Mohamud Abdi - Undergratuate Research Assistant
Research Interest: stress models and aging study.
Olufemi Adams - Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Pro-lipolytic mechanism of TLQP-21 peptide, in vitro techniques.
Zineb Alfath - Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: in vitro molecular techniques.
Arhely Bermudez Alvarado - Research Assistant
Research Interest: social stress, aging and colony management.
Christian Anderson - Undergratuate Research Assistant
Research Interest: stress models and aging study.
Jennifer Asturias - Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Stress physiology, aging study.
Madeline Berg - Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Stress physiology, aging study.
Giada Caviola - Visiting Graduate Student
Research Interest: TLQP-21 deficient mice phenotypization.
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Cheryl Cero - IBP Graduate Student (2010-2015)
Thesis project: Mechanisms of VGF-derived peptide TLQP-21 induced prolipolytic effect.
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Charles Collinge - Research assistant (2021-2024)
Research interest: social stress, aging and frailty assessments.
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Michelle Corkrum - MD/PHD student, rotation
Research Interest: Gene expression in adipose tissue of mice under stress.
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Kewir Dufe, PhD - Postdoctoral Associate
Research Interest: Social stress, nutrition energetic and lifespan.
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Connor Erickson, Research Specialist
Research Interest: stress physiology, aging study, mouse behavior.
Erik Finnesgard - Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: TLQP-21 induced metabolic effects in peripheral tissues.
Allison Gurney - Jun Scientist, Lab Manager
Expert in biochemical techniques. Lab manager, oversees all in vitro protocols.
Specific projects includes the optimization of experimental protocol, and the development of the Cellometer to measure adipocytes diameter.
Ruijun Han, PhD - Research Associate
Researach Interest: Adipocyte biology, molecular biology, VGF-derived peptide TLQP-21, lypolisis.
Ashish Jain - Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Chronic social stress and metabolic disorders.
Carley Karsten - summer student
Research Interest:TLQP-21 modulation of HPA axis in vitro, IHC, stress-clock gene/HPA.
Kohinoor Khan - Research Specialist
Research Interest: VGF-derived peptide TLQP-21.
Carey Lyons, PhD - Neuroscience Graduate Student
Research Interest: Stress physiology, aging and cellular senescence
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Rachel Mansk - Undergraduate Student, Research Specialist
Research Interest: Stress physiology, aging study.
Jacob McCallum - Research Specialist
Research Interest: In vivo procedures. Stress physiology, glucose tolerance, obesity, behavior.
Anu Menon- summer student
Research Interest: in vitro techniques.
Rana Mohammed - Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Cellular effect of TLQP-21 in cell culture.
Ivana Ninkovic - Research Specialist, lab manager
Research Interest: in vitro procedures and lab managing. Develop Cellometer.
Jessica Patricelli - Lab Manager, Junior Scientist
Research Interest: in vitro procedures and lab managing.
Lauren Pelkey - Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: in vitro molecular techniques.
Sarah Rassouli - Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Automatic assessment of adipocyte diameter, in vitro molecular techniques.
Chiara Ruocco, PhD - visiting scholar
Research Interest: functional biology of brown adipose tissue.
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Nivedita Sabarinathan - Undergraduate Research Assistant
Research Interest: stress models and aging study.
Valentina Sanghez, PhD - graduate student
Research Interest: Mechanism of social stress-induced obesity and T2D.
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Bhavani Shankar Sahu, PhD - Post doctoral associate
Research Interests: Regulatory secretory pathway, Cardiovascular and metabolic diseases,Genetics of complex human diseases,Neuroendocrinology.
Expertise: Cell Molecular biology,Human Genetics,Gene Regulation ,Proteomics.
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Nicholas Spielman - Research Specialist
Research Interest: stress physiology, aging study, mouse behavior.
Daniel Svedberg - Undergraduate student
Research Interest: role of stress in obesity and brown adipose tissue activation. Performs behavioral experiments on mice and molecular analysis.
Brian Sweis - MD/PHD student, rotation
Research Interest: TLQP-21 modulation of HPA axis.
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Amisha Undavia - Master student
Research Interest: chronic social stress in female mice.