Graduate Students
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Akhter, Nasima
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Justin Fay
- Office Location
- 313 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3843
Interests: TBD
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Balakrishnan, Aiswarya
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Eric Wagner
- Office Location
- G-9852 KMRB
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3425
Interests: TBD
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
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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
Casler, Karli
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Patrick Murphy
- Office Location
- 2-9878 KMRB
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2414
Interests: TBD
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, Minhao
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Michael Welte
- Office Location
- 311 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2440
Interests: TBD
Cutting, Joseph
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
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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
De Silva, Naduni
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Michael Welte
- Office Location
- 311 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2440
Interests: TBD
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
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Edvalson, Logan
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Amanda Larracuente
- Office Location
- 337 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2475
Interests: TBD
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Farhi, Brendan James
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Fartukh, Artur
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
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Gaydash, Elka (Yulia)
PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Gona, Ram
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Anne S. Meyer
- Office Location
- 331 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2809
Interests: TBD
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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
Heinze, Eric
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Jennifer Brisson
- Office Location
- 303 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8388
Interests: TBD
Heo, Jiwon
First Year PhD Student
- jheo6@UR.Rochester.edu
Interests: TBD
Hillpot, Eric
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Andrei Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
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
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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
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Jain, Anushka
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Sina Ghaemmaghami
- Office Location
- 336 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-1237
Interests: TBD
Johnson, Alycia
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Floria Uy
- Office Location
- 340 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6066
Interests: TBD
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Kim, Sei Joong
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
Kirz, Brian
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Nancy Chen
- Office Location
- 476 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7153
Interests: TBD
Klie, Samantha
Master's Student
Interests: TBD
Kuang, Xi
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
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Lee, Minseon
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Andrei Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: The role of SIRT6 in rejuvenating the epigenome and maintaining heterochromatin stability in aged cells
Leigh, Jennifer
Master's Student
Interests: The potential role of mitochondrial dysfunction in Tubular Aggregate Myopathy
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
Liang, Yuan
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Andrei Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
Lin, Leila
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Lindley, Sean
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Douglas Anderson
- Office Location
- G.11201G MRBX
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7726
Interests: RNA trans-splicing in cells
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
Low, Lacie
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
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Ma, Lisha
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Macoretta, Nicholas
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
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
Mayeen, Naiyareen Fareeza
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Meadow, Michael
he/him/his
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Sina Ghaemmaghami
- Office Location
- 336 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-1237
Interests: Cross-species proteomics to study aging!
Misra, Kaushani
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Dragony Fu
- Office Location
- 328 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0348
Interests: TBD
Morandini, Francesco
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (525) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
Murias, Jake Robert Romley
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
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Pan, Lei
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
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
Prabhu, Pranav
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
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Rahmat, Jabale
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Rechsteiner, Cheyenne
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
Reger, Noah
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Michael Welte
- Office Location
- 311 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2440
Interests: TBD
Renzi, Anthony
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Rodriguez, Mario Luis
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
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
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Sage, Kathren Piper
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
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
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
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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
Tang, Han
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Tian, Jiawen
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Tolibzoda, Fara
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Andrei Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: Investigation of biochemical contributors of health in long-living animals and their role in aging associated neurodegeneration
Turner, Milla
Master's Student
Interests: TBD
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Vanderhoff, Zack
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
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Walker, Azra
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
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
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Yang, Sifan
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Andrew Samuelson
- Office Location
- 2-9915 KMRB
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2544
Interests: Role of SUMOylation and NEDDylation in aging and proteostasis
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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
Zeb, Qandeel
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
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
Zhang, Zhihui
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Andrei Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: Anti-aging and anti-cancer effects of high molecular weight hyaluronic acid