Coleen Murphy
Professor of Molecular Biology
and the
Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics |
Associate Research Scholars
Rachel KaletskyMy current research involves identifying the tissue-specific transcriptional profiles underlying aging and complex behaviors. |
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Thomas HeimbucherMy research focus is to identify new regulators of the Insulin/IGF-1 signaling pathway and to characterize their functions in development, metabolism and age-related processes. |
Postdoctoral Researchers
Rachel AreyI am interested in identifying conserved regulators of learning and memory and molecules involved in cognitive decline with age. |
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Vanisha LakhinaMy research interests lie in the field of neuronal development and plasticity. I have investigated how brain circuits form during development and am examining how neuronal function declines with age. |
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Nicole TemplemanCharacterizing molecular pathways and underlying mechanisms that contribute to the regulation of reproductive aging. |
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Cheng ShiMechanisms of (1) reproductive aging, (2) behavioral and physiological post-mating changes, (3) interplay between the sexes |
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Danielle MorI am interested in how mechanisms of aging contribute to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. |
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Salman SohrabiMy research interest is mainly focused on performing high-throughput behavioral analyses and drug screening to further our understanding of Parkinson disease. |
Graduate Students
Alexi RunnelsI am interested in how mating and pheromones affect lifespan and behavior. |
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Rebecca MooreMy research aims to elucidate the contribution of insulin signaling to the innate immune response. |
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Vanessa CotaI am interested in understanding the role the germline may play in regulating longevity and reproduction. |
Research Associates
Jasmine AshrafI’m currently researching a human homolog for PQM-1, a transcription factor recently discovered by our lab. PQM-1 is responsible for growth, development, and reproduction. |
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Will KeyesMy research is mainly focused on the regulators of reproductive longevity, regarding both novel genes and relation to known pathways. |
Undergraduate Students
India Rogers-SheppI am currently researching sensory mutations increase genetic diversity in the worm population because they cannot properly sense their food/environment. |
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Rachel ReedI'm currently working on a project to potentially identify and characterize reproductive span regulating genes. |
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Leo ChoiI am interested in the relationship between mating, fat loss, and lifespan. |
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Julia CasazzaI am working on identifying the genes that regulate C. elegans reproductive lifespan. |
Lab Alumni
Keiran Dilks | Postdoctoral Fellow | |
Wendy Shaw | Postdoctoral Fellow | |
KyungHwa Lee | Postdoctoral Fellow | |
Gunnar Kleeman | Postdoctoral Fellow | |
Airon Wills | Postdoctoral Fellow | |
Mohammad Rahimi | Postdoctoral Fellow | |
Shijing Luo | Graduate Student | |
Amanda Kaufmann | Graduate Student | |
Jessica Landis | Graduate Student | |
Geneva Stein | Graduate Student | |
April Williams | Graduate Student | |
Siran Li | Graduate Student | |
Angelina Sylvain | Graduate Student | |
Race DiLoreto | Graduate Student | |
Tess Jeffers | Graduate Student | |
Richard Dzeng | Undergraduate Student | |
Max Jan | Undergraduate Student | |
Ryan Corces | Undergraduate Student | |
Namita Bisaria | Undergradute Student | |
Denrick Cooper | Undergraduate Student | |
Wiliam Rounds | Undergraduate Student | |
Jarlath Byrne Rodgers | Undergraduate Student | |
Eileen Zhuang | Undergraduate Student | |
Allison Seebald | Undergraduate Student | |
Conor O'Sullivan | Undergraduate Student | |
Julie Sung | Undergraduate Student | |
Rosaline Ma | Undergraduate Student | |
Jeff Cherng | Undergraduate Student | |
Alina Yang | Undergraduate Student | |
George Maliha | Undergraduate Student | |
Meredith Wright | Undergraduate Student | |
James O'Donnell | Undergraduate Student | |
Daniel Xu | Undergraduate Student | |
Jihoon Kim | Undergraduate Student | |
Sunny Siddique | Undergraduate Student | |
Gelilah Yohannes | Undergraduate Student | |
Allysa Adams | Summer Student | |
Ranese Jeffrey | Summer Student | |
Modupe Durojaiye | Summer Student | |
Mark Rutledge | Summer Student | |
Snow Hou | Summer Student | |
Amanda Mackey | Summer Student | |
Caroline Bazinet | Summer Student | |
Morgan Carter | Summer Student | |
April Liang | Summer Student | |
Shayne Wierbowski | Summer Student | |