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Congrats Graduates
Jonathan Herrera
Jonathan Herrera
Sharlene Day/David Ginsburg Labs
“Investigating the Effects of High Intensity Exercise in a Preclinical Mouse Model of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy”
Future Plans: Jonathan will return to medical school as an MSTP student.
Edith Jones Kiyabu
Edith Jones Kiyabu
Daniel Beard Lab
“Using Model-Based Analysis and Physiology-Informed Machine Learning for Precision Phenotyping in Heart Failure”
Future Plans: Edith will be pursuing a postdoctoral fellowship in the Eleonora Grandi Lab at UC Davis, School of Medicine exploring the sex driven differences in HFpEF models.
Andrew Marquis
Andrew Marquis
David Pinsky/Daniel Beard Labs
“System-level Integration of V/Q Matching By Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction”
Future Plans: Drew has accepted a position as a Senior Scientist (Quantitative Systems Pharmacology) at Applied BioMath, a consultancy hired by pharma and biotech companies to computationally model their data to gain mechanistic insights.
HYO SUB CHOI
Daniel Beard/Scott Leiser Labs
“Metabolic Regulation of Longevity by Flavin-Containing Monooxygenase 2”
Future Plans: Hyo will be attending the Central Michigan University College of Medicine to pursue an MD.
LIZ RONAN
LIZ RONAN
Shawn Xu Lab
“Neural and Genetic Mechanisms of Sensory Reception in C. elegans”
Future Plans: Liz will join Dr. Joshua Emrick's laboratory as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, planning to study the neural and molecular mechanisms of mammalian somatosensation.
VI TANG
VI TANG
Sharlene Day/David Ginsburg Labs
“Specificity and Functional Conservation of COPII Components”
Future Plans: After graduation, Vi will be taking a Postdoctoral Fellow position in the David Ginsburg lab at the University of Michigan.
DANIEL TORRENTE
DANIEL TORRENTE
Daniel Lawrence Lab
“Role of tPA in Central Nervous System Pathologies: From Ischemic Stroke to Parkinson's Disease”
Future Plans: Daniel plans join Dr. Sidney Strickland's laboratory as a postdoc at Rockefeller University. There, he will study neurovascular dysfunction in the context of Alzheimer's disease.
THOMAS VIGIL
THOMAS VIGIL
Richard Mortensen Lab
“The Role of Aconitate Decarboxylase 1 in Inflammation and Disease”
Future Plans: Thomas will be taking a Postdoctoral Fellow position at the University of Michigan with Dr. Marc Hershenson in Pediatric Pulmonology
KRISTY WEAVER
KRISTY WEAVER
Scott Pletcher Lab
“From Food to Phenotype: How Hungry Flies Eat and Age”
Future Plans: After graduation, Kristy will begin a postdoctoral position in Scott Pletcher’s lab and apply for teaching-focused faculty appointments.
