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The Ralston Lab

 

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Current Lab Members

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Amy Ralston, Ph.D

Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies

Email: aralston@msu.edu
Phone: 517-432-8743
(full contact info here)

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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

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Shannon Walsh

 Research Associate, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, MSU

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

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Robin Kruger

Postdoctoral Researcher, Cell and Molecular Biology, MSU

Society for Developmental Biology Annual Meeting Best Student Poster Semi-Finalist (July 2020)
Reproductive and Developmental Biology Annual Research Day Best Oral Presentation Award – 1st place (April 2022)
President, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program (May 2022-August 2023)
Community Outreach Chair, Graduate Women In Science Mid-Michigan (August 2021-August 2023)
Co-Chair, MSU Student Faculty Staff Hearing Board (Sept 2020 - Present)
NIH Graduate Trainee, Reproductive and Developmental Sciences Program (2019-2021)
CMB Research Prize (2020)

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

Farina Aziz

 

Farina Aziz

Graduate Student, Cell and Molecular Biology, MSU

Cell and Molecular Biology Research Prize, 2023
DEI coordinator, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Student Organization (August 2022-Present)
COGS representative, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Student Organization (August 2023-Present)
Community Outreach Co-Chair, Graduate Women in Science Mid-Michigan (August 2022-Present)


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

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Marcelio Shammami

Graduate Student, Genetics and Genome Sciences, MSU

NIH Graduate Trainee, Reproductive and Developmental Sciences Program (2023-present)

Email: shammam7@msu.edu
Phone: 517-353-9585

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Ian McCray

Graduate Student, Cell and Molecular Biology, MSU

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

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Alyssa Virola-Iarussi

Graduate Student, Genetics and Genome Sciences, MSU


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

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Ella Markley

Undergraduate Researcher, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, MSU

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

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Barb Makela

Lab Technician, Animal Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, MSU

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

Lab Alumni

  • Talyer Murphy (Graduate Researcher, 2017 - 2023)1
  • Dan O'Hagan (Research Specialist, 2019 - 2022)
  • Jenn Watts1,8,14,15,16 (Graduate Researcher, 2016 - 2021)
  • Alex Moauro (Graduate Researcher and DO student, 2015 - 2022)
  • Anahga Kramadhati12 (Undergraduate Researcher, 2018 - 2019)
  • Madison Noom (Undergraduate Researcher, 2017 - 2018)
  • Kayla Matheny (Undergraduate Researcher, 2017 - 2018)
  • Taylor Arnason (Undergraduate Researcher, 2017 - 2018)
  • Carlos Ferran-Herida (Undergraduate Researcher, 2017 - 2019)
  • Allie Rochon (Undergraduate Researcher, 2017 - 2018)
  • Eli Falk12 (Undergraduate Researcher, 2016-2018)
  • Hannah Guider12 (Undergraduate Researcher, 2016-2018)
    • MSU College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids and East Lansing, MI
  • Matthew Walny (Undergraduate Researcher, 2015 - 2018)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Jamie Maurice5 (Undergraduate Researcher, 2014-2016)
    • Wayne State University Pathologists Assistant Program, Detroit, MI
  • Allyson Lokken8,10,11 (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014- 2017)
  • 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)
  • Anthony Parenti6,7,8,9 (Doctoral Student, 2010 - 2016)
    • UC Davis School of Law, Davis , CA
  • Tiffani Medina (Research Specialist, 2010 - 2011)
  • Andrew Forster (Undergraduate Researcher, 2010)
  • Tristan Frum1,6,8,10,13 (Doctoral Student, 2019 - 2014; Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014-2019)
    • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  • 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 
12Lyman Briggs College, MSU
13Best Oral Presentation Prize Recipient
14BMB Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
15Graduate Facilitator, Summer Research Opportunities Program
16National Member, Graduate Women in Science
17Alliance for Graduate Education and Professoriate

More Lab Pics

 

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AGEP on Capitol Hill

Jenn at the Capitol

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ralston lab spring 2017

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Cold Spring Harbor Lab Pic 2016

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