Alumni Profiles

Tsui-Wen (Tracy) Chou
Entry Year: 2019
PhD or Masters Student: PhD
Graduate Program: Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Department: Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Advisor Name: Brian Daniels
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Graduation Year: October 2025
Dissertation Title: Asymptomatic maternal ZIKV infection impacts fetal brain development

Deimante Mikalauskaite
Entry Year: 2018
PhD or Masters Student: PhD
Graduate Program: Cell and Developmental Biology
Department: Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Advisor Name: Kenneth Irvine
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Graduation Year: May 2026
Dissertation Title: Regulation of Hippo signaling by Atrophin in the developing Drosophila wing
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4360-1215

Arif Kusuma
Entry Year: 2020
PhD or Masters Student: PhD
Graduate Program: Cell and Developmental Biology
Department: Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology
Advisor Name: James Millonig
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Graduation Year: May 2026
Dissertation Title: MAZ–p53–mTOR Axis Dysregulation Drives Hyperproliferation in 16p11.2 Deletion Neural Progenitor Cells
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6993-0271

Zhuxuan (Kellen) Xu
Entry Year: 2019
PhD or Masters Student: PhD
Graduate Program: Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
Department: Department of Pharmacology
Advisor Name: Victor Shengkan Jin
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Graduation Year: January 2026
Dissertation Title: Development of CRISPR Base Editing Gene Therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Svetlana Bagdasarov
Entry Year: 2022
PhD or Masters Student: MD/PhD
Graduate Program: Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
Department: Department of Surgery
Advisor Name: Steven Libutti
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Graduation Year: August 2025
Dissertation Title: Ligand-Directed Alpha-Galactosyltransferase Gene Therapy Using Hybrid AAV Phage Vector for Antitumor Immune Response
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5344-7939