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CMB Students Currently in the Graduate Program
Alberta Abotsi
ama23e@fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Taiwo Adewole
tsa23@fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Paul Agbola
psa23b@fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Sara Akram
King Life Science Building
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major professor: Dr. Hank W. Bass
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Lorea Arambarri
Investigating the consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury on chromatin features
larambarri@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Jonathan H. Dennis
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Shahin Behrouz Sharif
ssharif@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Jonathan H. Dennis
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Tracey Bell
tbell@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Steven Lenhert
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Jane Benoit
I am interested in the relationships between chromatin architecture, gene expression, and cellular processes. My projects include characterizing chromatin remodeling events during viral infection, innate immune stimulation, and cancer progression.
2024 King
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major professor: Dr. Jonathan H. Dennis
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Katherine Bilodeau
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major professor: Dr. Kathryn M. Jones
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Cecilia Bouaichi
cgb18d@fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Roberto Vincis
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Christopher Carroll
2024 King
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Ishwaree Datta
ishwareedatta94@gmail.com
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major professor: Dr. Erdem Bangi
second major professor: Dr. Hank W. Bass
AidanDarian Douglas
awd20@fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Francis Ebuara
KIN3004 King
fuebuara@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Darin R. Rokyta
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Leslie Fillmore
lsf21b@fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Alice A. Winn
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Gabrielle Fisher
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major professor: Dr. Kathryn M. Jones
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Yashika Garg
217 Kasha Building
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major professor: Dr. M. Elizabeth Stroupe
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Daniel Hiott
deh23@fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Rubel Hoq
mhoq@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Jonathan H. Dennis
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Anuvind Kalpetta Gramathil
In the Yu lab, I work on understanding how chromosome tethering to the nuclear periphery works. Yeast is not just used for baking, but to do science as well! :)
308 Biology Unit 1
ak22bi@fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Hong-Guo Yu
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Mahdi Khadem
mkhadem@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Jonathan H. Dennis
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Kathryn Koirtyohann
Major Professor: McGinnis
kmk20cn@fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Karen M. McGinnis
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Ashley Loeven
My research interests lie in understanding intracellular signaling that mediates dietary fat-induced inflammation and irreversible loss of olfactory sensory neurons in mouse models.
aloeven@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Debra A. Fadool
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Calvin Mackey
cmackey@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Kathryn M. Jones
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Anna Daniela Metzler
am22bs@fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Hengli Tang
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Soheila Nabi
sn23h@fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Innocent Osuya
ioo23a@fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Zohre Panahidizjikan
zp23@fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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John (Levi) Payne
jlp21k@fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Thomas A. Houpt (cbMS)
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Meizhu Qi
mqi@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Debra A. Fadool
second major professor: Dr. Douglas Storace
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Maria Quintero Rodriquez
mquintero@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Erdem Bangi
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Hosna Rastegarpouyani
hr18d@fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Kenneth A. Taylor
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Bryce Redfern
bredfern@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Kathryn M. Jones
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Sayantan Roy
0517 Kasha Laboratory Building
sr17h@fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Qian Yin
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Sadia Sayed
ssayed@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Jonathan H. Dennis
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Bianca Sheridan
bs20dp@fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Yun Shi
My research mainly focuses on Ca2+-dependent thin filament regulation of contraction and cooperative interactions among myofilament proteins in striated muscle, including both skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle. As the Ca2+ sensor of the thin filament, troponin is the major protein that I am particularly interested in. For the projects I am currently involved in, experimental, statistical and computational methods are combined to reveal the characteristics of this protein in both physiological and pathological process, e.g., cardiomyopathy.
308 Bio Unit 1
yshi@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. P. Bryant Chase
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Sixian Song
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major professor: Dr. James M. Fadool
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Divyaa Srinivasan
dsrinivasan@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Peter Fraser
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Jessica Sullivan
jrs22ba@fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Thomas A. Houpt (cbMS)
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Vincent Tocci
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major professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Jesse Turner
I am interested in the 3D organization of chromatin within the nucleus and how that relates to other nuclear functions, such as transcription and DNA replication. My current project in the lab is investigating early replication control elements (ERCEs), a discrete class of cis-regulatory elements that act as "enhancers of early replication," but also have roles in maintaining sub-nuclear compartmentalization, transcription, and TAD structure. (he/him/his)
3070 King Life Science Building
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major professor: Dr. Hank W. Bass
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Zachary Turpin
zturpin@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Hank W. Bass
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Manisha Tyagi
mt22m@fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Athanasios Vouzas
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major professor: Dr. Hank W. Bass
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Nick Waddell
nwaddell@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Jian Feng
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Nidhi Walia
nwalia@bio.fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. M. Elizabeth Stroupe
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Yijing Zhao
I am interested in studying the impact of Zika virus on cell cycle progression.
yz18@fsu.edu
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major professor: Dr. Hengli Tang
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