Here are the people who have populated the lab and done so much of the work.
Past students:
1) Christine Graham- 2004-2010 (thesis defense Aug. 2010) Project: Evaluation of the role
played by the CRHR1 and CRHR2 genes in inner ear development/function.
Postdoctoral
Fellow, Human Nutrition Research Center, Boston (PI- Andy Greenberg)
Current position-COBRE Program coordinator, Univ. New England
2) Sevin Turcan- 2004-2010 (thesis defense
April 2010) Project: Biostatistical analyses of gene expression in mice
carrying null alleles of genes important for inner ear development.
April 2003- May 2004, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering Masters
student; Primary Advisor- Project: Computer modeling of olivocochlear function,
with special emphasis on nicotinic receptor biophysical states.
Current position- Postdoctoral
Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY (PI- Tim Chan)
3) Vidya Murthy- 2004-2009 (thesis defense June 2009) Project: Evaluation of
the role nicotinic receptors play in the developing innervation to hair cells
of the mammalian inner ear.
Postdoctoral
Fellow, Mass General Hospital, Boston (PI- Marcy MacDonald)
Current position- Senior Applications Scientist, Harvard Bioscience
4) Julian Tarranda- 2006-2008 Visiting graduate student from Univ. Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Argentina. Project: Morphological and physiological analysis of alpha9 knock-in
mice. Previous visit, June 2004-Dec. 2004. Project: Morphological and physiological analysis of alpha10
knockout mice and completion/validation of alpha9 knock-in mouse targeting
constructs.
Current position- Postdoctoral
Fellow, Cold Spring Harbor , NY (PI- Pavel Osten)
5) Jian-Cheng (Jan) Chang- 2004-2005 (Master's thesis, graduation May 2005) Dept. of
Biomedical Engineering Masters student. Project- Analysis of Corticotropin
Releasing Hormone Receptor family gene expression in the mammalian inner ear.
Ph.D. candidate, UMass,
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology.
Current position- Postdoctoral research fellow, AVRDC- The World Vegetable Center, Taiwan ROC.
Past Postdoctoral Fellows:
Johnvesly Basappa, Ph.D., June
2004-May 2007. Project- Proteomic analysis of 1)
alpha9 and alpha10 nAChR knockout mice; and 2) the corticotropin releasing
hormone receptor system of the inner ear.
Current position- staff
scientist at Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Past undergrads/summer interns:
Tufts Univ. School of Medicine, Boston, MA
1) Stacey Beberman (Central Conn. College), June-August 2002 undergraduate student- Conn.
College. Currently working at NIH as a post-baccalaureate fellow
2) Suchin Wadwani (Univ. Texas),
May-August 2003 undergraduate student.
3) Olufunmi Awonuga, March
2004- May 2004. Undergraduate student summer internship, Tufts Univ.
4) Tahmer Winston (earned PhD in Biomedical Sciences at UMDNJ ), June 2006-Aug. 2006. Minority Undergraduate Research
Summer Program member.
5) Hiren Patel, June 2006- Aug. 2006.
6) Eric Teplicki, June
2007-Aug. 2007. Minority Undergraduate Research Summer Program member.
7) Marie-Pierre Payen (Boston Univ.),
June 2008-Aug. 2008. Minority Undergraduate Research Summer Program member.
8)
Nadeem Haque (Notre Dame), June 2008-Aug. 2008. Undergraduate student summer
internship.
9) Matthew Hamada, March 2010-June 2011.
(shared time with Dr. Kathleen Yee, Dept. Anatomy) Undergraduate student research internship.
Univ. Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
10) Nameta Mota (Mercer Univ.), June 2012-Aug 2012. Undergraduate student summer research intern.
11) Joshua Lonthair (Univ. Texas, Galveston grad school), June 2012-Aug 2012. Undergraduate SURE summer fellow.
12) Rochelle Corbitt (Tuogaloo College), June 2013- present. Undergraduate SURE Program summer fellow, Jackson Heart Study Scholar Program.
13) LeeAndrea Mitchell (Tuogaloo College), June 2014- Aug 2014. Undergraduate SURE Program summer fellow
14) Sorbor Jaryan (Mississippi College grad school), Sept. 2014- present.
High School Science Mentoring:
Sarah Leonard, 2005. High School Science Mentor Program (Boston Latin
High School).