Ariel McShane
Joined CMB:
2018
CMB Mentor:
Mats Ljungman, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Institution:
College of Charleston
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Miriam Meisler, Ph.D.
Human Genetics
Research Interests:
We are studying the molecular basis of neurological disorders using mouse models of epilepsy, movement and behavioral disorders. This work has enabled us to identify several human disease mutations.
Ram Menon, MD
Pediatrics
Research Interests:
The development of diabetic kidney disease and understanding the mechanisms underlying the role of growth hormone in the causation of certain chronic complications of type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Sofia Merajver, MD, Ph.D.
Internal Medicine
Research Interests:
Molecular genetics of aggressive breast cancer phenotypes and hereditary breast cancer. Angiogenesis, molecular therapeutics.
Edgar Meyhofer, Ph.D.
Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests:
Kinesin, biomolecular motors, molecular sorting.
Dan Michele, Ph.D.
Professor and Interim Chair of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Accepting new students?
Yes
Trainings and Identities:
MORE Mentor Training, Implicit Bias Training, Anti-Racism Training, Gender Bias or Discrimination Training
Research Interests:
Muscular dystrophy, muscle, cardiomypathy, disease modeling
Harihar Milaganur Mohan
Joined CMB:
2020
CMB Mentor:
Henry Paulson, MD, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Institution:
SASTRA University, India
Research Interests:
Using cell lines and neuronal models to investigate molecular mechanisms of Ubiquilin-2 (UBQLN2) regulation in normal cellular function and ALS caused by UBQLN2 mutations.
Ann Miller, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Accepting new students?
Yes
Research Interests:
Cell-cell junctions, cytokinesis, RhoGTPases, mechanobiology, live microscopy
Jason Miller, MD, Ph.D.
James Grosfeld Professor and Assistant Professor
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Research Interests:
Age-related macular degeneration, retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), induced pluripotent stem cells and primary culture, metabolism and lipid biology, lysosome and autophagy
Accepting New Students?
Yes
Trainings and Identities:
MORE Mentor Training, Implicit Bias Training, Anti-Racism Training, Gender Bias or Discrimination Training
Richard Miller, MD, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology
Accepting new students?
Yes
Research Interests:
Cell biology of aging, anti-aging drugs, stress response, autophagy, cap-independent translation
Shannon Miller
Joined CMB:
2020
CMB Mentor:
Peter Todd, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Institution:
University of Colorado Boulder
Research Interests:
Understanding translation regulation of G4C2 repeat-containing transcripts in C9orf72-associated ALS/FTD.
Stephanie Moon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Human Genetics
Faculty Scholar of the Center for RNA Biomedicine
Accepting new students?
Yes
Research Interests:
Translation, integrated stress response, RNA Biology, stress granules, neurological disease
Antonio Morales-Hernández
Assistant Professor
Research Interest
Hematopoietic stem cell biology/hematopoiesis
John Moran, Ph.D.
Gilbert S. Omenn Collegiate Professor of Human Genetics
Accepting new students?
Yes
Research Interests:
Mobile Genetic Elements; Human Genome structure, function, and evolution; molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics
Richard Mortensen, MD, Ph.D.
Internal Medicine/Mol. Integ. Physiol
Research Interests:
Molecular Mechanisms of Insulin Resistance, inflammation, metabolic disorders and associated cardiovascular disease.
Jacob Mueller, Ph.D.
Human Genetics
Assistant Professor
Accepting New Students?
Yes
Research Interests:
Sex chromosomes, spermatogenesis, large palindromes, selfish genes
Martin Myers, MD, Ph.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine
Director of the Michigan Diabetes Research Center and the Caswell Diabetes Institute
Accepting new students?
Yes
Trainings and Identities:
Implicit Bias Training
Research Interests:
hypothalamus, brainstem, obesity, diabetes, leptin
Lwar Naing
Joined CMB:
2022
CMB Mentor:
Marilia Cascalho, Ph.D.
Research Interests:
Virology, Host Defense, Immunology
Jayakrishnan Nandakumar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology
Accepting new students?
Yes
Trainings and Identities:
MORE Mentor Training, Intercultural Training, Self-Identified: International, Person of Color, South Asian, Indian
Research Interests:
Telomerase, Telomeres, Meiosis, Cancer, Stem cells.
Goutham Narla, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Chief, Division of Genetic Medicine
Accepting new students?
No
Research Interests:
My research interests focus on understanding the mechanisms driving human cancer development and progression.
Charles Nino
Joined CMB:
2021
CMB Mentor:
Goutham Narla, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Interests:
Targeted Therapy Radiosensitization in Breast Cancer
Patrick O'Brien, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry
Accepting new students?
Yes
Trainings and Identities:
MORE Mentor Training, Implicit Bias Training, Anti-Racism Training, CMB DEI Month Book Club, Gender Bias or Discrimination Training
Research Interests:
Molecular mechanisms of DNA repair, replication, and mutagenesis. Biochemical, biophysical and cellular studies of dynamic protein-DNA interactions
Melanie Ohi, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Accepting new students?
Yes
Research Interests:
pathogenesis, cryo-EM, structural biology, membrane proteins
Ryoma "Puck" Ohi, Ph.D.
Cell and Developmental Biology
Research Interests
The R. Ohi laboratory uses live cell imaging and reconstitution biochemistry to understand how MTs are organized and remodeled during cell division.
Akira Ono, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Accepting new students?
Yes
Trainings and Identities:
Implicit Bias Training, Anti-Racism Training, Intercultural Training, Bystander Training, I am a Rackham Faculty Ally for Diversity and a previous Lead of the DEI Committee for my home department
Research Interests:
virus assembly; virus entry; protein trafficking; protein-RNA interaction; protein-membrane interaction
Amanda Orosco
Joined CMB:
2021
CMB Mentor:
Pierre Coulombe, Ph.D.
Research Interests:
Role of keratin proteins in epithelial differentiation and epithelial homeostasis
Carole Parent, Ph.D.
Raymond and Lynne Ruddon Collegiate Professor of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology
Research Professor of the Life Sciences Institute
Accepting new students?
No
Trainings or Identities:
MORE Mentor Training, Implicit Bias Training
Research Interests:
Cell migration, signaling, immune responses, cancer invasion
Marina Pasca di Magliano, Ph.D.
Professor of Surgery
Henry Paulson, MD, Ph.D.
Neurology
Research Interests:
Polyglutamine neurodegenerative disease; Spinocerebellar Ataxia type 3; RNA interference as potential therapy including studies of polyglutamine diseases and Alzheimer's disease
Jillian Pearring, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Accepting new students?
Yes
Trainings and Identities:
MORE Mentor Training, Implicit Bias Training, Change It Up!, EMBO Laboratory Leadership Training
Research Interests:
Photoreceptor Cell Biology, Membrane Trafficking, Ciliogenesis, Inherited Retinal Disease
Jillian Pearring, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Kendall Perkins
Joined CMB:
2021
CMB Mentor:
Paul Jenkins, Ph.D.
Former Institutions:
Rollins College: BA Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Michigan: MS Biological Chemistry
Research Interests:
Ankyrin proteins, bipolar disorder, iPSC derived neurons
Christopher Pineda
Joined CMB:
2019
CMB Mentor:
Pierre Coulombe, Ph.D.
Research Interests
Using biochemical and microscopy approaches with cell culture and mouse models, I am fascinated to reveal nuclear Keratin’s role in DNA damage response mechanisms.
Sethu Pitchiaya, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Urology
Accepting New Students?
Yes
Research Interests:
Gene regulation, RNA biology, Cancer Biology, Stress response, Single-cell and single-molecule analysis