Predoctoral researchers at GSSIMR arrive to the Stowers Institute as talented young scientists. The exceptional, high-impact research environment and close knit, supportive community creates an ideal environment for scientific growth. Predoctoral reseachers in the program are tasked with identifying significant biological problems and are primarily devoted to conducting laboratory research and publishing of their work in well recognized journals.
2018
2017
2016
José (Fibo) López Hernández
Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV) National Autonomous University of MexicoZanders Lab
2015
María Bravo Núñez
National Autonomous University of MexicoZanders Lab
Thesis: Characterization of diverged meiotic drivers in fission yeast
Viraj Doddihal
Indian Institute of Science Education and ResearchSánchez Alvarado Lab
Thesis: Protein dynamics in planarian regeneration
Cassandra Kempf
University of MissouriWashburn Lab
Thesis: Characterization of protein-protein interaction networks in the Sin3/histone deacetylase (HDAC) complex
Nicole Nuckolls
Rockhurst UniversityZanders Lab
Thesis: Evolution and mechanisms of meiotic drive in fission yeast
Kyle Patton
Wheaton CollegeSi Lab
Thesis: The role of protein chaperones in persistence or decay of memory
Irina Pushel
Michigan State UniversityKrumlauf Lab
Thesis: Characterizing the roles Hox genes play in the gene regulatory network (GRN) controlling mouse cranial neural crest cell formation, migration, and differentiation
Jelly Soffers
Maastricht UniversityWorkman Lab
Thesis: The sum of its parts is greater than the whole: distinct roles for enzymatic submodules of SAGA chromatin-modifying complex in Drosophila tRNA gene expression
2014
Raquel Barajas Azpeleta
Autonomous University of MadridSi Lab
Thesis: Molecular Mechanisms of Memory Formation
Cheng-Yi Chen
National Taiwan University in TaipeiGibson Lab
Thesis: Germline development and adult gonad niche of Cnidarian sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis
Gerald Dayebga Doh
University of Yaoundé IWashburn Lab
Thesis: Biochemical and proteomic analysis of novel histone-interacting proteins
Darrick Hansen
University of GlasgowLi Lab
Thesis: Characterization of the stem cells dedicated to regenerating the intestinal epithelium
Shuonan He
Peking University in BeijingGibson Lab
Thesis: Functional analysis of Hox genes in the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis
Yanfeng He
China Agricultural UniversityConaway Lab
Thesis: Mechanisms of transcriptional regulation by enhancers
Ahmet Can Karabulut
University of CincinnatiGibson Lab
Thesis: Genetic and chemical-genetic dissection of embryonic cell division in the sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis
Xingyu Liu
University of Science and Technology of China in HefeiWashburn Lab / Workman Lab
Thesis: Chromatin Binding and DNA damage repair
Karla Terrazas-Falcon
University of Texas at San AntonioTrainor Lab
Thesis: Investigating the tissue-specific roles of Tcof1, Polr1c and Polr1d during ribosome biogenesis
2013
Elisabeth Bauerly
University of Kansas, LawrenceGibson Lab
Thesis: The role of dyneins in Drosophila imaginal disc development
Zachary Lee
Rockhurst UniversityGibson Lab
Thesis: Phosphorylation dynamics during epithelial cell division
Joaquín Navajas Acedo
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, SpainPiotrowski Lab
Thesis: Establishment of cell polarity in the lateral line of zebrafish
2012
Amanda Bonner
University of KansasHawley Lab
Thesis: Characterization of the Drosophila Protein Matrimony (Mtrm)
Melvin Noé González
National Autonomous University of Mexico, Cuernavaca, MorelosConaway Lab
Thesis: Regulation of mRNA capping during transcription
Soon Keat Ooi
National University of Malaysia, BangiConaway Lab
Thesis: Structure-function analysis of the human INO80 chromatin remodeling complex
Christine Smoyer
University of KansasJaspersen Lab
Thesis: Analysis of inner nuclear membrane proteins
