Joined 2024
Alejandra Alonso Quintana
National Autonomous University of Mexico – School of Medicine
The Graduate School of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Predocs arrive as talented developing scientists and our exceptional research community provides an ideal environment for scientific growth.
Stowers Graduate School alumna Nicole Nuckolls shares her experience at Stowers. Nicole is now Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Colorado - Denver.
Meet the new class of predoctoral researchers here.
Alumni of the Graduate School are achieving great success in the field of biology around the world as they pursue careers in academia, research, and industry. Alumni stay in touch with the Graduate School in several ways including a periodic alumni satisfaction survey. The Grad School tracks alumni outcomes, including postdoctoral career placements, publications post-graduation, self-reported career paths, and feedback on preparation. This information is used to indicate the health and success of the program.
Predoctoral Researcher
Joined: 2024
Predoctoral Researcher
Joined: 2024
Predoctoral Researcher
B.S., Federal University of Pará
M.S., Federal University of Pará
Joined: 2019
Predoctoral Researcher
Joined: 2024
Predoctoral Researcher
B.S., Basic Biomedical Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Joined: 2021
Predoctoral Researcher
B.S., Biochemistry, University of Kansas
Joined: 2023
Predoctoral Researcher
B.S., M.S., Biotechnology, National University of General San Martin
Joined: 2018
Predoctoral Researcher
B.S., Biology, Autonomous University of Queretaro and National Polytechnic University of Mexico
M.S., Integrative Biology, Autonomous University of Queretaro and National Polytechnic University of Mexico
Joined: 2020
Predoctoral Researcher
Joined: 2024
Predoctoral Researcher
B.S., Federal University of Santa Catarina
M.S., Federal University of Santa Catarina
Joined: 2019
Gabriel da Silva Pescador has always been interested in natural sciences, so when he was introduced to cell biology in high school, he ran with it – all the way to becoming a predoctoral researcher in the Graduate School of the Stowers Institute.
Along his journey, he has taken a few steady leaps. As an undergraduate and master’s student, he studied how epidermal growth factor promotes neural crest cells to become pigmented melanocytes in the quail research organism.
While an undergrad, he spent time at the University of Pittsburgh as an exchange student and worked with fruit flies. He published a paper on Latin American contributions to neural crest research, and worked as a research technician for Marianne Bronner, Ph.D., at Caltech.
da Silva Pescador knew about Stowers because he was familiar with the work of Graduate School Faculty and Stowers Investigator Paul Trainor, Ph.D., and Imaging Center Director Paul Kulesa, Ph.D., on the neural crest. When he visited the campus, he was encouraged by the enthusiasm of fellow scientists toward their research.
As a predoctoral researcher, da Silva Pescador wants to enhance his scientific thinking to answer relevant questions in developmental biology while working with investigators and predoctoral researchers from different backgrounds.
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B.S., Engineering, National University of St. Martin, Argentina
Joined: 2022
Joined: 2024
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B.S., Molecular Biology, Harding University
Joined: 2023
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B.S., Biological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
M.S., Applied and Experimental Biology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Joined: 2022
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B.S., Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia
Joined: 2017
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B.S., Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology
Joined: 2017
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B.S., Biochemistry, Hendrix College
Joined: 2019
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B.S., Biotechnology, Pablo de Olavide University, Spain
Joined: 2023
Pablo de Olavide University
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B.S., Life Science and Technology, LanZhou University
M.S., Translational Medicine, Beijing Normal University
Joined: 2020
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B.S., Biology, Nara Women’s University, Japan
M.S., Biology, Kyoto University, Japan
Joined: 2023
Nara Women's University
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B.S., Biomedical Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Joined: 2020
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B.S., Physics, Makerere University, Uganda
Joined: 2023
Makerere University
Predoctoral Researcher
B.S., Biology, William Jewell College
Joined: 2018
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B.S., Biology, Truman State University
Joined: 2023
Predoctoral Researcher
B.S., Biochemistry and Philosophy, University of Missouri
Joined: 2022
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B.S./M.S., Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, India
Joined: 2023
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram
Predoctoral Researcher
B.S., Bioengineering, Henan Agricultural University
M.S., Cell Biology, Sun Yat-Sen University.
Joined: 2020
Predoctoral Researcher
B.S., Biological Sciences, Wuhan University
Joined: 2018
Predoctoral Researcher
Joined: 2024
Predoctoral Researcher
B.S., Genomic Sciences, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Joined: 2017
Predoctoral Researcher
B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University
Joined: 2023
Pennsylvania State University
Predoctoral Researcher
B.S., Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences, University of Houston
Joined: 2018
Predoctoral Researcher
Joined: 2024
Predoctoral Researcher
B.S., Biomedical Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Joined: 2016
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B.S., Biological Sciences, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Joined: 2017
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B.S., Soochow University
M.S., National Yang-Ming University
Joined: 2019
Predoctoral Researcher
B.S., Biological Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Ecuador
M.S., Laboratory Technology, Technical Particular University of Loja, Ecuador
Joined: 2023
Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (BS)/Technical Particular University of Loja (MS)
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B.S., Biochemistry, Presidency University, Kolkata, India
M.S., Molecular Biology and Genetics, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Joined: 2017
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B.S., Biology, B.A., Chemistry, University of Missouri - Kansas City
Joined: 2023
University of Missouri – Kansas City
Predoctoral Researcher
Joined: 2024
Predoctoral Researcher
Joined: 2024
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B.S., Biochemistry, University of California – Santa Barbara
Joined: 2023
University of California – Santa Barbara
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B.S., Biological Sciences, Indian Institution of Science Education and Research, India
Joined: 2022
Tsinghua University
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B.S., M.S. in Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
Joined: 2021
Predoctoral Researcher
Joined: 2024
Predoctoral Researcher
B.S., Cell and Molecular Biology, Winona State University
Joined: 2020
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B.S., Biotechnology, University of Science, Vietnam
Joined: 2022
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M.S., Biotechnology, University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City
Joined: 2021
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B.S., Biochemistry, Heinrich Heine University, Germany
Joined: 2022
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B.S., Biological Science, University of Science and Technology of China
Joined: 2017