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Jeffrey Knupp

Jeffrey Knupp

Joined CMB:
2019
CMB Mentor:
Billy Tsai, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Institution:
University of Michigan
Research Interests:
ER protein quality control mechanisms and ER-phagy
Katherine Koning

Katherine Koning

Joined CMB:
2023
CMB Mentor:
Ann Miller, Ph.D., co-mentor: Allen Liu, Ph.D.
Nicole Koropatkin

Nicole Koropatkin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, PIBS Associate Director
Accepting New Students?
No
Program Involvement:
CMB Program Committee, CMB 850 Faculty Evaluators, CMB 850 Student Seminar Coordination, CMB Faculty Review Committee
Research Interests:
microbiome, structural biology, glycoside hydrolases, Bacteroides, starch

Anuj Kumar, Ph.D.

Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Research Interests
Genomics and proteomics to study signaling networks regulating yeast cell growth, cell polarity and cell cycle progression.
Steven Kunkel

Steven Kunkel, Ph.D.

Pathology
Experimental research activities directed at understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms of cytokine networks that are operative in different immune/inflammatory reactions and host defenses
Curtis Kuo

Curtis Kuo

MSTP Student
Joined CMB:
2022
CMB Mentor:
Andrew Lieberman, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Instutution:
University of Pennsylvania
Student Organizations:
Galens Medical Society, United Asian American Medical Student Association, Life Sciences Orchestra
Ken Kwan

Ken Kwan, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Human Genetics / MNI
Accepting New Students?
Yes
Research Interests:
Genetic mechanisms and chromatin regulation of cortical development, neural circuit wiring, and developmental brain disorders
Training and Identities:
MORE Mentor Training, Implicit Bias Training, Bystander Training, Gender Bias or Discrimination Training
Shannon Lacy

Shannon Lacy

Joined CMB:
2019
Mentor:
Matthias Truttmann, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Institution:
Colgate University
Research Interests
Investigating the role of AMPylation on Hsp70 chaperones in Neurodegenerative Disease models
Daniel Lawrence

Daniel Lawrence, Ph.D.

Professor of Internal Medicine
Accepting new students?
Yes
Research Interests:
Ischemic stroke, neurodegenerative disease, vascular biology of the CNS, fibrotic disease
Kyoung Lee

Kyoung Lee, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Research Interests:
Understand how pancreatic cancer develops in complex tissue environments, with particular interest in hypoxia and immune cells as critical tumor microenvironment components
Scott Leiser

Scott Leiser, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Accepting new students?
Yes
Trainings and Identities:
Implicit Bias Training, Gender Bias or Discrimination Training
Research Interests:
Aging, metabolism, stress response, neurobiology, genetics

Kayla Lenshoek

Joined CMB:
2022
Mentor:
Chase Weidmann
Research Interests:
Epigenetics, non-coding genome, RNA, chemistry
Jiahe Li

Jiahe Li, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Research Interest
Microbial engineering, synthetic biology, living therapeutics, drug delivery and immunotherapy
Accepting New Students?
Yes
Jun Li

Jun Li, Ph.D.

Human Genetics
Research Interests
My group studies the genetic basis of complex human diseases. Current areas include genetic and genomic analyses of mental disorders, somatic DNA alterations in cancer, and human population genetics.
 Peng Li

Peng Li, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Life Sciences Institute/Biologic and Materials Science
Accepting new students?
Yes
Research Interests:
Neurobiology, Physiology
Qing Li

Qing Li, MD, Ph.D.

Internal Medicine - Hematology/Oncology
Research Interests:
Intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms underlying leukemic stem cell transformation.
Jiandie Lin

Jiandie Lin, Ph.D.

Bradley M. Patten Collegiate Professor in the Life Sciences
Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology
Research Professor, Life Sciences Institute
Research Interests:
Nutrient signaling, interorgan crosstalk, metabolic disease, liver cancer, single-cell biology
Accepting New Students?
Yes

Karena Lin

Joined CMB:
2022
Mentor:
Mark Chiang, Ph.D.
Research Interests:
Cancer biology, leukemia
Xiaoxia "Nina" Lin

Xiaoxia "Nina" Lin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Accepting new students?
Yes
Trainings and Identities:
MORE Mentor Training, Implicit Bias Training, Anti-Racism Training, Gender Bias or Discrimination Training
Research Interests:
Microbial communities, microbiome, microfluidics, synthetic biology, biochemical production
Amanda Linskens

Amanda Linskens

Joined CMB:
2023
CMB Mentor:
Swathi Yadlapalli, Ph.D.
Research Interest:
Molecular biology, circadian rhythm, Drosophila
Allen Liu

Allen Liu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Accepting new students?
Yes
Trainings and Identities:
MORE Mentor Training, Implicit Bias Training
Research Interests:
Mechanobiology and mechanotransduction, cell migration, clathrin-mediated endocytosis, cytoskeleton, bottom-up synthetic biology
Training and Identities:
MORE Mentor Training, Implicit Bias Training
Mats Ljungman

Mats Ljungman, Ph.D.

Radiation Oncology
Research Interests:
Mechanisms of transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in normal physiology and in cancer and neurological disease.
Isabelle Lombaert

Isabelle Lombaert , Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Biologic and Materials Science
Accepting new students?
Yes
Trainings and Identities:
MORE Mentor Training
Research Interests:
stem cells, regeneration, gene therapy, cancer
Carey Lumeng

Carey Lumeng, MD, Ph.D.

Professor of Pediatrics
Accepting new students?
Yes
Trainings and Identities:
MORE Mentor Training, Implicit Bias Training
Research Interests:
obesity, inflammation
Costas Lyssiotis

Costas A. Lyssiotis, Ph.D.

Maisel Research Professor of Oncology
Associate Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
Director, Graduate Program in Cancer Biology
Accepting New Students?
Yes
Research Interests:
tumor metabolism, immunometabolism, metabolomics, pancreatic cancer
Ormond MacDougald

Ormond MacDougald, Ph.D.

Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, John A Faulkner Professor of Physiology
Accepting new students?
Yes
Trainings and Identities:
MORE Mentor Training, Immigrant-Identified
Research Interests:
Adipocytes, Adipose Tissue, Diabetes, Bone, Obesity

Jordan Machlin

Joined CMB:
2021
CMB Mentor:
Ariella Shikanov, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Institution:
Brandeis University
Research Interests:
Interested in human ovarian folliculogenesis and fertility preservation
David Markovitz

David Markovitz, MD

Internal Medicine
Research Interests:
Interaction between retroviruses and human cellular proteins. Mechanism of action of the DEK oncoprotein. Role of vimentin in immunity and cancer. Kaposi’s Sarcoma.
Collin Marshall

Collin Marshall

Joined CMB:
2019
CMB Mentor:
Daniel Beard, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Institution:
California State University, Fullerton
Research Interests:
Developing a device to simultaneously measure NADH generation and oxygen consumption in mitochondria in order to investigate the role of metabolic intermediates in bioenergetics.
Donna Martin

Donna Martin, MD, Ph.D.

Human Genetics
Research Interests:
Molecular genetics of transcription factor mediated neuronal development; gene targeting; studies of human and mouse developmental disorders.

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