GME Current Trainees

GME Current Trainees 

  • Busayo Bolonduro, Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology (2020)
    How human genetic variation affects autoimmune disease, such as type 1 diabetes
    Advisor: Andrew Koh
  • Honorine Destain, Development, Regeneration and Stem Cell Biology (2020)
    C. elegans ventral nerve cord motor neuron identity maintenance
    Advisor: Paschalis Kratsios
  • Paula Fernandez-Begne, Ecology and Evolution (2020)
    Functional causes/consequences of host plant changes to study convergent phenotypic evolution
    Advisor: Marcus Kronforst
  • Renee Fonseca, Human Genetics (2020)
    Statistical methods to better understand the genetic basis of complex diseases to improve measures of disease risk in admixed and underrepresented populations
    Advisor: Andrew Dahl
  • Saideep Gona, Human Genetics (2021)
    Advisor: Hakey Im
  • Taylor Hains, Evolutionary Biology (2020)
    Conservation genetics
    Advisor: John Bates
  • Jenks Hehmeyer, Integrative Biology (2021)
    Advisor: Heather Marlow
  • Pinky Lee, Development, Regeneration and Stem Cell Biology (2021)
    Advisor: Xiaochang Zhang
  • Kellen Riall, Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology (2021)
    Advisor: Jeremy Berg
  • Casey Richards, Ecology and Evolution (2021)
    Advisor: Tim Wootton
  • Rio Salazar, Cell and Molecular Biosciences (2020)
    Advisor: Robert Carrillo
  • Sofia Sheikh, Ecology and Evolution (2021)
    Advisor: Marcus Kronforst
  • Sam Swank, Development, Regeneration and Stem Cell Biology (2021)
    Advisor: Ellie Heckscher
  • Karl Tayeb, Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology (2020)
    Gene set enrichment analysis
    Advisors: Matthew Stephens and Yoav Gilad
  • Alexis Thornburg, Human Genetics (2020)
    Gene regulation and human disease
    Advisor: Marcelo Nobrega
  • Zach Weber, Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology (2020)
    Pleiotropy, allelic heterogeneity, and structural variation affecting the regulation of gene expression in complex disease
    Advisor: Marcelo Nobrega

First Year Cohort

  • Cecily Choy - Human Genetics
  • Ben Epley - Ecology and Evolution
  • Elizabeth Gibbons - Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology
  • Rowan Hart - Ecology and Evolution
  • Stephanie Hartel - Cell and Molecular Biology
  • Brendan Jamison - Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology
  • Koray Kasan - Integrative Biology
  • Maria Meneses - Human Genetics
  • Jo Robertson - Evolutionary Biology
  • Claire Weeks-Young - Human Genetics