Leon McSwain, BS
Education: Graduate student, Emory University Cancer Biology PhD Program
Current Project: Studying how phosphorylation of the small DNA/RNA/protein binding factor YB1 regulates is role in DNA damage repair and RNA interactions. YB1 is a downstream effector of Yes-associated protein and is up-regulated in medulloblastoma
Fun Fact: President of the Emory Spokes Council (cycling advocacy group)
Email: leon.foy.mcswain@emory.edu
Victor Chen
Education: Undergraduate student, Emory University
Current Project: Preparing wild-type and phospho-mutant YB1 retroviruses
Email: victor.zilong.chen@emory.edu
Tiffany Huang
Education: Undergraduate student, Emory University
Current Project: Studying how NADPH Oxidase 4 (NOX4) contributes to medulloblastoma growth and radiation resistance
Email: tiffany.huang@emory.edu
Anu Dhanashekar
Education: Undergraduate student, Emory University
Current Project: Learning cell biology laboratory skills and assisting with a number of projects
Email: anu.dhanashekar@emory.edu
Alumni Lab Members
Bobby Bhatia, PhD
Dane Campbell, MD
Abhinav Dey, PhD
James Felker, MD
Africa Fernandez-Lopez, PhD
Anshu Malhotra, PhD
Victor Maximov, PhD
Susana Parathath, PhD
Chad Potts, BS
Lori Mainwaring Ramkissoon, PhD
Hope Robinson, PhD
Caroline Roe, BS
Rachel Rotenberry, BS
Nithya Shanmugam (pre-med student)
Yun Wei, PhD