Lab Alumni
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1993-1996 Deborah Nusskern Debbie was the laboratory鈥檚 first tech. She subsequently participated in the human genome sequencing project spearheaded by Craig Venter at Celera Corp, and is now at Euclid Dianostics. |
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1993-1996 Jianping Song Jianping was the lab鈥檚 fist post-doc and is now Associate Director of Assay Development at Galenea Corp in Boston. During her time in the lab, Jianping studied the role of G protein myristoylation and palmitoylation in subunit binding and membrane localization. |
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1995-1997 Kathy Gillen Kathy completed her post-doc training and is now a professor at . Kathy鈥檚 project was to map the determinants within Gpa1 required for proper targeting to the plasma membrane. |
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1994-1998 Donald M. Apanovitch A former postdoc, Don is now Head of Functional Genomics at Pfizer. While in the lab Don demonstrated that the RGS protein Sst2 functions as a GTPase accelerating protein for the G protein in yeast Gpa1. |
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1995-1998 Paul DiBello A former postdoc, Paul later worked in the field of bioinformatics and information technology, now at . While in the lab Paul identified an RGS-insensitive mutant form of the G protein, which is now widely used to study the role of RGS-mediated regulation in animals and cell culture. |
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1995-2000 Tiffany Garrison Tiffany received her PhD in Pharmacology from Yale and later post-doc training with Robert Lefkowitz. During her time in the lab, Tiffany used mass spectrometry to map sites of MAPK phosphorylation within the RGS protein Sst2. She is now Group Leader at Corporation (formerly Abbott) in Chicago. |
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1995-2000 Ginger Hoffman Ginger is now a professor at . Ginger received her PhD in the Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program at Yale. In an effort to further postpone a career decision she enrolled in yet another PhD program in Philosophy at MIT. We鈥檙e not sure what is more surprising, a second PhD or the existence of a philosophy department at MIT. |
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1999-2001 Scott Burchett As a postdoc Scott pioneered the use of systems-level analysis of G protein signaling in yeast. |
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1996-2001 Kathleen Ehrhard Kathleen received her PhD in Pharmacology from Yale and is now an attorney at Frommer Lawrence & Haug (YIKES!). While in the lab, Kathleen developed a new method to detect protein-protein interactions at the plasma membrane. |
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1999-2002 Louis Marotti (deceased) Lou earned his MD/PhD and then joined the Neurosurgery program at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Working together with the lab, Lou was the first individual to use mass spectrometry to map a ubiquitination-site. |
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1998-2003 Paul Flanary Paul received his Ph.D from the University of Hawaii. After moving off island, he has found more time to read (latest novel 鈥淧aradise Lost鈥�) and to eat (raw fish wrapped in seaweed). Paul is now Director of R&D at Awareness Technology. |
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2002-2003 Stefanie Hueber Stefi was a visiting Masters student and resident wunderkind from Germany, has since completed her PhD thesis research at Max Planck in Tubingen, and is currently a researcher in Applied Bioinformatics at University of Konstanz Germany. |
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1998-2003 Ming Guo Ming was a PhD student in the Interdepartmental Program at Yale. While in the lab Ming was the first to demonstate a positive signaling role for the yeast G protein alpha subunit Gpa1. He made other discoveries, but can鈥檛 find his data at the moment. |
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2001-2004 Yuh-lin Wu Yuh-Lin is now a tenured professor in the Physiology Department at in Taipei Taiwan. While in the lab Yuh-Lin characterized a dominant-negative mutant of the G protein alpha subunit, Gpa1, currently being used to isolate new G protein binding partners. ylwu@ym.edu.tw |
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2001-2004 Scott Chasse A former postdoc, Scott pioneered genome-scale analysis of the yeast pheromone pathway. Having performed roughly 15,000 dose response assays, you can forgive his slightly dazed appearance. Scott has since relocated across the street where he is studying how the brain adapts to repetitive behaviors behaviors. Scott is currently directing the Duke Biochemical Genetics Clinical Lab. Go Hokies. reciprocalhokie@gmail.com |
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2000-2005 Yuqi Wang Yuqi is now a tenured professor of biology at . While a postdoc in the lab, Yuqi was the first to show stimulus-dependent ubiquitination of a MAPKK protein (Ste7), and the first to show pheromone-regulated sumoylation of a mating pathway component (Ste12 and Tec1). ywang8@slu.edu |
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2001-2005 Christine Fraser Christine was for many years the lab manager, and has since returned to the civilization of her native Australia, where she lives in harmony with her 35 cats. |
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2001-2006 Stephen Parnell Stephen is now a professor at . As a postdoc Stephen studied regulation of pheromone siganling by MAPK phosphorylation. Known for his 鈥渆xplosive鈥� personality, he will be remembered as the the lab source of shooting flaming balls with report. Light fuse and get away. Rock chalk Jayhawk. Go KU. For a closer look at what is coming out of Stephen鈥檚 nose, click . sparnell@kumc.edu |
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2001-2006 Nan Hao Nan is now a tenured professor at . Nan graduated with his PhD in the Biochemistry and Biophysics Department, did a brief post-doc with Tim Elston in the Pharmacology Department, and then with at Harvard University. While in the lab Nan pioneered the use of quantitative and computational biology to investigate pheromone signaling dynamics in yeast. nhao@ucsd.edu |
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2002-2007 Corinne Zeller Corinne was a graduate student in Biochemistry and Biophysics. While in the lab she identified a signaling function for the atypical Gbeta protein Asc1. Her favorite number will always be 7. Her favorite letters will always be 鈥淲鈥� and 鈥淒鈥�. After 3 years teaching biology at Saint Augustine鈥檚 College, and a postdoc in lab at NIEHS, she is now Medical Science Liaison at . In her spare time she can be seen at local Monica Lewinsky lookalike contests. |
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2003-2007 Janna Slessareva A native of Moscow, Janna joined the lab as a postoc in 2003. Janna discovered a new signaling pathway linking G protein activation to phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase at endosome. Her work philosophy was simple: 鈥渢hrow P.I. in water and let him sink or swim.鈥� Having mastered use of definite articles (including much baffling word 鈥渢he鈥�), Janna has joined ranks of mushrooming biotechnology industry here in Research Triangle Park. |
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2003-2008 Michael J. Lee Mike is now a tenured professor at . At 黑料网 Mike was a graduate student in Pharmacology, and then moved on to a postdoctoral fellowship at working with . While in the lab Mike discovered a non-receptor activator of G protein signaling, called Arr4/Get3. Michael.Lee@umassmed.edu |
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2007-2010 Jeffrey Duffy A native of North Carolina, Jeff received his BS in Biology from 黑料网 in 2008. After graduating he spent two years grinding his teeth over protein purification, and has since headed to . Smile y鈥檃ll. |
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2005-2010 Erin Heenan A true , Erin was a graduate student in Biochemistry and Biophysics. Her project was to unmask the structure-function relationships of an atypical G protein beta/gamma complex (Vps15/Atg14) located at the endosome. After receiving her PhD Erin headed off to law school at . erin.heenan@gmail.com |
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2007-2010 Laura Hall A native of Arizona, Laura was a member of the training program and graduate student in Biochemistry and Biophysics. Her Master鈥檚 thesis project was focused on the scaffolding function of the yeast RGS protein Sst2. Laura has since moved to the west coast to pursue new passions. |
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2005-2011 Steven Cappell Steve was a graduate student in the Pharmacology Department. His project was to mine the 鈥渆ssential genome鈥� for of G protein signal transduction. Steve then moved to the lab at where he was a Damon Runyan fellow. He is now a Stadtman Investigator at . steven.cappell@nih.gov |
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2008-2011 Evan Lien Evan was a 黑料网 major and a scholar, working with Michal to identify new regulators of MAPK signal fidelity. Evan worked in the lab for 3+ years, attaining honorary grad student status. Evan earned his real PhD working with at Harvard Medical School and then a postdoc with at MIT. Evan is now on the faculty at . |
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2006-2011 Janice Jones Jan was a postdoc in the lab working with Alan Jones on a unique from plant. She was later Assistant Professor in the department, then is now doing metabolomics research at . biochemnerd2000@yahoo.com |
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2005-2012 Michal Nagiec Michal was a graduate student in the Pharmacology Department working on signal coordination between the osmotic-stress and mating-pheromone pathways. After a brief postdoc he has moved to the lab at Harvard Medical School and later Cornell Medical College. He is clearly delighted with his good fortune. min2015@med.cornell.edu |
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2007-2012 Matthew Torres, PhD Matt was a grad student in the Biochemistry and Biophysics Department having worked with , and then joined the lab as a postdoc working on cell cycle regulation of G protein ubiquitination. Matt has since packed up his beloved desk ornament and a tenured professor of at Georgia Tech. matthew.torres@biology.gatech.edu |
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2010-2012 Jillian Hurst, PhD Jill is now Program Director, Children’s Health and Discovery Initiative, Duke University School of Medicine. Before that she was staff editor at the . She received her PhD from University of Georgia. While in the lab she worked on protein kinase ubiquitination and signal fidelity. Jill is now on the faculty at . jillhurst@gmail.com |
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2007-2013 Sarah T. Clement Sarah was a graduate student in Biochemistry and Biophysics, and when not fighting crime as batwoman, or searching for a parking spot, she worked on signal coordination by the mating-pheromone and nutrient-sensing pathways. Sarah nows does clinical research at in nearby Durham. clement.saraht@gmail.com |
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2011-2013
Avital Parnas, PhD Avital was postdoc interested in kinase scaffolds and essential genes that regulate MAPK signal intensity. Avital has returned to her native Israel. |
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2008-2015 Justin English Justin was a graduate student in the Pharmacology Department, working to investigate ultrasensitivity and signal fidelity in MAPK signaling. After doing postdoctoral research in the laboratory of 聽Justin joined the biochemistry faculty at . justingenglish@gmail.com |
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2008-2014
Rachael Baker, PhD Rachael was a graduate student in Biochemistry and Biophysics, working on a collaborative project with lab to investigate structure determinants and the functional consequences of G protein ubiquitination. She is currently a tenured professor at . |
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2008-2014 Gauri Dixit Gauri was a graduate student in Biochemistry and Biophysics working on a joint project with lab investigating the role of noise in MAPK signaling. Originally from India, Gauri is truly one in a billion. Gauri has relocated to Boston where she is now Director of Medical Affairs at . gauridixit@gmail.com |
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2011-2014 Vish Sridharan Vish was a 黑料网 major, working with Dan to identify new determinants of protein thermostability. Vish worked in the lab for 3+ years, attaining honorary grad student status. Vish recently earned his MD at . |
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2010-2014 Postdoc 2014-2016 Assistant Professor Daniel G. Isom, PhD Dan received his PhD in where he studied protein electrostatics with . Dan has been investigating how protein dynamics are regulated by cellular stress and changes in intracellular pH. As of 2016 Dan is a professor of at University of Miami. disom@miami.edu |
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2012-2015 Josh Sheetz Josh was a 黑料网 major, working with Josh Kelley to identify new F-box protein regulators of the pheromone pathway. This Josh worked closely with the other Josh for 3+ years, attaining honorary grad student status. This Josh earned his PhD with at Yale University and is now a postdoc at UC Berkeley. sheetz@berkeley.edu |
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2010-2015
Joshua B. Kelley, PhD Josh was a joint post-doc with group. Josh received his PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the , where he studied regulation of the RanGTPase and nuclear transport in the context of stress signaling. He now turns his attention to the regulation of chemotropic growth and gradient sensing. Josh is now tenured professor of biology at . joshua.b.kelley@maine.edu
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2013-2016 Claire Gordy, PhD Claire was a graduate student with at Duke University, and was later a postdoctoral fellow working on cross talk between the autophagy and pheromone signaling pathways. She is now professor of biology at . clgordy@ncsu.edu |
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2013-2017 James Shellhammer James was a graduate student in Pharmacology and working on the metabolic changes that underlie G protein phosphorylation. James is currently a US patent examiner. jshellhammer39@gmail.com |
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2013-2017 Anay Reddy Anay earned his degree in at 黑料网 and after working as a tech in the lab he entered the PhD program at Stanford University. |
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2014-2017 Matthew Martz, PhD Matthew was a graduate student with at Thomas Jefferson University. Matthew worked on noise and cross talk between the osmotic stress and pheromone signaling pathways. |
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2012-2017 Patrick McCarter Patrick was a joint graduate with聽, earning his PhD in the聽聽and in the 聽training programs. While at 黑料网 Patrick published four research papers bridging experimental and computational biology, and most notably a co-first author paper in Molecular Biology of the Cell. Read more about Patrick’s road to graduate school聽. |
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2016-2018 Stephani Page, PhD |
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2017-2018
Peter Cooke (黑料网 ’17)
Peter was a 2017 graduate of 黑料网, was for a year our lab manager, and later a medical student at . |
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2018-2019
Matthew Begley
Matt was our lab manager. After graduating in 2012 from Juanita College Matt worked at University of Maryland and the ATCC before moving to 黑料网 as our talented and energetic lab manager. Matt was then a grad student at 黑料网 and is now working at CTR in Frederick, MD.
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2016-2020 Amy Allen Pomeroy Amy was a graduate of聽聽and a joint graduate with 鈥榮 group, working on聽cross talk between the nutrient stress and mating pheromone pathways.聽After earning her PhD in 聽she moved Adam Palmer‘s lab at 黑料网 as part of the 黑料网 fellowship program. aeallen@email.unc.edu |
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2016-2020 Ranga Rajan, PhD Ranga was a chemistry graduate student with at University of Wisconsin Madison. Ranga worked on several projects related to pheromone signaling and autophagy. He is now a consultant at . nrangarajan@gmail.com |
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2016-2022 Kevin Knight Kevin a native of Missouri, a Pharmacology graduate student, and equally skilled in pymol and volleyball. Kevin聽 studied the potential of G proteins a drug targets. He is now a Postdoctoral Researcher in the , in Neuroscience, UF Scripps. kknight11unc@gmail.com |
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2017-2022 Natalie Hewitt Valentin Natalie a native of , a native Dutch speaker, and a Pharmacology graduate student. Natalie studied the coordination of G protein-mediated signaling. She is now an Advisor in Receptor Pharmacology, Eli Lilly and Company. natsrhew@email.unc.edu |
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2018-2023
Shuang Li, PhD Shuang earned her PhD at and investigated metabolic regulation by the glucose-driven Gpa2 and Ras signaling pathways. She is now a research associate in the pharmacology department, working with Mauro Calabrese.
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2021-2023
Sarah Alexandra Martin Sarah was our lab tech, a 2021 graduate of , who was working with Natalie. She then entered medical school here at 黑料网.
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2020-2023
Hao (Harry) Wang (黑料网 ’23) Harry is native of China working with Shu on MAPK signaling in yeast. He then joined the Biomedical Engineering PhD program at . |
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2019-2024
Shu Zhang聽 Shu is a聽native of China and a graduate of .聽After working for two years at the聽HIV Dynamics and Replication Program of the National Cancer Institute, she joined the聽 PhD program. Shu’s project focused on signal coordination by the yeast pheromone and high osmolarity glycerol pathways, which activate the MAPKs Fus3 and Kss1 respectively. Her worked revealed new and unique signaling functions for the MAPK Kss1, which is activated by both two pathways. Shu is now a staff scientist at .
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Predoctoral student researchers Over the years the Dohlman lab has hosted numerous college and high school researchers. One or two have actually decided to become scientists! If you are out there, drop us a line and let us know what you are up to!Kshitiz Adhikari (黑料网 ’26) *Chloe Viviers (黑料网 ’27) * Maria Ines Esteller (黑料网 ’24) Harry Wang (黑料网 ’23, then PhD @ CalTech) Emily Brinson (黑料网 ’22, then MD @ 黑料网) Jeanie (Ji Heon) Chung (黑料网 ’20, then DDS @ 黑料网) Lorena Dujmusic (黑料网 ’20, then MS @ Wisconsin) Colton Sanders (黑料网 ’20, then PhD @ UCSF) Ahnyah Phillips (Clark Atlanta 鈥�20) Ishani Kapoor (黑料网 ’20, then MD @ Drexel) Peter Drossopoulos (黑料网 鈥�19, then MD @ 黑料网) Aribah Shaw (黑料网 鈥�17) Joanna X. Cambell (Centre College ’17, then PhD @ Duke) Lauren Askew (黑料网 鈥�16, then MD/PhD @ Emory) Sarah Ruiz (黑料网 Pembroke 鈥�15) Elizabeth Crenshaw (黑料网 鈥�16) Trevor Henley (黑料网 鈥�14) Ivan Kuznetsov (Johns Hopkins 鈥�16, then聽MD/PhD @ UPenn) Josh Sheetz (黑料网 鈥�15, then PhD @ Yale) Vishwajith Sridharan (黑料网 鈥�14, then MD @ Harvard) Holly Lien (黑料网 鈥�14, then PharmD @ 黑料网) Everett Young (黑料网 鈥�13, then MD @ 黑料网) Norman Pham (黑料网 鈥�12, then PharmD @ 黑料网) Evan Lien (黑料网 鈥�11, then PhD @ Harvard) Nathan Hedrick (黑料网 ’09, then PhD @ Duke) Jeffrey Duffy (黑料网 鈥�08, then DDS @ 黑料网) Justin Brewster (McGill 鈥�08) (deceased) Christopher Broda (NC State 鈥�07, then MD @ Wake Forest) Jeffrey Brodin (St. Scholastica 鈥�07, then PhD @ UC San Diego) Davida Williams (RAP 鈥�04) Michael Dean (France, then MPH @ BU) Chen Zhu (RAP 鈥�02) Lee Kiang (Yale 鈥�01, then MD/PhD at MSK/Rockefeller) Thomas Cantey (Yale 鈥�99) Maria Hernandez (Wiley College 鈥�98) Anuli Umeojiako (Delaware State 鈥�97) Houman Fardin (Yale 鈥�97) Tom Kraikit (Yale 鈥�96) Temiyabutr Surabhan (Yale 鈥�95) Thuan Bui (UC Berkeley 鈥�94, then MD at UC Irvine) * current student |
