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 Colorado Boulder)

Lilly Walsh, Summer 2024 (Biology, Bucknell University)

Ashlynn Barnes, 2021 - 2022 (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, University of Colorado Boulder)

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

Megan Becker, 2018 - 2020 (Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder)

Molly Madden, 2017 - 2020 (MCDB, University of Colorado Boulder)

Sara Ahmad, 2018 - 2019 (Neuroscience & Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Colorado Boulder)

Matthew Genelin, 2016 - 2019 (Neuroscience & Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Colorado Boulder)

Kimberly Lugo, 2016 -2019 (MCDB, University of Colorado Boulder)

Monica Pilewskie, 2016 - 2019 (MCDB, University of Colorado Boulder)

Esther Choi, 2015 - 2018 (MCDB, University of Colorado Boulder)

Jessica Hall, 2016 - 2018 (Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder)

Rachel Starbuck, 2016 - 2018 (Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado 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 Colorado Boulder)

Benny Marin-Acevedo, 2015 - 2016

Whitney Stanton, 2015 - 2016 (Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Colorado Boulder)

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