Graduate Research
Cell and Molecular Biology
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Abotsi, Alberta
Email: ama23e@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Adewole, Taiwo
Email: tsa23@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Agbola, Paul
Email: psa23b@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Akram, Sara
Office: King Life Science Building Building
Email: ha20be@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Hank W. Bass
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Arambarri, Lorea
Investigating the consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury on chromatin features
Email: larambarri@bio.fsu.edu
Homepage: https://sites.google.com/bio.fsu.edu/lnarambarri/home
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Jonathan H. Dennis
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Behrouz Sharif, Shahin
Email: ssharif@bio.fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Jonathan H. Dennis
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Bell, Tracey
Email: tbell@bio.fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Steven Lenhert
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Benoit, Jane
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.
Office: 2024 King Building
Email: jbenoit@bio.fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Jonathan H. Dennis
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Bilodeau, Katherine
Email: kbilodeau@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Kathryn M. Jones
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Bouaichi, Cecilia
Email: cgb18d@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Roberto Vincis
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Carroll, Christopher
Office: 2024 King Building
Email: crcarroll@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor:
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Carson, Lauren
Email: lacarson@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Hong-Guo Yu
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Datta, Ishwaree
Email: ishwareedatta94@gmail.com
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Erdem Bangi
Second Major Professor: Dr. Hank W. Bass
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Douglas, AidanDarian
Email: awd20@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Ebuara, Francis
Office: KIN3004 King Building
Email: fuebuara@bio.fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Darin R. Rokyta
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Fang, Yu
Email: yf23c@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Fillmore, Leslie
Email: lsf21b@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Alice A. Winn
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Fisher, Gabrielle
Email: gtf17@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Kathryn M. Jones
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Garg, Yashika
Office: 217 Kasha Building Building
Email: yg19d@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. M. Elizabeth Stroupe
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Gebreab, Yacob
Email: ybg16@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Fanxiu Zhu
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Hiott, Daniel
Email: deh23@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Hoq, Rubel
Email: mhoq@bio.fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Jonathan H. Dennis
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Kalpetta Gramathil, Anuvind
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! :)
Office: 308 Biology Unit 1 Building
Email: ak22bi@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Hong-Guo Yu
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Khadem, Mahdi
Email: mkhadem@bio.fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Jonathan H. Dennis
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Koirtyohann, Kathryn
Major Professor: McGinnis
Email: kmk20cn@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Karen M. McGinnis
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Loeven, Ashley
My research interests lie in understanding intracellular signaling that mediates dietary fat-induced inflammation and irreversible loss of olfactory sensory neurons in mouse models.
Email: aloeven@bio.fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Debra A. Fadool
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Mackey, Calvin
Email: cmackey@bio.fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Kathryn M. Jones
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Metzler, Anna Daniela
Email: am22bs@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Hengli Tang
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Nabi, Soheila
Email: sn23h@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Osuya, Innocent
Email: ioo23a@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Panahidizjikan, Zohre
Email: zp23@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Payne, John (Levi)
Email: jlp21k@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Thomas A. Houpt (cbMS)
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Qi, Meizhu
Email: mqi@bio.fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Debra A. Fadool
Second Major Professor: Dr. Douglas Storace
Quintero Rodriquez, Maria
Email: mquintero@bio.fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Erdem Bangi
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Rastegarpouyani, Hosna
Email: hr18d@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Kenneth A. Taylor
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Redfern, Bryce
Email: bredfern@bio.fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Kathryn M. Jones
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Roy, Sayantan
Office: 0517 Kasha Laboratory Building Building
Email: sr17h@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Qian Yin
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Sayed, Sadia
Email: ssayed@bio.fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Jonathan H. Dennis
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Sheridan, Bianca
Email: bs20dp@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Shi, Yun
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.
Office: 308 Bio Unit 1 Building
Email: yshi@bio.fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. P. Bryant Chase
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Song, Sixian
Email: songsixian_apply@163.com
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. James M. Fadool
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Srinivasan, Divyaa
Email: dsrinivasan@bio.fsu.edu
Homepage: https://www.bio.fsu.edu/~fraserlab/
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Peter Fraser
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Sullivan, Jessica
Email: jrs22ba@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Thomas A. Houpt (cbMS)
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Tocci, Vincent
Email: vmt19@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Turner, Jesse
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)
Office: 3070 King Life Science Building Building
Email: jturner@bio.fsu.edu
Homepage: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesselturner3/
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Hank W. Bass
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Turpin, Zachary
Email: zturpin@bio.fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Hank W. Bass
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Tyagi, Manisha
Email: mt22m@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons (FYAC)
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Vouzas, Athanasios
Email: avouzas@bio.fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Hank W. Bass
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Waddell, Nick
Email: nwaddell@bio.fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Jian Feng
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Walia, Nidhi
Email: nwalia@bio.fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. M. Elizabeth Stroupe
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Zhao, Yijing
I am interested in studying the impact of Zika virus on cell cycle progression.
Email: yz18@fsu.edu
Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Major Professor: Dr. Hengli Tang