Students
First-Year Graduate Students and CMPP Program Directors
![Ryan Adapathya](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/4971b8bc-918c-4b07-bf75-7a7329c936c4.gif)
![Nada Ahmed Selim](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/b51e92c7-9e3e-4403-857f-33f523b32e78.jpg)
Wojtovich Lab
Research Interest:
Optogenetic control of mitochondria to investigate the role of protonmotive force in neuronal physiology
![Rana Alabdali](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/MediaLibraries/URMCMedia/education/graduate/phd/pharmacology-and-physiology/images/Rana-Alabdali.jpg)
Orlandi Lab
Research Interest:
Molecular mechanisms regulating G protein signaling bias
![Halima Aweis](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/abe97b1d-cfb6-43d8-948f-7919476792dd.jpg)
Haber Lab
Wang Lab
Research Interest:
Rodent and primate cross-species investigation of myelin maturation patterns during postnatal development. Investigating the effects induced by early exposure to amphetamine.
![Kate Boudreau](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/39a0480c-b6fb-4cf4-9e96-38db4615cd52.jpg)
Small Lab
Research Interest:
Determining the exercise-Induced cardioprotective benefits of the Nrf2-mediated oxidative stress response in cardiac fibroblasts
![Emanuelle Chrysilla](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/daeca06a-9f7a-44f8-b07f-cc4127b7cefc.jpg)
Falsetta Lab
Research Interest:
Intersection of inflammation, lipid dysregulation, and nociception in localized provoked vulvodynia
![Lily Cisco](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/LilyCisco.jpg)
Lueck Lab
Research Interest:
Pathomechanism of skeletal muscle weakness and degeneration in Myotonic Dystrophy
![David Delemos](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/DavidDelemos.jpg)
Dean Lab
Research Interest:
Exploring the use of electroporation for gene delivery to the lung to treat cystic fibrosis
![Rhodalyn Essien](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/f8743cdc-f0f5-45d7-b30c-2640114444a0.jpg)
Glading Lab
Lueck Lab
Research Interest:
Suppression of cerebral cavernous malformation nonsense mutation using anti-codon edited tRNAs
![Wenqi Fu](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/WenqiFu.jpg)
Orlandi Lab
Research Interest:
The physiological function of orphan G protein-coupled receptors
![Martin Garcia](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/f0d3e7b0-2647-410e-b044-a7a2bf7e1a3a.jpg)
Anderson Lab
Research Interest:
Characterizaon of KCNE6 and KCNE7: Novel Regulators of Cardiac Repolarizaon Channels KCNQ1 and hERG
![Grant Grieble](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/1e646c59-02ca-4f9b-a32d-9ed9baca2776.jpg)
Bidlack Lab
Research Interest:
Investigating structural determinants for and consequences of G
protein subtype biased signaling at the mu opioid receptor
![Miao He](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/MiaoHe.jpg)
Dirksen Lab
Research Interest:
Pathophysiology and treatment of malignant hyperthermia and environmental heat stroke
![Qinwen Huang](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/f4090260-c193-4feb-8067-a6eb91272387.jpg)
![Erik Ingebretsen](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/d0393613-52f4-415a-b3d1-4a5a57c3522a.gif)
![Xingyu Jing](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/7792b432-065e-4006-97ce-def228fbaf7d.jpg)
Eliseev Lab
Research Interest:
Skeletal stem cells. Crosstalk of energy metabolism, cell differentiation, and senescence
![Chen Li](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/ChenLi.jpg)
![Xiaoxuan Lin](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/06b5430d-c482-4cd2-9a07-84f03e9232f1.jpg)
Yule Lab
Research Interest:
ATP binding sites in Inositol (1,4,5)-Trisphosphate Receptors (InsP3R)
![Yunzhi Lin](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/6b9668df-b3fb-4c19-8768-1790df73cfe5.jpg)
![Xiaoyi Liu](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/b2403673-fb88-4148-943f-b3f0b6768f82.jpg)
Small Lab
Research Interest:
The role of small proline-rich protein 2b (Sprr2b) in the regulation of protein stability, fibroblast plasticity and cardiac fibrosis.
![Jing Luan](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/d4d19582-1566-4785-b007-d8ebddf57a56.jpg)
![Michael Malloy](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/abf5fe3f-9b20-4606-81a1-2857ea47640b.jpg)
Morrell Lab
Research Interest:
Myb regulation of megakaryocyte immune differentiation
![Alireza Mousaei](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/2cf3f8f6-d4ff-40ca-aa01-9cef6fc82426.jpg)
![Alex Pfeffer](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/d0d1eae1-0e04-44a1-b252-bf877fc86231.gif)
![Ankita Pohnerkar](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/82f5e1a5-db2a-431d-9521-0bc12586a4e9.gif)
![Stefania Poli](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/4e85e1f3-01bc-415f-9e9e-44040df6180f.jpg)
![Xinyi Qian](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/98fa186c-a177-4ca4-a45f-e8346f4d236e.gif)
![Michal Shaposhnikov](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/MichalShaposhnikov.jpg)
Berk Lab
Research Interest:
Signaling transduction mechanisms in the vascular system
![Emily Sorensen](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/f3ff9ce4-41bd-4442-8b12-6695213c624b.jpg)
![Oni (Tiwa) Tiwalade](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/0ca892be-cf16-400c-be5d-50640f2a5e57.jpg)
O'Banion-Olschowka Labs
Wang Lab
Research Interest:
Uncovering tau pathology from the context of neuroinflammation in AD brains
![Ei Tun](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/0eab56c8-0cd2-476a-b372-fdafaace13f5.jpg)
![Brianna Vonderhaar](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/330bb297-7874-4252-9958-eabfecd52983.jpg)
![Brooke Wise](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/b14b1e2f-a13d-4005-b3d8-3e792e97e7ca.jpg)
Eliseev Lab
Master's Degree in Pharmacology or Physiology
Research Interest:
Stem cells. Aging of musculoskeletal tissues. Changes in energy metabolism and redox during aging
![Nan Zhao](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/NanZhao.jpg)
Dirksen Lab
Research Interest:
Pathophysiological mechanisms of Tubular Aggregate Myopathy (TAM) in Orai1 G100S mice