Fall 2020, from top left to bottom right: Dr. Gousset, Paria, Nicolas, Bridget, Alan, Vinita, Zoua.

Lab Members

           Graduate Students

                Paria Azami, Biology

                Nicolas Putnam, Biology

         Undergraduate Students

                Alan Pham, Biology

                Zoua Xiong, Biology

                2018/2019 FSSRA Award winner.

               Vinita Raj, Biology

Lab Alumni (Where they are now)

                Andreina Trujillo Banuelos, Biology (Graduated)

                       (Scientist I, Cytek BioScience, Fremont, CA)

                2017/2018 FSSRA Award winner for her project entitled, “The importance of the mitochondria in

                        TNT formation and function.”

                2017/2018 Graduate Net Initiative Award winner for her project entitled, “CRISPR/Cas9-   

                        mediated fluorescent tagging of endogenous Myosin-X in a stable neuronal cell line.”             

                Abigail Ajanel, Biology (Graduated)

                      (Attending University of Utah as a Ph.D. candidate)

                2018/2019 FSSRA Award winner.              

                Tariq Sakoury, Biology

                2018/2019 FSSRA Award winner.

                Jaime Uhl, Biology

                2018/2019 FSSRA Award winner.

                2017/2018 Graduate Net Initiative Award winner for her project entitled, “CRISPR/Cas9-   

                        mediated fluorescent tagging of endogenous Myosin-X in a stable neuronal cell line.”

                2017/2018 FSSRA Award winner for her project entitled, “CRISPR/Cas9-mediated    

                        fluorescent tagging of endogenous Myosin-X in a stable neuronal cell line.”

                2016/2017 Graduate Net Initiative Award winner for her project entitled, “CRISPR/Cas9-   

                        mediated fluorescent tagging of endogenous Myosin-X in a stable neuronal cell line.”

                2016/2017 FSSRA Award winner for her project entitled, “CRISPR/Cas9-mediated    

                        fluorescent tagging of endogenous Myosin-X in a stable neuronal cell line.”

                Noah Contreras, Biology

                 2018/2019 FSSRA Award winner.

                Maeghan Tovar, Sierra High School (Graduated)

                       (Attending Stanford University as an Undergraduate)

                2018 ASCB Poster and Abstract for her project entitled, “The proteolysis of Myo10, by Calpain,

                under low calcium conditions is activated by its FERM domain Acyl-CoA Binding Protein Motif.”

                Pablo Guaman Tipan, Biology (Graduated)

                        (Staff Research Associate I, Lab of Dr. Daniele Piomelli, UC Irvine, CA)

                2017/2018 FSSRA Award winner for his project entitled, “Development of Pichia pastoris

                        as a model system for Myosin X-induced filopodia formation.”

                2017 CCRS Poster and Abstract for his project entitled, “Development of Pichia pastoris

                        as a model system for Myosin X-induced filopodia formation.”

                2016 ASCB Poster and Abstract for his project entitled, “Development of Pichia pastoris

                        as a model system for Myosin X-induced filopodia formation.”

                2016 CSU Biotechnology Symposium Poster and Abstract for his project entitled, 

                        “Development of Pichia pastoris as a model system for Myosin X-induced filopodia formation.”

                2016 CSUPERB Presidents’ Commission Scholars Award winner for his project entitled,

                        “Development of a model system to test the regulation of Myosin-X.”

                2016/17 CSU, Fresno Undergraduate Research Awardee for his project entitled, “Development

                of Pichia Pastoris as a model system to test the regulation of Myosin X.”

                Puneet Sran, Biology (Graduated)

                       (Attending UC Davis School of Medicine)

                2017 CCRS Poster and Abstract for her project entitled, “Interaction of Myosin-X with mRNP

                        Complexes.”

                2016/17 CSU, Fresno Undergraduate Research Awardee for her project entitled,          

                        “Interactions of Myosin-X with nuclear and mRNP complex proteins.”

                 Dr. Ana Gordon, Post-Doctoral Fellow

                 Fundación Martín Escudero (Spain) Post-Doctoral Fellow 2016-2018

                Chinka Pruthi, Biotechnology - graduate student

                2013/2014 FSSRA Award winner for her project entitled, “The formation of TNTs in

                        macrophages.”

                        Cameron Saunders, Biology - undergraduate student

                Vivian Lo, B.S. Biology - undergraduate student (Graduated)

                       (I3 Institute Scholar, University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences)

                Ellen Douglass, Biology - undergraduate student

                Lesly Fita, Biology - undergraduate student

                Vinisha Prajapati, Clovis North High School

                Maria Silvia Melgarejo, B.S. Biology (Graduated)

                       (Post Baccalaureate Program, CSU East Bay)

                Rachel Lee Nelson, Biology

                  NSF LSAMP Scholar

                 Michelle Cha, Clovis West High School

                Shivalee Gujarathi, M.S. Biotechnology (Graduated)

                        (Scientist II, Molecular Biology, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Carlsbad, CA)

                        2015 CCRS Poster and Abstract for her project entitled, “HIV-1 Nef induced TNTs are   

                        Myo10 Dependent.”

                2015 CSU Biotechnology Symposium Poster and Abstract for her project entitled, “HIV-1 Nef  

                        protein induces TNT formation in macrophages by up-regulation of Myo10.”

                        2014/2015 FSSRA Award winner for her project entitled, “HIV-1 Nef protein induces TNT

                        formation in macrophages by up-regulation of Myo10.”

                        2014 CCRS Poster and Abstract for her project entitled, “Effect of Nef protein in TNT formation 

                        in macrophages.”

                        2013/2014 FSSRA Award winner for her project entitled, “The role of Nef protein in TNT

                        formation in macrophages.”

               Stacy Han, B.S. Biology (Graduated)

                       (Attending UCSF School of Medicine)

                2015 CSU, Fresno Department of Biology Outstanding Undergraduate Award

                        2015 CCRS Poster and Abstract for her project entitled, “A Myo10 c-terminal fragment 

                        associates with components of messenger ribonucleoprotein (mRNP) complexes in the core 

                        nuclear region.”

                2015 CSU Biotechnology Symposium Poster and Abstract for her project entitled,“Interactions  

                        of the FERM Domain of Myo10.”

                        2014/2015 FSSRA Award winner for her project entitled, “Interactions of the FERM Domain

                        of Myo10.”

                        2013/2014 FSSRA Award winner for her project entitled, “Insights into the F2 lob of the FERM

                        domain of Myo10.”

                2014 CSU, Fresno Undergraduate Research Awardee for her project entitled, “Insights into         

                        the F2 lob of the FERM domain of Myo10.”

              Shahana Saadat Farooqi, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow

                      (Attending UC Berkeley, B.A. in Public Health expected 2019)

               Maria Mendoza, Biology - Graduate student

                (Switched to a Microbiology focused lab)

                NIH CSU Fresno/UC Merced Bridges to Doctorate Program Scholar

                        NSF LSAMP Scholar

                Joselyn Navarrette, Biology

                2016/2017 FSSRA Award winner for her project entitled, “Insights into the mechanism of      

                        transfer of HIV-1 Nef via TNTs in macrophages.”

                2016/17 CSU, Fresno Undergraduate Research Awardee for her project entitled, “Insights        

                        into the mechanism of transfer of HIV-1 Nef via TNTs.”

                Rekha Rangan, Biology (Honors Program) (Graduated)

                       (Attending UC Irvine, M.S. in Biology expected 2019)

                2017 CCRS Poster and Abstract for her project entitled, “Cloning strategies for the expression of

                        Myosin-X in Yeast.”

                2016/17 CSU, Fresno Undergraduate Research Awardee for her project entitled,          

                        “Biochemical analysis of the regulation of Myosin-X.”

               Shravan Kannan, Biology (Graduated)

                       (Research Associate, Dynavax, Berkeley, CA)

                2016 ASCB Poster and Abstract for his project entitled, “Laser Capture Microdissection

                        and Microporteomics: A Novel method to study the Proteome of Cell Projections.”

                2016 CCRS Poster and Abstract for his project entitled, “Microproteomic analysis of

                        laser capture microdissected cells forming TNTs.”

                2016 CSU Biotechnology Symposium Poster and Abstract for his project entitled, 

                        “Microproteomic analysis of laser capture microdissected cells forming TNTs.”

                2015 Stanford University Mass Spectrometry Research Applications Symposium 

                        for his project entitled “Microproteomic analysis of laser capture microdissected cells forming

                        TNTs.”

                        2015 CCRS Poster and Abstract for his project entitled, “Interactions of the FERM Domain

                        of Myo10.”

  Fall 2018, from bottom left to top right: Alan, Andreina, Zoua, Abigail, Dr. Gousset, Paria, and Tariq.

Fall 2017, from left to right: Puneet, Pablo, Dr. Ana Gordon, Dr. Gousset, Jaime, and Andreina.

  Fall 2016, from left to right: Jaime, Dr. Ana Gordon, Shravan, Dr. Gousset, Rekha, Pablo, Puneet, and Joselyn.

Fall 2015, from left to right: Pablo, Lee, Maria, Stacy, Shivalee, Dr. Gousset, Joselyn, Rekha, and Shravan.