Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Graduate Students

Marvin Cortez
Marvin Cortez

 

Research Interest:  Investigating the multifunctional role of kurly during development (co-advised by Danelle Devenport)

 

 

Vanessa Gonzalez
Vanessa Gonzalez
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Research Interest: Investigating left-right asymmetric development of the vertebrate heart

 

 

Billie Reneker
Billie Reneker

 

Research Interest: Investigating left-right asymmetry establishment in the left-right organizer

 

 

Cullen Young
Cullen Young

 

Research Interest: Investigating the initiation and maintenance of Nodal expression during left-right patterning

 

Senior Research Scholar/Senior Lab Manager

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Eugenia Xu, PhD
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Research Interest: Utilizing the zebrafish to study inflammation in the gut

Undergraduate Students

Veronica Arciprete

Veronica Arciprete '24
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Research Interest: PHACE Syndrome: an Exploration of Combined Phenotype Incidences and an Analysis of Proposed Causes

 

 

Zoe Evans
Zoe Evans '24

 

Research Interest: Exploring Roles of pkd2 in Left-Right Axis and Mesendoderm Patterning during Zebrafish
Development

 

 

Katerina Kourpas
Katerina Kourpas '24

 

Research Interest: Investigating the Role of Novel Nodal
Signaling Target blood vessel epicardial
substance in Left-Right Patterning
of the Vertebrate Heart

 

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Rajveer Kaur '25
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Research Interest: Characterization and Cloning of midrhythm

Administrative Support

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Galo Guerrero
Faculty Assistant