![]() Description of project: I'm an electrical engineer by training, but I got interested in how cells solve engineering problems, which I view as fundamentally interesting but also potentially as the key to learning how to harness cells for engineering purposes. My main focus is on how geometry arises within cells, as well as how cells perform computations and behaviors. Ask me about: Weird unicellular organisms, Quantitative Cell Biology
When I'm not doing science, I enjoy: Reading, trying to play the piano, machining, electronics and robotics
For more, follow me on Twitter @WallaceUCSF
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Description of project: My general interests are in understanding how cells control the size of their organelles. As a model system for size control, I study cilia/flagella of both cultured mammalian cells and the unicellular green alga, Chlamydomonas using quantitative live-cell imaging and analysis. Ask me about: Cilia and flagella. Chlamydomonas. Most of general molecular biology, biochemistry and cell biology experiments.
When I'm not doing science, I enjoy: Reading, cooking, walking, taking photos, and playing with my son.
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Mary Mirvis, Postdoctoral Fellow Description of project: How is the cellular interior organized? I want to understand how the spatial and mechanical interactions between organelles contribute to cytoplasmic patterning in yeast using image-based modeling and biophysical simulations. Ask me about: (your scientific expertise/interests) - organelles, cytoskeleton, confocal microscopy, live cell imaging, image analysis, cell biology/systems biology When I'm not doing science I enjoy: reading all kinds of things, yoga, trail running & hanging out in the woods, learning astronomy & stargazing, trying and failing to teach my cat tricks, bullet journaling and calligraphy |
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![]() Ambika Nadkarni, postdoc (joint with Sindy Tang Lab, Dept. Mechanical Engineering, Stanford) Description of project: mechanism of wound healing in Stentor
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![]() Description of project: mRNA regionalization as a patterning mechanism in Stentor.
i like weird cells and i cannot lie postdoc
@WallaceUcsf | @SF_IRACDA scholar | PhD @BerkeleyMCB @mbeisen | #FirstGen | UG @UNC_Biology | she/her
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![]() Description of project: Quantitative analysis of flagellar length control in Chlamydomonas using image analysis, modeling, and tools from Information Theory |
Description of project: I use imaging and micromanipulation techniques to study dynamics of the cytoskeleton and cytoplasm. I'm interested in mixing driven by amoeboid motility as well as turnover and re-use of cytoskeletal proteins during Stentor growth and regeneration. |
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Description of project: I study the molecular basis of pattern formation and regeneration in Stentor, with a focus on the role of SFI1 proteins and the E2F pathway in controlling the spatial and temporal process of rebuilding cellular structure |
Deepa Rajan, MD/PhD student Description of project: exploring the basis of cognition in cells using Stentor |
![]() Yina Hudnall, Post-bac researcher Description of project: Function of regionalized mRNA in Stentor |
![]() Raphael Mostov, Post-bac researcher Description of project: using graph theory and abstract algebra to understand mitochondrial network geometry |
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Lab Alumni
Former Postdoctoral Fellows
Shigenori Nonaka Associate Professor, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki Japan
Susanne Rafelski Deputy Director, Allen Institute for Cell Science (formerly, Assistant Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology, UC Irvine)
Juliette Azimzadeh Group Leader, Institute Jacques Monod, Paris, France
Nan Tang Associate Professor, National Institute of Biological Science (NIBS), Beijing, China
Prachee Avasthi
Cofounder and CSO, Arcadia Science (formerly, Associate Professor of Biology, Dartmouth University)
Mark Chan
Assistant Professor, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Guillermina Ramirez-San Juan
Assistant Professor, EPFL (formerly assistant professor, Dept. Biology, Brandeis University)
Sarah Reiff
Data curator, 4D Nucleome Data Coordination and Integration Center, Harvard Medical School
Pranidhi Sood
Computational Biologist, Calico
Tatyana Makushok
Computational scientist - Altos Labs
Former Graduate Students
Jessica Feldman Associate Professor, Dept. Biology, Stanford University
Benjamin Engel Assistant Professor, University of Basel, Switzerland
Will Ludington Associate Professor, Dept. Biology, Johns Hopkins University
Mark Slabodnick Assistant Professor, Dept. Biology, Knox College
Lani Keller Wu Tsai Endowed Chair of Science, Bishops School, La Jolla,CA
Zachary Apte Founder and CSO of uBiome
Kim Wemmer Senior Scientist, Zymogen
Elisa Kannegaard Former Grad Student
Jacob Kimmel Founder and Head of Research, NewLimit
Amy Chang Computational Biologist, UC Laboratory for Genomics Research, San Francisco, CA
Athena Lin Staff Scientist, Lucira
David Bauer Software Developer, Image Analysis, BioRad
Nathan Hendel Software engineer, BioRad
Rebecca McGillivary Postdoc, UC Davis, Starr/Luxton group
Karina Perlaza Staff Scientist, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Erik Navarro Computational Biologist, Altos Labs
Greyson Lewis Computational Biologist, UC Laboratory for Genomics Reseach
Gav Sturm Computational Biologist, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Former post-bac students
Ph.D. Student, Oregon State University