Inaba Lab

Principal Investigator

Email: inaba@uchc.edu, moguro@uchc.edu

Research interests: Niche-stem cell signaling, Asymmetric stem cell division, Gene regulation, function of nuclear RNAs.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Email: poursaeid@uchc.edu

Samaneh’s research focuses on how expression of genes changes during asymmetric division of Drosophila germline stem cells.

Research Assistant

Email:rraj@uchc.edu

Romir is interested in understanding the local chromatin organization in tumorigenic cells. Specifically, he aims to investigate how chromatin organization may have an impact on cell fates and tumorigenesis. 

Research Assistant

Email: dipippo@uchc.edu

Stella is interested in investigating the mechanisms of dedifferentiation using RNAi screening and experimental GSC depletion to identify genes involved in their recovery. 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Email: vedansh.patel@uconn.edu

Vedansh is interested in investigating the roles of histone modification in stem-cell-specific gene regulation and tumorigenesis.

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Email: amanda.moreno@uconn.edu

Amanda’s research project focuses on BMP signaling in spermatogenesis. This pathway plays a critical role in maintaining mitochondria morphology. Amanda is investigating how BMP signaling is regulating this process.

Highschool Student

Jonah’s project is to establish typeIII CRISPR system using Drosophila to target nuclear RNAs.