Michael Cadigan
Joined CMB:
2022
CMB Mentor:
Nicole Koropatkin
Research Interests:
Structural Biology, Bacteriology, Biochemistry
Students: c
Faith Carranza-Connors
Joined CMB:
2022
Mentor:
Scott Leiser, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Institution:
Millersville University
Brandon Chen
Joined CMB:
2020
CMB Mentor:
Yatrik Shah,Ph.D. co-mentor: Costas Lyssiotis, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Institution:
Emory University
Honors/ Service:
Phi Beta Kappa, HHMI EXROP fellowship/Editor for Journal of Emerging Investigators (JEI)
Caleb Cheng
Joined CMB:
2022
CMB Mentor:
Costas Lyssiotis
Research Interests:
Pancreatic Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Cancer metabolism,
Rocio Cisneros
CMB Mentor
Ming Li
Research Interests
Plasmalogen biosynthesis, lipid metabolism.
Full Research Interests:
integrating fundamental scientific principles with initiatives to reduce health disparities
Sydney Clark
Joined CMB:
2023
CMB Mentor:
Jason Spence, Ph.D.
Andrej Coleski
Faculty Mentor
Arul Chinnaiyan
Research Interests
epigenetics, tumor proliferation
Full Research Interests
I am studying epigenetic mechanisms of tumor proliferation and lineage plasticity in ESR1 mutant breast cancers.
Sam Collie
Joined CMB:
2021
CMB Mentor:
Carole Parent, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Institution:
Millsaps College
Research Interests:
Understanding the role of NETs in neutrophil-mediated immune functions as well as the intercellular signaling cascade surrounding this process.
Sarah Connolly
Joined CMB:
2020
CMB Mentor:
Melanie Ohi, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Institution:
Truman State University
Research Interests:
I am studying the H. pylori virulence factor vacuolating cytotoxin A (VacA). Using single-particle cryo-EM, I am determining VacA's pore-form and characterizing its membrane interactions.
Adele Correia
Joined CMB:
2021
CMB Mentor:
Andrew Lieberman, Ph.D.
Research Interests:
I study the mechanisms of neurodegeneration in Niemann-pick type C disease, an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder