Lab Members
Current Lab Members
Sharon Chase
Senior Research Support Specialist
Research interests: KO mouse models to study Myo1e functions
Sarah Barger
PhD Student
Research interests: role of class I myosins in phagocytosis and cell motility
Eric Plante
PhD Student
Research interests: myosins and cancer
Pei-Ju Liu
PhD Student Research interests:
Myo1e role in glomerular filtration
Mike Garone
MD/PhD student
Research interests: Myo1e role in podocyte functions
Former lab members
Diana Perez
MS student
Research interests: MYO1E mutations in patients with kidney disease
Jessica (Ouderkirk) Pecone
PhD program graduate; currently scientist at Rheonix, Ithaca, NY
Jing Bi Karchin
PhD program graduate; currently postdoc at UPenn
Chris Pellenz
Senior Research Support Specialist
Christina Encina
Graduated with M.S. degree in 2011. Congratulations!
Currrently serving at Keesler Air Force Base as the Chemistry/Hematology Officer-in-Charge of the Core Laboratory
Omosede Ighile
Graduated with M.S. degree in 2009; SUNY Ustate MD graduate; currently internal medicine physician
Karen Maass, PhD
Postdoctoral researcher, currently Research Assistant Professor, NYU School of Medicine
Dina Yangirova
Summer research student; currently medical resident, Dallas, TX
Clara Richardson
SURF student
Maria Presti
SURF student
Lindsay Stolzenburg
SURF student; currently PhD student at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Ellen Confer
SURF student
Nisha Acharya, MD
Medical resident; currently a practicing endocrinologist
Jiwan Thapa, MD
Medical resident; currently a practicing nephrologist