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Najla Ward-Conyers
Undergraduate Researcher |
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Ben Roberts
Graduate Student |
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Chelsea Yang
Technician |
Najla graduated with a degree in Biology from UNC and was a member of the Neher lab from spring 2020 to spring 2022. Her project was researching the role of the Rcl genes in E. coli and if they have a role in metronidazole resistance. She is now a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) and will be employed within the Atrium Health Network. |
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Ben completed his Ph.D. in the Neher lab studying LPL trafficking and LPL’s partner Lmf1 in May 2021. He is continuing his training at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, MD. |
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Chelsea investigated the physiological regulation of LPL, specializing in microscopy and image analysis. She started on a Ph.D. in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program at UNC in fall 2021. |
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Jake Wrobel
Technician |
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Jacob Goodman
Undergraduate Researcher |
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Aspen Gutgsell
Graduate Student |
Jake completed his undergraduate degree in Biology in December 2020 and started medical school here at UNC in July 2021. In the Neher lab, he studied the structure and function of RclB and its role in redox reactions in E. coli.
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Jacob completed his undergraduate degree in Chemistry in May 2021. While in the Neher lab, Jacob worked to create an expression system for nanobodies targeting ANGPTL4.
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Aspen completed her Ph.D. in the Neher Lab studying ANGPTL4 in March 2020. She went on to a post-doctoral research position with Astra-Zeneca in Sweden and is now a Senior Research Scientist in their Biophysics division.
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Colyn Anne Martin
Undergraduate Work-Study Student |
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Nate Campbell
Undergraduate Researcher |
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Cari Koerner
Graduate Student |
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Nate worked with Aspen to study the mechanisms of LPL inhibition by ANGPTL4. |
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Cari completed her M.S. in 2019 and began a degree in genetic counseling at UNC Greensboro. |
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Ellie Pearson
Undergraduate Researcher |
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Lin Cao
Undergraduate Researcher |
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Lindsey Broadwell
Undergraduate Researcher |
Ellie completed her undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering in May 2018. She moved on to a career in engineering in the Triangle after graduation.
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Lin completed her undergraduate degree in May 2018. In September 2018, she began medical school at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN.
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Lindsey completed her undergraduate degree in Chemistry at UNC in May 2016. In August 2016 she started graduate school in Biochemistry at UC Boulder. |
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Cassandra Hayne
Graduate Student |
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Mike Lafferty
Technician |
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Brian Eglinger
Undergraduate Researcher |
Cassandra earned her B.S. in Biology from the University of Iowa in 2011 before coming to UNC. She studied the ways in which LPL structure regulates its function. She moved on to a post-doctoral position at NIEHS in October 2017, and was named an ASBMB MOSAIC Scholar in 2021. |
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Mike worked extensively on purifying and characterizing LPL variants and LPL inhibitors. In August 2016 he started graduate school in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program at UNC. He is currently working toward a Ph.D. in bioinformatics and computational biology. |
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Brian worked on methods of purifying truncated LPL and ANGPTL4. |
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Daniel Gehle
Undergraduate Researcher |
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Kristen Brantley
Undergraduate Researcher |
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Melissa Babilonia-Rosa
Graduate Student |
Daniel studied LPL inhibitors for two semesters of undergraduate research. After completing his bachelor’s degree, he started medical school at Medical University of South Carolina. |
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Kristen joined when the lab first started and worked here for three years. After graduating, she went on to start a Ph.D. in Epidemiology at Harvard University. |
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Melissa completed her Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Biophysics in May 2016 studying the role of lipase maturation factor 1 in the maturation of lipoprotein lipase. She now has a teaching post-doctoral position at North Carolina State University. |
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