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Our Doctoral Program Students

Adella Guidroz

Undergraduate information:
School:
Nicholls State University
Year of graduation
2021

Graduate School information:
Year of enrollment
2022

Current Principal Investigator
Stryder Meadows

Dissertation topic
Assessing mosaicism and vascular integrity in HHT-AVM mouse models

Interests/hobbies:
reading, playing trivia, trying new coffee shops


 

Kylie Browne

Undergraduate information:
School
Johns Hopkins University

Year of graduation
2018

Graduate School information
Tulane University

Year of enrollment
2019

Principal Investigator
Stryder Meadows

Dissertation topic
Characterizing venous malformation formation and behavior in a Pik3ca-mutant murine model.
Assessing effects of Pik3ca mutation in arteries versus veins for mechanisms relating to vessel-specific malformation onset.
Identifying alternative therapeutic targets for venous malformations.

Interests/hobbies
Writing, video gaming, bonsai novice


 

Qi Zhou

Undergraduate information

School
Henan Agriculture University

Year of graduation
2014

Graduate school information

Year of enrollment
2019 for Master program. 2021 for Ph.D program.

Current principal investigator
Shusheng Wang

Dissertation topics
Senescence and AMD disease.

Interests: Seeing the sea, Riding motorcycle, thinking.


 

Garrett Bartoletti

Undergraduate information
School: Tulane University
Year of graduation: 2017

Graduate School information
Year of enrollment
2019

Current Principal Investigator
Dr. Fenglei He

Dissertation topic
Investigating the role of Pdgfra in calvaria bone and cartilage development

Publications
Bartoletti G, Dong C, Umar M, He F. Pdgfra regulates multipotent cell differentiation towards chondrocytes via inhibiting Wnt9a/beta-catenin pathway during chondrocranial cartilage development. Dev Bio. 2020. Pubmed.

Dong C, Umar M, Bartoletti G, Gahankari A, Fidelak L, He F. Expression pattern of Kmt2d in murine craniofacial tissues. Gene Expr Patterns. 2019. Pubmed.

Gahankari A, Dong C, Bartoletti G, Galazo M, He F. Deregulated Rac1 activity in neural crest controls cell proliferation, migration and differentiation during midbrain development. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2021. Pubmed.

Interests/hobbies
I enjoy playing D&D, MTG, chess, board games, and trivia. I often watch anime and drink craft beer and cocktails. I am also an amateur ceramicist and enjoy collecting mugs from local artists.


 

Rajan KC

Undergraduate information
School
McNeese State University
Year of graduation
2019

Graduate School information
Year of enrollment
2020

Current Principal Investigator
Stryder M Meadows and Maria J Galazo

Dissertation topic
Investigating the role of transcription co-factor Zmiz1 in neocortical development and association with Autism

Publications
Endothelial cell polarity and extracellular matrix composition require functional ATP6AP2 during developmental and pathological angiogenesis.

Interests/hobbies
Work-out @ Reily, walking in Audubon Park, travelling, listening to music, Marvel's movies


 

Tianhao Wu

Undergraduate information
School

Tulane University
Year of graduation
2021

Graduate School information
Tulane University
Year of enrollment
2022

Current Principal Investigator
Hai Huang

Dissertation topic
Ion channel dysfunction in the auditory synapse of Fragile X mental Retardation


 

Tianyi Xiao

Undergraduate information:
School

Shenzhen University
Year of graduation
2017

Graduate School information
Tulane University
Year of enrollment
2021
Current Principal Investigator
Hai Huang, Ph.D.
Dissertation topic
Changes in Properties of Auditory Synapses following Conductive Hearing Loss