Research Staff

Elizabeth Villa (PI)
Assistant Professor

Tata Hall 5104
Phone: +1 (858) 246-1843

 

Reika Watanabe Castillon
Research Scientist

Tata Hall 5600
Phone: +1 (858) 822-4038

 

Sergey Suslov
Research Scientist

Tata Hall 5600
Phone: +1 (858) 822-4038

 

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Postdoctoral Fellows

Kanika Khanna
Postoctoral Fellow

Tata Hall 5600
Phone: +1 (858) 822-4038

 

Tom Laughlin
Postoctoral Fellow

Tata Hall 5600
Phone: +1 (858) 822-4038

 

Digvijay Singh
Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Fellow

Tata Hall 5600
Phone: +1 (858) 822-4038

 

 

Lindsey Young
NIH K00 Postdoctoral Fellow

Tata Hall 5600
Phone: +1 (858) 822-4038

 

Eva Karasmanis
Postdoctoral Fellow, joint with Sam Reck-Peterson’s Lab

Tata Hall 5600
Phone: +1 (858) 822-4038

 

Vignesh Kasinath
Hellen Hey Postdoctoral Fellow, joint with Eva Nogales’ Lab

Tata Hall 5600
Phone: +1 (858) 822-4038

 

 

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Graduate Students

Matt Croxford
Graduate Student, qBio Graduate Program

Tata Hall 5600
Phone: +1 (858) 822-4038

 

Vinson Lam
Graduate Student,  qBio Graduate Program

Tata Hall 5600
Phone: +1 (858) 822-4038

 

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Scholars Who have Visited

 

John Sedat
Professor, UCSF 
Visiting Scholar, 2016-2019

 

 

 

Roland Beckkmann
Professor, Gene Center, LMU 
Sabbatical Visitor, 2017

 

 

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Alumni

Martina Audagnotto
Virtual Molecular Cell Consortium Postdoctoral Fellow

Currently staff scientist at Aztrazeneca in Sweden.

 

 

Jan Böhning
Masters Student, Gene Center, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich

Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Tanmay Bharat’s lab

 

 

Robert Buschauer
Masters Student, Gene Center, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich

Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Roland Beckmann’s lab

 

 

Felix Wagner
Masters Student, Gene Center, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich

Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Patrick Cramer’s lab

 

 

 

Yuan Yuan (Annie)
Undergraduate,  Bioengineering

 

 

 

Ziyi Zhao
Undergraduate, Physics