Lab Members

Douglas Portman, PhD

• Donald M. Foster, MD Professor of Biomedical Genetics
• douglas.portman@rochester.edu

Carlos Díaz-Balzac, MD, PhD

• Assistant Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
• carlos_diaz-balzac@urmc.rochester.edu
• Modeling neuroendocrine and neurodevelopmental disorders in C. elegans

María Lázaro-Peña, PhD

• Research Assistant Professor
• maria_lazaro-pena@urmc.rochester.edu
• Sex differences in C. elegans stress responses and susceptibility to neurodegeneration

Chance Bainbridge, PhD

• Postdoctoral Fellow
• chance_bainbridge@urmc.rochester.edu
• Sex differences in context-dependent behavioral flexibility in C. elegans

Zack Ward

• Graduate Student (Genetics)
• zachary_ward@urmc.rochester.edu
• Mechanisms of sexually dimorphic gene expression in the C. elegans nervous system

Jiarui “Ryan” Zhang

• Graduate Student (Biology)
• jzh158@ur.rochester.edu
• Sexual maturation of the C. elegans nervous system

Ember Johnson

• Undergrad (Biology)
• ejohns72@u.rochester.edu
• Regulation of sexually dimorphic gene expression in C. elegans