Cell Biology Program @ The University of Miami

GRADUATE STUDENTS
(Graduate Program in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology)

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Name & Contact Info	Mentor & Project
Denise Abulafia 305-243-6691 dabulafia@miamiproject.med.miami.edu	Mentor: Dr. Dalton W. Dietrich Project: Inflammatory mechanisms in thromboembolic ischemic stroke

Juan Ayala-Haedo 305-243-6691 jayala2@med.miami.edu	Mentor: Dr. M. Elizabeth Fini Project: TBD

Tufan Aydogdu 305-243-6691 taydogdu@med.miami.edu	Mentor: Dr. Teresa Zimmers Project: Cancer Cachexia

Gisella Canessa 305-243-6691 GCanessa@med.miami.edu	Mentor: TBD Project: TBD

Patrick Flynn 305-243-6691 p.flynn1@umiami.edu	Mentor: Dr. David Helfman Project: Role of the actin cytoskeleton in DAPK mediated cell death

Radia Forteza 305-243-6691 radiaforteza@bellsouth.net	Mentor: Dr. Gregory Conner Project: Duox Oxidase/Peroxidase Catalyzes Protein Nitration in Human Airway Epithelial Cells

Miryam Fragoso 305-243-6926 mfragoso@med.miami.edu	Mentor: Dr. Gregory Conner Project: Regulation of the Lactoperoxidase System: An Antimicrobial System in Human Airways

Sabrina Gerzenstein 305-243-6691 sgerzenstein@med.miami.edu	Mentor: Dr. M.Elizabeth Fini Project: Stress Responses in Glaucoma

Gabriel Gordon 305-243-6691 ggordon2@med.miami.edu	Mentor: Dr. M.Elizabeth Fini Project: Roles and Regulation of Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs) in Ocular Regeneration

Protiti Khan 305-243-6691 pro-khan@miami.edu	Mentor: Dr. David Helfman Project: TBD

Noelia Kunzevitzky 305-243-6691 nkunzevitzky@med.miami.edu	Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Goldberg Project: Molecular basis for the developmental loss of intrinsic axon growth ability in RGCs

Corneliu Luca 305-243-6691 cluca@miamiproject.med.miami.edu	Mentor: Dr. Carlos T. Moraes Project: Functional characterization of mTERF.D3, a novel mitochondrial transcription-like factor.

Emilio Marrero 305-243-6691 EMarrero@miami.edu	Mentor: Dr. Richard Rotundo Project: TBD

Adriana Rebelo 305-243-6691 arebelo@med.miami.edu	Mentor: Dr. Carlos T. Moraes Project: Probing mitochondrial DNA structure and heteroplasmy with mitochondrially-targeted DNA methylases

Carlos Ruiz 305-243-6691 c.ruiz@miami.edu	Mentor: Dr. Richard Rotundo Project: Transcriptional and Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Synaptic Acetylcholinesterase in Skeletal Muscle Cells.

George Theodore 305-243-5746 g.theodore@umiami.edu	Mentor: Dr. Kermit Carraway Project: Regulation of SMC/MUC4 expression in the airway

Medhi Wangpaichitr 305-243-6691 mwangpaichitr@med.miami.edu	Mentor: Dr.Lampidis TJ/Dr.Niramol S Project: Inhibition of mTOR increases cytotoxicity of 2-deoxy-D-glucose in cancer cells under hypoxia.