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Current Lab Personnel
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Peggy Goodell, Ph.D.
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Position: |
Associate Professor |
| Founded the lab: |
July 1997 |
| Education: |
B.S. – Imperial College of Science & Technology, London, 1986
Ph.D. – University of Cambridge, England, 1991
Postdoc, Whitehead Institute, MIT, 1996
Postdoc, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1997
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| Research: |
Hematopoietic stem cell biology |
| E-mail: |
goodell@bcm.edu |
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| Chris Benton, M.D. |
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Position: |
MeRIT Scholars Program |
| (Re) Joined the lab: |
July 2007 |
| Education: |
M.D. – Baylor College of Medicine, 2005
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| Project: |
Transcription factors involved in HSC regulation |
| E-mail: |
cbbenton@bcm.edu |
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| Nathan Boles, Ph.D. |
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Position: |
Graduate Student, CMB program |
| Joined the lab: |
May 2004 |
| Education: |
B.S. – University of South Alabama, 2003 |
| Project: |
Discovering the intricacies of the hematopoietic stem cell niche |
| E-mail: |
nb144302@bcm.edu |
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| Grant Challen, Ph.D. |
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Position: |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Joined the lab: |
April 2006 |
| Education |
Ph.D. - 2006 - University of Queensland |
| Project: |
Human stem cells in hematopoiesis |
| Email: |
gachalle@bcm.edu |
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| Katherine King, M.D., Ph.D. |
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Position: |
Pediatrics Infectious Disease Fellow |
| Joined the lab: |
October 2007 |
| Education: |
Ph.D. – Washington University, 2001
M.D. – Washington University, 2003 |
| Project: |
Infection and the HSC |
| E-mail: |
kyk@bcm.edu |
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| Amy Lakin |
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Position: |
Administrative Assistant |
| Joined the lab: |
March 2006 |
| E-mail: |
alakin@bcm.tmc.edu |
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| Karen Lin |
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Position: |
Graduate Student, Department of Immunology |
| Joined the lab: |
May 2003 |
| Education: |
B.S. – National Taiwan University, 2000 |
| Project: |
Identification of molecules regulating hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal |
| E-mail: |
kl139925@bcm.edu |
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| Georgi Lukov, M.D., Ph.D. |
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Position: |
Postdoctoral Associate |
| Joined the lab: |
December 2005 |
| Education: |
M.D. - Higher Medical Institue - Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 1997
Ph.D. - Brigham Young University, 2005 |
| Project: |
Leukemia promoting role of bHLH transcription factors |
| E-mail: |
lukov@bcm.edu |
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| Rui (Mary) Mao |
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Position: |
Project intern |
| Joined the lab: |
June 2007 |
| Education: |
current undergraduate student at Rice University |
| Project: |
Hepatocyte regeneration via hematopoietic cells |
| E-mail: |
rmao@bcm.edu |
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| Allison Rosen |
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Position: |
Lab manager, research technician |
| Joined the lab: |
September 2005 |
| Education: |
B.S. - Texas A&M, 2002
M.S. - Sam Houston State, 2004 |
| Project: |
hESC culture |
| E-mail: |
ar1@bcm.edu |
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| Olga Sirin |
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Position: |
Graduate student, Molecular and Human Genetics |
| Joined the lab: |
June 2004 |
| Education: |
B.S./M.S. – Umea University, Sweden, 2000 |
| Project: |
Regulation of HSC quiescence |
| E-mail: |
os144327@bcm.edu |
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| George Souroullas |
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Position: |
Graduate student, Molecular and Human Genetics |
| Joined the lab: |
May 2005 |
| Education: |
B.A. – Ohio Wesleyan University, 2004 |
| Project: |
Transcription factors involved in hematopoietic stem cell regulation |
| E-mail: |
gs147976@bcm.edu |
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| Megan Tierney |
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Position: |
M.D./Ph.D. Student, Molecular and Human Genetics |
| Joined the lab: |
May 2006 |
| Education: |
B.A. – Rice University, 2003 |
| Project: |
Regulation of HSC differentiation and proliferative response |
| E-mail: |
mt144216@bcm.edu |
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| Aysegul Verim |
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Position: |
Graduate student, Developmental Biology Program |
| Joined the lab: |
May 2007 |
| Education: |
B.Sc. – Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2004
M.S. – Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2006 |
| Project: |
Aging in HSCs |
| E-mail: |
verim@bcm.edu |
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| Shi-Hua Wu |
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Position: |
Project intern |
| Joined the lab: |
May 2009 |
| Education: |
current undergraduate student at Rice University |
| Project: |
Regulation of HSC proliferative response |
| E-mail: |
shihuaw@bcm.edu |
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| Wendy Zheng |
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Position: |
Senior Technician |
| Joined the lab: |
2001 |
| Education: |
B.S. – Shanghai Second Medical College, China |
| Project: |
Biology of SP cells |
| E-mail: |
yzheng@bcm.edu |
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| Fabian Zohren, M.D. |
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Position: |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Joined the lab: |
April 2009 |
| Education: |
M.D. - Heinrich-Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany, 2004 |
| Project: |
Hematopoietic stem cell biology |
| E-mail: |
zohren@bcm.edu |
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