Our QCB training program now features 17 current students in training in 13 different QCB trainer laboratories, working toward Ph.D. degrees in Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, or Cell, Molecular, and Cancer Biology.
Lauren Augusta
My research focuses on how coordinated metabolic signals regulate surface attachment and biofilm formation in Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Fun Fact: I played the harp for 10 years.
Degree Program: Microbiology
Lab: Fuqua
Undergrad Institution: The University of Puget Sound
Andrew Bach
My research focuses on studying methodology for the synthesis of fluorinated unnatural amino acids and other fluorinated biological moieties
Fun Fact: My hobbies include playing disc golf and watching the Detroit Red Wings
Degree Program: Chemistry
Lab: Snaddon
Undergrad Institution: Alma College
Zach Celentano
I am interested in studying the mechanisms of function of quorum sensing inhibitors and developing new inhibitors against Vibrios using a combination of structure based drug design and structure activity relationship assays.
Fun Fact: I have been weightlifting since I was 14 years old (almost 12 years now).
Degree Program: Biochemistry
Lab: van Kessel
Undergrad Institution: Indiana University
Emily Erdmann
My research focuses on the role of ADARs (Adenosine Deaminases that Act on RNA) and Adenosine-to-Inosine RNA editing in the germline of C. elegans.
Fun Fact: I love cooking and baking.
Degree Program: Biology
Lab: Hundley
Undergrad Institution: Illinois Wesleyan University
Allan Gramillo
My research focuses on investigating the phosphate starvation response and its role on biofilm formation in the plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumafaciens.
Fun Fact: I started the wave at Dodger stadium.
Degree Program: Microbiology
Lab: Fuqua
Undergrad Institution: California State University - LA
Jane Joncha
My research focuses on assessing different properties of Bacillus subtilis through microfluidics coupled with time-lapse fluorescence microscopy.
Fun Fact: I enjoy hiking, snowboarding and annoying my sister.
Degree Program: Chemistry
Lab: Jacobson
Undergrad Institution: Colorado State University - Fort Collins; Sarah Lawrence College
Renee Kinne
My research focuses on the role of phase separation and disordered domains in oncogenic transcriptional co-activators.
Fun Fact: My favorite movie is Shrek
Degree Program: Cell, Molecular, and Cancer Biology
Lab: Hollenhorst
Undergrad Institution: Michigan State University
Emma Lamb
I am primarily interested in researching how biomolecular interactions affect gene expression in animals.
Fun Fact: I grew up on an island in Washington State.
Degree Program: Biochemistry
Lab: Hundley
Undergrad Institution: University of Louisville
Patrick Laughlin
My research focuses on the structure and assembly of SARS-Cov-2 Nucleocapsid protein.
Fun Fact: I love skiing, gardening, and birdwatching.
Degree Program: Biochemistry
Lab: Zlotnick
Undergrad Institution: Indiana University Bloomington
Victoria Lopez
My research uses fruit fly larvae to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms of nociception, the sensory process that encodes painful/noxious stimuli.
Fun Fact: I like to collect mugs
Degree Program: Genome, Cell, and Developmental Biology (GCDB) Program in Neuroscience
Lab: Tracey
Undergrad Institution: Roosevelt University
Averi McFarland
My research focuses on protein interactions, structure-function, and dynamics necessary for cell wall synthesis in the pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Fun Fact: I had a dislocated clavicle for 5 months that was repositioned using a cadaver ligament. I have yet to break a bone though.
Degree Program: Microbiology
Lab: Winkler
Undergrad Institution: Idaho State University
Emma McRae
My research focuses on using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to study metal-dependent biological systems found in pathogenic bacteria
Fun Fact: I have free-dived and scuba-dived with sharks multiple times!
Degree Program: Chemistry
Lab: Giedroc
Undergrad Institution: UC Berkeley
Sandip Mishra
My research focuses on developing artificial metalloenzymes for enantioselective catalysis. I am also utilizing de novo design to create Ru and Ir-based artificial metalloenzymes for enantioselective photocatalysis.
Fun Fact: I enjoy playing the flute and chess.
Degree Program: Chemistry
Lab: Lewis
Undergrad Institution: University of Delhi; Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay
Morgan Nyman
My research focuses on developing and understanding cancer therapeutics that specifically target diseased tissue inhibiting one-carbon metabolism, and more specifically purine synthesis pathway, within the cell.
Fun Fact: I am a big fan of Jurassic Park.
Degree Program: Chemistry
Lab: Dann
Undergrad Institution: Gannon University
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Max Osterberg
My research focuses on exploring metal-dependent responses in bacteria such as Acinetobacter baumannii and discover their role regarding survival within vertebrate hosts.
Fun Fact: I like playing guitar and drawing.
Degree Program: Chemistry
Lab: Giedroc
Undergrad Institution: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Hunter Richman
My research focuses on macrophage phagosome maturation.
Fun Fact: I play Magic the Gathering
Degree Program: Materials Chemistry
Lab: Yu
Undergrad Institution: Indiana University - South Bend
Cayla Rose
My research focuses on developing mass spectrometry detection methods for the post-translational modification tyrosine sulfation and expanding the understanding of the enzyme responsible, tyrosylrprotein sulfotransferase.
Fun Fact: I am a lover of dogs with two of my own, and I can solve a Rubik's cube.
Degree Program: Chemistry
Lab: Dann
Undergrad Institution: Columbus State University