Alumni

Kristen Bjorkman, PhD, 2008 - 2024
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Claudia Crocini, PhD, 2017 - 2021
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Sarah Lehman, PhD, 2018 - 2021
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Anastasia Karabina, PhD, 2016 - 2020
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Angela Peter, PhD, 2014 - 2020
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Genevieve Kerr Wilson, PhD, 2014 - 2020
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Maureen Bjerke, PhD, 2014 - 2018
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Kaylan Haizlip, PhD, 2012 - 2016
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Alberto Rossi, PhD, 2010 - 2016
°ä³Ü°ù°ù±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýResearch Scientist, Roche Pharmaceuticals
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William Wan, PhD, 2012 - 2015
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Brooke Harrison, PhD, 2009 - 2014
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Pamela Harvey, PhD, CMPP, 2009 - 2014
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Eunhee Chung, PhD, 2007 - 2012
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Ina Weidenfield, PhD, 2009 - 2012
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Fan Yeung, PhD, 2009 - 2012
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Cecilia Riquelme, PhD, 2005 - 2010
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Bob Thompson, PhD, 1995 - 2010
Current: Retired
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Poornima Bhupathy, PhD, 2008 - 2009
Current: Research Associate, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Australia
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JohnÌýKonhilas, PhD, 2001 - 2008
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StephenÌýLuckey, PhD, 2002 - 2008
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Malti Nikrad, PhD, 2004 - 2006
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Angelika Paul, PhD, 2003 - 2005
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David Allen, PhD, 1998 - 2004
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AntkeÌýMessmer-Kratzsch, PhD, 2003 - 2004
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Brian Stauffer, MD, 1999 - 2004
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Alexander Maass, PhD, 1999 - 2002
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Nancy Ayers Rice, PhD, 2000 - 2002
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Carmen "Kika" Sucharov, PhD, 1998 - 2002
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Ulrika Widegren, PhD, 2001 - 2002
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David Lucas, PhD, 1999 - 2001
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Lauren Millette, PhD, 1998 - 1999
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Setsuya Miyata, PhD, 1996 - 1999
°ä³Ü°ù°ù±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýProfessor, Dept. of Histology, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka Japan
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Koichi Nakao, PhD, 1996 - 1998
°ä³Ü°ù°ù±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýProfessor, Kumamoto Medical University, Japan
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Osha Roopnarine, PhD, 1995 - 1998
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CarolÌýSartorius, PhD, 1996 - 1998
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Jil Tardiff, MD, PhD, 1994 - 1998
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Karen Vikstrom, PhD, 1990 - 1997
Current: Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School - Ann Arbor
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John Edwards, PhD, 1991 - 1994
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AnthonyÌýStraceski, MD, 1990 - 1994
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Rajeev Sindhwani, MD, 1991 - 1993
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Janine LeBlanc-Straceski, PhD, 1988 - 1992
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Arthur Rovner, PhD, 1988 - 1992
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Peter Buttrick, MD, 1988 - 1991
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Glenn Fishman, MD, 1988 - 1991
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Richard Kitsis, MD, 1989 - 1991
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Doris Taylor, PhD, 1987 - 1991
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Ruth Grebenau, PhD, 1981 - 1984
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Marian Jackson, PhD, 1981 - 1984
Xinyi Fu, 2019 - 2023
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Yuxiao Tan, PhD, 2018 - 2023
Dissertation: Dynamic Physiological Remodeling in Post-Prandial Burmese Pythons
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Lindsey Lee, PhD, 2017 - 2022
Dissertation: Functional Divergence of the Atypical Sarcomeric Myosin Myh7b Supports Specialized Biological Roles across Species
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Lindsey Broadwell, PhD, 2017 - 2021
Dissertation: The Ancient Myosin Gene MYH7b Is Repurposed by Alternative Splicing to Be a Regulatory Long Non-Coding RNA in the Human Heart
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Cierra Walker, PhD, 2016 - 2021
Dissertation: Signaling from Matrix Stiffness to the Cells of the Heart
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Tova (Christensen) Ceccato, PhD, 2015 - 2020
Dissertation: Physical and Biochemical Cues Initiate Pathological Signaling in Cardiac Fibroblasts
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Deanna Langager-Muehleman, PhD, 2013 - 2019
Dissertation: Biological Sex Differences in a Rodent Model of Pathological Cardiac Hypertrophy and Regression
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Carlos Vera, PhD, 2012 - 2019
Dissertation: Functional Characterization of Disease-Causing Mutations in Human Myosin Heavy Chain Genes
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Kelsey Spaur, MD, 2017 - 2018
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Veronica Dengler, PhD, 2015 - 2017
Dissertation: Transcriptional Regulation in Cancer-Driven Cellular Stress & Functional Specialization of a Myosin Heavy Chain Protein, MYH7B
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Carlos Vera, PhD, 2012 - 2019
Dissertation: Functional Characterization of Disease-Causing Mutations in Human Myosin Heavy Chain Genes
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Christa (Blenck) Trexler, PhD, 2011 - 2017
Dissertation: Biological Sex Differences in the Gene Expression and Contractile Function of Cardiac Myocytes
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Jason Magida, PhD, 2011 - 2015
Dissertation: The Application of Novel Metabolic Therapies to the Improvement of Cardiac Function and Architecture
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Emily Pugach, PhD, 2010 - 2015
Dissertation: Sexually dimorphic cardiac adaptation is mediated by Cre expression, independent of estrogen-receptor-α expression
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Martin Guess, PhD, 2009 - 2014
Dissertation: Characterization of microRNA Function During Skeletal Myogenesis
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Dave Busha, PhD, 2007 - 2014
Dissertation: Development of a novel technology for the display and affinity selection of human/mammalian proteins
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John Deacon, PhD, 2007 - 2013
Dissertation: Fast kinetics of human myosin heavy chain contraction in health and disease
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Huan (Sharon) Wang, PhD, 2006 - 2012
Dissertation: Signaling from matrix elasticity and TGF-β1 to cells of the cardiac valve
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Pippa Cosper, MD, PhD, 2006 - 2011
Dissertation: Cardiac atrophy due to cancer: Characterization, Mechanisms and Sex Differences
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Matthew Bell, PhD, 2001 - 2011
Dissertation: The role and regulation of sarcomeric myosin heavy chain genes and their intronic microRNAs
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Thomas Armel, PhD, 2003 - 2009
Dissertation: Characterization of disease causing mutations in the rod region of β-myosin heavy chain
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Travis Hughes, PhD, 2003 - 2009
Dissertation: Naked plasmid DNA as a vector for delivery of genes to the intrathecal space: Expression and immune response
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Elizabeth Luczak, PhD, 2003 - 2008
Dissertation: Modifiers of cardiac adaptation
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Daniel Resnicow, PhD, 2002 - 2007
Dissertation: Functional diversity among human skeletal myosins and a myopathic mutation
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Jamie Sheren, PhD, 2001 - 2007
Dissertation: Identifying functional lox sequences: A genomic search and randomized libraries
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Doris Heidysch Beylkin, PhD, 2001 - 2006
Dissertation: Regulation of developmental myosin heavy chain transcription in cardiac and skeletal muscle
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Brooke Harrison, PhD, 1999 - 2003
Dissertation: Regulation of developmental myosin heavy chain transcription in cardiac and skeletal muscle
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Peter Mariner, PhD, 1999 - 2003
Dissertation: Repression of the rat α-myosin heavy chain promoter by the multifunctional transcription factor yin yang-1
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Gennyne Walker, PhD, 1996 - 2003
Dissertation: Regulation of contractile gene expression in myofibroblasts and skeletal muscle cells
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Jason Carnes, PhD, 1996 - 2002
Dissertation: RNA-based strategies to prevent translation termination at nonsense mutations
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Kurt Haubold, PhD, 1995 - 2002
Dissertation: The impact of desmin mutations on the structure and function of muscle
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Michael Strauss, PhD, 1993 - 2002
Dissertation: Characterization of the assembly competent domain of myosin heavy chain
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Ghislaine Mayer, PhD, 1992 - 1999
Dissertation: Sarcomeric gene expression and contractility in myofibroblasts
°ä³Ü°ù°ù±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýProfessor, Biology, Manhattan College, Bronx, NY
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Allison Weiss, PhD, 1991 - 1997
Dissertation: Sequences and genomic organization of the human myosin heavy chain family
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Robert Welikson, PhD, 1991 - 1997
Dissertation: Structure function analysis of cardiac troponin T and myosin heavy chain
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Alyson Kass-Eisler, PhD, 1990 - 1995
Dissertation: Plasmid DNA and recombinant adenoviruses as vectors for foreign gene transfer to the heart
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Brian Lu, MD, PhD, 1990 - 1995
Dissertation: The adult fast myosin heavy chains isoforms: Studies in development and consequences of gene disruption
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Stephanie Seiler, PhD, 1990 - 1995
Dissertation: The impact of MyBP-C family members on sarcomeric MyHC organization
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Claudia Saez, PhD, 1987 - 1993
Dissertation: Molecular genetic characterization of nonmuscle myosin heavy chain
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Regina Sohn, PhD, 1986 - 1991
Dissertation: Sequence requirements for the thick filament assembly of sarcomeric myosin
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Rebecca Feghali, PhD, 1985 - 1990
Dissertation: Changes in human myosin heavy chain gene expression in development and disease
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Robert Kraft, PhD, 1985 - 1990
Dissertation: The sequence diversity and transcriptional activity of members of the mouse 4.5 S RNA gene family
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Stewart Frankel, PhD, 1984 - 1990
Dissertation: Expression of actin in Escherichia coli, its preparation in a soluble form, and its functional characterization
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Diana Heller, PhD, 1984 - 1990
Dissertation: Organization and expression of mouse repetitive DNA sequences
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Elizabeth McNally, MD, PhD, 1983 - 1990
Dissertation: Mapping functional domains in myosin
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Lino Saez, PhD, 1981 - 1986
Dissertation: Human Myosin Heavy Chain Gene Organization and Expression
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Christopher Haines, 2007 - 2012
MS | Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
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Megan Lyman Bonner, 1999 - 2001
MA | Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
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Brian Freeman, 1997 - 2000
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Jonathan Davis, Summer 2024 (Summer Multicultural Access to Research Training Program, University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder)

Lilly Walsh, Summer 2024 (Biology, Bucknell University)

Ashlynn Barnes, 2021 - 2022 (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder)

José Santos Navarro-Arriola, 2018 - 2021 (Miramontes Arts & Sciences Program, McNair Scholars Program, University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder)

Megan Becker, 2018 - 2020 (Biochemistry, University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder)

Molly Madden, 2017 - 2020 (MCDB, University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder)

Sara Ahmad, 2018 - 2019 (Neuroscience & Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder)

Matthew Genelin, 2016 - 2019 (Neuroscience & Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder)

Kimberly Lugo, 2016 -2019 (MCDB, University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder)

Monica Pilewskie, 2016 - 2019 (MCDB, University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder)

Esther Choi, 2015 - 2018 (MCDB, University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder)

Jessica Hall, 2016 - 2018 (Biochemistry, University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder)

Rachel Starbuck, 2016 - 2018 (Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder)

Amanda Wacker, Summer 2018 (Biology, Florida State University)

Jocelyn Delgado, Summer 2017 (Human Biology, University of California Santa Cruz)

Sierra Atwater, Summer 2015 & Summer 2016 (Howard Hughes Medical Institute Exceptional Research Opportunities Program, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill)

Oliver Dansereau, 2015 - 2016 (Biochemistry, University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder)

Benny Marin-Acevedo, 2015 - 2016

Whitney Stanton, 2015 - 2016 (Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder)

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