Current Student Profiles

Darya Alizadeh, MS Molecular Biology, Cal State Fullerton
Research interest: Cancer chemoimmunotherapy
Research Advisors: Emmanuel Katsanis, MD, and Nicolas Larmonier, PhD 

Corbie Ball, BS Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona
Research interest: Smad3 and Colon Cancer
Research Advisor: Thomas Doetschman, PhD

Shannon Fortin, BS Biochemistry, Arizona State University
Research interest: Molecular mediators of cell motility in glioblastoma multiforme
Research Advisor: Nhan Tran, PhD and Suwon Kim, PhD

Neale Hanke, BS Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, University of Arizona
Research interest: Dendritic cells in cancer and anti-tumoral immune responses
Research Advisors: Emmanuel Katsanis, MD, and Nicolas Larmonier, PhD

Nadia Hassounah, BS Zoology, North Carolina State University
Research interest: Primary cilia in prostate cancer progression
Research Advisor: Kimberly McDermott, PhD

Aaron Havas, BS, Veterinary Science, University of Arizona
First year rotations
 
Kristy Lee, BS Biology, University of Utah
Research interest: H2O2 in glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis
Research Advisor: Margaret Briehl, PhD

Benjamin Onyeagucha, BS Biochemistry, MS Cell and Molecular Biology, San Francisco State University
Research interest: mRNA-101 regulates the expression of the prostaglandin EP4 receptor in colon cancers
Research Advisor: Mark Nelson, PhD

Edwin Paz, BS Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles
Research interest: Mechanisms of Polyamine Mediated Post-Transcriptional Regulation
Research Advisor: Eugene Gerner, PhD

Brenna Rheinheimer, BS Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
Research interest: The Slit-Robo axis on pancreatic cancer
Research Advisor: Ron Heimark, PhD

Bethany Remeniuk, BS Biology, York College of Pennsylvania
Research interest: Cancer and bone pain
Research Advisor: Frank Porreca, PhD
 
Cynthia Sandoval, BS, Physiology, University of Arizona
First year rotations

Hsin-Yuan "Steven" Su, MS Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Taiwan University
Research interest: How oncogenic protein interaction promotes signal transduction and facilitates cell transformation
Research Advisor: Joyce Schroeder, PhD

Caleb Sutherland, BS Biology, Boise State University
Research interest: Investigation into the role of DNA secondary structures, g-quadruplex and i-motif, in transcriptional control of bcl-2
Research Advisor: Laurence Hurley, PhD
 
Jesse Trujillo, BS Microbiology, Northern Arizona Unversity
First year rotations