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Matthew AkamatsuThesis title: “Characterization of two types of interphase nodes that merge to form cytokinetic nodes for contractile ring assembly in fission yeast”
Position after PhD: Postdoc in Prof. David Drubin’s lab at the University of California, Berkeley (link).
Department(s): Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Thesis lab: Pollard lab
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Bara BadwanThesis title: “Characterizing the nonlinearities of the Drosophila melanogaster motion detection algorithm”
Position after PhD: Chief Operating Officer, Emergent Dynamics, New York, NY
Department(s): Chemical & Environmental Engineering
Thesis lab: Clark lab
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Diego CaballeroThesis title: “Computational studies of protein structure”
Position after PhD: participant, European Central Bank Graduate Programme in Frankfurt, Germany (link)
Department(s): Physics
Thesis lab: O'Hern and Regan labs
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Jieming ChenThesis title: “Variant interpretation in personal genomes using protein sequences, networks and allele-specific analyses”
Position after PhD: Postdoc in the Butte lab at UCSF (link).
Current position: Associate Scientist at Genentech.
Department(s): Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Thesis lab: Gerstein and Regan labs
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Edward CourchaineThesis title: “Assembly mechanisms of nuclear bodies”
Position after PhD: Postdoctoral Associate, Neugebauer Lab, Yale University
Department(s): Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Thesis lab: Neugebauer lab
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Garrett DebsThesis title: “Using cryo-electron microsopy to study microtubule heterogeneity”
Position after PhD: Data Science/Data Visualization/Image Processing, Gypsum, CO
Department(s): Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Thesis lab: Sindelar lab
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Stefan ElringtonThesis title: “Developing new approaches to faster, high-spatial resolution Phosphorus-31 MR imaging of bone”
Position after PhD: Consultant, Boston Consulting Group
Department(s): Physics
Thesis lab: Barrett lab
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Sofia Espinoza SanchezThesis title: “Understanding the mechanisms of Arp2/3 complex activation”
Position after PhD: Associate Consultant at McKinsey & Company
Department(s): Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Thesis lab: Pollard lab
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Jennifer GainesThesis title: “Computational studies of protein structure”
Position after PhD: Postdoc, UMass Medical School
Department(s): Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Thesis lab: O'Hern and Regan labs
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Bridget HegartyThesis title: “Connecting indoor fungal communities and human health: Novel insights from DNA-based community profiling and metatranscriptomics”
Position after PhD: Postdoc, University of Michigan
Department(s): Chemical & Environmental Engineering
Thesis lab: Peccia lab
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Xinyu HongThesis title: “Regulation of the enzymes that recycle the universal glycan carrier dictates bacterial outer membrane composition”
Position after PhD: Data Scientist, Enigma Technologies, Inc.
Department(s): Cell Biology
Thesis lab: Groisman lab
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Junyi JiaoThesis title: “Single-molecule studies of protein folding and interactions using optical tweezers”
Position after PhD: Software Engineer, Google
Department(s): Cell Biology
Thesis lab: Zhang lab
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Yasmin KadryThesis title: “Biochemical and functional characterization of kindlin interactions”
Position after PhD: Postdoc, University of Pennsylvania
Department(s): Pharmacology
Thesis lab: Calderwood lab
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Michael LacyThesis title: “Single-molecule dynamics in clathrin-mediated endocytosis and membrane remodeling”
Position after PhD: Associate Scientific Editor, Elsevier
Department(s): Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Thesis lab: Berro lab
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Cong LiangThesis title: “Mathematical modeling of cell type evolution: gene expression and gene regulatory networks”
Position after PhD: Assistant Professor, Tianjin University (China)
Department(s): Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Thesis lab: Wagner lab
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Yu LinThesis title: “Designed and developed super-resolution microscopy based on single-molecule switching and single-molecule localization”
Position after PhD: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at EMBL
Department(s): Biomedical Engineering
Thesis lab: Bewersdorf lab
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Ian LinsmeierThesis title: “Active actomyosin mechanics: Cooperativity and scaling of contraction in disordered networks”
Department(s): Biomedical Engineering
Thesis lab: Murrell lab
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Lynn LiuPosition after PhD: Accounts Payable Specialist, Rave Mobile Safety
Department(s): Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Thesis lab: Solomon lab
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Junjiajia LongThesis title: “From individual to collective behavior: The role of memory and diversity in bacterial navigation”
Position after PhD: Quantitative Trader, Tower Research Capital
Department(s): Physics
Thesis lab: Emonet lab
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Catherine MatulisThesis title: “Contrast adaptation in Drosophila direction-selective circuits”
Position after PhD: EDG Engineer, Mathworks, Boston, MA
Department(s): Physics
Thesis lab: Clark lab
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Lauren Ann MetskasThesis title: “Conformation and dynamics of the Troponin I C-terminal domain: Combining single-molecule fluorescence and experiments to bridge timescales”
Position after PhD: Post-doc, Briggs lab at EMBL
Department(s): Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Thesis lab: Rhoades lab (now at UPenn)
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Daniel MoonanThesis title: “Design and construction of a recorded organism containing 62 codons”
Position after PhD: Postdoc, Yale University and Co-founder of Briomics
Department(s): Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Thesis lab: Isaacs lab
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Paul MuirThesis title: “Studying gene duplication, divergence, and disablement across the mouse lineage and in the laboratory”
Position after PhD: Consultant at ClearView Healthcare Partners
Department(s): Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Thesis lab: Gerstein and Isaacs labs
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Nathan NguyenThesis title: “The fate of autophagosome from start to finish: How do mammalian ATG8-family and ATG4-family proteins contribue to macroautophagy?”
Position after PhD: U.S. Navy Officer Candidate
Department(s): Cell Biology
Thesis lab: Melia lab
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Nandan PanditThesis title: “Mechanical properties of the Arp2/3 complex”
Position after PhD: Life Science Consultant, LEK
Department(s): Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Thesis lab: De La Cruz lab
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Ah Rume ParkThesis title: “Transcriptional regulation by maternal HP1a is essential for Drosophila embryogenesis”
Position after PhD: Lecturer, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University
Current position: Preceptor, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology Department, Harvard University
Department(s): Cell Biology
Thesis lab: H. Lin lab
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Susan PrattThesis title: “Development and implementation of a reversibly-interacting TRAP-peptide pair as a live-cell imaging strategy”
Position after PhD: JD Candidate, Georgetown University Law Center
Department(s): Physics
Thesis lab: Mochrie lab
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Aleksander RebaneThesis title: “Exploring free energy landscapes of SNARE assembly using optical tweezers”
Position after PhD: Postdoctoral Researcher, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Department(s): Physics
Thesis lab: Zhang and Rothman labs
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Jared RovnyThesis title: “New NMR applications and methods: Discrete time crystalline signatuares and accelerated acquisition using iterated maps”
Position after PhD: Postdoctoral Associate, Yale Physics Department
Department(s): Physics
Thesis lab: Barrett lab
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Raphael SarfatiThesis title: “Lipid membrane-mediated interactions between bound particles”
Position after PhD: Postdoc, University of Colorado (Schwartz lab)
Department(s): Applied Physics
Thesis lab: Dufresne lab - now at ETH Zurich
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Nicholas SawyerThesis title: “Modular design and selection of phosphospecific tetraticopeptide repeat affinity proteins”
Position after PhD: Postdoc in the Arora lab at NYU (link).
Department(s): Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Thesis lab: Regan lab
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Tong ShuThesis title: “Molecular mechanisms of regulated SNARE assembly revealed by single-molecule force spectroscopy”
Position after PhD: Postdoctoral Associate, Institute of System Genetics, NYU School of Medicine
Department(s): Physics
Thesis lab: Rothman lab
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Jay StanleyThesis title: “Geometric data organization: Algorithms and applications”
Position after PhD: Postdoctoral Associate, Applied Math, Yale
Department(s): Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Thesis lab: Krishnaswamy lab
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Shira StavThesis title: “Comprehensive discovery of structured noncoding RNAs from individual bacterial genomes”
Position after PhD: Data Analyst at Wells Fargo
Department(s): Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Thesis lab: Breaker lab
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Kyle VanderWerfThesis title: “Geometry and contact mechanics of athermal jammed packings of frictionless spherical and nonspherical particles”
Position after PhD: Technical Staff, MIT Lincoln Lab
Department(s): Physics
Thesis lab: O'Hern lab
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Mary Grace VelascoThesis title: “3D-STED microscopy for deep-tissue applications”
Position after PhD: Abberior Instruments America
Department(s): Biomedical Engineering
Thesis lab: Bewersdorf lab
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Alejandro VirruetaThesis title: “Predicting side chain dihedral angles of protein cores and beyond: An exploration of the limits of the hard-sphere model”
Position after PhD: Software engineer at Airbnb
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Thesis lab: O'Hern and Regan labs
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Hao YanThesis title: “Positional fluctuations in synthetic and living polymer systems”
Department(s): Physics
Thesis lab: Mochrie lab
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Shari YosinskiThesis title: “Electronic particle manipulation for lab-on-chip diagnostics”
Position after PhD: Postdoctoral Associate, Reed lab, Electrical Engineering, Yale
Department(s): Biomedical Engineering
Thesis lab: Reed lab
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Yao ZhaoThesis Title: “Novel methods for optimizing light microscopy and live-cell image analysis”
Position after PhD: Insight Al Program Fellow, Insight Data Science
Current position: Applied Scientist at Microsoft AI & Research
Department(s): Applied Physics
Thesis lab: Mochrie lab
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