People

Principal Investigator

EDWARD MARCOTTE

Office: MBB 3.148BA Phone: (512)471-5435 Fax: (512)232-3472

Affiliations
Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology
Department of Molecular Biosciences
Institute for Cellular & Molecular Biology (ICMB)

Zack (in a category by himself!)

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ZACK BOOTH SIMPSON Office: occasionally MBB 3.148 Fellow, Artist in residence; Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology Personal Pages: http://www.mine-control.com/zack/ and http://www.mine-control.com/ Hear about Zack on the Studio360 radio show (full link) or read about him in Science magazine. Zack's latest project is Appsoma, an open environment for scientific cloud computing.

Research scientists, associates, and fellows

ANGELA M. BARDO Office: MBB 3.128B Postdoc Microscopy Core Facility Director, University of Texas at Austin Postdoc Optical Technology Div. NIST Ph.D. (Analytical Chemistry) Kansas State University B.S. (Chemistry) Truman State University

ANNA BATTENHOUSE Office: MBB 3.106 Commercial Software Developer B.S. Biochemistry, University of Texas B.A. English Literature, Carleton College

DANIEL BOUTZ Office: MBB 3.128A Postdoc The University of Texas at Austin Ph.D. UCLA

OPHELIA PAPOULAS Office: MBB 3.148B Postdoc Stanford University Postdoc University of California at Santa Cruz Ph.D. (Cell and Developmental Biology) Harvard University, Division of Medical Sciences B.A. Wesleyan University

JAGANNATH SWAMINATHAN Office: MBB 3.128B Postdoc The University of Texas at Austin Ph.D. The University of Texas at Austin

Postdoctoral fellows

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NAYELI G. REYES-NAVA Office: PAT 216 Ph.D. Biosciences, University of Texas at El Paso B.S. Biology, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México Nayeli is a joint postdoctoral fellow in the Marcotte and Wallingford labs. As a graduate student, she developed a deep interest in developmental biology and proteomics, which led her to UT. Her current research focuses on investigating rare genetic disorders that disrupt cilia—tiny hair-like cellular structures essential for development and health. She combines cell and molecular biology with proteomics to uncover the mechanisms underlying ciliopathies. Outside the lab, she enjoys tending to her plants and exploring Austin with her 4-pound Yorkie sidekick, Chewbacca.

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BIJUN TANG Office: MBB 3.128AB Ph.D. Department of Biochemistry, Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK M.Phil. Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK B.A. Natural Science, University of Cambridge, UK Bijun is a postdoctoral fellow co-advised in the Ellington Lab. She is passionate about leveraging computational tools for the de novo design of protein structures and functions. Her research focuses on integrating computational modeling with cell biology techniques to explore innovative approaches for therapeutic development. Previously, Bijun worked on developing biosensors for plant phytohormones, enhancing spatiotemporal resolution to study host responses to biotic stress in vivo. Outside the lab, she can be found swinging a racket in any sport, getting lost in deep philosophical musings, or playing music just for the joy of it.

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VY DANG Office: MBB 3.128AB Ph.D. Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin B.S. Biochemistry & Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle Vy embarked on her journey of joining the dark side of proteomics since 2019. Her passion for comparative genomics significantly shapes her research focus, particularly her major thesis project—constructing a comprehensive protein-protein interaction map in the vertebrate brain. Vy is actively investigating innovative methodologies and techniques to enhance the study of protein-protein interactions in general. Outside the lab, Vy is a full-time procrastinating baker and a part-time collector of things.

Graduate students

RACHAEL COX Office: MBB 3.128B B.S. Chemistry, Texas A&M University

VY DANG Office: MBB 3.128A B.S. University of Washington

BRENDAN FLOYD Office: MBB 3.128B B.S. Microbiology, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

RIDDHIMAN GARGE Office: MBB 3.128AA B.Eng. Biotechnology, M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India Researcher National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore, India

JANELLE LEGGERE Office: MBB 3.128A B.S. Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder

CAITIE MCCAFFERTY Office: MBB 3.128B B.S. Chemistry, University of Maryland Postbaccalaureate Fellow National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

CLAIRE MCWHITE Office: MBB 3.128A B.S. Biochemistry and Cell Biology, with Distinction in Research, Rice University Intern, Researcher National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

COLLEEN MULVIHILL Office: MBB 3.128A B.A. Environmental Science, Barnard College

MEGHANA PALUKURI Office: MBB 3.128A B.Tech, M.Tech Chemical engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)

MOMO SAE-LEE Office: MBB 3.128B

MATTHEW SMITH Office: MBB 3.128B B.S. Applied Math and Computer Science, Brown University

ERIC VERBEKE Office: MBB 3.128B B.S. Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder Guest Researcher National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) at Boulder, Molecular and BioPhotonics Group

Undergraduate Students

SOPHIE CURIE Office: MBB 3.128A Candidate for Bachelor of Science and Arts in Biology, Honors, University of Texas at Austin Research intern Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Boston Research intern Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

GABRIEL HOOGERBRUGGE Office: MBB 3.128 Candidate for B.S. Computational Biology, University of Texas at Austin

MALYN SELINIDIS Office: MBB 3.128 Candidate for B.S. in Biochemistry and Computational Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin