Karlene Cimprich

Karlene Cimprich, Associate Professor
Principal Investigator

Faculty Profile

Robert Driscoll Robert Driscoll, Postdoctoral fellow
Blackburn, Lancashire, England
PhD: Cambridge University, Jackson Lab
Research interests: Replication fork stability and restart
Anja Duursma Anja Duursma, Postdoctoral fellow
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
PhD: The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Agami Lab
Research interests: Analyzing the ATR checkpoint in Xenopus egg extracts using DNA damage model structures
Julie Sollier

Julie Sollier, Postdoctoral fellow
Marseille, France
PhD: National Centre of Scientific Research (CNRS), Geli Lab
Postdoc: Institute of Molecular Oncology, Foiani Lab
Research interests: Understanding the link between RNA processing and genome stability in mammalian cells

Andrew Kile

Andrew Kile, Postdoctoral Fellow
Minneapolis, Minnesota
PhD: University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, Koepp Lab
Research interests: Investigating pathways involved in DNA damage tolerance

Jerry Lin Jerry Lin, Graduate Student
Taipei, Taiwan
Undergrad: National Taiwan University
Research interests: Analyzing how the checkpoint pathway regulates mutation frequency
Claudia Choi Claudia Choi, Graduate Student
Seoul, South Korea
Undergrad: KAIST
Research interests: Identifying new proteins involved in DNA replication
fork stabilization
Michelle Zeman Michelle Zeman, Graduate Student
Lake Zurich, Illinois
Undergrad: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research interests: Understanding the molecular mechanism of post-replication repair in human cells
Cynthia Cox, Lab Technician


Postdoctorate fellows
  • Sharon Barr (OSI Pharmaceuticals, New York)
  • Mohammad Hekmat-Nejad (Novartis)
  • Narasimham Jammi (Jammi Pharmaceuticals, India)
  • Karen Pan
  • Deena Soni (BD Biosciences)
  • Daniel Warmerdam, Medema Lab, Netherlands Cancer Institute
  • Thomas Wechsler (Sangamo BioSciences)
  • Dawn Yean (Stanford Research Institute, Stanford, CA)

Graduate Students

  • Ryan Bomgarden (Research Scientist, Thermo Fisher Scientific)
  • Tony Byun (Catalyst Biosciences Inc.)
  • Debbie Chang (Postdoctoral fellow, Novartis)
  • Elbert Chang (Fellow, Bayer Healthcare)
  • Anna Guan (Postdoctoral fellow, Rannala Lab, UC-Davis)
  • Patrick Lupardus (Genentech)
  • Christina MacDougall (Patent Agent, Cooley LLP)
  • Renee Paulsen (Postdoctoral fellow, Espinosa Lab, University of Colorado - Boulder)
  • Chris Van (Postdoctoral fellow, Peterson Lab, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester)

Undergrads

  • Judith Haarhuis, Graduate Student, Rowland Lab, Netherlands Cancer Institute
  • Ashley Laird
  • Melissa Morelos
  • Tracey So

Others

  • Steffi Fas
  • Cindy Leung
  • Sharon South
  • MC Yee

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