Former Trainees

Ishita Das, Phys
“Therapy for neurogenesis deficits in trisomy.” (2011)

Annan Yang, Phys
“Basis for tumor repression in trisomy.”
Post-doc, Dana Farber Cancer Institute (2012)

Tiffany Frey, CMM.
“Inhibition of the Cholesterol Biosynthetic Pathway in Macrophages Modulates the Innate Immune Response.”
Visiting Asst. Prof., Dickinson College, PA (2009)

Janette Lebron, CMM.
“Contributions of individual chromosome 21 genes to aneuploid phenotypes.”
Scientific Project Manager, NIAID, NIH (2010)

Thomas Sussan, BCMB.
“Tumorigenesis, tumor suppressors and proto-oncogenes in Down syndrome.”
Post-doc, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, 2005.

Nidhi Gupta Saran, BCMB.
“Cerebellar gene expression and sonic hedgehog signaling in a mouse model of Down syndrome.”
Associate, McKensie Consulting, NJ, 2005.

Lisa Olson, HumGen.
“Creation and use of mouse models to understand gene action in Down syndrome.”
Assoc. Prof., University of Redlands, CA, 2003.

Mathew Pletcher, HumGen.
“Genetic basis of Down syndrome: Physical, comparative and molecular analysis of Chromosome 21.”
Director of Medical Genetics, Orphan and Genetic Disease Research Unit, Pfizer Global Research and Development, 2011

Jiong Zhang, HumGen (co-advisor with Mark Boguski, NCBI) “Single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with the CYP3A gene family.”
Assistant Member, Molecular Biology, St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 2001.

Laura L. Baxter, BCMB.
“Quantitative phenotypic analysis of the cerebellum in a mouse model of Down syndrome.”
National Science Foundation Fellowship.
Post-doc: William Pavan, National Human Genome Research Institute 2000.

Lydia E. Matesic, HumGen.
“Identification of quantitative trait loci involved in the inflammatory response.”
Postdoc: N. Copeland & N. Jenkins, Nat’l. Cancer Institute.
Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, 2006.

James Lund, Phys.
“Modeling Velocardiofacial syndrome in the mouse.”
Post-doc: Stuart Kim, Stanford University.
Asst. Prof., U. Kentucky Lexington, 2004.

Susan E. Cole, HumGen.
“High resolution physical and comparative mapping on mouse Chr10 in mouse models of Down Syndrome.”
Post-doc: Shirley Tilghman, Princeton University.
Asst. Prof., Ohio State Univ., 2003.

Deborah E. Cabin, BCMB, March of Dimes Scholar.
“Molecular Genetic Approaches to the Study of Down Syndrome.”
Post-doc: Robert Nussbaum, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD.
Staff Scientist, McGlaughlin Research Institute, 2006.

Jennifer McKee-Johnson, Phys.
“High resolution physical mapping in the mouse using yeast artificial chromosomes and fragmentation vectors.”
Post-doc: Bruce Temple, Univ. Washington, 1995.

William J. Pavan, BCMB.
“Strategies for the isolation and analysis of disease loci using yeast artificial chromosomes.”
Post-doc: Shirley Tilghman, Princeton Univ.
Chief, Section of Developmental Genetics, NHGRI/NIH, 1994.