Current MCCB Students

Hayes Lab | Interdisciplinary Graduate Program

Elucidating the function of the mitrochondrial protease LONP1

Lodato | Interdisciplinary Graduate Program
Ceasar is working on understanding the role of mutational mosaicism in normal aging and its age-associated diseases including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease in the brain

Fazzio Lab | Interdisciplinary Graduate Program

The functional role of R-loop in stem cell differentiation

Kim Lab | Interdisciplinary Graduate Program
"Investigating the contribution of lipid metabolism on lysosomal dysfunction in lysosomal storage disease cells"

Kim Lab | Cancer Biology Program

Interested in studying the metabolic differences between cancer cells in the context of chemotherapy resistance.

Benanti Lab | Interdisciplinary Graduate Program

Mackenzie is interested in understanding the mechanisms of crosstalk between stress-response pathways

Lawson Lab

Lodata | Interdisciplinary Graduate Program
"Understanding the role of neuronal somatic mutations in brain aging"

Mercurio | Cancer Biology
Current research involves understanding the role of the integrin β4 in aggressive cancers and tumor heterogeneity

Haynes Lab | MD/PhD Program, Cancer Biology

Sookyung is studying identifying mitochondrial dysfunction regulators

Mercurio Lab | MD/PhD Program
"The Role of Neuropilin-2 in radiotherapy resistance of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer"

Cantor Lab | Cancer Biology Program

Silvia is investigating mechanisms of DNA replication stress response in the Fanconi anemia pathway.

Shaw | Cancer Biology Program
Michael is exploring the role of the insulin receptor and insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor in breast cancer progression and metastasis

Cantor Lab | Cancer Biology Program
"The replication stress response and therapy resistance in BRCA mutated cancers"

Mercurio Lab | Cancer Biology Program

"Mechanisms that contribute to the function of cancer stem cells with an emphasis on the role of specific calcium channels"

Kelliher Lab | MD/PhD Program, Cancer Biology

"Defining leukemia-initiating cells in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia"

Wolfe Lab | Interdisciplinary Graduate Program

"Developing Cas9-Cas9 chimeras and Prim editors for therapeutic applications"

Baehrecke | Interdisciplinary Graduate Program
"Identifying novel genetic relationships to VPS13D that are implicated in mitrochondrial-selective autophagy in Drosophila development"

Ruscetti Lab | Interdisciplinary Graduate Program
"Interrogating the role of senescence in prostate cancer"

Wolfe Lab | Interdisciplinary Graduate Program

"Employing CRISPR-based systems to develop therapeutic modalities for pathogenic microduplication and haploinsufficiency disorders"

Shaw Lab | MD/PhD Program
"Investigating downstream mechanisms of IRS2-driven breast cancer progression”

Flavahan Lab | Cancer Biology Program
"Examining the DNA methylation and histone acetylation landscapes of glioblastoma cell lines using Nanopore sequencing-based techniques"

Kelliher Lab

Green Lab | Interdisciplinary Graduate Program

"Identifying regulators of WRN to treat MSI colorectal cancers"