Name, Contact Info, Mentor & Project
Ansel Amaral
M.D./Ph.D student
305-243-3206
Mentor: Dr. Christian Faul
Project: The Role of Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 in Cardiac Disease
David Barakat
305-547-3680
Mentor: Dr. Valery Shestopalov
Project: NF-kB regulated neurotoxicity of reactive astrocytes
Margaret Benny Klimek
305-243-4838
Mentor: Dr. Joy Lincoln
Project: The role of Sox9 in heart valve development
Lloye Dillon
305-243-4232
Mentor: Dr. Carlos Moraes
Project: The Effect of Increased Mitochondrial Biogenesis on Premature Aging
Diogo Escudero
305-243-6321
Mentor: Dr. Vinata Lokeshwar
Project: Hyaluronic acid family molecules: biomarkers and functional studies
Ben Gerovac
305-243-6941
Mentor: Dr. Nevis Fregien
Project: Understanding the regulation and function of FoxJ1 in the development of cilia
Jin-Ju Kim
305-243-6691
Mentor: Dr. Jochen Reiser
Project: Role of Calpain in Kidney Podocytes, in Health and Diseases
Emilio Marrero
305-243-6940
Mentor: Dr. Richard Rotundo
Project: Translational Regulation of Acetylcholinesterase by the RNA Binding Protein Pumilio2
Saurav Singh
Mentor: Dr. Christian Faul
Project: TBD
Alexis Sloan
305-243-3206
Mentor: Dr. Christian Faul
Project: The role of Calcineurin-NFAT signaling in podocyte injury
Elizabeth Sullivan
305-243-4878
Mentor: Dr. Ted Lampidis
Project: Metabolic Changes Associated with Acquired Cisplatin Resistance
Ge Tao
305-243-9613
Mentor: Dr. Joy Lincoln
Project: The Role of Snai1 during Cardiac Development
Wensi (David) Tao
305-243-6691
Mentor: Dr. Xiangxi MIKE Xu
Project: Analysis of Expression and Function of Dab2 with Conditional Knockout mice
Ying Wang
305-243-6691
Mentor: Dr. Xiangxi MIKE Xu
Project: Mouse models to investigate menopausal influences on epithelial ovarian cancer risks
Wendy Weston
305-243-8129
Mentor: Dr. Roland Jurecic
Project: Regulation of hematopoietic stem cell proliferation and differentiation
Hao Yu
305-243-4606
Mentor: Dr. Jochen Reiser
Project: Regulation of the Podocyte TRPC Channels in Health and Disease
