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Lab Alumni

Below please find a listing of all former lab members.

Graduate Students

  • James Lulo
    Research Scientist
    Accacia International
    2113 Wells Branch Pkwy
    Suite 6900
    Austin, TX 78728
    Email: jlulo@ucsd.edu
  • Julian Andreev
    Principal Investigator
    Serono Reproductive Biology Institute, Inc
    One Technology Place
    Rockland, MA 02370
    Email: julian.andreev@serono.com
  • Aaron Avivi
    Professor of Research
    Head, Laboratory of Animal Molecular Evolution
    The Institute of Evolution
    University of Haifa
    Haifa, Israel
    Email: aaron@research.haifa.ac.il
  • Gilad Barnea
    Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
    Department of Neuroscience
    Brown University
    University of Haifa
    Haifa, Israel
    Email: Gilad_Barnea@brown.edu
  • Margit Burmeister
    Associate Professor
    Human Genetics in Psychiatry and
    Department of Human Genetics
    University of Haifa
    1026 Mental Health Research Institute 0720
    Email: margit@umich.edu
  • Rachael Hazan
    Assistant Professor
    Cancer Center
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine
    Email: Rachel.Hazan@mssm.edu
  • Michael Hortschn
    Associate Professor of Cell and Development Biology
    University of Michigan
    Email: hortsch@umich.edu
  • Patrick Hu
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Internal Medicine
    University of Michigan Medical School and
    Research Assistant Professor
    Life Sciences Institute
    University of Michigan
    6403 LSI
    210 Washtenaw Avenue
    Ann Arbor, MI 48109
    E-Mail: pathu@umich.edu
  • Ying-Ping Jiang
  • William (Bill) Kim, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor
    Columbia University
    630 West 168th Street
    P&S 17-401
    New York, NY 10032
  • Tally Spivak-Kroizman
    MD Anderson Cancer Center
    University of Texas
  • Chi-Hon Lee
    Head, Unit of Neuronal Connectivity
    Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development
    National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
    National Institute of Health
    Bethesda, MD 20892
  • Nanxin Li
    Head, Unit of Neuronal Connectivity
  • Eve Lowenstein
    Department of Dermatology
    SUNY Downstate Medical Center
    Brooklyn, N
  • Moosa Mohammadi
    NYU Medical School
    Department of Pharmacology
    New York, NY. 10016
  • S.W. Ong
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute
    Mount Sinai Hospital
    Toronto, Canada
    Email: ong@mshri.on.ca
  • Michael Tal
  • Min Zhou
  • Hava Henn
    Assoc. Research Scientist
    Mol. Biophys and Biochem
    Yale University
    333 Cedar Street
    PO Box 208024
    New Haven, CT 06520-8024
    Email: hava.henn@yale.edu
  • Erin D. Lew
    Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory
    The Salk Institute
    10010 N. Torrey Pines Road
    La Jolla, CA 92037
    Email: elew@salk.edu
  • Etienne Greenlee
  • Phillip Murray
  • Elizabeth Mo

Post Doctoral Fellows

  • Jae Hyun Bae PhD
    CTO/Head of Structural Biology
    Voronoi
    Incheon, Korea
  • Pnina Bashkin
  • Daniela Cirillo
    Labrotory for Gene Tranfser and Theory IRCC
    Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment
    University of Turin Medical School
    Torino, Italy
  • Roger Daly
    Associate Professor
    The Garvan Institute of Medical Research
    Darlinghurst NSW 2010 Australia
    Email: r.daily@garvan.org.au
  • Ivan Dikic
    Professor
    Institute of Biochemistry II
    Goethe University Medical School
    UNI-Klinik, Bldg 75
    Theodor-Stern-Kai 7
    D-60590 Frankfurt, Germany
    Email: Ivan.Dikic@biochem2.de
  • V.P. Eswarakumar
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Orthopedics & Rehabilitation
    Yale University School of Medicine
    330 Cedar Street, TMP 504M
    New Haven, CT 06520
    Email: eswar.kumar@yale.edu
  • Marco Falasca
    Principle Research Fellow
    Bone and Mineral Centre
    Rayne Building
    London, UK
  • Steve Felder
  • Raphael Fernandez
    Novartis Pharmaceuticals
    East Hanover, NJ
  • Roland Fischer
  • Marisa Galisteo
    Professor of Research
    Head, Laboratory of Animal Molecular Evolution
    Founder, Conscious Leaders Now
    marisagalisteo@earthlink.net
  • Noriko Gotoh
    Associate Professor
    Institute of Medical Science
    o Department of Cancer Biology
    University of Tokyo
    Tokyo, Japan
  • Sheila Harroch
    Institut Pasteur
    25-28 rue de docteur Roux
    Paris Cedex 15
  • Gerry M. Hillman
  • Annemarie Honegger
    Associate Professor
    University of Zurich
    Department of Biochemistry
    Winterthurerstrasse 190
    CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
    Email: honegger@bioc.unizh.ch
  • Jiaoti Huang
  • Hanah Kantey
    Department of Medicine
    Institute of Endocrinology
    Chaim Sheba Medical Center
    Tel-Hashomer, Israel
  • Thomas Kreis
    University of Geneva
    (deceased)
  • Richard Kris
  • Harohiko Kouhara
    Department of Molecular Medicine
    Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
    Osaka, Japan
  • John E. Ladbury
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    University College London
    London, UK
  • Betty Lamothe
    Department of Bioimmunotherapy
    M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
    1515 Holcombe Blvd
    Box 0143
    Houston, TX 77030
  • Mark A. Lemmon
    Professor and Chair of Biochemistry and Biophysics
    University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
    Philadelphia, PA
    Email: mlemmon@mail.med.upenn.edu
  • Sima Lev
    Weizmann Institute of Science
    Department of Neurobiology, Arison Building
    Rehovot 76100, Israel
    Email: sima.lev@weizmann.ac.il
  • Andrea Levi
    Institute of Neurobiology and Molecular Medicine
    CNR
    Rome, Italy
  • Wei Li
    Associate Prof of Research
    Keck School of Medicine Dermatology
    Email: wli@hsc.usc.edu
  • Etta Livneh
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology
    Faculty of Health Sciences
    Ben Gurion University
    Beer Sheva, Israel
  • Susan Logan
    Assistant Professor of Urology and Pharmacology
    School of Medicine, Pharmacology
    Email: susan.logan@med.nyu.edu
  • Ana Mondino
    Cancer Immunotherapy and Gene Therapy Program
    Milan, Italy
  • Ben Margolis
    Associate Professor
    Biological Chemistry Department
    Internal Medicine Department
    University of Michigan
    Int MED/Bio chem
    Email: bmargoli@umich.edu
  • Dan Michael
    Weizmann Institute of Science
    Department of Molecular Cell Biology
    Rehovot 76100, Israel
    Email: dan.michael@weizmann.ac.il
  • Dawn Mattoon
    Office: (541)335-0084
    Cell: (203)812-9244
    Fax: (541)335-0206
    Life Technologies
    29851 Willow Creek Rd.
    Eugene, OR 97402
  • Luigi Naldini
    Labrotory for Gene Transer and Theorpy IRCC
    Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment
    University of Turin Medical School
    Torino, Italy
  • Hiroshi Nagasaki
  • Riko Nishimura
    Department of Biochemistry
    Osaka University Faculty of Dentistry
    Osaka, Japan
  • Mitsuhiko Okigaki
  • Ferruh Özcan
    Assistant Professor
    Gebze Institute of Technology
    Faculty of Science, Dept. of Biology
    Gebze 41400 Kocaeli TURKEY
    Office: +90 212 605 30 71
    Lab: +90 212 605 30 55
    Fax: +90 212 605 30 81
  • Mara Palmieri
  • Ellior Peles
    Weizmann Institute of Science
    Department of Molecular Cell Biology
    Rehovot, Israel
    Email: peles@weizmann.ac.il
  • Ron Prywes
    Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
    Columbia University Biological Sciences
    Fairchild Center, M.C. 2420
    New York, N.Y. 10027
    Email: mrp6@columbia.edu
  • Daniela Rotin
    Associate Professor
    Division of Respirology
    Department of Medicine
    Univerisity of Toronto
    Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8
    Email: drotin@sickkids.on.ca
  • Jan Sap
    Professor, Jan Sap, P.h.D.
    Université Paris Diderot Paris 7
    UMR 7216 "Epigénétique et Destin Cellulaire"
    Bâtiment Lamarck, 4e étage
    Case 7042
    35 rue Hélène Brion
    F-75205 Paris Cedex 13
    Tel (+33) 1 5727 8916
    Fax (+33) 1 5727 8911
    Mob (+33) 6 2179 2669
  • Alain B. Schreiber
    Proquest Investments
    Department of Neurobiology, Arison Building
    San Diego, CA
  • Olly Silvennoinen
    Molecular Immunology
    Institute of Medical Technology
    Tampere, Finland
  • Andrey Sorokin
    Assistant Professor of Medicine and Physiology
    Medical School of Wisconsin
    Milwaukee, WI 53226
  • Edward Skolnik
    Associate Professor
    Department of Medicine
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute
    New York, NY 10016
    Email: skolnik@saturn.med.nyu.edu
  • George Tokiwa
  • Jesus Urena
  • Andy Wong
    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
    New York, NY
  • Hai Yan
    Scientific Director
    Protein Sciences
    Amgen Inc.
    Mail Stop 14-2-A
    Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
    805-447-8668
    Email: Hyan@amgen.com
  • Masashi Yamada
    Division of Protein Chemistry
    Institute for Protein Research
    Osaka University
    3-2 Yamadaoka, Suita
    Osaka 565-0871, JAPAN
    TEL: +81-6-6879-8618
  • Drakoulis Yannoukakos
    Head, Molecular Diagnostics Lab
    Research Associate Professor
    IRRP, National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos"
    Aghia Paraskevi Attikis
    15310 Athens
    GREECE
    Email: yannouka@rrp.demokritos.gr
  • Masashi Yamada
    Division of Protein Chemistry
    Institute for Protein Research
    Osaka University
    3-2 Yamadaoka, Suita
    Osaka 565-0871, JAPAN
    Email: yamada@protein.osaka-u.ac.jp
  • Peng Xie
    (Deceased)
  • Dr. Yarden Opatowsky
    The Mina & Edward Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences
    Bar-Ilan University, Israel
    Email: opatowsky@mail.biu.ac.il
  • Kaury Kucera
  • Aristridis Sachpatzidis

Technical Assistants

  • Eva Berent
  • Shawn Eddy
  • Shosh Gil
    Neurobiology Department
    Weizmann Institute of Science
    Rehovot, Israel
  • Ilana Harari
  • Stacia Kargman
    Senior Research Associate
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Merck Frosst Canada
    16711 TransCanada Highway
    Kirckland, Quebec
    Canada H9H 3L1
    Tel: 514-428-3055
    Fax: 514-428-2840
    Email: stacia_kargman@merck.com
  • Chud Nusbaum
    Co-Director of the Genome Sequencing and Analysis Program
    Whitehead/MIT Center for Genome Research
    Cambridge, MA
  • Dalia Pinchasi
    Tel-Aviv University
  • Chris Ravera
  • Daniele Szapary
    The Steroid Hormones Section
    NIDDK/LMCB
    National Institute of Health
    Bethesda, MD

Research Associates

  • Merdechai Gabay
  • Joan Levy
    Bayer Corporation
    West Haven, Connecticut
  • Valsan Mandiyan
    Assoc. Dir. Pharmacology
    333 Cedar Street
    PO Box 208066
    New Haven, CT 06520
    Email: valsan.mandiyan@yale.edu
  • Azriel Schmidt
    Merk Pharmaceuticals
    West Point, NY
  • Asher Zilberstein
    Aventis Pharmaceuticals Bridgewater, NJ

  • Andrey Reshetnyak, PhD
    Department of Structural Biology
    St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
    Memphis, TN 38105
  • Sangwon Lee, PhD

Visiting Professors, Fellows, and Students

  • Saverio Alberti
    Department of Cell Biology and Oncology
    Institute Mario Negri
    Santa Maria Imbaro, Chieti
  • Roland Baron
    Yale University
    Departments of Cell Biology and Orthopaedics
    New Haven, CT
  • Claude Cochet
    Department of Molecular Biology and Structure
    Grenoble, France
  • Michael Edidin
    Professor of Biology
    Johns Hopkins Biology Department
    Baltimore, MD
  • Janet Hapgood
    Jeron den Hertog
    Utrecht Laboratory
    Netherlands Institute of Developmental Biology
    Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • Wouter H. Moolenaar
    Division of Cellular Biochemistry
    Netherlands Cancer Institute
    Amsterdam, the Netherlands
    Email: w.moolenaar@nki.nl
  • Velli-Peka Lehto
    Department of Pathology
    University of Oulu
    Oulu, Finland
  • Manu Van Obberghen
    Faculty of Medicine
    Federal Institute of Research
    University of Nicé
    Nicé, France
  • Menachem Rubinstein
    Edna and Mickey Weiss Professor of Cytokines Research
    Arnold R. Meyer Institute of Biological Sciences
    The Weizmann Institute of Science
    New Haven, CT 06520
    Email: menachem.rubinstein@weizmann.ac.il
  • Donatella Tramontano, Ph.D.
    Professor of Applied Biology
    Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology and Pathology School of Medicine University of Naples
    Federico ii2 via PAnsini, 580131 Naples Italy
    Lab: 00390817464522
    Lab and Office: 00390817463058
    Mobile: 00393404826207
    Email: dtramont@unina.it
  • Lucia Vicentini
    Department of Pharmacology
    Center of Excellence of Neurodegenerative Disease
    University of Milan
    Milan, Italy