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Amander Clark Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
I was recruited to UCLA, Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology and Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine in the Summer of 2006. My training has extended across two continents, namely Australia where I received my PhD in Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Melbourne, and the USA where I received Postdoctoral training at Baylor College of Medicine in mouse genetics, and University of California, San Francisco in human embryonic stem cell research. I look forward to sharing my research interests and experience with the community at UCLA, and recruiting talented personnel to study stem cell and germ cell biology in the laboratory. Download Curriculum Vitae
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Sophia Gkountela PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Sofia received her Degree in Biology from National and Capodistrian University of Athens, Greece in 2003. She then joined the lab of George Diallinas at the same institution in order to further pursue her interests in molecular microbiology. In 2007 she received her PhD on the molecular and functional characterization of nucleobase transporters of the human pathogen Candida albicans. Sofia was, by the time, fascinated by the expanding cosmos of small RNAs and thus joined the lab of Goran Akusjarvi at Uppsala University, Sweden as a postdoctoral in 2007. Once there, she engaged in the structural and functional analysis of miRNAs derived from the type 5 adenovirus associated RNAs. In 2009 Sofia joined our lab as a postdoctoral researcher to study the involvement of miRNAs in germ line specification. Currently, she is trying to elucidate the epigenetic modifications during germ cell specification in mice and humans where she hopes to identify miRNA regulators. In her spare time Sofia enjoys films, cooking experiments and travelling around the globe. |
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Graduate Students |
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John Vincent B.Sc.
Graduate student. Molecular Biology Interdepartmental PhD program
John graduated in the Spring of 2007 from Boston University with honors in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. He became interested in RNA biology while working in the lab of Jim Deshler studying mRNA localization in mammalian neurons. At UCLA, John is continuing to work in the RNA field by examining the role of microRNAs in cancer stem cell and germ cell biology using embryonic stem cells and mouse modeling. Outside of the lab John enjoys music, movies, exploring southern California, and playing beach volleyball with fellow ACCESS classmates.
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Ziwei Li B.Sc.
Graduate student. Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology |
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Marisabel Oliveros B.Sc.
Graduate student. Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology
Marisabel was born in Cali, Colombia. She graduated from California State University, Northridge with a B.A. in biology in 2008. While she studied at that institution, she worked in the laboratory of Michael Summers characterizing genes involved in akinete differentiation in the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme. Following her graduation, she worked in the laboratory of Peter Bradley at UCLA studying one of the proteins that make up the moving junction of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. In the Clark lab, Marisabel studies the niche that will support the maturation of PGCs derived in vitro. She loves boba drinks and trying new types of food! She enjoys going to the movie theatre, watching the World Cups, and taking pictures of successfully stained mouse embryonic gonads
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Joseph Hargan Calvopina B.Sc.
Graduate student. Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology
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Reserach Faculty |
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Sylvia Diaz-Perez PhD.
Assistant Researcher Silvia Received her BS in Biochemical Engineering, MS in Molecular Biology and PhD in Experimental Biology. She has research experience in different science fields, from Archaeas, Fungi, Mouse and Human. Her experience in Epigenetics and Chromatin Structure comes from one of the most interesting aspects of early embryonic development, X inactivation in mammalian cells. I was a postdoctoral for six years in York Marahren’s lab in Human Genetics Department at UCLA. I am interested to study the epigenetic reprogramming of human germ cell. Silvia future carrier goals are doing research in the academia. Silvia is mom of Larisa and Rodrigo and married with Felipe. I like to cook, and enjoy Yoga and swimming. |
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Lab Assistant |
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Serena Lee B.SC. |
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Undergraduate Researchers |
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Sara Taylor |
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Kevin Nee |
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Previous Lab members |
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Xian Liu
Xian received an Amgen Summer Scholarship for reserach on DNA methylation in germ cells derived from embryonic stem cells (2010)
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Anne Lindgren PhD
Anne (Postdoc 2007-2011) is currently an Assistant Researcher at UCLA building a human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cell program in the Laboratory of Professor Sho Lin |
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Gayane Ambartsumyan MD/PhD
Gayane finished her PhD in August 2010. She is currently completing her Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellowship at UCLA
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Deirdre Conway MD.
Deirdre is currently living in San Diego where she is working in private practice and also teaching at UCSD.
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Tae Sub Park PhD
Tae Sub (Postdoc 2006-2009) has returned to South Korea to take up the position of Senior Researcher at Avicore Biotechnology Institute
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Julia Chee Chin B.Sc
Julia graduated in 2009 with a Major in MCDB she is currently completing her Masters at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Julia is the recipient of the Malaysian Flubright Science and Technology Award 2010.
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Jeff Chuang
Jeff received the Dean's Honors Prize for his reserach in the lab on the role of PRMT5 in pluripotent stem cell self renewal (2009)
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Kyle Natsuhara B.Sc
Kyle graduated with a Major in Physiological Sciences and is currently applying to Medical School for 2011
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Jing Wen Tan B.Sc
Jingwen graduated in 2008 with a Major in MCDB she is working towards her Doctorate in Public Health.
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Eric Segal B.Sc
Eric graduated in 2009 with a Major in MCDB. He is currently working in a Biotech company called Biogen Idec in San Diego while applying to Medical School
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Ginette Shen B.Sc
Ginette graduated in 2008 with a Major in MCDB she is now in Dental School in San Francisco.
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Anne Conway B.Sc
After two years as our Lab Manager, Anne left the lab in September 2008 and is now in graduate school at UCSD working towards her PhD
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Raymond Kwan MS.
Staff Reserach Associate II |
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