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Postdocs

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Zahrat El Oula Hassoun, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry

Zahrat is a native of Lebanon. She did her Masters in Functional Genomics and Proteomics, between Lebanon and France, followed by a doctoral journey in Belgium in the lab of Franck Dequiedt. During her PhD, Zahrat worked on the control of mRNA translation. Her fascination with ribosomes led her to the Karbstein lab, where she is currently studying ribosome assembly and quality control. When not in the lab, Zahrat cherishes family gatherings, enjoys learning to swim, and loves diving into books from all genres.


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Katarzyna Tutak

Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Biochemistry



Graduate Students

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Andrés D Cuéllar

Graduate Student, Department of Biochemistry

One day in the Fall of 2023 at Jupiter, Florida, I sat and listened to Katrin talk about ribosomes being repaired! That caught my attention and I wanted to be part of that. Nowadays, I’m working on projects related to ribosome repair, collisions and quality control pathways. Days before that day, I gained experience in research including alternative splicing and lipid binding proteins as a M.S. and B.S. student, respectively. These days, I am also interested in learning more about pre-Columbian Americas, East Africa and Philosophy.



Technicians

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Xiaozhu Zhang

Research Specialist, Department of Biochemistry



Undergraduate Students

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Isaiah Desta

Undergraduate


    ALUMNI

    FORMER POSTDOCS

    Dr. Yoon-Mo Yang (TSRI, 11/2018-07/2023); now: Assistant Professor, Hanyang University, Korea
    Dr. Sohail Khoshnevis (TSRI, 04/2012-06/2018); now: Assistant Professor, Emory University
    Dr. Homa Ghalei (TSRI, 04/2012-10/2017); now: Associate Professor, Emory University
    Dr. Jason Collins (TSRI, 10/2015-08/2017); now: Postdoctoral Researcher, NIH, NIDCR Director’s Diversity Fellowship Recipient
    Dr. Miriam Koch (TSRI, 10/2016-08/2017); now: Janssen Vaccines AG, Switzerland
    Dr. Hari Bhaskaran (TSRI, 05/2013-08/2014); now: Arcturus Therapeutics, San Diego
    Dr. Juliette Trepreau, (TSRI, 01/2012-06/2013); now: Project Leader in Molecular and Cell Biology, CIMTECH, Universite de Marseilles
    Dr. Boguslawa Korona (TSRI, 08/2011-02/2012); now: Oxford University
    Dr. Darryl M. Horn (TSRI, 09/2010-08/2012); now: Assistant Professor, Keystone College, PA
    Dr. Allison Lamanna (University of Michigan, 08/2007-06/2010); now: Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Boston University
    Dr. Hajeong Kim (University of Michigan, 09/2008-06/2010); now: Pharmacy Student, University of Massachusetts
    Dr. Scott Walker (University of Michigan, 08/2007-08/2008); now: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Michigan
    Former Graduate Students
    Melissa Parker, Ph.D. 2022, Now: Neurocrine Biosciences, San Diego, California
    Haina Huang, Ph.D. 2022, Now: Arrakis Therapeutics, Massachusetts
    Max Ferretti, Ph.D. 2019, Now: Staff Scientist, Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania
    Crystal Young, Ph.D. 2012, Now: Associate Professor, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida
    Bethany Strunk, Ph.D. 2011, Now: Assistant Professor, Trinity University
    Heather Woolls, Ph.D. 2011, Now: Solo Hill, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    Annie Labut, M.S. 2009, Now: NSF International
    Former Staff Scientist
    Joanne Doherty, Ph.D., Kissill Lab, Moffitt Cancer Center
    Former Lab Technicians
    Ebba Blomqvist, 2020-2022, Now: Graduate Student, Scripps Graduate Program
    Melody Campbell, 2010-2011, Now: Associate Professor, Fred Hutch
    Saundra Mason, 2009-2010, Now: Ansa Biotechnologies
    Former Undergraduate Students
    *Mindi Klaus, Scripps Graduate Program, **won poster prize
    *Jaylin Knight, Vanderbilt University, ** won poster prize
    *Gabriela Guerrero-Corcino, University of Pennsylvania, Berks
    *Peyton De Marzo, Now: Predoctoral Student, UCSC
    Stefan Choy (undergraduate student at FAU, FL), *** co-authored paper
    *Maggie Lyons (B.S., Eckerd College, FL)
    *Jessica Bush (Graduate school, Scripps Research)
    Elizabeth Potts (B.S., University of Florida, post-bac, Max Planck Florida Institute), *** co-authored paper
    *Hans Smith (Graduate school, University of Wisconsin, Madison)
    *Rebecca Culver (Graduate school, Stanford University), *** co-authored paper
    *Hannah Toutkoushian (Graduate school, UCSF, NSF predoctoral fellow)
    *Katelyn Doxtader (Graduate school, UT Southwestern), *** co-authored paper
    *Oscar Martinez-Armenta (Graduate school in engineering, Augsburg College)
    John Bloszinski (B.S., FAU)
    *Megan Novak (Ph.D., Northwestern University, NSF predoctoral fellow), ** won poster prize, *** co-authored paper
    Melody Campbell (Ph.D., Scripps Research, postdoc: UCSF), *** co-authored paper
    Christine Norton (Medical School, University of Michigan)
    *Elia Wright (Graduate school, University of Michigan)
    *Ariell Joiner (Graduate school, University of Michigan)
    Sylvia Escudero (Graduate school, Harvard)
    Jennifer Raymond (Dentistry School, University of Michigan)
    Chris Dion
    Rebecca Leone

    *Summer student