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VISRA student Akib Khan joins the lab for the Summer

Jun. 7, 2016—"I am a student of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. I have been selected for the Vanderbilt International Summer Research Academy (VISRA) undergrad program for the June-July session 2016.  It is a great honor and pleasure for me to know that I have been assigned to the Gama lab for this program....

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Graduate students Megan Merolla and Natalya Ortolano join the lab!

Apr. 30, 2016—We are thrilled to have Megan and Natalya joining our lab. Megan will work on Mcl-1's role in mitochondrial dynamics and self-renewal while Natalya will examine the function of Cul9 in mitosis. 

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We welcome undergraduate student Priya Pookkulam to the lab

Feb. 1, 2016—Hi I am Priya Pookkulam. I am an undergraduate at Vanderbilt University. My majors are Molecular and Cellular Biology and Anthropology. I am interested in studying the role of apoptotic proteins in stem cell differentiation and pluripotency. I look forward to learning in and contributing to the Gama Lab!

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We welcome undergraduate student Andrea Zhang

Feb. 1, 2016—Andrea is a Vanderbilt undergraduate student majoring in neuroscience. She plays clarinet in the Vanderbilt Commodore Orchestra, volunteers as a part of Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science, and traveled to Atlanta, GA for Alternative Spring Break. In her free time, she enjoys listening to a variety of music and trying new foods

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We welcome undergraduate student Leigh Anne Kline to the lab!

Jan. 25, 2016—Leigh Anne is a Sophomore undergraduate student at Vanderbilt. She is double majoring in Biology and Medicine, Health, & Society

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We welcome Ph.D. rotation student Natalya Ortolano!

Jan. 4, 2016—My name is Natalya Ortolano and I recently graduated from The University of Southern Mississippi with a B.S. in Biological Sciences with a concentration in Microbiology.  I am currently in my first year in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences.  My main research interests are cellular signaling and the contribution of signaling...

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