Current MCP Students
| Student Name | E-mail Address | Faculty Advisor | Research Interests | |
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Andersen, Kristen | kaandersen@wisc.edu | Raines | Synthesizing ubiquitin chains and studying their roles in the cell. |
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Britigan, Eric M. |
britigan@wisc.edu | Weaver | The role of p19ARF in mitosis |
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Capes, Deborah | dcapes@wisc.edu | Chanda | Fluorescence and electrophysiological studies of coupling in the Na+ channel voltage sensors |
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Carlson, Alex | acarlson5@wisc.edu | Pike | Transcriptional regulation of genes involved in maintaining serum and bone mineral homeostasis |
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Chaffee, Ryan | rchaffee@wisc.edu | J. Yin | Molecular signaling pathways in Drosophila models of neurodegenerative disorders |
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Daily, Neil | ndaily@wisc.edu | Martin | The role of CAPS in dense-core vesicle exocytosis |
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Davis, Nicholas | nadavis2@wisc.edu | Greenspan | Collagen V fibrils in autoimmune response of atherosclerosis |
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De, Ishani | ide2@wisc.edu | Collier | Investigating the role of CSF-1 and microglia in gliomagenesis in in-vivo models. |
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Duellman, Tyler | tduellman@wisc.edu | Yang | Functional significance of the genetic variation in MMP9 |
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Eichelberg, Mark | eichelberg@wisc.edu | Gould | ɬ T cell differentiation and cancer resistance |
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Esquibel, Joseph | jesquibel@wisc.edu | Martin | Creation of a fluorescence anisotropy assay to study VAMP2 inclusion into the t-SNARE heterodimer |
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Evans, Chantell | csevans@wisc.edu | Chapman | Investigating the role of synaptotagmin in SNARE mediated membrane fusion |
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Figueroa-Bernier, Annette | figueroabern@wisc.edu | Chapman | Determinig the ganglioside dependence of BoNT/B and BoNT/G by means of surface plasmon resonance. |
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Gregorich, Zachery R. | zgregorich@wisc.edu | Striker | Flavivirus phosphorylation events during viral infection |
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Hanna, Michael | mhanna@wisc.edu | Audhya | Vesicular trafficking from the ER: mechanisms of the C. Elegans Coat protein complex II (COPII) at ER-exit sites and tfg-1 |
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Jones, Jeffrey R. | jrjones9@wisc.edu | Zhang | Investigating the link between astrocytes and motor neuron survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
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Karta, Maya | karta@wisc.edu | Keely | Evaluation of the role of rhinovirus infected macrophages in asthma exacerbation |
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Kigar, Stacey | kigar@wisc.edu |
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Early gene-environment interactions in the developing rat brain cause sexually dimorphic gene expression; implications for behavior and metabolism. |
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Lalit, Pratik A. | lalit@wisc.edu | Kamp | Characterization of a cardiac progenitor identified by a SRF-cardiac specific enhancer & TF mediated reprogramming to cardiac progenitors |
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McCool, Kevin | kwmccool@wisc.edu | Miyamoto | Cell signaling mechanisms controlling biological functions of Rel/NFKB family of transcriptional regulators |
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Mesquitta, Walatta. | mesquitta@wisc.edu | Balijepalli | Compartmentalization and pathophysiology of cardiac ion channels |
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Meyer, Kassondra M. | kmmeyer6@wisc.edu | Roopra | Low estrogen response in breast cancer cells lacking full length REST |
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Mirrielees, Jennifer | mirrielees@wisc.edu | Yang | Examination of noncanonical calcium-binding EGF-like repeats within fibulin-1 |
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Morlock, Elaine | morlock@wisc.edu | Czajkowski | Benzodiazepine modulation of the GABAa receptor |
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Oelstrom, Kevin M. | kmoelstrom@wisc.edu | Chanda | Understanding the molecular mechanisms of gating in voltage-dependent ion channels. |
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Pak, Chorom | cpak@wisc.edu | Miyamoto | Use of Microchannels to Elucidate Drug targets in PIR pathway of Nf-kB and Mantle Cell Lymphoma and Multiple Myeloma |
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Palte, Michael | palte@wisc.edu | Raines | Illuminating chemical basis and biological purpose for protein structures and protein function |
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Patzlaff, Natalie | npatlsaff@wisc.edu | Xinyo Zhao | The Role of the Fragile X Protein family in Adult Neurogenesis |
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Petersen, Andrew | apetersen3@wisc.edu | Wassarman | Determining causes of neurodegeneration in a Drosophila model of Ataxia-telangiectasia |
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Rajbhandari, Prashant | prajbhandari@wisc.edu | Alarid | Regulation of Estrogen Receptor-alpha by Post-translational Modifications in Breast Cancer Cells. |
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Roper, Lindsey | lroper@wisc.edu | Chapman | The Cell Biology of Synaptotagmin Isoforms |
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Sun, Shihu | ssun4@wisc.edu | Chapman | Structure, function, and dynamics of the exocytotic membrane |
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Tan, Xiaojun | xtan6@wisc.edu | Anderson | The epidermal growth factor receptro (EGFR) is a critical receptor. |
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Tomko, Lucas A. | ltomko@wisc.edu | Keely | Focusing on cellular interactions with the extracellular matrix (ECM) |
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Trinh, Anthony | attrinh@wisc.edu | Tibbetts | Mechanisms of DNA damage recognition and signaling in mammalian cells |
| Vokoun, Corrine | vokoun@wisc.edu | Basso | In Vitro Voltage Imaging of Circut dynamics with the superior colliculus | |
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Woon, Marites | mwoon@wisc.edu | Rotating | Elucidate the fundamental aspects of synaptic function in the Calyx of Held using imaging and electrophysiological techniques. |
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Zasadil, Lauren | lzasadil@wisc.edu | Weaver | The effects that paclitaxel has on chromosome segregation during mitosis. |
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Zhan, Lihong | leon.zhan@gmail.com | Tibbetts | Role of B56 gamma in DNA damage response pathway. |












































