People

The Ralston Lab

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From left to right: Mike Halbisen, Tristan Frum, Tony Parenti, Amy Ralston, Alyson Lokken, Vanessa Benham (rotation student)

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

Poster Prize, Midwestern Society for Developmental Biology Meeting (2015)
CIRM Predoctoral Scholar (2013-2014)
ASCB Travel Award Recipient (2013)
NIH Graduate Trainee (2010-12)
Poster Prize, West Coast Society for Developmental Biology 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

Alyson Lokken

Postdoctoral Fellow, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, MSU

Poster Prize, Michigan Alliance for Reproductive Technologies and Science Conference (2015)
Loyola University Medical Center Oncology Institute Graduate Student Scholarship (2011-2012)
Email: lokkenal@msu.edu
Phone: 517-353-9585

Feng Xie

Postdoctoral Fellow, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, MSU

Email: fxie@msu.edu
Phone: 517-353-9585

Jenn Watts

Graduate Student (Rotation), Cell and Molecular Biology Program, MSU

Email: wattsje3@msu.edu
Phone: 517-353-9585

Alex Moauro

Graduate Student (Rotation), Cell and Molecular Biology Program, MSU

Email: moauroal@msu.edu
Phone: 517-353-9585

Allie Mohr

Undergraduate Researcher, Biochemistry and Human Biology, MSU

Email:mohr.g.allie@msu.edu
Phone: 517-353-9585

Mary Alsheikh

Undergraduate Researcher, Genomics and Molecular Genetics, MSU

Email:alsheik4@msu.edu
Phone: 517-353-9585

Matthew Walny

Undergraduate Researcher, Pre-Nursing, MSU

Email:walnyma1@msu.edu
Phone: 517-353-9585

Sreya Modepalli

Undergraduate Researcher, Biochemistry, MSU

Email:modepal1@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

Lab Alumni

Anthony Parenti^6,7,8,9 (Doctoral Student, 2010 - 2016)
- UC Davis School of Law, Davis , CA
Jamie Maurice⁵ (Undergraduate Researcher, 2014-2016)
- Medical Laboratory Student, ProMedica
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)