• James Alltop

    James Alltop

    James has joined OSU as a graduate student in the Ohio State Biochemistry Program (OSBP). He obtained his bachelor’s degree from the College of Wooster, where he majored in both Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BCMB) and English (English!). At Wooster, he worked with Dr. Ryan Arvidson, studying the molecular mechanism behind the sting of the […]

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  • Adalyn Brown

    Adalyn Brown

    Adalyn earned her Bachelor’s in Molecular Biosciences and Biotechnology at Arizona State University before coming to OSU to work on her PhD in Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology. During her undergrad, Adalyn worked on studying the molecular mechanisms of evolution. Now, she has begun her journey, utilizing techniques such as single-molecule imaging to directly measure the oligomerization of […]

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  • Daisy Alvarado

    Daisy Alvarado

    Daisy came to OSU as a graduate student in the Biophysics Program with a bachelor’s in chemistry from St. John’s University. She has dabbled in research from computational biophysics to studying the structure and biochemistry of Protocadherins. She is interested in using biophysical techniques to investigate the activation of plasma membrane receptors through their oligomerization. […]

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  • Jacob Smith

    Jacob Smith

    Jacob is an OSU veteran, having earned a Bachelor’s in Biochemistry here before pursuing a PhD with the Ohio State Biochemistry Program. He has dabbled in research from virology to bioinorganic chemistry to synthetic biology and has now begun working on unraveling the mysteries of cell signaling, starting with the intrinsic signal attenuation of IRE1. […]

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  • Swapnil (Neil) Mukherjee

    Swapnil (Neil) Mukherjee

    Swapnil (Neil) Mukherjee came to OSU as a graduate student in the Chemistry and Biochemistry department with a master’s degree in chemistry and little experience in biology research. He is interested in using biophysical techniques to study the activation of IRE1 through oligomerization and the events that take place thereafter. Outside of the lab, he […]

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