Ally loves turtles, snowboarding, and hiking with her dog. Ally is interested in identifying the specific genetic requirements for cell division that differ across cell types, cell states, and among organisms and investigating how these differences influence disease, development, and evolution.

If you were a cheese, what cheese would you be? Brie

Eric enjoys skiing, hockey, and cooking in his free time. Eric’s research focuses on understanding how cancer cells transform their proteome to support continued cell division. 

If you were a cheese, what cheese would you be? Mozzarella

Gunter studies human kinetochore organization and its role in outer kinetochore assembly. He spends most of his free time in the climbing gym or at the crag.

If you were a cheese, what cheese would you be? G.O.A.T. cheese, aka Greatest Of All Time cheese. 🙂

Jimmy’s research focuses on the control of gene expression during the cell cycle and is investigating mechanisms underlying differences in the meiotic and mitotic division. Jimmy likes to bake, bike and freeload on Ryan’s roommate’s Costco membership!

If you were a cheese, what cheese would you be? Cheese curds a.k.a. poutine cheese

Océane enjoys reading, climbing, and playing her violin. Her research focuses on understanding the role of proteasome subunits in spindle bipolarity.

If you were a cheese, what cheese would you be? Comté, because obviously I had to pick a french one 🙂

Ryan studies how interactions amongst translational isoforms of components of the Spindle Assembly Checkpoint determine mitotic length. A self-proclaimed foodie, Ryan also likes to play football, bake, and freeload on his roommate’s Costco membership.

If you were a cheese, what cheese would you be? Ricotta because it is so versatile. 

Katya research focuses on regulation of gene expression during the cell cycle. Outside of lab you can find Katya reading, doing craft, and going on walks to touch grass.

If you were a cheese, what cheese would you be? Cheese Cake

Elena is a master’s student from the Netherlands. She is interested in microtubules and the players involved in microtubule dynamics.

Elena loves traveling, hiking, going out for food and wine, and dancing A LOT!

If you were a cheese, what cheese would you be? Brie or Feta

Matteo is interested in applying machine learning approaches to image-based phenotypic screening data for novel biological and disease related discovery. Outside of the lab, Matteo is interested in global cancer disparities, skiing, and soccer.

If you were a cheese, what cheese would you be? Provola Ragusana & pepato

Brittania’s most recent publication studied alpha-satellite RNA transcripts in intact human cells, its variation across the cell cycle and cell lines. When not at the bench she enjoys doing outreach work with children to enhance their STEM education, with great focus on underserved communities and students who lack resources for healthy learning environments.

If you were a cheese, what cheese would you be? The only cheese I eat is Cheddar cheese.

Sarah is studying centromeric changes in oocytes and their role in female reproductive aging. She also enjoys painting and hiking.

If you were a cheese, what cheese would you be? The online quiz I took told me I would be gorgonzola!

Kuan-Chung likes sports and uses CRISPR/Cas9 approaches to study mitosis. He is also our resident food detector, if you want to know good spots to get food, KC is the one to consult.

If you were a cheese, what cheese would you be? Cream Cheese

Email: kc.su@wi.mit.edu