Featured Researchers

Sethu Pitchiaya, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Urology Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology Medical school   Website: https://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/faculty/sethu Website: https://sethupitchiaya.org/ Twitter: @SethuPitchiaya Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=flPaAgUAAAAJ&hl=en I want to understand the fundamental principles governing RNA(-based) regulation and learn how this regulatory program goes awry in cancer. To do so, I take a spatially-resolved single-cell and single-molecule…

Joshi J. Alumkal, M.D. Professor, Associate Division Chief for Basic Research, Hematology-Oncology Division; Section Head, Genitourinary Medical Oncology Section, Internal Medicine, Medical School Visit Lab Website View Michigan Research Experts Profile Follow on Twitter: @AlumkalJoshi Our lab is focused on transcriptional regulation and how that contributes to lethal prostate cancer progression. We use biochemical, genomic,…

Ian Hall Graduate Student Keane Lab Department of Chemistry   Who/what brought you to science? I had excellent mentors in high school and college that encouraged me to pursue science.   What are your research interests? I study the structure and function of regulatory RNAs. I am interested in the molecular mechanisms by which RNA…

Sarah Owen Ph.D. Candidate Sunitha Nagrath’s lab Department of Chemical Engineering Who/what brought you to science?I have always enjoyed biology and have been fascinated by its complexities. Everything is profoundly interconnected, from within a single cell to the tissue and organism level, and I wanted to understand how it all works.    What are your research…

  Elizabeth Tidwell Graduate Student, Markos Koutmos Group Program in Biophysics   Who/what brought you to science? From a young age, I wanted to understand the reasons behind natural phenomena. During my pre-college and college education, I became fascinated with the interconnection between math, chemistry, and biology; how they can be combined to explain what…

Aaron L. Slusher, PhD – Pubmed Research Postdoctoral Research Fellow Ludlow Integrative Molecular Genetics Laboratory School of Kinesiology   Who/what brought you to science? Science has always challenged me in the most meaningful way, and I have been fortunate to be associated with great mentors and colleagues to share the excitement for discovery. This has only…

John Moldovan, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow Moran Research Group Department of Human Genetics   Who/what brought you to science? I have always wanted to know how and why things work. I became seriously interested in science as a career after taking cell biology in college.   What are your research interests? I study human LINE-1…

Mengyi Sun Graduate Student Research Assistant Graduate Student Instructor Zhang Lab Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Who/what brought you to science? I was attracted to scientific research after reading (with fun & effort) the ‘Feynman’s lectures on physics’.   What are your research interests? My research focuses on the field of evolutionary systems biology….

  Petra Vande Zande PhD Candidate Wittkopp Lab Department of Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology   Who/what brought you to science? From an early age I have been fascinated with the beauty of the natural world and filled with curiosity about how it works, from ecosystems down to the molecular level. As a high school…

  Marissa Cloutier Ph.D. Candidate Kalantry Lab Department of Human Genetics   Who/what brought you to science? I got hooked on science while taking a developmental biology course at Albion College. The following semester I began doing research with the professor who taught the course and I have been involved in science ever since!   What…

Ashley Kalinski, Ph.D. Research Fellow Giger Lab Cell and Developmental Biology In 2020, Ashley Kalinski was offered an Assistant Professor position at Ball State University. Who/what brought you to science? I remember being completely fascinated with neuroscience from a very young age. However, my real “science moment” didn’t happen for me until graduate school. One…