Principal Investigator
Carlo Condello, PhD (he/him)
[email protected]
UCSF profile
Education
Ph.D. Neuroscience, Northwestern University (2011)
Postdoctoral fellows
Erika Castillo, PhD (she/her)
[email protected]
UCSF profile
Education
B.S. Genetics and Biotechnology, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru (2008)
Ph.D. Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan (2018)
Research interests: Molecular mechanisms of microglial activation & neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease
Hobbies: Outside the lab, I have a fulfilling personal project @cienciagenerika on social media platforms where I convey easy-to-understand science to the Hispanic community.
Hyunjun Yang, PhD (he/him)
Hyunjun.Yang@ucsf.edu
UCSF profile
Education
B.S. Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison (2012)
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, University of California, Irvine (2019)
Research interests
design, synthesis, and study of chemical tools that enable identification of toxic prion conformations
Hobbies: Golf
Graduate Students
Ian Steele (he/him)
[email protected]
Education:
B.S. Pharmacology, University of California, Santa Barbara (2017)
Research interests: Using in vivo/in vitro models and patient samples to study the cellular processes and molecular mechanisms driving selective vulnerability in neurodegeneration
Hobbies: Exploring Bay Area trails with my dog and fiancée, Hiking/camping/backpacking, snowboarding, consuming craft beer
Stephanie Huard (she/her)
[email protected]
Education
B.S. Biology and Philosophy, California Institute of Technology (2018)
Research interests
Neuroimmune interactions in the context of protein aggregation, sex-based differences and similarities in microglia, neurodegenerative and neuroprotective roles of microglia
Hobbies: Hiking, cooking, games (of the board and video varieties), cats, advocacy
Research Assistants
Brianna Rivera (she/her)
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Education
B.S Biochemistry, San Francisco State University (2018)
Research interests
Glial cells
Miranda Sullivan (she/her)
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Education
B.S. Cell & Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara (2019)
Research interests
cancer, immunology, genetics
Hobbies: hiking/outdoor activities, art & painting, reading
Marie Shi (she/her)
[email protected]
Education
B.A. Cognitive Science and Molecular Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley (2021)
Research interests
Neurobiological basis of brain disorders
Hobbies: baking, traveling, and word games
Alumni
Name
Title
Current Placement and Title
Christoffer Caro
Research Assistant
University of California, Los Angeles, Graduate student
Weizhou Yue
Annalise Bond
Isabella Buchter
Madhy Garcia
Noah Johnson
Peng "Paul" Yuan
Research Assistant
Research Assitant
Visiting Scholar
Research Assistant
Post-doc
Staff Scientist
University of Rhode Island, Graduate student
University of California, Santa Barbara, Graduate student
Whitman College, Undergraduate student
University of California, Irvine, Graduate student
University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Instructor
Fudan University (Shanghai), Assistant Professor