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Mello Lab

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Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Stephano Mello
Stephano Mello, Ph.D.
Email Stephano
Research Interest: Understanding how nuclear proteins and non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) regulate gene transcription in pancreatic preneoplastic lesions, gaining knowledge of the process of cellular transformation and tumor initiation.

Research Staff

Zamira Soares
Zamira Soares, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist

Graduate Students

Emily Berry
Emily Berry
Genetics - Biomedical Genetics and Genomics Ph.D. Program
Research Interest: Understanding the role of lncRNA Neat1 in maintaining cell identity.
Dakarai Esgdaille
Dakarai Esgdaille
Genetics - Biomedical Genetics and Genomics Ph.D. Program
Research Interest:

Understanding the mechanism of pre-mRNA splicing regulation by the long non-coding RNA Neat1.

Jennifer Twardowski
Jennifer Twardowski, PhD
Research Interest:

Inhibition of Precancerous Transformation via Drug-Induced p53 Activation