Team
Lab Members
(alphabetical)
Dhruv Agarwal
Graduate Student
Specialization: Deep Learning
Eric Arkfeld
Graduate Student
Specialization: Cellular Simulation & Deep Learning
Mehul Arora
Graduate Student
Specialization: Deep Learning
Elizabeth De Schouwer
Undergraduate Student
Specialization: iPSCs & CRISPR
Hiroyuki Hakozaki
"Super microscope engineer"
Senior Development Engineer
Specialization: Optical Physics, AO-LLSM
Gillian McMahon
Graduate Student
Specialization: Microfluidics, 2D/3D Cell Biology
Lisa Ilyin
Graduate Student
Specialization: Patient-Derived Cells, Deep Learning,
Marta Medina-Carbonero
Postdoc
Specialization: Brain Organoids, Development
Andre Modolo
Graduate Student
Specialization: Brain Organoids, Next generation Microscopy
Natalia Shields
Undergraduate Student
Specialization: Mitochondria & Intestinal Organoids
Pham Vo
Graduate Student (joint with Gutkind Lab)
Specialization: Mitochondrial Biology
Zachary Wang
Graduate Student
Specialization: 4D LLSM data processing & algorithm development, 4D Mitochondria Cell Biology
Alumni
Ashley Lin
Undergraduate Student
Specialization: Molecular Biology / CRISPR
Neal Brook
Undergraduate Student
Specialization: Molecular Biology / CRISPR
Anna Sim
Undergraduate Student
Specialization: Deep Learning
McKenna Rude
Undergraduate Student
Specialization: Lab Management, Brain Development
Noura Yassir
Undergraduate Student
2022 Undergraduate Research Award & California Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (CAMP) Award
Specialization: Cell Culture
Parth Natekar
Graduate Student
Specialization: Deep Learning
Challana Tea
Science Research Associate / Lab Manager
Specialization: Brain organoid pharmacology
Savannah Kane
Undergraduate Student
Specialization: Cell Culture
Madison Nguyen
Undergraduate Student
Specialization: Lab Management
Vas Sengupta
Undergraduate Student
Specialization: 4D LLSM data visualization
Selle Bandstra
Graduate Student
Specialization: Deep learning
Sharon Tamir
Lab Manager
Specialization: Brain organoid pharmacology & microfluidics
Now MD/PHD student at University of Cincinatti
Mascot
Duck
Lab Mascot
Specialization: Serving as the host to our daily coffee, tea, cookie, and fish feeding time ☕️🍵🍪🐟
Lab Events
2023-10-06: UCSD Challenge Course
2023-04-07: Whale watching trip - thank you Gone Whale Watching team!
2022-04-22: Escape Room Party
2021-10-29: Pumpkin Carving Party
2021-04-27: La Jolla Shores Kayak Tour & BBQ Party