DRUBIN/BARNES LAB - Key Persons
I'm from Folsom, CA, and I'm a sophomore studying Molecular and Cell Biology with an emphasis on developmental genetics. Under the mentorship of Grace, I will be studying kinetochore dynamics on microtubules. Outside of school, I enjoy listening to classical music, playing violin, and working with fish at the MVZ.
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- Researcher in the Laboratories of David Drubin
Aline is a joint postdoctoral researcher in the laboratories of David Drubin and Ian Swinburne. In her research, she is interested in studying the cell-type-specific adaptation of clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME). To this end, she employs adaptive optical lattice light-sheet microscopy (AO-LLSM), visualizing individual CME events in developing zebrafish embryos. Aline earned her PhD from EMBL Heidelberg in Germany, where she worked with Jonas Ries to develop a super-resolution microscopy and analysis pipeline for reconstructing nanoscale architectural changes in the clathrin coat during mammalian endocytosis.
I'm from the Central Valley in California. Currently, I am a freshman undergraduate student at UC Berkeley looking to major in Molecular and Cell Biology with an emphasis in genetics. In my free time, I like to play chess and try out new restaurants around Berkeley.
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- Field Application Scientist, Nanomedical Diagnostics, Inc
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- Staff Scientist, University of Sheffield, UK
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- Director, Biology, IDEAYA Biosciences
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- Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
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- Clinical Scientist Associate, Genentech
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- Associate Director, Precision for Medicine
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- VP, Translational Medicine, Reset Therapeutics
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- Head, Discovery Genome Editing, GSK
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- Research Investigator, Synthetic Biology at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
Feng obtained his bachelor's and master's degree in Materials Science and
Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He then performed his
I am from Ontario, CA, and I'm currently a first year undergraduate student studying Bioengineering and (intended) Computer Science. Working with my mentor Yidi, I am studying protein interactions in yeast clathrin-mediated endocytosis. I'm excited about biology research and hope to continue research after graduation in graduate school or industry. Outside of school, I enjoy video games and making cover songs.
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- Global Director, Digital Health - Saffron Cognitive Group - Digital Health, Intel Corporation
I'm from Monterey Bay, CA and work with Jonathan studying kinetochore dynamics on microtubules using budding yeast, with some lab-managing on the side. I love all things biology, cooking (except when I have to), and art.
Hang, a joint postdoctoral scholar in the lab of Holger Müller, obtained his graduate degree from the School of Life Sciences at Tsinghua University, where he was supervised by Prof. Hong-Wei Wang. His doctoral research centered on examining the hDicer-related complex's structure using the single particle method and developing multi-affinity graphene grids to prepare complex cryo-samples. Currently, Hang's focus lies in applying the Laser Phase Plate (LPP) in conjunction with other Cryo-Electron Tomography techniques to conduct in-situ studies on endocytosis at the cellular and mechanistic levels.
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- Research Associate, Cell Line Engineering at Eikon Therapeutics
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- Life Science Specialist, L.E.K. Consulting
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- Postdoctoral Scientist, Janelia Research Campus
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- Director, Global Business Development - Neuroscience, Ophthalmology and Rare Disease at Roche
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- Research Group Leader, Research Institute of the FSU Jena / Institute for Biochemistry I, Germany Link
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- Associate Professor, Hokkaido University Hokudai Institute for Genetic Medicine
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- Institute Director, University of Helsinki, Finland, Link
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- Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley
Leanna studied Molecular Biophysics at Johns Hopkins University as a undergraduate. Her undergraduate research in the lab of Dr. Erika Matunis studied the maintenance of the Drosophila testis stem cell niche. She performed her PhD in the lab of Dr. Alexander Dunn at Stanford University, where she studied the force-dependent interaction of actin with focal adhesions using live-cell imaging and single-molecule force spectroscopy. She is currently interested in how mechanical force organizes branched actin networks in clathrin mediated endocytosis and other actin-dependent membrane remodeling processes.
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- Group Leader, CNRS, Paris, France
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- Admissions Coordinator, University of British Columbia
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- Assistant Professor, St. Norbert College, Link
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- Scientist - Translational Oncology, Celgene Corporation
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- Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Link
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- Senior Research Associate, Purdue University
I am from Portland, Oregon. I plan on majoring in Molecular & Cellular Biology, with an emphasis in Anatomy and Physiology. I plan on going to medical school to become a doctor. Outside of school, I like to play a lot of sports (taekwondo, tennis, basketball, volleyball, etc.), take photos, and play games with my friends.
I'm from Torrance, California and I am a current undergrad at UC Berkeley studying Molecular and Cellular Biology. Under the mentorship of Sam, I study fast endophilin mediated endocytosis. My plan after graduation is to attend graduate school. In my free time I enjoy spending the day at the beach, hiking, and painting.
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- CSO and Co - Founder, Novel Farms, Inc
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- Vice President, Project Management, Aduro Biotech Inc
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- Group Leader, CNRS, Marseille, France
Paula is a graduate student in the Biophysics program. Currently, she is interested in understanding the dynamics and regulation of force transmission during clathrin-mediated endocytosis in yeast. Before joining the Drubin lab, Paula earned her BSc. in Biology from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (Lima, Peru), where she studied the mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in tuberculosis in the Zimic lab. In her free time, Paula enjoys playing videogames and reading fiction, and is actively involved in DEI initiatives aiming to promote science in Peru.
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- Research Assistant Professor, Dept. Oncological Sciences, Co - Director Bioinformatics Shared Resource, Huntsman Cancer Institute and the University of Utah, Link
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- Principal Scientist at Altos Labs
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- Postdoctoral Associate, Carnegie Institution for Science
Qing obtained her bachelor's degree from Huazhong University of Sci & Tech in China. She pursued her Ph.D. in the lab of Dr. Yuxin Mao in the Biophysics program at Cornell University, where she focused on functional characterization of two Legionella effectors that modulate actin assembly in host cells. Currently, she is interested in using iPS cells to understand the mechanisms of endocytosis initiation and spatiodynamics and functions of CME proteins in human iPSC and disease models.
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- Scientist, Intrexon Corporation
I'm from the Chino Hills, California. Currently, I am a freshman undergraduate student at UC Berkeley looking to major in Molecular and Cell Biology. Under Qing's mentorship, I am studying the role of Hip1 in human induced pluripotent stem cells and differentiated neural progenitor cells. In the future, I hope to attend medical school and in my free time I like to play basketball, watch soccer games, and play chess.
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- Senior Scientific Researcher, Genentech
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- Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Chemistry & Biochemistry, UC San Diego, Link
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- Research Scientist, Gilead Sciences
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- Group Leader, IST, Austria, Link
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- Communications Consultant, Oxford PharmaGenesis
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- Scientist, Calico Life Sciences
Thomas Pollard graduated from Pomona College in 1964 with honors in Chemistry and Zoology. At Harvard Medical School he began to investigate cellular motility. After a medical internship at the Massachusetts General Hospital, three years as a Staff Associate at the National Institutes of Health provided training biochemistry. As a faculty member at Harvard Medical School (1972-1978), Johns Hopkins Medical School (1978-1996), Salk Institute (1996-2001) and Yale University (2001-2021), his research group focused on the molecular basis of cellular motility and cytokinesis.
His laboratory discovered and characterized proteins that produce forces for cells to move including the first unconventional myosin (myosin-I), Arp2/3 complex and capping protein, all originally isolated from Acanthamoeba. They combined microscopy, biochemistry, biophysics, molecular biology and mathematical modeling to provide the quantitative evidence required to formulate and test a detailed molecular explanation for how Arp2/3 complex stimulates the assembly of branched actin filaments that produce forces for cellular movements and endocytosis. They combined quantitative measurements of the time course of the appearance and disappearance of the participating proteins at site of endocytosis in fission yeast with mathematical modeling to confirm the molecular details and physics of the force-producing process.
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- Biological Data Scientist II, Eikon Therapeutics
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- Research Specialist, University of California, Berkeley
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- Biosciences Sales Specialist, Nikon
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- Researcher, Tohoku University, Japan
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- Staff Scientist, University of Washington