{"id":1473,"date":"2025-04-02T15:25:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T19:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/?page_id=1473"},"modified":"2026-06-10T09:04:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T13:04:05","slug":"members-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/members-2\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1473\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-1473-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1473-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-1473-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">CURRENT MEMBERS<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-1473-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1473-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1473-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1473-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-1473-1-0-0\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">mayu<\/h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" data-src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-01-at-5.10.48\u202fPM-e1743640089767-279x300.png\" class=\"image wp-image-1471  attachment-279x300 size-279x300 lazyload\" alt=\"\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 279px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 279\/300;max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" title=\"mayu\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-01-at-5.10.48\u202fPM-e1743640089767-279x300.png 279w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-01-at-5.10.48\u202fPM-e1743640089767.png 560w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-01-at-5.10.48\u202fPM-e1743640089767-279x300.png\" class=\"image wp-image-1471  attachment-279x300 size-279x300\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" title=\"mayu\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-01-at-5.10.48\u202fPM-e1743640089767-279x300.png 279w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-01-at-5.10.48\u202fPM-e1743640089767.png 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-1473-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1473-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mayu Inaba<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Principal Investigator<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Email:<a href=\"mailto:moguro@uchc.edu\">moguro@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am fascinated by the effects and consequences of the different scale of the \"time\" in biology: for example, how cellular composition shifts over an animal\u2019s lifetime and how genes and gene expression evolve to enable adaptation to changing environments over millions of years. Our research focuses on to answer these questions by using <em>Drosophila<\/em> gonads.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1473-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1473-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1473-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">emma<\/h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"332\" data-src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/05\/EKSB_Lab_Pic-e1748052134114.jpg\" class=\"image wp-image-1715  attachment-279x332 size-279x332 lazyload\" alt=\"\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 279px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 279\/332;max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" title=\"emma\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/05\/EKSB_Lab_Pic-e1748052134114.jpg 699w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/05\/EKSB_Lab_Pic-e1748052134114-252x300.jpg 252w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/05\/EKSB_Lab_Pic-e1748052134114.jpg\" class=\"image wp-image-1715  attachment-279x332 size-279x332\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" title=\"emma\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/05\/EKSB_Lab_Pic-e1748052134114.jpg 699w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/05\/EKSB_Lab_Pic-e1748052134114-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-1473-2-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1473-2-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emma Kristine Beard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Graduate Student<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Email: <a class=\"o365button ms-font-m\" role=\"link\" href=\"mailto:beard@uchc.edu\"><span class=\"_rpc_41 ms-font-s allowTextSelection ms-font-color-themePrimary _rpc_p1\"><span class=\"cf0\">beard@uchc.edu<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Emma is interested in how transposons co-evolved with higher organisms. Her current project examines the stage-specific expression and localization of retrotransposon RNA in spermatocytes. Specific focuses include how expression of these transposons is regulated and the potential effect of retrotransposon RNA on nuclear architecture and gene expression.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1473-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1473-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1473-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"5\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">sophie<\/h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"317\" data-src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/05\/IMG_0362.jpg\" class=\"image wp-image-1634  attachment-279x317 size-279x317 lazyload\" alt=\"\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 279px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 279\/317;max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" title=\"sophie\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/05\/IMG_0362.jpg 307w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/05\/IMG_0362-264x300.jpg 264w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"317\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/05\/IMG_0362.jpg\" class=\"image wp-image-1634  attachment-279x317 size-279x317\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" title=\"sophie\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/05\/IMG_0362.jpg 307w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/05\/IMG_0362-264x300.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-1473-3-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1473-3-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sophia Bizink<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Graduate Student<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Email: <a class=\"o365button ms-font-m\" role=\"link\" href=\"mailto:bizink@uchc.edu\"><span class=\"_rpc_41 ms-font-s allowTextSelection ms-font-color-themePrimary _rpc_p1\"><span class=\"cf0\">bizink@uchc.edu<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sophie's project is to identify the mechanism how BMP signal from soma to germline regulates mitochondria morphology in spermatocytes. Sophie is also interested in ultrastructure of spermiogenesis. She uses 3D SEM to visualize stages of sperm formation in wild type and mutant testes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1473-4\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1473-4-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1473-4-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"7\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">mckenna<\/h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"355\" data-src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/02\/IMG_2009-scaled-e1770755529348-768x978.jpg\" class=\"image wp-image-1857  attachment-279x355 size-279x355 lazyload\" alt=\"\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 279px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 279\/355;max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" title=\"mckenna\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/02\/IMG_2009-scaled-e1770755529348-768x978.jpg 768w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/02\/IMG_2009-scaled-e1770755529348-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/02\/IMG_2009-scaled-e1770755529348-804x1024.jpg 804w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/02\/IMG_2009-scaled-e1770755529348-1206x1536.jpg 1206w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/02\/IMG_2009-scaled-e1770755529348.jpg 1467w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/02\/IMG_2009-scaled-e1770755529348-768x978.jpg\" class=\"image wp-image-1857  attachment-279x355 size-279x355\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" title=\"mckenna\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/02\/IMG_2009-scaled-e1770755529348-768x978.jpg 768w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/02\/IMG_2009-scaled-e1770755529348-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/02\/IMG_2009-scaled-e1770755529348-804x1024.jpg 804w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/02\/IMG_2009-scaled-e1770755529348-1206x1536.jpg 1206w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/02\/IMG_2009-scaled-e1770755529348.jpg 1467w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-1473-4-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1473-4-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"8\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>McKenna Elise Rook<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Graduate Student<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Email: <a class=\"o365button ms-font-m\" role=\"link\" href=\"mailto:mrook@uchc.edu\"><span class=\"_rpc_41 ms-font-s allowTextSelection ms-font-color-themePrimary _rpc_p1\"><span class=\"cf0\">mrook@uchc.edu<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>McKenna's project investigates how the nucleoplasmic landscape is established to create distinct nuclear compartments that facilitate the processing of different genes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1473-5\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1473-5-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1473-5-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"9\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">jeff<\/h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"350\" data-src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/05\/IMG_0212-1-scaled-e1747892814795.jpg\" class=\"image wp-image-1636  attachment-279x350 size-279x350 lazyload\" alt=\"\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 279px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 279\/350;max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" title=\"jeff\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/05\/IMG_0212-1-scaled-e1747892814795.jpg\" class=\"image wp-image-1636  attachment-279x350 size-279x350\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" title=\"jeff\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-1473-5-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1473-5-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"10\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Jeffrey Gamer<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Research Assistant (Bioinformatics)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Email: <a class=\"o365button ms-font-m\" role=\"link\" href=\"mailto:gamer@uchc.edu\"><span class=\"_rpc_41 ms-font-s allowTextSelection ms-font-color-themePrimary _rpc_p1\"><span class=\"cf0\">gamer@uchc.edu<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jeff is looking for how transposon insertions are diverged in Drosophila melanogaster and closely related species.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1473-6\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1473-6-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1473-6-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"11\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">shriya<\/h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"397\" data-src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/12\/IMG_2956-720x1024.jpeg\" class=\"image wp-image-1792  attachment-279x397 size-279x397 lazyload\" alt=\"\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 279px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 279\/397;max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" title=\"shriya\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/12\/IMG_2956-720x1024.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/12\/IMG_2956-211x300.jpeg 211w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/12\/IMG_2956-768x1092.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/12\/IMG_2956-1081x1536.jpeg 1081w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/12\/IMG_2956-1441x2048.jpeg 1441w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/12\/IMG_2956.jpeg 1573w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/12\/IMG_2956-720x1024.jpeg\" class=\"image wp-image-1792  attachment-279x397 size-279x397\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" title=\"shriya\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/12\/IMG_2956-720x1024.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/12\/IMG_2956-211x300.jpeg 211w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/12\/IMG_2956-768x1092.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/12\/IMG_2956-1081x1536.jpeg 1081w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/12\/IMG_2956-1441x2048.jpeg 1441w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/12\/IMG_2956.jpeg 1573w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-1473-6-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1473-6-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"12\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markjj2lp50z4\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Shriya <\/span>Rai Chennavajhula<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Glastonbury Highschool<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Shriya\u2019s project aims to uncover the mechanisms by which APC\/C regulates chromosome microtubule attachment during meiosis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1473-7\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1473-7-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1473-7-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"13\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Josh<\/h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"732\" data-src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-4.01.47\u202fPM.png\" class=\"image wp-image-1604  attachment-full size-full lazyload\" alt=\"\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 728px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 728\/732;max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" title=\"shriya\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-4.01.47\u202fPM.png 728w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-4.01.47\u202fPM-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-4.01.47\u202fPM-150x150.png 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-4.01.47\u202fPM.png\" class=\"image wp-image-1604  attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" title=\"shriya\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-4.01.47\u202fPM.png 728w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-4.01.47\u202fPM-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/germline-stem-cells\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-4.01.47\u202fPM-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-1473-7-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1473-7-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"14\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"mark14gfl948k\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Josh<\/span>\u00a0<span data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markgu5pq05h1\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Fernandes<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Undergraduate Student (Summer intern)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1473-8\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1473-8-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1473-8-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"15\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">PAST MEMBERS<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-1473-8-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1473-8-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"16\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1473-9\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1473-9-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1473-9-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child\" data-index=\"17\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Graduate students<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Muhammed Burak Bener<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Aug 2019-March 2025<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Matthew Antel<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">May 2018-August 2022<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-1473-9-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"18\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Post-docs<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><b>Samaneh Poursaeid<\/b><\/p>\n<p>August 2022-March 2026<\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sharif Ridwan<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">September 2020-August 2022<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-1473-9-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"19\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Medical Students<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Justin Sardi<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Capstone project: August 2017-August 2018<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Taylor Simao<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Capstone project: Mar 2020-Mar 2024<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-1473-9-0-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-last-child\" data-index=\"20\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Rotation Students<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><b>Nuala N. Peterman<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jan 2026-Mar 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gina Airoldi<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sep 2025-Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sadik Emad Karma<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Aug 2023-Sep 2023<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nathan Gasek<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">August 2018<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\"> \u2013 Sep 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-1473-9-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1473-9-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child\" data-index=\"21\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Research Assistant<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Stella DiPippo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>May 2025-May 2026<\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Venkatesh Paruchuru<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>December 2024-August 2025<\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Romir Raj<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">September 2024-May 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Madona Masoud<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">September 2020-August 2021<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Abigail Descoteaux<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">January 2018-August 2018<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-1473-9-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"22\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Undergraduate Students<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><b>Saagar Patel<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Research Internship: Aug 2025-May 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vedansh Patel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Health Research Program: May 2024-May 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Adheena Elsa Roy<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Summer Research Internship: May 2025-July 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Amanda Moreno<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Research Internship: Dec 2024-May 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Justin Carroll<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Health Research Program: May 2024-July 2024<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Emily Collins<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Summer Research Internship: May 2024-July 2024<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Emma Kristine Beard<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Health Research Program: May 2022-July 2024<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Autumn Twillie<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">May 2022-May 2024<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sara Yumiseba<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">September 2023-May 2024<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Taylor Simao<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Health Research Program:\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">September 2017-August 2019<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">McKenna Rook<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Summer Research Internship: May 2023-Aug 2023<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-1473-9-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-last-child\" data-index=\"23\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Highschool Students<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><b>Jaime Han<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Glastonbury High School: <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">September 2025-May 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jonah Maynard<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Glastonbury High School: <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">September 2024-May 2025<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rakshan Chadha<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">South Windsor High School: <span class=\"TextRun SCXW17604441 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW17604441 BCX0\">May 2023-Dec 2023<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW17604441 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jiya Patel<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Glastonbury High School: <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">September 2022-May 2023<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Naiya Patel<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Glastonbury High School: <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">September 2018-August 2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun 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