Postdoctoral Researchers

Shyam N. Sundar (Consutant)

PhD : Firestone Lab, UC Berkeley
College: NYU

Projects: Characterization of I3C/DIM/ART mechanism of action in human breast, prostate, and cancer cells, with particular emphasis on hormonal, cell cycle, and developmental effects.

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Salvatore (Sal) Cilia (1st year postdoc)

PhD : Kane Lab, UC Berkeley
College: UC Irvine

Projects: Characteriziation of cell-cell interactions induced by the synthetic glucocordicoid dexamethasone. Regulation of cellular lifespan by I3C.

Ida Aronchik (1st year postdoc)

PhD : Firestone Lab, UC Berkeley
College : San Francisco State

Projects: Characterization of I3C effect on elastase enzyme and downstream signaling pathways affected. Indole action on non- reproductive cancer cell lines.

Graduate students

Theresa R. Stueve (5th year)-Joint with Hayes Lab

Program : Molecular Toxicology

College: Rollins College

Projects : Investigating the effects of herbicides on hormonal signaling in human breast cancers.

Ankur K. Singhal

Program : Endocrinology (Masters Student)

College : UC Berkeley

Project : Investigating the effect I3C elicits on growth factor signaling and the crosstalk between hormonal and growth factor activities in estrogren sensitive breast cancer.

Tony Tin

Program : Endocrinology (2nd Year)

College : UC Berkeley

Projects : Determining the effect phytochemicals exhert on developmental signaling pathways.

Kristina Hargraves (2nd year)

Program : Endocrinology

College : Mills

Project : Characterization of I3C-resistant hormone insensitive breast cancer cell lines. Determining phytochemical effects on variable RNA expression.

Bhumika Kapadia (2nd year)

Program : Endocrinology

Masters : Georgetown

College : UC Irvine

Project : Regulation of human cancer cell-cell
interactions by phytochemicals

Kevin M. Poindexter (1st year)

Program: Endocrinology

College: UC Berkeley

Project : Indole regulation of Cell cycle progression

Kalvin Tran (Master's Student)

College : UC Berkeley, Integrated Biology Dept.

Project: Determine the mechanism of action Artimisinin uses to arrest the growth of endometrial cancer cells

Undergraduate Research Assistants

Travis J. Morgenstern (Crystal's Group)

Major : ESPM, Senior

Project : Characterize the effect individual components of BZL101 have on reproductive cancer growth and proliferation

Tony Chen (Ida's Group)

Major:

Project: Deefine interaction domain between indoles and target proteins

Recent Graduates and departures... Congratulations!

Crystal N. Marconett
Destination: Post-Doc at USC-Department of Biochemistry

PhD: Molecular and Cellular Biology, UC Berkeley

College : UC Santa Cruz

Sarbani Giri-Visiting Faculty
Destination: Associate Professor of Life Sciences, Assam University, Silchar, India
www.assamuniversity.nic.in
Post-doc: Laboratory of Metabolism, NCI, NIH, USA

Vasiliki Aivaliotis Destination: Medical School at UCSF
Major : Molecular and Cell Biology, Acting Minor

Project : Effect of Artimisinin on hormonal signaling in prostate cancer model cell lines