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Kara Porwancher Bernstein, Ph.D.
Former Ph.D. Student; Associate Professor at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
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Genetics |
Dr. Bernstein’s lab in the Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics studies how double-strand breaks in the DNA, one of the most lethal types of DNA lesions, are repaired.
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Franziska Bleichert, Ph.D.
Former Ph.D. Student; Assistant Professor Yale University Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry |
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Genetics |
Dr. Bleichert’s lab is focused on uncovering the molecular mechanisms by which the nuclear chromatin landscape impacts different steps of DNA replication.
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Kathleen Bowers-Phipps, Ph.D.
Former Ph.D. Student; Chemistry teacher at Hamden High School |
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Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry |
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Courtney Brown
Ph.D. Candidate |
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Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry |
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Carson Bryant, Ph.D.
Former Ph.D. Student, Biologist and Data Scientist at Serna Bio |
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Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry |
Carson is investigating genetic variants in human ribosome biogenesis factors that cause developmental defects in the head and brain. He is also studying essential signaling factors in early embryogenesis that are important regulators of ribosome biogenesis.
Link to publications:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7475-875X
Select honors and awards:
- 2023 Mary Ellen Jones Dissertation Prize
- RNA Society Travel Fellowship (2020)
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Predoctoral Training Grant, NIGMS T32GM007223, National Institutes of Health (2018-2020)
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Amber Buhagiar
Former Postgraduate Associate, Current Ph.D. Student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
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Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry |
Link to publications:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3095-2921
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Erica Champion
Former Ph.D. Student; Text book editor at MacMillan |
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Genetics |
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Christopher Chang
Former Undergraduate Student |
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Michael Charette, Ph.D.
Former Post-doctoral Fellow; Assistant Professor at Brandon University |
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Dr. Charette’s lab in the Department of Chemistry is focused on improving our understanding of ribosome assembly and diseases of the ribosome (ribosomopathies).
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Andrew Chen
Former Undergraduate Student |
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Yan Cheng
Ph.D. Candidate |
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Genetics |
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Patricia Compagnone-Post, Ph.D.
Former Post-doctoral Fellow; Professor at Albertus Magnus College |
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Wilky Coutard
Former Undergraduate Student |
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François Dragon, Ph.D.
Former Post-doctoral Fellow; Professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal |
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David Dunbar, Ph.D.
Former Post-doctoral Fellow; Professor at Cabrini College (Deceased 2016) |
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Laura Dutca, Ph.D.
Former Post-doctoral Fellow; Investigator at the Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Visual Loss in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
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Katherine Farley-Barnes, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scientist |
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Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry |
Link to publications:
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Victor Flores
Former Undergraduate Student |
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Victoria Fossland
Former Undergraduate Student |
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Emily Freed, Ph.D.
Former Ph.D. Student; Research Scientist at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
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Genetics |
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Jennifer Gallagher, Ph.D.
Former Ph.D. Student; Assistant Professor at West Virginia University |
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Genetics |
Dr. Gallagher’s lab in the Department of Biology uses high throughput genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics to address the impact of genetic diversity on cellular mechanisms within a species.
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Sander Granneman, Ph.D.
Former Post-doctoral Fellow; Wellcome Trust RCDF Principal Investigator at University of Edinburgh |
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Cecelia Harold, Ph.D.
Former Ph.D. Student, Analytical Scientist I at IAVI |
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Genetics |
Link to publications:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6855-8380
Select honors and awards:
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (2020-present)
- NASA CTSGC Graduate Research Fellowship Grant, NASA Connecticut Space Grant Consortium (2019)
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Emilia Hernandez
Former High School Student |
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Zara Herskovits, Ph.D.
Former Undergraduate Student; Instructor in Pathology at Brigham and Women's Hospital |
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Rebecca Higgins
Former Undergraduate Student |
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Neal Janson
Former Research Technician |
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Bennett Lane
Former Undergraduate Student |
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Jeff Laney, Ph.D.
Former Post-doctoral Fellow |
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Young Lim
Former Undergraduate Student; M.D./Ph.D. Student at Yale University |
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C Y Chewie Lin, B.S./M.S.
Former Undergraduate Student |
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Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry |
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Sarah Ludwin-Peery
Former Undergraduate Student |
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Chemistry |
Beckman Scholar (2016-2017); Sarah’s work in the lab focused on developing assays to study ribosome biogenesis in the vertebrate model organism, Xenopus tropicalis (pipid frog).
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Samuel Lynch
Former Undergraduate Student |
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Swarnameenakshi Manickam
Former Undergraduate Student |
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Kathleen McCann, Ph.D.
Former Ph.D. Student; Post-doctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Traci Hall at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences |
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Genetics |
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Emily McFadden
Former Postdoctoral Associate |
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Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry |
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Lisa Ogawa McLean, Ph.D., LATg
Former Ph.D. Student; Research Scientist Eli Lilly and Company |
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Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry |
The goal of Lisa’s research is to identify previously unknown regulators of mammalian ribosome biogenesis. The foundation of her research is a genome-wide screen that identified ~200 putative ribosome biogenesis factors. Hits range from expected factors such as ribosomal proteins, to proteins involved in embryonic development and neurodegenerative disease.
Link to publications:
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6841-059X
Select honors and awards:
- Yale Center for RNA Science and Medicine Service Award (2020)
- Canaan-Yale Fellowship, Office of Cooperative Research (2019-2020)
- Yale Center for RNA Science and Medicine Service Award (2019)
- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, F31AG058405, National Institutes of Health (2017-present)
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Predoctoral Training Grant, NIGMS T32GM007223, National Institutes of Health (2015-2017)
- Yale-Bristol-Myers Squibb Educational Alliance Internship (2015)
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Madhusudan Reddy Nandineni, Ph.D.
Former Post-doctoral Fellow; Staff Scientist and Head, Lab of Genomics and Profiling Applications at the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics |
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Maya Overton
Undergraduate |
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Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology; Economics |
Maya’s work in the lab is focused on advancing our understanding of the nucleolar stress response in higher eukaryotes.
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Ananth Punyala
Former Undergraduate Student |
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Laura Raymond
Administrative Assistant
Phone: +1 (203) 785-2984 |
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Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry |
Provides part-time administrative support to the Baserga lab. She has a BA and MA in Fine Art from Connecticut College and Southern CT State University, respectively, and a MALS in English (Oral Storytelling) from Wesleyan University. During the past 50 years she has been a graduate art student, artist, art dealer, fine art program director and a research science administrator. Now, semi-retired, she devotes more time and energy to her painting.
“Colors and shapes are my passion. I think of color as one of the divine aspects of creation. As with music and math, color is a universal language. The possibilities for color and shape combinations are infinite.” -Laura Raymond
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Amy Schoenfeld
Former High School Student |
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Deborah Smith
Former Undergraduate Student |
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Samuel B. Sondalle, M.D./Ph.D. Candidate;
Solnit Integrated Resident in Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatry |
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Genetics |
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Laura Srivichitranond
Former High School Student |
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Nicholas G. Vincent, Ph.D.
Former Ph.D. Student; Law student at the New York University School of Law |
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Microbiology |
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Karen Wehner, Ph.D.
Former Ph.D. Student; Associate Director, Research Integrity at Johns Hopkins University |
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Genetics |
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Steven Wormsley, Ph.D.
Former Ph.D. Student; Director of Research and Academic Information Technology at University of Rochester Medical Center |
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Cell Biology |
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Vincent Wingshing Yip, Ph.D.
Former Ph.D. Student; Medical Writer at EBSCO Information Services |
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Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry |
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