Garrett Bartoletti
Undergraduate institution: Tulane University
Year of graduation: 2017
Year of enrollment: 2019
Current Lab: He lab
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.
Dong C, Umar M, Bartoletti G, Gahankari A, Fidelak L, He F. Expression pattern of Kmt2d in murine craniofacial tissues. Gene Expr Patterns. 2019.
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.
Interests/hobbies: 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.
Shreya Bavishi
Undergraduate institution: AMC MET Medical College, Ahmedabad, India
Year of graduation: 2018
Year of enrollment: 2021
Publications:
Bavishi, S., Chaudhary, D., Li, J., Naik, S., Abedi, V., & Zand, R. (2022). Long-term mortality in ischemic stroke patients with concomitant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 31(11), 106701. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JSTROKECEREBROVASDIS.2022.106701
Chaudhary, D., Anyaehie, M., Demiraj, F., Bavishi, S., Shahjouei, S., Li, J., Abedi, V., & Zand, R. (2022). Comparison of Long-Term Outcomes and Associated Factors between Younger and Older Rural Ischemic Stroke Patients. Journal of Clinical Medicine 2022, Vol. 11, Page 1430, 11(5), 1430. https://doi.org/10.3390/JCM11051430
Abedi, V., Avula, V., Razavi, S.-M., Shreya, B., Chaudhary, D., Shahjouei, S., Wang, M., Griessenauer, C. J., Li, J., & Zand, R. (2021). Predicting short and long-term mortality after acute ischemic stroke using EHR. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 427, 117560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2021.117560
Abbas, K.; Lu, Y.; Bavishi, S.; Mishra, N.; TomThundyil, S.; Sawant, S.A.; Shahjouei, S.; Abedi, V.; Zand, R. A Simple Review of Small Vessel Disease Manifestation in the Brain, Retina, and Kidneys. J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11, 5546. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11195546
Current Lab: Meadows lab
Dissertation topic: Developing targeted therapeutics in HHT by elucidating mechanism of AVM development
Interests/hobbies:
Reading, puzzles, board games, swimming
Kylie Browne
Undergraduate institution: Johns Hopkins University
Year of graduation: 2018
Year of enrollment; 2019
Current lab: Meadows Lab
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
Curie Chen
Undergraduate institution: University of California, Irvine
Year of graduation: 2022
Year of enrollment: 2023
Principal Investigator: Rotating student
Dissertation topic:
Interests/hobbies: Baking and Tennis
Youad Darwish
Adella Guidroz
Undergraduate institution: Nicholls State University
Year of graduation: 2021
Year of enrollment: 2022
Current Lab: Meadows lab
Dissertation topic: Assessing mosaicism and vascular integrity in HHT-AVM mouse models
Interests/hobbies: reading, playing trivia, trying new coffee shops
Apurva Gahankari
Undergraduate information: Fergusson College, Savitribai Phule Pune University
Year of Graduation: 2015
MSc: Fergusson College, Savitribai Phule Pune University
Year of Graduation: 2017
Year of Enrollment: 2018
Current Lab: He Lab
Awards: Bernard Sarnat Award at the 2024 International Association of Dental and Craniofacial Research meeting
Dissertation topic(s): My focus is on characterizing the role of platelet derived growth factor receptor alpha (Pdgfra) regulated vascular formation during craniofacial development.
Publications
- 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.
- Umar M, Bartoletti G, Dong C, Gahankari A, Browne D, Deng A, Jaramillo J, Sammarco M, Simkin J , He F. Characterizing the role of Pdgfra in calvarial development. Dev Dyn. 2023. DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.564.
- 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.
- Nikte, S., Gahankari, A., Mulla, J., Sengupta, D., Joshi, M., & Tamhane, V. (2019). In vitro and in silico studies on membrane interactions of diverse Capsicum annuum flower γ‐thionin peptides. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, 88(1), 227-236.
Interests/hobbies: Painting, Kayaking
Qilan Liang
Undergraduate Institution: Harbin Medical University
Year of Graduation: 2015
Dalian Medical University, MS, 2020
Tulane University, MS 2022
Publications:
1. Oncogenic AURKA-enhanced N6-methyladenosine modification increases DROSHA mRNA stability to transactivate STC1 in breast cancer stem-like cells. Cell Res. 2021 Mar;31(3):345-361. Peng F*, Xu J*, Cui B*, Liang Q*, Zeng S*, He B, Zou H, Li M, Zhao H, Meng Y, Chen J, Liu B, Lv S, Chu P, An F, Wang Z, Huang J, Zhan Y, Liao Y, Lu J, Xu L, Zhang J, Sun Z, Li Z, Wang F, Lam EW, Liu Q.;
2. Estrogen receptor β upregulated by lncRNA-H19 to promote cancer stem-like properties in papillary thyroid carcinoma. Cell Death Dis. 2018 Nov 2; 9 (11):1120. Mei Li, Hui-Fang Chai, Fei Peng, Yu-Ting Meng, Li-Zhi Zhang, Lin Zhang, Hong Zou, Qi-Lan Liang, Man-Man Li, Kai-Ge Mao, Dong-Xu Sun, Meng-Ying Tong, Zi-Qian Deng, Zhi-Jie Hou, Yi Zhao, Jia Li, Xiao-Chao Wang, Sha-Sha Lv, Qing-Qing Zhang, Xiao Yu, Eric W.-F. Lam, Quentin Liu, Xiao-Nan Cui & Jie Xu
Hobbies: Cooking, video games, watching movies
Edward Looker
Undergraduate Institution:
Year of graduation:
Current Lab: Fang lab
Dissertation topic:
Hobbies:
Sandra Offor
Undergraduate Institution: Federal University of Technology Owerri, Imo state, Nigeria
Year of graduation: 2019
Current Lab: Schrader Lab
Dissertation topic:
Hobbies: Listening to music, cooking, research
Rajan KC
Undergraduate institution: McNeese State University
Year of graduation: 2019
Year of enrollment: 2020
Current Lab: Meadows and 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
Kapil Thapa
Undergraduate information: Trichand Multiple Campus, Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
Year of graduation: 2021
Year of enrollment: 2022
Current Lab: Fang lab
Hobbies: Soccer (die-hard fan of Leo Messi), watching movies (Sci-fi, thriller, and fantasy), poetry, sketching
Yinga Wu
Undergraduate information: Dailan Medical University, China
Year of graduation: 2012
MS: Inner Mongolia University, China, 2015
Year of enrollment: 2018
Current Lab: Wang lab
Hobbies: Pet lover, cooking
Tianhao Wu
Undergraduate institution: Tulane University
Year of graduation: 2021
Year of enrollment: 2022
Current Lab: Huang lab
Dissertation topic
Ion channel dysfunction in the auditory synapse of Fragile X mental Retardation
Tianyi Xiao
Undergraduate institution: Shenzhen University
Year of graduation: 2017
Year of enrollment: 2021
Current Lab: Huang lab
Dissertation topic: Changes in Properties of Auditory Synapses following Conductive Hearing Loss
Qi Zhou
Undergraduate information: Henan Agriculture University
Year of graduation: 2014
Year of enrollment: 2019 for Master program. 2021 for Ph.D program.
Current lab: Wang lab
Dissertation topics
Senescence and AMD disease.
Interests: Seeing the sea, Riding motorcycle, thinking.
