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Alumni Spotlight- Ed Himelblau

Current Employer: Marquette University Job Title: Laboratory Manager Home Town: San Diego, CA Current Location: Milwaukee, WI Short Description of your Graduate School Research: Plant genetics and molecular biology in the Biochemistry Department Faculty Advisor: Richard Amasino CMB Degree Received in: 2000 What and where is your current position? I’m at Marquette University. I retired …

Alumni Spotlight- W. Allen Miller

Current Employer: Iowa State University Job Title: Professor Home Town: River Forest, IL Current Location: Ames, IA Short Description of your Graduate School Research: Replication and gene expression mechanisms of brome mosaic virus, a model RNA virus. Faculty Advisor: Timothy C. Hall CMB Degree Received in: 1984 What and where is your current position? I’m …

Alumni Spotlight- Paul Bates

Current Employer: University of Minnesota Job Title: Teaching Associate Professor Home Town: Greensboro, NC Current Location: Duluth, MN Short Description of your Graduate School Research: I studied enzymes in the ubiquitin-proteosome system and their role in the plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Faculty Advisor: Richard D. Vierstra CMB Degree Received in: 2000 What and where is your …

Alumni Spotlight- Jon Houtman

  Current Employer: University of Iowa Job Title: Professor of Microbiology and Immunology Home Town: Canby, MN Current Location: Iowa City, IA Short Description of your Graduate School Research: Examination of the role of epidermal growth factor and growth hormone in adipocyte differentiation and proliferation. Faculty Advisor: Paul Bertics CMB Degree Received in: 1999 What …

Alumni Spotlight: Joy Barnitz

  “From the lab bench to the corporate boardroom and at the bedside.” Current Employer: Self-employed Job Title: Chaplin Home Town: Near Chicago, Illinois Current Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California Short Description of your Graduate School Research: I studied the structure of the ribosomal DNA of two yeast species: Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe. …

Alumni Spotlight: Brittany Jacobs

Current Employer: United States Environmental Protection Agency Job Title: Biologist Home Town: Glen Burnie, MD Current Location: Maryland/Washington D.C. Research Topic: Using molecular techniques to define how mechanical signals regulate skeletal muscle mass Faculty Advisor: Troy Hornberger CMB Degree Received in: 2016 What and where is your current position? I am biologist for the US …

Alumni Spotlight: Emily Vaughan

Current Employer: Affinergy, LLC Job Title: Senior Scientist Home Town: Fort Wayne, IN Current Location: Cary, NC Research Topic: I studied the regulation of actomyosin contractile rings in cellular wound repair and cell division. Faculty Advisor: William Bement CMB Degree Received In: 2010 Describe your current position: I am currently a Senior Scientist at a …

Alumni Spotlight: Matthew Clay

Current Employer: Thermo Fisher Scientific Job Title: Scientist III Home Town: Grand Ledge, MI Current Location: Madison, WI Research Topic: Molecular characterization of zebrafish neural crest cell epithelial to mesenchymal transition Faculty Advisor: Mary Halloran CMB Degree Received in: 2013 Describe your current position: I perform drug discovery-focused cell-based and biochemical pathway screening for clients. …

Alumni Spotlight: Thomas Yeager

Current Employer: Victoria University Job Title: Senior Lecturer Home Town: Portland, OR Current Location: Melbourne, Australia Research Topic: The role of tumor suppressor genes in bladder cancer Faculty Advisor: Catherine Reznikoff CMB Degree Received in: 1997 Describe your current position: I am a Lecturer in Biology at Victoria University in Melbourne Australia. Describe your career …

Alumni Spotlight: Kim Schultz

Current Employer: US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Job Title: Biologist Home Town: Buffalo, NY Current Location: Baltimore, MD Research Topic: Virus-induced apoptosis Faculty Advisor: Paul Friesen CMB Degree Received in: 2008 Describe your current position: I review experimental products (Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls Reviewer) in the Gene Therapy Branch at the FDA. Describe your …