomic stability, predisposition to cancer and immune system development.
Ansley Semack Conchola

Ansley Semack Conchola

MSTP Student
Year in CMB:
2019
CMB Mentor:
Jason Spence, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Institution:
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Research Interests:
Using a human-based model organoid systems to recapitulate early embryonic development in vitro.
Yatrik Shah

Yatrik Shah, Ph.D.

Molec & Integrative Physiology
Research Interests
The major goal of our research program is to determine the molecular mechanisms by which oxygen sensing transcription factors regulate gastrointestinal homeostasis, inflammation and cancer.
Jordan Shavit

Jordan Shavit, MD, Ph.D.

Professor of Pediatrics
Henry and Mala Dorfman Family Professor
Accepting new students?
Yes
Research Interests:
hematology, zebrafish, genome editing, genetics, modifier genes
Madeline Shay

Madeline Shay

Joined CMB:
2021
CMB Mentor:
Sriram Chandrasekaran, Ph.D.
Research Interests:
antibiotic resistance, microbiomes, host-microbiome interactions, machine learning
Kanakadurga Singer

Kanakadurga Singer, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Accepting new students?
Possibly
Trainings and Identities:
MORE Mentor Training, Implicit Bias Training, Change It Up!, Intercultural Training, Bystander Training, Gender Bias or Discrimination Training
Research Interests:
Research in the Singer lab is focused on understanding the influence of diet-induced obesity on hematopoiesis and the generation of activated macrophages that lead to metabolic disease.
Janet Smith

Janet Smith, Ph.D.

Department of Biological Chemistry
Accepting new students?
Yes
Research Interests:
protein structure-function, antiviral proteins, virulence factors, biosynthetic enzymes
Alen Smrcka

Alan Smrcka, Ph.D.

Professor
Pharmacology
Accepting new students?
Yes
Trainings and Identities:
MORE Mentor Training, Implicit Bias Training, Allyship Training, Anti-Racism Training, Intercultural Training, Disability Awareness Training, Bystander Training, Gender Bias or Discrimination Training
Research Interests:
G protein coupled receptor signal transduction in physiology and disease.
Soleimanpour, Asash

Scott Soleimanpour, MD

Internal Medicine
Research Interests
All forms of diabetes share the common etiology of insufficient insulin release from pancreatic islet beta cells to meet peripheral insulin demand.
Katy Speckhart

Katy Speckhart

Joined CMB:
2020
CMB Mentor:
Billy Tsai, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Institution:
Blackburn College
Research Interests:
Understanding the mechanisms of HPV cellular entry.
Katherine Spindler

Katherine Spindler, Ph.D.

Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Accepting new students?
No
Trainings and Identities:
MORE Mentor Training, Implicit Bias Training, Bystander Training, Gender Bias or Discrimination Training, ADVANCE STRIDE trainer
Research Interests:
Virology, pathogenesis
Lauren Surface

Lauren Surface, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
School of Dentistry
Accepting New Students?
Yes
Research Interests:
Molecular responses of osteogenic cells, drug mechanisms of action, endocrinology