People / AlumniMBP Class of 2013-2014/15
People
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Lu Bai
- BS Agriculture, Food Science, and Technology, Seoul National University - Gwanak, Seoul (South Korea)
- MBP Research Project: Ex-vivo female reproductive tract integration in a 3D microphysiologic system (T. Woodruff)
Aditya Basrur
- BE Biotechnology, Visvesvaraya Technological University - Belagavi, Karnataka (India)
- MBP Research Project: R&D of an electrochemical detection method and device for detection of the analytes (D. Georganopoulou)
Shurui Bian
- BS Biology, Peking University - Haidian, Beijing (China)
- MBP Research Project: Constructing high-content screening (HCS) platform for phenotypic screening of small molecule inhibitors of prostate cancer cell invasion (R. Bergan)
Thomas Cayton
- BS Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California (Davis) - Davis, CA
- MBP Research Project: Detection of biomarkers in blood of GBM mice and human patients for prognostic and diagnostic value (A. Stegh)
Xinyi (Claire) Che
- BE Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology - Dalian, Liaoning (China)
- MBP Research Project: Optimal clinical trial planning for new drug development (F. You)
Kuan-Fu (Freddy) Chen
- BA Biochemistry & BA Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
- MBP Research Project: The influence of environmental heterogeneity on metabolic efficiency in co-culture nitrifying and denitrifying biofilm (G. Wells)
- Continued Education: PhD Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Washington - Seattle, WA (2016 - 2020)
Kuan-Wei (Peter) Chen
- BS Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University - South District, Taichung City (Taiwan)
- MBP Research Project: Ex-vivo female reproductive tract integration in a 3D microphysiologic system (T. Woodruff)
Janelle Fawver
- BS Genetics, Texas A&M University - College Station, TX
- MBP Research Project: R&D of an electrochemical detection method and device for detection of the analytes (D. Georganopoulou)
Ankit Gandhi
- BS Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts (Amherst) - Amherst, MA
- MBP Research Project: Identifying Specific Intracellular Structures Altered in Early Carcinogenesis (V. Backman)
Chia-Jung (Joy) Han
- BS Biochemistry, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
- MBP Research Project: Characterization of gene-manipulated mutant mouse model for psychiatric disorders: study of neuronal morphology in the brain (M. Matsumoto)
Mingyang Jiang
- BS Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) - Champaign, IL
- MBP Research Project: Ex-vivo female reproductive tract integration in a 3D microphysiologic system (T. Woodruff)
Wulin Jiang
- BS Biology, Minzu University of China - Haidian, Beijing (China)
- MBP Research Project: Characterization of in vivo effects of collagen binding S-NO peptide amphiphile (M. Kibbe)
- Continued Education: PhD Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) - Chapel Hill, NC (2016 - 2020)
Xiaoqi Liu
- BS Biotechnology, Beijing Normal University - Haidian, Beijing (China)
- MBP Research Project: TBA (C. Cheng)
Joseph Magura
- BA Biology, Wabash College - Crawfordsville, IN
- MBP Research Project: Effects of shear stress on proplatelet production in megakaryocytes (W. Miller)
- Continued Education: MS, Pharmacogenomics, Manchester University - North Manchester, IN (2016 - 2017)
Ahmad Malik
- BS Microbiology and Plant Biology, The University of Texas (Austin) - Austin, TX
- MBP Research Project: Transciption factor activity profile and role of SIRT1 in erythroid and megakaryocyte differentiation (W. Miller)
Catherine Nguyen
- BS Biology, University of California (Irvine) - Irvine, CA
- MBP Research Project: Ex-vivo female reproductive tract integration in a 3D microphysiologic system (T. Woodruff)
Durga Nyayadhish
- BS Biochemistry, Stony Brook University - Stony Brook, NY
- MBP Research Project: Optimizing the coupling and protein delivery in allogeneic transplant (islet) models to induce tolerance (L. Shea)
Iryna Olyva
- BS Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) - Champaign, IL
- MBP Research Project: STAT3 gene regulation with SNAs (Spherical Nucleic Acids) (D. Giljohann)
Ajinkya Patil
- BE Biotechnology, RV College of Engineering - Bengaluru, Karnataka (India)
- MBP Research Project: Lentivirus mediated spinal cord regeneration (L. Shea)
Rahul Shroff
- BS Biological Sciences, University of Illinois (Chicago) - Chicago, IL
- MBP Research Project: Studies of nanoparticle effects on cell killing (G. Woloschak)
Emeline Sukamtoh
- BS Neurobiology, University of Texas (Austin) - Austin, TX
- MBP Research Project: Pharmaceutical R&D portfolio optimization (F. You)
Tanay Thakar
- BTech Biotechnology, Pune University - Pune, Maharashtra (India)
- MBP Research Project: Head and neck and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma developed in BRCA2 knockout mouse model (Q. Gao)
Divya Tikkavarapu
- BS Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) - Champaign, IL
- MBP Research Project: Strain characterization in bioreactors toward understanding glucose uptake and metabolic network regulation in non-growing E.coli and yeast (K. Tyo)
Michael Verleye
- BS Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame - Notre Dame, IN
- MBP Research Project: Designing and characterizing cell lysates to induce tolerance in an allogeneic bone marrow transplant model (L. Shea)
Paul Weingarden
- BA Biology, University of Montana - Missoula, MT
- MBP Research Project: Stem cell differentiation and transplantation (L. Shea)
Henry Weiss
- BS Biology & Spanish, Xavier University - Cincinnati, OH
- MBP Research Project: Development of targetable radioligand specific for neurotoxic amyloid-beta oligomers for positron emission tomography (PET) analysis (W. Klein)
Oliver Weisser
- BA Environmental Engineering, Middlebury College - Middlebury, VT
- MBP Research Project: Improving cell-free protein synthesis through genome engineering (M. Jewett)
Tzung-Mao (Cyril) Wu
- BS Biotechnology, National Taiwan University - Da’an District, Taipei City (Taiwan)
- MBP Research Project: Characterization of gene-manipulated mutant mouse model for psychiatric disorders: study of mRNA/protein expression profile in the brain (M. Matsumoto)
Xiuyuan (Joanna) Xie
- BS Biology, Beijing Forestry University - Haidian, Beijing (China)
- MBP Research Project: Characterization of gene-manipulated mutant mouse model for psychiatric disorders: study of sensory processing deficits using in vivo electrophysiology (M. Matsumoto)
Lun (Bernard) Xin
- BS Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Toronto - Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
- MBP Research Project: Study of nanoparticles in tissue (G. Woloschak)
Rongzhi Xu
- BS Biology, Wuhan University - Wuhan, Hubei (China)
- MBP Research Project: Pharmaceutical clinical trial supply chain optimization (F. You)
Yingjie Xu
- BS Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University - Nanjing, Jiangsu (China)
- MBP Research Project: Standardizing protocols for clinical quantitative proteomics (N. Kelleher)
Demin (Grace) Zhao
- BE Biological Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago, IL
- MBP Research Project: Study of function of centrobin in the development of liver steatosis and liver cancer (Q. Gao)
Si Zhao
- BS Biological Sciences, Sichuan University - Chengdu, Sichuan (China)
- MBP Research Project: Development of peptide amphiphile-based biomaterials for the binding and presentation of his-tagged proteins: a combined approach for the study in vitro differentiation in 3-dimensional gels (S. Stupp)