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2023
![Adrian Moises Molina Vargas](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/AdrianMoisesMolinaVargas.jpg)
Advisor: Deborah Ossip, Ph.D.
![Thomas O'Connor](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/TomOConnor.jpg)
Adaptive and Protective Responses of Skeletal Muscle to Endurance Exercise in the Context of Aging
Advisor: Robert Dirksen, Ph.D.
2022
![Xiaolu Wei](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/7df96011-9de3-4924-a612-b8c2b5cdc7da.jpg)
Segregation Distorter and satellite DNA regulation in Drosophila melanogaster
Advisor: Amanda Larracuente, Ph.D.
![Li Xie](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/LiXie.jpg)
Deciphering EIF2B5 deficiency in Vanishing White Matter disease
Advisor: Christoph Pröschel, Ph.D.
2021
![Matthew Ingalls](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/MattIngalls.jpg)
Acinar cell dynamics in salivary gland homeostasis and recovery from injury
Advisor: Catherine Ovitt, Ph.D.
2020
![Matthew Tanner](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/MatthewTanner.jpg)
mRNA splicing is a marker of molecular pathology and response to therapeutics in myotonic muscular dystrophy
Advisor: Charles Thornton, M.D.
2019
![Michael-John Beltejar](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/Michael-JohnBeltejar.jpg)
Understanding the Genetic Basis for Bone-Matrix Quality
Advisor: Cheryl Ackert-Bicknell, Ph.D.
![Scott Friedland](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/ScottFriedland.jpg)
Arid1a, a subunit of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex, is a barrier to KrasG12D-driven tumorigenesis
Advisor: Aram Hezel, M.D.
![Dalia Ghoneim](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/DaliaGhoneim.jpg)
New functions for RNA elucidated by evolutionary conservation
Advisor: Xin Li, Ph.D.
Now: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The Research Corporation of the University of Hawai'i
![Jared Mereness](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/postDocs/JaredMerness.jpg)
Type VI collagen promotes lung epithelial cell spreading and wound-closure
Advisor: Laurie Steiner, M.D.
![Leigh Wexler](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/LeighWexler.jpg)
Mechanisms by which feeding state and sex are integrated to regulate chemosensory plasticity in C. elegans
Advisor: Douglas Portman, Ph.D.
2018
![Andrew Allbee](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/AndrewAllbee.jpg)
Lmx1a is required for Drosophila ovary stem cell niche formation and organogenesis
Advisor: Benoit Biteau, Ph.D.
Now: Resident, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
![Yang Cheng](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/YangCheng.jpg)
Genetic and Pharmacological Regulation of Epigenetic Aging
Advisor: Dirk Bohmann, Ph.D.
![Eugene Kim](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/EugeneKim.jpg)
Mechanism Regulating Trachea-Esophageal Separation
![Fanju Meng](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/e4dcb147-601c-44c0-936f-ddad55361612.jpg)
Regulation of Stem Cell Proliferation and Differentitation by Drosophila Sox21a and Sox100B in the Adult Intestine
Advisor: Benoit Biteau, Ph.D.
2017
![William Alexander](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/WilliamAlexander.jpg)
Oncogenic Mutations and Injury in the Mouse Liver
Advisor: Aram Hezel, M.D.
Now: Intern/Resident, Internal Medicine at State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
![Samuel Carrell](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/SamuelCarrell.jpg)
Testing the limits of antisense oligonucleotide treatment for myotonic dystrophy Type 1
Advisor: Charles Thornton, M.D.
Now: Neurology Resident at Hospital of the University of PA
![Margaret Hill](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/MargaretHill.jpg)
The Origin of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma and the Importance of MCL-1 for Tumor Development
Advisor: Aram Hezel, M.D.
![Justin Komisarof](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/JustinKomisarof.jpg)
Patterns in Dysregulated, Non-mutated Cancer Mediator Gene Expression
Advisor: Hartmut Land, Ph.D.
Now: Intern/Resident, Internal Medicine at University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
![Wenxuan Liu](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/WenxuanLiu.jpg)
Contributions of Adult Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells to the Regeneration and Lifelong Maintenance of Neuromuscular Junctions
Advisor: Matthew Hilton, Ph.D.
![Deepika Sharma](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/DeepikaSharma.jpg)
HES1 Functions Downstream of SHH in the Pathogenesis of Preaxial Polydactyly
![Wenli Wang](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/WenliWang.jpg)
RNA Gain-of-function Mechanism and Biomarker Development for Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1
Advisor: William Bowers, Ph.D.
![Michelle Warren](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/MichelleWarren.jpg)
The Adhesion GPCR, GPR56/ADGRG1, Inhibits Cell-ECM Signaling to Prevent Metastatic Melanoma Growth
2016
![Brittany Krupp](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/BrittanyKrupp.jpg)
Uncovering the effects of loss of ATM in oligodendrocytes and oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) in a novel murine model of Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T)
Advisor: Margot Mayer-Pröschel, Ph.D.
Now: Genetic Counseling Intern at Northwestern University
![Xuan Li](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/XuanLi.jpg)
RNAi Screens And Follow-up Studies to Investigate the Regulation of the Nrf2 Signaling Pathway And the Mechanism of Action of Sumoylation Inhibitor ML792
Advisor: Dirk Bohmann, Ph.D.
![Nicole Scott](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/NicoleScott.jpg)
Targeting Lysosphingolipid-Induced Lysosomal Impairment as a Critical Point for Therapeutic Intervention in Lysosomal Storage Disorders
Advisor: Mark Noble, Ph.D.
Now: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Boston Children's Hospital
2015
![Lindy McClelland](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/LindyMcClelland.jpg)
Role of Tis11 Drosophila Intestinal Stem Cell Function
Advisor: Heinrich Jasper, Ph.D.
Now: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The Buck Institute for Research on Aging
![Emily Walters](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/EmilyWalters.jpg)
Non-Mutated Mediator Genes in Diverse Epithelial Cancer Types
Advisor: Helene McMurray, Ph.D.
Now: Resident, Anesthesiology at University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2014
![Seo-Kyoung Hwang](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/Seo-KyoungHwang.jpg)
Advisor: Catherine Ovitt, Ph.D.
![Edward Vuong](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/EdwardVuong.jpg)
lep-5: a long noncoding RNA is a novel heterochronic regulator in C. elegans
Advisor: Douglas Portman, Ph.D.
Now: Resident in Internal Medicine at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Manhasset, NY
2013
![Anat Kohn](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/AnatKohn.jpg)
The Role of RBPjk-Dependent Notch Signaling During Cartilage Development of the Limb Skeleton
Advisor: Matthew Hilton, Ph.D.
Now: Resident, Internal Medicine at University of Rochester/Strong, Rochester, NY
2010
![Conan Kinsey](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/ConanKinsey.jpg)
Autophagy Induced by Cooperating Oncogenic Mutations is Essential for the Cancer Phenotype and Requires the Expression of the Novel Cooperation Response Gene Plac8
Advisor: Hartmut Land, Ph.D.
Now: Internal Medicine Resident at Univ. Utah Affiliated Hospitals, Salt Lake City, UT
2009
![Dan Li](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/DanLi.jpg)
Advisor: Edward Schwarz, Ph.D.
![Meng Wang](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/MengWang.jpg)
2008
![Olga Stolpnik](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/OlgaStolpnik.jpg)
Advisor: Dirk Bohmann, Ph.D.
2006
![Margaret Casazza](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/PhotoUnavailable.jpg)
Advisor: Douglas Portman, Ph.D.
![Mohammed Rahman](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/MohammedRahman.jpg)
Advisor: Dirk Bohmann, Ph.D.
2005
![Joogyung Hyun](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/JoogyungHyun.jpg)
Advisor: Dirk Bohmann, Ph.D.
![Xi Luo](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/PhotoUnavailable.jpg)
Advisor: Dirk Bohmann, Ph.D.
![Qiong Wang](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/QiongWang.jpg)
Advisor: Dirk Bohmann, Ph.D.
2004
![Hai Wu](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/HaiWu.jpg)
Advisor: Dirk Bohmann, Ph.D.