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| Current Members of the Tolan Lab |
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Quinn Ho |
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Clarke Gasper |
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Joshua Aguirre |
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Grace Koehler |
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Kevin Rhine |
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Dan Leary |
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Cindy Abuyaghi |
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Sarah Gardner |
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Meagan Olive |
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Maggie Hui |
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Katie Satko |
Previous Members of the Tolan Laboratory
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Years at BU |
Position
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| Sarah Cosgriff | 1986-88 |
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| Luc Berthiaume | 1987 |
Prof-Univ Alberta | Luc.Berthiaume@ualberta.ca | ||||
| Dr. Marita Sheridan | 1988-90 |
Prof-RICollege | msheridan@ric.edu | ||||
| Sharon Doyle | 1990-1993 |
Senior Pharmaceutical Rep GlaxoSmithKline | |||||
| Dr. Andrew Grant | 1991 |
Prof-Univ Sherbrooke, Canada | |||||
| Dr. Guylaine Talbot | 1992 |
Prof-Univ Sherbrooke, Canada | |||||
| Bama Dayanandan | 1993-1999 |
RA-McGill, Canada | |||||
| Dr. Andrew Mazurkie | 1999-2000 |
Principal Scientist at CrystalClear Researcht | |||||
| Dr. Joseph Ho | 2004-2005 |
Post-doc, Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Professor, China | ||||
| Dr. Alnoor Priani | 2006-2007 |
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| Laura Serio | 2009-2011 |
Postdoctoral, University of Naples, Italy | serio@ceinge.unina.it | ||||
| Adam Ross | 2015-2016 |
Graduate Student, Boston University, Chemistry Department | victross@bu.edu | ||||
Post-Doctoral Associates
| Name | Years at BU |
Position after BU |
Current Position |
e-mail |
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| Dr. Kay Choi | 1998-2001 |
Postdoc-Purdue | Prof-UTex Galveston |
choi21@new-mexico.bio.purdue.edu | |
| Dr. Tracy Arakaki | 2001-2004 |
Scientist, Medical Structural Genomics of |
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| Dr. Wanming Zhang | 2006-2008 |
Scientist, Synta Pharmaceuticals, Lexington MA |
Scientist-Bayer CA |
wanming.zhang1@gmail.com | |
| Dr. Ilaria Lamberto | 2015-2017 |
Postdoc, Dana Farber Cancer Institute | - |
ilaria.lamberto@gmail.com | |
Ph.D. Students
| Name | Degree |
Year of graduation |
Position after BU |
Other positions |
Current Position |
e-mail |
| Carolyn Dazzo (Gouche) | PhD-Biology | 1990 |
Postdoc-Yale | Prof-Fairfield Univ | Scientific Rep-Rad New England | carolyn_gouchoe@bio-rad.com |
| Marcia Berman-Podlisny | PhD-Biology | 1992 |
Postdoc-HMS | Instructor-HMS | mpodlisny@rics.bwh.harvard.edu | |
| Rachel Meighan-Mantha | PhD-Biology | 1993 |
Postdoc-Georgetown | Drug Specialist-Citeline | rechel.meighan-mantha@citeline.com | |
| Bai-Lin Wu | PhD-Biology | 1993 |
Postdoc-HMS | Instructor-HMS | Bai-Lin.Wu@TCH.Harvard.edu | |
| Cydney Brooks | PhD-Biology | 1994 |
Postdoc-HMS* | Scientist-Adipogenix | Chief Scientist-Citeline | cydney.brooks@citeline.com |
| Aaron Morris | PhD-Biology | 1995 |
Postdoc-UCSD* | Sr. Research Investigator, Sanofi-Aventis | Aaron.Morris@sanofi-aventis.com | |
| Peter Beernink | PhD-Biology | 1995 |
Postdoc-UCB | Senior Biomedical Scientist, Lawerence Livemore National Laboratory | Associate Staff Scientist, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute | pbeernink@chori.org |
| John Mickle | PhD-Biology | 1996 |
Postdoc-Hopkins | Prof-Johns Hopkins | jmickle@jhmi.edu | |
| Matthew A. Coleman | PhD-MCBB | 1997 |
Postdoc-LLNL-CA | Senior Biomedical Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | coleman16@llnl.gov | |
| Tanya Berardini | PhD-Biology | 1998 |
Postdoc-Penn* | Scientist-Carnegie Institute, Stanford CA | tberardi@acoma.stanford.edu | |
| Vincent Funari | PhD-MCBB | 2002 |
Postdoc-Stanford | Prof-CedarSiani | FunariV@cshs.org | |
| Chris Hopkins | PhD-MCBB | 2003 |
Postdoc-Utah* | hopkins@biology.utah.edu | ||
| Ali Malay | PhD-Biology | 2004 |
Postdoc-Riken-Japan | malay@gsc.riken.go.jp | ||
| Dmitriy Leyfer | PhD-Bioinformatics | 2005 |
Scientist-GeneNetworkSciences | Senior Scientist-Pfizer | Dmitriy.Leyfer@pfizer.com | |
| John Pezza | PhD-MCBB | 2006 |
Postdoc-Brown* | Scientist-New England BioLabs | John_Pezza@brown.edu | |
| Erin Coffee | PhD-MCBB | 2010 |
Postdoc-Tufts* | Postdoc-HMS-Mass General* | erin@bu.edu | |
| Jack Stopa | PhD-MCBB | 2012 |
Postdoc-HMS-Beth Israel | jstopa@bu.edu | ||
| Carolyn Ritterson Lew | PhD-MCBB | 2012 |
Postdoc-Univ. Colorado* | critters@bu.edu | ||
| Sarah Oppelt | PhD-MCBB | 2015 |
Scientist-lecturer | oppelts@bu.edu | ||
| *Awarded Post-Doctoral Fellowship | ||||||
MA Students
| Name | Degree | Year of graduation |
Position after BU | |
| Rebecca Hussey | MA-Biology | 1989 |
Tech-DanaFarber | |
| Nicolas Midis | MA-Biology | 1990 |
Medical School-Virginia Med Col | |
| J. Paul Cowley | MA-Biology | 1993 |
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| Joanne Woodward | MA-Biology | 1991 |
Nurse | |
| Faith Barnard | MA-Biology | 1993 |
Tech-Imunogen | |
| Audrey Halpern | MA-Biology | 1993 |
Medical School-Universit of Pittsburgh | |
| Martha Abbruzzese | MA-Biology | 1998 |
Editor-Harvard | |
| Chica Mori | MA-MCBB | 2001 |
Tech-HMS | |
| David Unger | MA-MCBB | 2001 |
Owner & Founder, Bulldog Bio | |
| Tom Maher | MA-Biology | 2004 |
Tech-BUMC | |
| Johanna Friedle | MA-MCBB | 2005 |
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Research Assistants
| Name | Position after BU | ||
| Konstantin Voevodski | Graduate School-BU | kvodski@bu | |
| Sheri Procious | Tech-Genzyme; VetSch-Tufts | sheriprocious@hotmail.com | |
| Genna Helfrich | Graduate Biology 2010 | ghelfric@bu.edu | |
| Victoria Tolan | Graduate Graphic Design, Seton Hall University 2012 | vatolan@gmail.com | |
Undergraduate Students
| Name | Degree |
Year of graduation |
Position after BU | Other positions |
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| Mary Tulipani (Cassoni) | BA Biology |
1988 |
Tech-USC | Vice President-Invitrogen | Professor-Palomar College | mcassoni@palomar.edu |
| Joyce Soprano | BA Biology |
1989 |
Medical School-Harvard | |||
| Suruchi Patankar | BA/MD |
1989 |
Medical School-BU | |||
| Ben Urmaza | BA Biology |
1990 |
Medical School-NYU | |||
| Mary Caggiano (Hatton) | BA/BS-Bio Edu |
1991 |
Graduate School-BU/Education | |||
| Sanjay Patel | BA Biology |
1991 |
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| Sharon Smith | BA Biology |
1993 |
Medical School-BU | |||
| Joyce Su | BA Biology |
1993 |
Graduate School-BU-PubHealth | Tech-Boston Sci | joycesu@yahoo.com | |
| Andrew Chi | BA Biology |
1994 |
MD/PhD-Chicago | |||
| Maria DiChiara | BA Biology |
1994 |
Graduate School-Stanford | |||
| Sheri Procious | BA Biology |
1995 |
Vet School-Tufts | sheriprocious@hotmail.com | ||
| Kristen Lipstreuer | BA Biology |
1996 |
Medical School-BU | |||
| Christine Foster | BA BMB |
1996 |
Graduate School-Hopkins | Scientist-NIH | CFOSTER@niaid.nih.gov | |
| Derek Pappas | BA BMB |
1997 |
Graduate School-Yale | |||
| Janet Lau | BA/MA-Biotech |
1995-96 |
Graduate School-UCSF | jla9@itsa.ucsf.edu | ||
| Christine Ladislaw | BA/MA-Biotech |
1997-98 |
Tech-Vertex | ladislaw@vpharm.com | ||
| Dorothy (Deedee) Luken (Bird) | BA Biology |
1999 |
Graduate School-Penn | Medical School | Surgical Resident-BUMed | Dorothy.Bird@bmc.org |
| Rey Sequerra | BA BMB |
1999 |
Medical School-Harvard | |||
| Tara Foran | BA Biology |
2001 |
Graduate School-UCIrvine | Genetic Counsler-Cedar Siani | funari.2005@gmail.com | |
| Michelle Cronin | BA Biology |
2001 |
Graduate School-BU | Postdoc-HarvardMed | macronin@bu.edu | |
| Amanda Bass | BA BMB |
2001 |
MD/PhD-NWU | |||
| Vickie Lew (Lai) | BA-BME |
2002 |
Tech-DanaFarber | lai.vickie@gmail.com | ||
| Kristin Marshall | BA Biology |
2003 |
Graduate School-Univ Wash. | PhD Program-Colo. State | kmarsh2@lamar.colostate.edu | |
| Sohini Shah | BA/MD |
2003 |
Medical School-BU | |||
| Miho Teruya | BA Biology |
2003 |
Medical School-TexasTech | Miho.Teruya@uth.tmc.edu | ||
| Artiom Gruzdev | BA/MA-Biotech |
2003 |
Graduate School-UNC | |||
| Laura Yerkes | BA/MA-Biotech |
2003 |
Grants Admin-HMS | laurayerkes@gmail.com | ||
| Matt Ford | BA-Chem |
2003 |
Graduate School-BC/Education | |||
| Donny Cramer | BA/MA-Math |
2004 |
Insurance actuary | remarc@gmail.com | ||
| Rebecca Turk | BA Biology |
2005 |
Graduate School-Univ Colorado | turk@colorado.edu | ||
| Siva Elangovan | BA BMB |
2005 |
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| Tufik Assad | BA-Chem |
2005 |
Medical School-Med College Georgia | |||
| Lex Pelger | BA BMB |
2006 |
Tech-Columbia U | |||
| Michael R. Conti-Mica | BA BMB |
2007 |
Georgetown Medical School | mrc55@georgetown.edu | ||
| Jeff Nageotte | BA/MA-Biotech |
2007 |
Tech-Monsanto | jeff.nageotte@gmail.com | ||
| Elizabeth Brunyak | BA/MA-Biotech |
2007 |
Tech-Genzyme | Elizabeth.Brunyak@genzyme.com | ||
| Nikki Shakourian | BA Chemistry |
2008 |
Dental School - Tufts | nshak@bu.edu | ||
| Tiffany Zee | BA-BMB |
2008 |
Grad School - Columbia | tz2134@columbia.edu | ||
| Michael Coyle | BA-BMB |
2008 |
Grad School - Berkeley/Chemistry | coylem@berkeley.edu | ||
| Sarah Kampert | BA-BMB |
2008 |
Grad School - Michigan | |||
| Jessica Lam | BA/MA-Biotech |
2008 |
Tech-RXi Pharmaceuticals | jlam.503@gmail.com | ||
| Anna Ma | BA/MA-Biotech |
2009 |
Research Associate II-Curis Inc. | awm@bu.edu | ||
| Rachel Gibbons | BA-BMB |
2009 |
Grad School-Mayo Clinic | gibbons1@bu.edu | ||
| Florencia Rago | BA/MA-Biotech |
2010 |
Grad School - MIT |
frago@bu.edu | ||
| Erin Doyle | BA-Biology |
2010 |
Technician - Harvard Medical School |
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| Nishita Shastri | BA-BMB |
2010 |
Grad School - Penn |
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| Eddy Connors | BA-BMB |
2011 |
Grad School - Scripps |
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| Katie Doonan | BS-Nutritional Sciences (SAR) |
2011 |
Medical School - Univ. New England |
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| Mamtha Raj | BA/MA-Biotech |
2012 |
Medical School - Chicago |
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| Katherine Hill | BA-BMB & BA-English |
2012 |
Research Assist. Beth Israel Hospital-HMS |
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| Andrew Lai | BA-BMB |
2012 |
Boston University - School of Public Health |
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| Abraham Benavides | BA-Biology |
2014 |
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| Paige Coles | BA-Biology |
2014 |
Research Associate-Harvard Medical School |
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| Stone Chen | BA/MA-BMB/Biotechnology |
2015 |
Biotechnology Consultant |
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| Athena Cavounidis | BA-BMB |
2015 |
Oxford University |
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| Jie Sun | BA-BMB |
2016 |
School of Public Health, NYU |
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| Thomas McTigue IV | BA/MA-BMB/Biotechnology |
2016 |
Law School, Columbia University |
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Summer Students
| Name | Summer of Visit | From |
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| Joseph Melnikov | HS student | 1988 |
NY |
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| Jason Chen | HS student | 1989 |
Mass |
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| Chris Cowan | HS student | 1990 |
Utah |
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| Yi-Qian You | HS student | 1992 |
Mass |
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| Jessica Kobil | HS student | 1992 |
NY |
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| Charles Huyi | HS student | 2007 |
Michigan |
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| Lee Marcus | HS student | 2008 |
TBD |
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| Niti Shahi | HS Student | 2009 |
California |
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| Daniel Dylewsky | HS Student | 2010 |
Wellesley |
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| Timothy Chou | HS Student | 2010 |
Fremont CA |
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| Lauren Mandelbaum | HS Student: BU Academy | 2010 |
BU Academy |
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| Alice Berenson | HS Student | 2011 |
Wellesley MA |
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| Michael Snower | HS Student | 2011 |
Detroit Michigan |
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| Vivek Gorijala | HS Student | 2012 |
Virginia |
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| Shefali Sood | HS Student | 2012 |
Detroit Michigan |
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| Erica Ryu | HS Student | 2013 |
Carlisle Massachusetts |
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| Noah Stevens-Stein | HS Student | 2013 |
Austin Texas |
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| Elizabeth Hardwick | HS Student | 2014 |
Sudbury Massachusetts |
Ellie & Victor |
| Victor Lee | HS Student | 2014 |
Castro Valley California |
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| Prachi Sinha | HS Student | 2015 |
Edison, New Jersey |
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| Manasa Prahlad | HS Student | 2015 |
Indus International School, Bangalore India |
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| Emma Fleishman | HS Student | 2016 |
Manhasset, New York |
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| Tyler Brody | HS Student | 2016 |
Scarsdale, New York |
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| Linda McIntosh | HS teacher | 1995 |
Mass |
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| Irene Weider | HS teacher | 1996 |
Mass |
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| John Mika | HS teacher | 1996 |
Mass |
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| Leslie Lichtenstein | HS teacher | 1997 |
Mass |
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| Winnie Ikabara | HS teacher | 1997 |
Mass |
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| Eric Yecies | Undergraduate | 1999 |
Penn |
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| Daniel Jarosz | Undergraduate | 2000 |
MIT |
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| Bryan Kaehr | Undergraduate REU Student | 2001 |
Univ NM |
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| Dan Freeman | Undergraduate NIH-REU Student | 2002 |
BU |
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| Konstantin Voevodski | Undergraduate NIH-REU Student | 2004 |
BU |
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| Marilyn McCorn St. Fleur | Undergraduate SURF Student | 2006 |
Tufts |
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| Michelle Garcia | Undergraduate SURF Student | 2007 |
University of San Francisco |
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| Amanda Brownstone | Undergraduate PROSTARS Student | 2008 |
Boston University |
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| Taliesin Lenhart | Undergraduate PROSTARS Student | 2009 |
Bunker Hill CC |
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| Angelica Perez | Undergraduate SURF Student | 2009 |
Puerto Rico |
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| Lauren Hardwick | Undergraduate SURF Student | 2010 |
Emory Univ |
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| Lara Kabbani | Undergraduate PROSTARS Student | 2010 |
Northeastern Univ |
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| Kiara Blue | Undergraduate PROSTARS Student | 2011 |
Bunker Hill CC/Northeastern Univ |
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| Daniella Gotschin | Undergraduate SURF Student | 2013 |
Norfolk State University Virginia |
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| Paul Reilly | Undergraduate NSF-REU Student | 2014 |
Temple University |
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| Ryan Luna | Undergraduate SURF Student | 2016 |
University or Texas |
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| Sara Baldwin | Bioinformatics IGERT Graduate Student | 2008 |
Bioinformatics-BU |
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| Sara Garamszegi | Bioinformatics IGERT Graduate Student | 2009 |
Bioinformatics-BU |
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| Evan Appleton | Bioinformatics IGERT Graduate Student | 2010 |
Bioinformatics-BU |
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| Yozen Hernandez | Bioinformatics IGERT Graduate Student | 2011 |
Bioinformatics-BU |
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| JD Hogan | Bioinformatics IGERT Graduate Student | 2012 |
Bioinformatics-BU |
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