Principal Investigator
Timothy L Downing
Associate Professor
tim.downing@uci.edu
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Joint Associate Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Lab Technician
Hanjuan Shao
Associate Specialist
hanjuans@uci.edu
PhD from Xiamen University in Fujian, China
Former Research Associate at Johns Hopkins University
Current Lab Members
Nandor Laszik
Biomedical Engineering PhD Student
nlaszik@uci.edu
Research:
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Ashley Urrutia Avila
Biomedical Engineering PhD Student
ashleynu@uci.edu
Research: Xenograft metastasis models for metabolic and genetic analysis
Fun fact: Hates baking, boba, and BTS
Maya Li
Biomedical Engineering PhD Student
jiachunl@uci.edu
Research: Multi-tissue epigenetic clock for wild-type and Alzheimer’s disease models
Fun fact: Has a cat named Milktea
Nolan Origer
Biomedical Engineering PhD Student
noriger@uci.edu
Research: Enhancing iPSC chromosomal stability via adhesome perturbation
Fun fact: Has been stung by a jellyfish and a stingray
Tanye Wen
Biomedical Engineering PhD Student
tanyew@uci.edu
Research: Temporal analysis of epigenomic data in cell replication
Fun fact: Enjoys hiking and traveling
Edouard Aleman
Biomedical Engineering Masters Student
alemanea@uci.edu
Research: Optimizing iPSC generation and isolation
Fun fact:
Justin Vega
Biological Sciences Masters Student
jevega1@uci.edu
Research:
Fun fact:
Katelyn Diune
Biological Sciences Undergraduate Student
kdiune@uci.edu
Research: Investigation of DNA methylation kinetics using Nanopore long-read sequencing
Fun fact: Has a high score of 7.2 million in Subway Surfers
Mitchell Frazeur
Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Student
mfrazeur@uci.edu
Research: Image analysis methods to evaluate spatial patterning during cell fate transitions
Fun fact: Never broken a bone
Emily Nhan
Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Student
ennhan@uci.edu
Research: Cancer cell spheroid generation and imaging
Fun fact: Can make a water drop sound
Daisy Cortez Reyes
Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Student
dcortezr@uci.edu
Research:
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Lab Alumni
| Name | Degree | Post-Lab Position |
|---|---|---|
| Zachary Reitz | Biomedical Engineering PhD | NanoString Technologies |
| Julien Morival | Biomedical Engineering PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow, Lammerding Lab at Cornell |
| Praveen Veerasubramanian | Biomedical Engineering PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow, Pfizer |
| Lauren Urban | Biomedical Sciences PhD | GoHealth |
| Andrew Phan | Biomedical Engineering PhD | Novoglia |
| Navied Akhtar | Biomedical Engineering PhD | Conception |
| Annie Trinh | Microbiology and Molecular Genetics PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow, Straight Lab at Stanford |
| Hong Yin | Biomedical Engineering MS | PhD Student, Ding Lab at UCI |
| Alexia Hurston | Undergraduate | Biology at Albany State University |
| Arianna Donas | Undergraduate | Anthropology and Biology at Brandeis University |
| Jonanne Talebloo | Undergraduate | Neurobiology at UC Berkeley |
| Jalil Rudolph | Undergraduate | Mechanical Engineering at Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University |
| Kimmai Phan | Undergraduate | PhD Student, Davis Lab at Emory University |
| Abhinand Sudarshana | Undergraduate | |
| Craig Tod | Undergraduate | LRA Labs |
| Michelle Kim | Undergraduate | Applied Medical |
| Bernardo Moreno | Undergraduate | UC Berkeley |
| John Le | Undergraduate | |
| Brezhane Walker | Undergraduate | Mechanical Engineering at Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University |
| Oyinkansola Amao | Undergraduate | Biomedical Engineering at UC Merced |
| Praise Sar Oo | Undergraduate | PREP Scholar, Bhoj Lab at University of Pennsylvania |