Deshaies Lab Members

Current Lab Members

	Willem den Besten Postdoctoral Fellow Research focus: The role of p97 and UBXD7 in the ubiquitination and degradation of HIF-1   Telephone: (626) 395-2029 wdbest*caltech.edu
	Kuang-Jung Chang Graduate Student Research focus: Identifying UPS players and their mechanisms in repairing UV-damaged chromosome   Telephone: (626) 395-2029 kjchang*caltech.edu
	Tsui-Fen Chou Postdoctoral Fellow Research focus: Function of p97/Cdc48 in the ubiquitin-proteasome system   Telephone: (626) 395-5840 tfchou*caltech.edu
	Ray Deshaies Principal Instigator Telephone: (626) 395-3162 deshaies*its.caltech.edu
	Ethan Emberley Postdoctoral Fellow Research focus: Effect of substrate binding on SCF and CSN   Telephone: (626) 395-4959 emberley*caltech.edu
	Tara Gomez Graduate Student Research focus: Binding of 26S proteasome subunits to ubiquitin receptor proteins   Telephone: (626) 395-2030 tara*caltech.edu
	Narimon Honarpour Postdoctoral Fellow (UCLA STAR Program) Research focus: Understanding mechanisms of stem cell differentiation   Telephone: (626) 395-5840 NHonarpour*mednet.ucla.edu
	Gary Kleiger Postdoctoral Fellow Research focus: Function of the six AAA+ ATPases in the yeast 19S regulatory particle   Telephone: (626) 395-2030 kleiger*caltech.edu
	Natalie Kolawa Graduate Student Research focus: Identifying substrates of the proteasome using quantitative mass spectrometry   Telephone: (626) 395-2029 njkolawa@caltech.edu
	J. Eugene Lee Postdoctoral Fellow Research focus: Identifying Molecular Components That Cause Parkinson's Disease   Telephone: (262) 395-6602 jelee*caltech.edu
	Robert Oania Research Assistant, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research focus: Characterization of proteasome-interacting protein Telephone: (626) 395-6457 roania*its.caltech.edu
	Heenam Park Research Technician Telephone: (626) 395-2029 heenam*caltech.edu
	Nathan Pierce Graduate Student Research focus: Integrated dynamics of Sic1 Telephone: (626) 395-2029 pierce*caltech.edu
	Senthil Radhakrishnan Postdoctoral Fellow Research focus: Evaluating proteasome inhibitors as anti-cancer agents Telephone: (626) 395-4959 senthil*caltech.edu
	Michael Rome Graduate Student Research focus: Quantitative analysis of 26S protein degradation in S. cerevisiae Telephone: (626) 395-5840 rome*caltech.edu
	Daphne Shimoda Administrative Assistant Howard Hughes Medical Institute Telephone: (626) 395-4924 dshimoda*caltech.edu
	Rati Verma Research Specialist/Associate Biologist Research focus: How does the 26S proteasome recognize and degrade its substrates? Telephone: (626) 395-2030 verma*its.caltech.edu

Former Lab Members

	Gabriela Alexandru Postdoctoral Fellow, 2001-2009 Currently: Programme Leader, The Scottish Institute for Cell Signalling (SCILLS), Sir James Black Centre, University of Dundee, Scotland   g.alexandru*dundee.ac.uk
	Xavier Ambroggio Graduate Student, 1999-2004 Currently: Managing Partner, Rosetta Design Group (http://www.rosettadesigngroup.com)
	Julie Archer Postdoctoral fellow, 1996-1997
	Denise Arias-Robles Research Secretary, 2000-2003
	Ramzi Azzam M.D.-Ph.D. student, 1999-2004 Currently: Medical resident, University of Southern California
	Steve Chen Lab Assistant, 1999-2000
	Yong Chi Graduate Student, 1995-2001 Currently: Postdoctoral fellow, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle
	Gregory Cope Graduate Student, 1999-2005 Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Stearns Lab, Stanford University Telephone: (650) 723-6067 gcope*stanford.edu
	Craig Correll Postdoctoral fellow, 1995-1999 Currently: Senior Scientist, Schering-Plough Telephone: (908) 740-2856 craig.correll*spcorp.com
	Renny Feldman Graduate student, 1994-2000 Currently: Scientist, Gevo, Inc., Pasadena
	Nazli Ghaboosi Graduate Student, 2000-2007 Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Kelly Frazer Laboratory, The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego
	Johannes Graumann   Graduate Student, 2000-2006 Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany   graumann*biochem.mpg.de
	Santiago Gutierrez Sabbatical, 1995 Currently: Associate Professor of Microbiology, University of Leon, Spain degsgm*isodoro.unileon.edu
	J. Russell (Rusty) Lipford Postdoctoral Fellow, 2000-2005 Scientist, Oncology Research, Amgen Telephone: (805) 447-2140 jlipford*amgen.com
	Svetlana Lyapina Graduate student, 1995-2001 Currently: Sr. Manager, New Product Planning, PDL BioPharma, Fremont, California slyapina*pdl.com
	Angie Mah Graduate Student, 2000-2005 Currently: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto angiesmah*gmail.com
	Thibault Mayor   Postdoctoral Fellow, 2001-2006 Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
	Eric Miller Postdoctoral Fellow, 2007-2009 Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego
	Dane Mohl Postdoctoral Fellow, 2000-2009 Currently: Senior Research Associate, Research Oncology Diagnostics, Genentech Inc. danem*gene.com
	Mike Olson Graduate student, 1994-1996 Currently: M.D./Ph.D. student, Duke University mro*acpub.duke.edu
	Matt Petroski Postdoctoral Fellow, 1999-2005 Currently: Assistant Professor, Signal Transduction Program, Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, CA
	Greg Reynard Research assistant, 1994-1998 Currently: Free-lance graphic designer reynard*accord.caltech.edu
	William Reynolds Research assistant, 1998-1999 Currently: M.D. student, University of the Armed Services swreynolds*usuhs.mil
	Agustin Rodriguez Postdoctoral Fellow, 2004-2005 Currently: Scientist in systems biology of signal transduction, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany   a.rodriguez*dkfz-heidelberg.de
	Anjanabha Saha Postdoctoral Fellow, 2006-2009 Currently: Principal Scientist, Oncology Research and Development, GlaxoSmithKline, Upper Providence, Pennsylvania anjanabha*hotmail.com
	Kathleen Sakamoto Graduate Student, STAR Program, 1999-2003 Currently: Professor, Division of Hematology-Oncology and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mattel Children's Hospital, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA kms*ucla.edu
	Sylvia Schwarz Postdoctoral Fellow, 1999-2002 Currently: Research Scientist at G2M Cancer Drugs AG schwarz*g2m-ag.com
	Jae Hong Seol Postdoctoral Fellow, 1997-2003 Currently: Assistant Professor, Seoul National University, Seoul, S. Korea   jhseol*snu.ac.kr
	Wenying Shou Graduate Student 1996-2001 Currently: Assistant Member, Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle (http://labs.fhcrc.org/shou/) shou.group*gmail.com
	Dorota Skowyra Postdoctoral fellow, 1999 Currently: Assistant Professor, St. Louis University School of Medicine skowyrad*slu.edu
	Geoff Smith Research Technician, Howard Hughes Medical Institute -2007 Currently: Technical assistant, Proteome Exploration Laboratory (PEL), Caltech Telephone: (626) 395-2029 gsmith*its.caltech.edu
	Phuong (Kim) Vu Undergraduate Currently: Lab Assistant, UCLA School of Medicine kphuong*ucla.edu