
POSTDOCS
Coral is interested in how chromosome architecture is regulated throughout the cell cycle and during development.
coral.zhou@berkeley.edu
Xiao is interested in how neuron size impacts the structure and function of the vertebrate nervous system during development.
xiao.liu@berkeley.edu
Clotilde did her PhD on cell size homeostasis in cultured animal cells. She is now investigating the consequences of ploidy on cell size and growth in Xenopus embryos.
clotilde.cadart@berkeley.edu
Helena is interested in mechanisms of subcellular size and shape control.
helena.cantwell@berkeley.edu
Mina is a joint postdoc between the Heald and Bustamante labs working at the interface of in vitro cell biology and single-molecule biophysics.
m-sun@berkeley.edu
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Kelly is broadly interested in mechanisms of cell division and size control in amphibians, most recently using the small pipid Hymenochirus boettgeri.
kellym@berkeley.edu
Maiko studies mitosis and size scaling in Xenopus borealis using hybrid embryos and in vitro approaches.
mkitaoka@berkeley.edu
Lupe is interested in the molecular basis of spindle morphology among different species and in human cancers.
guadalupe_sepulveda@berkeley.edu
LAB MANAGER
martinliu771@berkeley.edu
BIOINFORMATICS MANAGER
cerikison@berkeley.edu
LAB ALUMNI
Ambika Nadkrni (postdoc) - Postdoc, Stanford University Stephanie Malinich (lab manager) - On-call biologist, Sequoia Ecological ConsultingChristopher Brownlee (postdoc) - Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University
Xiao Zhou (postdoc) - Scientific Programmer, Caribou Bioscience
Romain Gibeaux (postdoc) - CNRS researcher, Institute of Genetics and Development of Rennes
Rachael Acker (undergraduate) - Medical student, Harvard
Andy Lane (postdoc) - Computational Biologist, Mammoth Diagnostics
Lauren Slevin (postdoc) - Prenatal Genetic Counselor, Swedish Medical Center Maternal and Fetal Specialty Center, Seattle
Andrew Grenfell (graduate student), Instructor and Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota
Magdalena Strzelecka (postdoc) - Data Scientist, One Logic
Marina Ellefson Crowder (postdoc) - Assistant Teaching Professor, UC Davis
Sharon Guo (undergraduate) - Graduate Student, UC Santa Barbara
Matt Good (postdoc) - Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Kara Helmke Rogers (graduate student) - Director, Freshman Research Initiative, UT Austin
Jeremy Wilbur (postdoc) - Protein and Cellular Biophysicist, Relay Therapeutics
Evan Whitehead (undergraduate) - Research Assistant, Google-X
Anne-Lore Schlaitz (postdoc) - Group Leader, University of Heidelberg
Stephen Bird (graduate student) - Field Applications Scientist, Thermo-Fisher
Esther Kieserman (postdoc) - Biological Sales Specialist, Nikon
Blake Riggs (postdoc) - Associate Professor, San Francisco State University
Daniel Levy (postdoc) - Associate Professor, University of Wyoming
David Halpin (postdoc) - Paramedic fireman, San Francisco
Jay Wang (undergraduate) - Opthamologist, Massachusets General Hospital
Kieren Patel (graduate student) - CEO, Opticent Health
Jonathan Soderholm (postdoc) - Associate Professor, Yonsei University
Rose Loughlin (graduate student) - Senior Director, Moderna
Benjamin Freedman (graduate student) - Assistant Professor, University of Washington
Petr Kalab (postdoc) - Associate Research Professor, Johns Hopkins
Eva Hannak (postdoc) - Patent Agent, Morrison & Foerster
Michael Blower (postdoc) - Associate Professor, Mass General Hospital/Harvard
Aaron Van Hooser (postdoc) - Director of Data Science, Korro Bio
Tom Maresca (graduate student) - Associate Professor, UMASS Amherst
Renée Deehan (graduate student) - VP of Computational Biology, QuartzBio
Sharat Gadde (graduate student) - High School Teacher, Miramonte High School
Priya Prakash Budde (graduate student) - Senior Foundation and Corporate Relations Officer, Whitehead Institute
Sadie Wignall (graduate student) - Associate Professor, Northwestern University
Ahna Skop (postdoc) - Professor, University of Wisconsin Madison
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