TEAM
ARASH KOMEILI
Professor
Education:
Ph.D. Cell Biology, UCSF
B.S. Biology, MIT
Arash became interested in magnetosomes while a postdoctoral fellow in Professor Dianne Newman's laboratory at Caltech. In 2005 he joined the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at UC Berkeley where he is now a Professor. He holds an Affiliated Professor position in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, is a faculty of the UC Berkeley Synthetic Biology Institute and a QB3 affiliate.
E: komeili
JUAN WAN
Postdoctoral Scholar
Education:
Ph.D. Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique-Institut Armand-Frappier
Research Interests:
Juan is interested in the biogenesis of bacterial organelles. Specifically, the size regulation, protein localization and chain organization of magnetosomes.
E: juan.wan
CARLY GRANT
Postdoctoral Scholar
Education:
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
B.S. Montana State University
Research Interests:
Carly is interested in diverse bacterial organelles, such as the magnetosomes and ferrosomes of Desulfovibrio magneticus RS-1.
E: carly.grant
HAYLEY MCCAUSLAND
Ph.D Student
Education:
B.S. Emory University
Research Interests:
Hayley is interested in how magnetotactic bacteria are able to produce magnetosomes in response to a changing environment.
E: hcmccausland
HECTOR TRUJILLO
Ph.D Student
Education:
B.A. Williams College
Research Interests:
Hector is interested in the cell biology and physiological relevance of ferrosomes in Rhodopseudomonas palustris, a purple non-sulfur bacterium.
E: hector_trujillo
VIRGINIA RUSSELL
Ph.D Student
Education:
M.S. San Francisco State University
Research Interests:
Virginia is studying the genes responsible for the irregular bullet shaped magnetite crystals synthesized in Desulfovibrio magneticus RS-1.
E: vrussell
CARSON BICKLEY
Ph.D Student
Education:
B.S. Indiana University
Research Interests:
Carson is interested in how magnetosomes are assembled. Specifically, he is studying how magnetosome proteins localize to the magnetosome membrane. He hopes his research will uncover processes important to bacterial compartment synthesis.
E: carson_bickley
YEIN RA
Graduate Student
Education:
B.S. University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests:
Yein is interested in how magnetosomes are positioned in Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1.
E: yeinra
Alyssa Gimenez
Graduate Student
Education:
BS CSU Long Beach
MS San Francisco State University
Research Interests:
Alyssa is interested in the mechanisms behind how ferrosomes specifically sequester iron after periods of iron starvation and how magnetotactic bacteria prioritize which parts of the cell iron is supplemented to.
E: alyssagimenez
TANSY CHEN
Undergraduate Student
Research Interests:
Tansy works with Yein investigating magnetosome positioning.
E: tansyyc
Magnemite (Ditto)
Lab Mascot
Research Interests:
Wants everyone in the lab to succeed :)
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