LAB MEMBERS

MIRA KRENDEL
Principal Investigator
PhD: Rutgers University, Newark, NJ with Ed Bonder
Postdoctoral fellowship: the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA with Gary Bokoch
Associate Research Scientist: Yale University, New Haven, CT, with Mark Mooseker
Research interests: myosin roles in cell motility and membrane trafficking
SHARON CHASE
Senior Research Support Specialist
Research interests: KO mouse models to study Myo1e functions
PEI-JU LIU
Graduate student
Research interests: MYO1E mutations and kidney disease
ERIC PLANTE
Graduate student
Research interests: Myo1e role in cancer
MIKE GARONE
Research interests: Myo1e role in podocyte functions
Graduate student
FORMER LAB MEMBERS
Sarah Barger
PhD program graduate; currently postdoc at Yale University
Diana Perez
MS graduate; currently medical student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jessica Ouderkirk-Pecone
PhD program graduate; currently scientist at Rheonix, Ithaca, NY
Jing Bi Karchin
PhD program graduate; currently postdoc at UPenn
Chris Pellenz
Senior Research Support Specialist
Christina Encina
MS graduate, currently serving at Keesler Air Force Base as the Chemistry/Hematology Officer-in-Charge of the Core Laboratory
Omosede Ighile
MS graduate, SUNY Upstate MD graduate; currently internal medicine physician
Karen Maass, PhD
Postdoctoral researcher, currently Research Assistant Professor, NYU School of Medicine
Dina Yangirova
Summer research student; currently practicing physician
Clara Richardson
SURF student, currently Project Leader at ICON, Inc.
Maria Presti
SURF student, currently PhD student at SUNY Upstate
Lindsay Stolzenburg
SURF student; postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago
Ellen Confer
SURF student
Nisha Acharya, MD
Medical resident; currently a practicing endocrinologist
Jiwan Thapa, MD
Medical resident; currently a practicing nephrologist