Orion Weiner
Principal Investigator
orion.weiner@ucsf.edu
Henry De Belly
Postdoc | henry.debelly@ucsf.edu
Membrane tension, Actin, Membrane-to-cortex attachment, Cell polarity, Optogenetics, Cell migration
Kate Cavanaugh
Postdoc | kate.cavanaugh@ucsf.edu
Pre-implantation embryo mechanics, Mechanotransduction, Cell fate logic
Rosheni Kandaswamy
Research Associate | rosheni.kandaswamy@ucsf.edu
Neutrophil swarming, Primary immune cells, Model system comparisons
Nitya Kopparapu
PhD student | nitya.kopparapu@ucsf.edu
Collective cell migration, Immune cell interactions, Neutrophil swarming
Nicholas Martin
Postdoc | nicholas.martin@ucsf.edu
Cell migration, Cell shape, Mechanosensation
Shivani Pandey
PhD student | shivani.pandey@ucsf.edu
Cell migration, Membrane charge, Cell polarity
Elysse Phillips
PhD student | elysse.phillips@ucsf.edu
Embryo implantation, Symmetry breaking, Cell mechanics and fate
Sneha Rao
PhD Student | sneha.rao@ucsf.edu
Early embryo cell fate decisions, Signaling dynamics, Mechanics
David Sanchez Godinez
PhD student | david.sanchezgodinez@ucsf.edu
Epithelial cell migration, Polarity coordination, Optogenetics
Henry Scott
PhD student | henry.scott@ucsf.edu
De novo protein design, Cell-cell signaling, Multicellular signal coordination
Sue Sim
Postdoc | sue.sim@ucsf.edu
Cell shape, Actin regulators, Protein self-organization
Evelyn Strickland
PhD student | evelyn.strickland@ucsf.edu
Neutrophil swarming, Primary immune cells, T-cells
Zhidong Tan
PhD student | zhidong.tan@ucsf.edu
T-cell signaling, Cell-cell interfaces
Ben Winer
Postdoc | ben.y.winer@gmail.com
Plasma membrane homeostasis, Immune cell physiology
Muziyue Wu
PhD student | muziyue.wu@ucsf.edu
Cell morphogenesis, Actin regulators, Membrane curvature, Synthetic cell biology
Patrick Zager
PhD student | patrick.zager@ucsf.edu
Cell shape, 3D imaging, Cell mechanics, Membrane Tension
ALUMNI
| NAME | CURRENT POSITION | ORIGINAL POSITION IN LAB |
|---|---|---|
| Kirstin Meyer | Assistant Professor, Yale University | Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Suvrajit Saha | Senior Scientist, Calico Labs | Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Brian Graziano | Senior Scientist I, Jnana Therapeutics | Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Jeffrey Alexander | Liver Research Lead, Spark Therapeutics | Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Stephanie Woo | Assistant Professor, University of California, Merced | Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Clare Buckley | Group Leader, University of Cambridge, Department of Physiology | EMBO Postdoc |
| Alba Diz-Muñoz | Group Leader, EMBL, Heidelberg Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit | Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Jared Toettcher | Associate Professor, Princeton, Department of Molecular Biology | Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Delquin Gong | Senior Program Manager, Aging Research, Calico; delquin@stanfordalumni.org | Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Oliver Hoeller | Scientific Illustrator | Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Tamas Nagy | Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA, Thomas Rando Lab | Graduate Student |
| Jason Town | Scientist 3, Genentech | Graduate Student |
| Derek Britain | Scientist, Renasant Bio | Graduate Student |
| Rachel Brunetti | Scientist, Sana Biotechnology | Graduate Student |
| Anne Pipathsouk | Scientist, Fountain Therapeutics | Graduate Student |
| Doug Tischer | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington, David Baker Lab, tischered@gmail.com | Graduate Student |
| Justin Mclaurin | Consultant, ZS Associates; jdmclaurin1@gmail.com | Graduate Student |
| Zairan Liu | Associate Principal, IQVIA; liuzairan@gmail.com | Graduate Student |
| Miriam Genuth | Postdoctoral Scholar, Yale, Holley Lab | Graduate Student |
| Anna Reade | Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council | Graduate Student |
| Anna Payne-Tobin Jost | Associate Director of Imaging Education, Harvard Medical School | Graduate Student |
| Julie Wu | Resident (Hematology/Oncology), Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University | Graduate Student |
| Sheel Dandekar | Data Scientist, Social Good at Facebook; sheel.dandekar@gmail.com | Graduate Student |
| Andrew Houk | Scientist, Fate Therapeutics; houksyndrome@gmail.com | Graduate Student |
| Arthur Millius | Visiting Research Fellow at Riken; amillius@gmail.com | Graduate Student |
| Dorothy Estrada | Graduate Student, University of Oregon; dest@uoregon.edu | Research Associate |
| Grace Yun | Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub | Research Associate |
| Natasha Puri | Graduate Student, Tetrad Program, UCSF; Natasha.Puri@ucsf.edu | Research Associate |
| Sana Chintamen | Graduate Student, Neuroscience Program, Columbia University; sana.chintamen@ucsf.edu | Research Associate |
| Anna Goldberg | Medical School, University of Colorado; argoldbe@gmail.com | Research Associate |
| Grace Peng | Graduate Student, Tetrad Program, UCSF, Von Zastrow Lab; grace.peng@ucsf.edu | Research Associate |
| Sarah Wilson | Graduate Student, MCB, Berkeley; lambda450@berkeley.edu | Research Associate |
| Shuaixin He | Graduate Student, Johns Hopkins University, Bin Wu Lab | Visiting Undergraduate |
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