Grant Gephardt
PhD Student
gwgephar@syr.edu


Grant is studying estrogen signalingand male germ cell tumors

Sudipta Dutta
PhD Student
sudutta@syr.edu

Sudipta joined the BIology PhD program in Fall 2007. She took part in a couple of research projects, one was based on cloning a hemoglobin receptor of Leishmania donovani and then expressing the recombinant protein in a strain of E. coli and its subsequent purification. The other was to investigate the cytotoxic effects caused by the oxidizing effects of a quinone , p-benzoquinone (p-BQ). Mainly p-BQ influenced programmed cell death of a mammalian cell line, A549 cells has been studied in her project. Sudipta’s research interests are cell biology and molecular genetics.

Robin Jones
M.S. Student
rljone02@syr.edu

Robin is a first year graduate student who is also pursuing a PhD in science teaching.

Fangjie Tang
PhD Student
fatang@syr.edu

Fangjie majored in basic medical science at Fudan University as an undergraduate. Her research work there is helping to test a Chinese medicine. Fangjie’s research interest is cell signalling.

Jemella Raymore
Undergraduate Student
jcraymor@syr.edu

Jemella is a senior in the Biology Honors program. She is investigating the function of Estrogen Receptor alpha in mouse oocyte development.

Mary Ann Danosos
Undergraduate Student
mndanoso@syr.edu

MaryAnn is a junior in the distinction of biology program.

Jacqui Fusco
Undergraduate Student
jafusco@syr.edu

Jacqui is a sophomore in the General Honors Program.

Tanya Girgenrath
Undergraduate Student
tgirgenr@syr.edu

Tanya is a sophomore in the General Honors Program.

Nicole Patterson
Lab Technician
nlpatter@syr.edu