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Dillin Lab - University of California, Berkeley

UC Berkeley Alumni

Visiting Scholars

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Edgar Arriaga, Ph.D.

Professor/Group Leader

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

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Jens Brüning, MD

Professor/Group Leader

Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research

Germany

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Reinhard Fischer, Ph.D.

Professor/Group Leader

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany

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Avijit Mallick

Pre-Doctoral Fellow

University of Massachusetts

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Rebekah Packer, DVM

Director of Talent Acquisition

My Pets Wellness

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Anu Wartiovaara, Ph.D.

Professor/Group Leader

University of Helsinki

Finland

Staff

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Dale Armomdee

Science Tutor

Albany, CA

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Camila Benitez

Graduate Student

San Francisco, CA

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Jon Halloran

Software Engineer

San Francisco, CA

Suzy Wolff

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Naame Kelet

Research Associate

Berkeley, CA

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Samira Monshietehadi

Graduate Student

Feller Lab, UC Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

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Alex Mulligan

Graduate Student

Vanderbilt University

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Sarah Tronnes

Associate Scientist

Richmond, CA

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Liz Willey

Research Associate

Maze Therapeutics

South San Francisco, CA

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Suzy Wolff

Principal Manager

UC San Diego Office of Contract & Grant Administration

San Diego, CA

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Melissa Sanchez

Operations Manager

San Francisco, CA

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Arushi Sahay

Graduate Student

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Edward Sukarto

Research Technician

Alameda, CA

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Mandy Zeng

Clinical Trial Coordinator

Stanford University

Palo Alto, CA

Alumni: Faculty

Post Doctoral Fellows

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Nate Baird, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President Product Strategy

San Diego CA

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Raz Bar-Ziv, Ph.D.

Scientific Team Leader

Jerusalem, Israel

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Joe Daniele, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist

MD Anderson Research Center

Houston, TX

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Pete Douglas, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

University of Texas Southwestern

Dallas, TX

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Ashley Frakes, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

National Institute of Health

Bethesda, MD

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Ryo Higuchi-Sanabria, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

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Sabine Jordan, Ph.D.

Principal Scientist

Neurocrine Biosciences
San Diego, CA

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Hyun-Eui Kim, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

McGovern Medical School
University of Texas, Houston, TX

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Carsten Merkwirth, Ph.D.

Principal Scientist

San Diego CA

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Erica Moehle, Ph.D.

Project Manager

Innovative Genomics Institute

Berkeley, CA

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Vidhya Ramachandran, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist

South San Francisco, CA

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Celine Riera, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Cedars-Sinai/UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

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Robert Schinzel, Ph.D.

Research Specialist

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Ophir Shalem, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

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Kristan Steffen, Ph.D.

Senior Staff Scientist

San Francisco, CA

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Rebecca Taylor, Ph.D.

Lecturer

School of Biological Sciences

University of East Anglia, UK

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Ye Tian, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology

Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, China

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David Vilchez, Ph.D.

Group Leader

CECAD Research Center
University of Cologne, Germany

Brant Webster, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist

Denali Therapeutics

South San Francisco, CA

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Nan Xin, Ph.D.

Study Coordinator

MD Anderson Research Center Houston, TX

Graduate Students

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Kristen Berendzen, Ph.D., M.D.

Research Track Resident Physician

Manoli Lab, UCSF
San Francisco, CA

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Phil Frankino, Ph.D.

Scientist

San Francisco, CA

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Gilbert Garcia, Ph.D.

Post Doctoral Fellow

Higuchi-Sanabria Lab, USC

Los Angeles, CA

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Holly Gildea, Ph.D.

Post Doctoral Fellow

Liddlelow Lab, NYU

New York, NY

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Hope Henderson, Ph.D.

Communications Strategist

Innovative Genomics Institute Berkeley, CA

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Aimee Littleton, M.A.

Program Manager

Seattle, WA

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Melissa Metcalf, Ph.D.

Associate

Headland Strategy Group

San Francisco, CA

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Milos Simic, Ph.D.

Post Doctoral Fellow

San Francisco, CA

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Martina Velichkovska, M.A.

Sales Manager

San Francisco, CA

Undergraduate Students

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Alex Ahilon-Jeronimo

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Qazi Ahmad

Emily Beckman

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Theo Bolas

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Janiya Brookes

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Lily Burton

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Jessica Chen

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Hannah Chi

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Daniel Choi

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Helen Choi

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Giana Cirolia

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Sofia Dallarda

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Mattias de los
Rios Rogers

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Hemaxi Desai

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Van Dinh

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Emma Doan

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Daniella Dror

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Amelia Farinas

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Yesenia Garcia

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Stefan Homentchovschi

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Jessica Hurst

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Tayla Hunter

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Naznin Jahan

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Nazineen Kandahari

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Blake Kirkland

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Sophia Moreno

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Meaghan McConlogue

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Kiran Nagra

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Naomi Nicholas

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Arianna Pankey

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Constance Lau

Sophie Liu

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Gemma Lira

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Anina Lund

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Janessa Mendoza Chavez

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Joel Perez

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Rachel Prorok

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Raymundo Sanchez

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Nupur Savalia

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Elyes Serghine'

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Mitchell Srimongkoi

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Cathy Ton

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Vi Tran

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Sara Vandenburg

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Annie Vu

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Iris Wu

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Wayne Yang

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Eric Zhang

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Anastasiia Zhelokhovteva

Undergraduate Alumni
Where Are They Now?

Salk Institute

Hugo Aguilaniu, Ph.D.

President, Instituto Serrapilheira

Rio de Janieiro, Brazil

Denise Carroll, M.A.

Acccount Manager

Sales Manager, Bio-Techne, Santa Diego, CA

Ehud Cohen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Adrian Contreras, Ph.D.

Principal Scientist

GluBio Therapeutics, San Diego, CA

Elke Deurling, Ph.D.

Professor

University of Konstanz, Germany

Meng Qiu Dong, Ph.D.

Associate Investigator

National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China

Patti Follett, Pharm.D.

Staff Pharmacist

CVS Pharmacy, San Diego, CA

Lindy Gewen, Ph.D.

Laboratory Manager

Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR

Thomas Heimbucher, Ph.D.

Group Leader

Baumeister Lab, University of Frieburg, Germany

Derek Joyce, Ph.D.

Scientific Affairs Manager

Hologic, San Diego, CA

Erik Kapernick

Instructor

Los Angeles College of Music, Los Angeles, CA

Zeng Liu

Research Associate

Salk Institute, San Diego, CA

Gustavo A. R. Maciel, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief Physician

Originare Medicina Reproductiva, Brazil

Carlos Daniel de Magalhaes Filho, Ph.D.

Principal Scientist

Rakuten Medical, La Jolla, CA

Will Mair, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Harvard University School of Public Health, Cambridge, MA

James Moresco, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, The Center for the Genetics of Host Defense

UT Southwestern, TX

Nessa Morrante

Research Specialist/Lab Manager

Harvard School of Public Health, Cambridge, MA

Virginia Murillo

Technical Sales Representative

Evident Scientific, San Diego, CA

Ian Nicastro, Ph.D.

Research and Lab Manager

Pasquinelli Lab, University of California, San Diego

Johan Paulsson, Ph.D.

Associate Director

Novo Nordisk A.S., Denmark

Siler Panowski, Ph.D.

Senior Director of Biology, Solid Tumors

Allogene Therapeutics, South San Francisco, CA

Deepti Wilkinson, Ph.D.

Associate Director

Boundless Bio, San Diego, CA

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