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‘Lab members’

Meet our newest member: Eric Zhang

Jun. 6, 2018—Eric Zhang is an undergraduate student who will be doing research in our lab under the mentorship of post-doc Sierra Cullati.  Welcome, Eric!  We asked Eric a few questions to get to know him. What are you studying at Vanderbilt?  What are you thinking about doing after college? I’m currently a Biological Sciences and Global...

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Welcome Ana Belen, a visiting graduate student from Sevilla, Spain

Jun. 6, 2018—We are excited to welcome Ana Belen Iglesias-Romero!  Ana is a graduate student at Universidad Pablo de Olavide in Sevilla, Spain.  Read our interview with Ana to learn more about her.    What is your project? My project is about the possible implications of the S. pombe MAPK effector from the cell integrity pathway, Pmk1, in the...

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Happy graduation to our undergraduate students, Ellen Risemberg and Sylvia Jang!

Jun. 6, 2018—Congratulations to two of our stellar undergraduate students, Ellen Risemberg and Sylvia Jang, Vanderbilt University Class of 2016.  While in the lab, Ellen and Sylvia worked with Dr. Janel Beckley to identify novel genetic interactions between division site-localized proteins.  We will miss these two hardworking and cheerful ladies very much as they move on to their...

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Welcome Sierra Cullati, our new postdoc!

Jun. 6, 2018—The Gould Lab welcomes Dr. Sierra Cullati, who joins us after receiving her Ph.D. from Dartmouth University.  We are excited to have Sierra in the lab, and we asked her a few questions to get to know her…    What are you most looking forward to doing/learning during your postdoc?  Is there anything that you...

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Welcome Hannah and Alison, two undergraduate summer research students!

Jun. 6, 2018—We are excited to welcome two Vanderbilt undergraduate students to the lab for the summer–HannahSofia Brown and Alison Zhong!   …… Tell us about yourself—where did you grow up? What are you studying at Vanderbilt?   Hannah: I am from Minneapolis, MN and am majoring in Neuroscience and triple minoring in Jewish Studies, Medicine, Health and Society, and...

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