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The Ralston Lab
Current Lab Members
Amy Ralston, Ph.D James K. Billman, Jr., M.D. Endowed Professor and Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Email: aralston@msu.edu Phone: 517-432-8743 (full contact info here)
Tristan Frum Postdoctoral Fellow, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, MSU Best Postdoc Oral Presentation, Midwest SDB Meeting (2016) Poster Prize, Midwestern SDB Meeting (2015) CIRM Predoctoral Scholar (2013-2014) ASCB Travel Award Recipient (2013) NIH Graduate Trainee (2010-12) Poster Prize, West Coast SDB Meeting (2011) Email: tfrum@msu.edu Phone: 517-353-9585
Michael Halbisen Research Associate, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, MSU PIAFDS (2014-present) CIRM Postdoctoral Scholar (2010-2013) Email: halbisen@msu.edu Phone: 517-353-9585
Jenn Watts Graduate Student, Physiology, MSU NIH Graduate Trainee, Reproductive and Developmental Sciences Program (2017) Graduate Facilitator, Summer Research Opportunities Program (2016-present) National Member, Graduate Women in Science (2016-present) Alliance for Graduate Education and Professoriate (2016-present) Email: wattsje3@msu.edu Phone: 517-353-9585
Alex Moauro DO/PhD Student, Physiology, MSU Email: moauroal@msu.edu Phone: 517-353-9585
Matthew Walny Undergraduate Researcher, Pre-Nursing, MSU Email:walnyma1@msu.edu Phone: 517-353-9585
Kayla Matheny Undergraduate Researcher, Genomics and Molecular Genetics, MSU Email:matheny6@msu.edu Phone: 517-353-9585
Eli Falk Undergraduate Researcher, Lyman Briggs, MSU Email:falkeli@msu.edu Phone: 517-353-9585
Hannah Guider Undergraduate Researcher, Genomics and Molecular Genetics, MSU Email:guiderha@msu.edu Phone: 517-353-9585
Allie Rochon Undergraduate Researcher, Microbiology, MSU Email:rochonal@msu.edu Phone: 517-353-9585
Taylor Arnason Undergraduate Researcher, Human Biology, Honors College, MSU Deans List (2015-present) MSU Tower Guard (2016-present) Email:arnasont@msu.edu Phone: 517-353-9585
Lab Alumni Allyson Lokken^8,10,11 (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014 - 2017) Miranda Rogers (Research Specialist, 2016 - 2017) Allie Mohr (Undergraduate Researcher, 2016 - 2017) Mary Alsheikh (Undergraduate Researcher, 2016 - 2017) Sreya Modepalli (Undergraduate Researcher, 2016 - 2017) Feng Xie (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2016 - 2017) Anthony Parenti^6,7,8,9 (Doctoral Student, 2010 - 2016) UC Davis School of Law, Davis , CA Jamie Maurice⁵ (Undergraduate Researcher, 2014-2016) Pathologists Assistant Program, Wayne State University, MI Will Garcia (Undergraduate Researcher, 2015-2016) University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry, Detroit, MI Blake Geraltowski (Undergraduate Researcher, 2015-2016) Patty Glover (Undergraduate Researcher, 2015-2016) Heidi Molga (Honor's Thesis, 2013-2014) Roberto Lopez-Cervera⁴ (Undergraduate Researcher, 2013 - 2014) Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education Post Baccalaureate Research Education Program, Minneapolis, MN Amit Weiss (Undergraduate Researcher and Research Specialist, 2012 - 2014) UC Berkeley Graduate Program in Molecular and Cell Biology, Berkeley, CA Leesa Hogan Hatfield² (Undergraduate Summer Researcher, 2013) Gavilan College, Gilroy, CA Margaret Donovan³ (Undergraduate Researcher, 2012 - 2013) Illumina, Inc., San Diego, CA Eryn Wicklow (Undergraduate Researcher and Research Specialist, 2011 - 2013) UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA Neeloufar Tabatabai-Yazdi (Undergraduate Researcher, 2011 - 2013) Andrea Quinones-Rivera (Undergraduate Researcher, 2011-2012) UC San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA Sophia Petraki² (Undergraduate Researcher, 2011-2012) Tiffani Medina (Research Specialist, 2010 - 2011) Andrew Forster (Undergraduate Researcher, 2010) Stephanie Blij¹ (Doctoral Student, 2009 - 2014) UC Hastings College of Law, San Francisco , CA Lane Sharon (Research Specialist, 2009 - 2010) Aliye Sarmasik (Research Specialist, 2009 - 2010) ¹NIH Graduate Trainee ²SACNAS Travel Award Recipient ³Dean's Undergraduate Thesis Award Recipient ⁴Undergraduate Research Award Recipient ⁵BMB Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award Recipient ⁶CIRM Sholar ⁷CIRM SCILL Program ⁸Poster Prize Recipient ⁹BMB Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award Recipient ¹⁰Travel Award Recipient ¹¹NIH NICHD Loan Repayment Program