Karlene Cimprich, Associate Professor
Principal Investigator
Muh-ching Yee, Ph.D., Research Assistant
New York

M.C. is developing new probes for analysis of protein kinases and is also using a number of approaches to identify kinase substrates.

Robert Driscoll, Postdoctoral fellow
Graduate: The Wellcome Trust and Cancer Research Gurdon Institute
Anja Duursma, Postdoctoral fellow
Graduate: The Netherlands Cancer Institute
Deena Soni, Postdoctoral fellow
Graduate: Case Western

Deena is studying the function of Rad1 hyperphosphorylation.

Debbie Chang, Graduate Student
Northridge, CA
Undegrad: UC Berkeley

Debbie is investigating the regulation of post-replicative DNA repair.

Chris Van, Graduate Student
Endwell, NY
Undergrad: Penn State

Chris is studying the role of primer synthesis in checkpoint activation.

Renee Paulsen, Graduate Student
Audubon, Iowa
Undergrad: University of Nebraska

Renee is developing high throughput siRNA screens for the identification of new proteins involved in the DNA damage and checkpoint response.
Anna Guan, Graduate Student
Sacramento, CA
Undergrad: UC Berkeley

Anna is developing an assay to study resectioning following formation of a DNA double-strand break.

Jerry Lin, Graduate Student
Taiwan
Undergrad: National Taiwan University

Jerry is analyzing how the checkpoint pathway regulates mutation frequency

Michelle Zeman Michelle Zeman, Graduate Student
Lake Zurich, IL.
Undergrad: University of Illinois
Claudia Choi Claudia Choi, Graduate Student
Seoul, South Korea
Undergrad: KAIST
Cynthia Cox, Lab Technician


Postdoctorate fellows
  • Karen Pan
  • Mohammad Hekmat-Nejad (Roche)
  • Dawn Yean (Stanford Research Institute, Stanford, CA)
  • Narasimham Jammi (Jammi Pharmaceuticals, India)
  • Sharon Barr (OSI Pharmaceuticals, New York)

Graduate Students

  • Christina MacDougall (Law school, University of San Francisco)
  • Patrick Lupardus (Postdoctoral fellow, Garcia Lab, Stanford University)
  • Ryan Bomgarden (Pierce Biotechnology, Inc.)
  • Tony Byun (Staff Scientist, Catalyst Biosciences Inc., South San Francisco, CA)
  • Elbert Chang

Undergrads

  • Melissa Morelos (Medical Student)
  • Ashley Laird (Medical Student, Stanford Medical School)
  • Tracey So (Medical Student, Stanford Medical School)

Others

  • Cindy Leung (Graduate School, University of Chicago)
  • Steffi Fas (Graduate School)
  • Sharon South

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