THE TEAM
Shahar Sukenik
Principal Investigator
Trevor Brandt
Lab Manager/Assistant
Assisting with things ; live cell FRET imaging of IDR ensemble dimensions
David Cordone
Graduate Student
Studying inherent tolerance of cells to stress due to desiccation
Eden Vallari
Graduate Student
Investigating how missense mutations associated with monogenic diseases disrupt the structural ensembles and functional properties of IDRs
joint with Castañeda lab
Sini Shqair
Undergraduate Student
Studying the tolerance of yeast proteins to environmental stressors
Celestia Skowronski
Undergraduate Student
Performing mammalian cell culture and live-cell FRET imaging of IDRs
Jessica Niblo
Postdoctoral Researcher
Using molecular dynamics simulations to understand and design protein sensitivity in different environmental conditions
Patrick Koenig
Graduate Student
Wildtype Adenovirus and its various interactions with its host cell
(Joint with Grasis Lab)
Kavindu Kolamunna
Graduate Student
High-throughput In vitro studies of IDPs using FRET analysis to explore the effect of patient derived single point mutations on structure-function relationship
Sameeha Yoosaf
Graduate Student
Integrating responsive IDR sensors into folded domains for allosteric control of enzyme function
Lea Day
Undergraduate Student
High-throughput screening of LEA4 proteins as protective agents against reactive oxidative species
Erin Hattan
Undergraduate Student
Analyzing declines in yeast cell viability as a result of environmental stressors
LAB ALUMNI
Dr. Eduardo Flores, PhD Student, 2020-2025, Now at the Salk Institute
Alexander Truong, Undergraduate Student, 2023-2025
Aleah Camacho, Undergraduate Student, 2022-2025
Brooke Nicholson, REU student, Winter + Summer 2025
Dr. Karina C. Guadalupe, PhD student, 2018-2024
Dr. Sofía Romero, Postdoctoral fellow, 2022-2024
Azeem Horani, PhD student, 2023-2024
Alec Martinez, Lab manager, 2022-2024
Edith Gollub, Undergraduate Student, 2022-2024
Hadrien Lehman, Undergraduate Student, 2023-2024
Matthew Muñoz, REU student, Summer 2024
Joseph Karuga, Undergraduate student, 2023-2024
Mary McCoy, Undergraduate student, 2022-2024
Dr. Feng Yu, PhD student 2018-2023 - Now at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Dr. David C. Moses, PhD student, 2018-2023 - Now at Scripps
Ryan Lee, Undergraduate student, 2022-2023
Jada Marshall, REU student, Summer 2023
Gagandeep Kaur, Undergraduate student 2022-2023
Nora Margaret Shamoon, Undergraduate student, 2019-2022 - Now graduate student at UC Merced
Tejveer Bagri, High School student, Summer 2022
Ralph McAnelly, Research Specialist, 2021-2022
Estefania Cuevas-Zepeda, Undergraduate student, 2021-2022
Catherine Nguyen, Undergraduate student, 2021-2022
Jaspal Mann, Undergraduate student, 2021-2022
Daniela Navarrete, Visiting Masters student, Fall 2021
Dianna Liakos, Undergraduate REU student, Summer 2021
Andres Eduardo Bonilla, Undergraduate REU student, Summer 2021
Adam Rhetta, Undergraduate student, 2020-2021
Ashan Lakhani, Undergraduate student, 2019-2020
Navtej Singh, Undergraduate student, 2019-2020
Kiefer Deen Villacrucis, High school student, Summer 2019
Join us!
The lab is always looking for motivated, talented individuals!
Projects in the lab tend to be interdisciplinary, and can involve live-cell microscopy, protein biophysics, and/or programming, depending on your interests. If you like what you see, drop Shahar a line. Please indicate why you're interested in joining.