Former Graduate Students
Suzy Hur
Graduate Student
Ph.D. UChicago Development, Regeneration and Stem Cell Biology 2023 “Quantitative insights into the role of RTK/MAPK signaling pathway on developmental cell state transitions”
Publications: Bernasek, Hur, Pelaez-Restrepo et al., Development 2023.
Current Position: Associate, McKinsey & Company.
Xiao Sun
Graduate Student
Ph.D. UChicago Development, Regeneration & Stem Cell Biology 2023 “Towards a multi-scale understanding of Drosophila 3D retinal morphogensis”
Publications: Sun et al., Development 2024
Current Position: Entrepreneur
Chudong "Catherine" Wu
Graduate Student
Ph.D. UChicago Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology 2020
“The ETS factors Pnt and Yan regulate distinct cell fates in Drosophila“
Publications: Wu et al., Plos Genetics 2020
Current Position: Associate Director of Innovation, AbbVie
Nicelio Sanchez-Luege
Graduate Student
Ph.D. MSTP/Developmental Regeneration & Stem Cell Biology 2018
“Regulation of Notch trafficking and signaling by Abelson kinase”
M.D. Pritzker School of Medicine 2021
Publications: Webber et al., Development 2018; Bernasek et al., Development 2023
Current Position: Resident, UCSF Psychiatry Research Resident Training Program
C. Matthew Hope
Graduate Student
Ph.D. UChicago Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics 2018
“Polymerization of the ETS family transcriptional Yan: Theory and experiment”
Publications: Hope et al., Biophysical Journal 2017; Hope et al., Elife 2018
Postdoctoral work with Xiaozhong Alec Wang, Northwestern University
Current Position: Bioinformatician, Sophia Genetics
Trevor Davis
Graduate Student
Ph.D. UChicago Development Regeneration & Stem Cell Biology 2017
“Binding partners regulate Eyes absent-Sine oculis transcriptional output during retinal development in Drosophila melanogaster“
Publications: Davis & Rebay, Developmental Biology 2017; Davis & Rebay, Development 2017; Davis et al., PLoS One 2017; Davis & Rebay, Fly 2018
Current Position: Vice President, Life Sciences, Lincoln Park Capital
https://www.lpcfunds.com/team/trevor-l-davis-ph-d/
Charlene Hoi
Graduate Student
Ph.D. UChicago Genetics Genomics & Systems Biology 2016
“Interactions between Eyes absent and JAK/STAT signaling during Drosophila development”
Publications: Hoi et al., Genetics 2016; Davis et al., PLoS One 2017
Postdoctoral work with Philip Barker, University of British Columbia
Current Position: Academic Consultant, BeMo Academic Consulting
Santiago Morillo
Graduate Student
Ph.D UChicago Cell and Molecular Biology 2012
“Signaling mechanisms regulation the dual function transcription factor/protein phosphatase Eyes absent during Drosophila development”
Publications: Morillo et al., Developmental Biology 2012; Xiong et al., Development 2013
Current Position: Project Manager for Europe, Middle East, Africa & Latin America, Roche
Jie Zhang
Graduate Student
Ph.D. UChicago Cancer Biology 2011
“Regulation of gene expression by the Drosophila ETS family transcriptional repressor Yan”
Publications: Zhang et al., Molecular Cell Biology 2010; Webber et al., Genetics 2013; Webber et al., Genes & Development 2013; Webber et al., Development 2018
J.D., Harvard University Law School
Current Position: Legal Manager of Beijing Office for Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
https://www.davispolk.com/professionals/jie-zhang
Wenjun Xiong
Graduate Student
Ph.D. Uchicago Cancer Biology 2010
“Regulation of Drosophila eye development by the transcription factor/protwin tyrosine phosphatase Eyes absent”
Publications: Xiong et al., Developmental Cell 2009; Xiong & Rebay, Developmental Dynamics 2011; Xiong et al, Development 2013; Hoi et al., Genetics 2016
Postdoctoral work with Connie Cepko, Harvard University
Current Position: Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong
https://www.cityu.edu.hk/bms/profile/wenjunxiong.htm
David Doroquez
Graduate Student
Ph.D. MIT Biology 2007
“Characterization of split ends in the integration of signaling during Drosophila eye development”
Publications: Lin et al., Development 2003; Doroquez & Rebay, Critical Reviews in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 2006; Doroquez et al., Mechanisms of Development 2007
Postdoctoral work with Piali Sengupta, Brandeis University
Current Postion: Senior Medical Writer for Dynamed, EBSCO Information Services
Jennifer Jemc Mierisch
Graduate Student
Ph.D. MIT Biology 2007
“Regulation of Drosophila Eye Development by the Transcription Factors Eyes Absent and Spenito”
Publications: Jemc & Rebay, Genetics 2006; Jemc & Rebay, Genome Biology 2006; Jemc & Rebay, Annual Reviews Biochemistry 2007; Jemc & Rebay, Developmental Biology 2007; Zhou et al., Developmental Biology 2014
Postdoctoral work with Mark van Doren, Johns Hopkins University
Current Position: Associate Professor of Biology, Loyola University Chicago
https://www.luc.edu/biology/aboutus/facultyresearch/jenniferjemcmierisch/
Ishara Mills-Henry
Graduate Student
Ph.D. MIT Biology 2007 (2001 – 2004 in Rebay Lab, finished in Jonathan King Lab)
Postdoctoral work with John Dowling, Harvard University and with TERC
Current Position: Associate Professor, Chemistry & Food Science, Framingham State University
Tina Tootle
Graduate Student
Ph.D. MIT Biology 2004
“Regulation of cell fate by phosphorylation: A tale of two transcription factors”
Publications: Tootle et al., Development 2003; Tootle et al., Nature 2003; Vivekanand et al., Mechanisms of Development 2004; Tootle & Rebay, Bioessays 2005; Rebay et al., Trends in Genetics 2005; Mutsuddi et al., Genetics 2005
Postdoctoral work with Allan Spradling, Carnegie Institute
Current Position: Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Iowa
https://medicine.uiowa.edu/acb/profile/tina-tootle
Serena Silver
Graduate Student
Ph.D. MIT Biology 2004
“Dual functions of the Retinal Determination Gene Network member EYES ABSENT as a transcription factor and phosphotase”
Publications: Silver et al., Molecular Cell Biology 2003; Tootle et al., Nature 2003; Silver et al., Genesis 2004; Silver & Rebay, Development 2005; Rebay et al., Trends in Genetics 2005; Mutsuddi et al., Genetics 2005
Postdoctoral work with Norbert Perrimon, Harvard University
Current Position: Vice President, Discovery Biology & Technologies at Fulcrum Therapeutics
https://bsoccs.org/building-a-team
Matthew Voas
Graduate Student
Ph.D. MIT Biology 2002
“The rhinoceros gene of Drosophila restricts cell fate specification in the developing eye”
Publications: Rebay et al., Genetics 2000; Badenhorst et al., Genes & Development 2002; Voas & Rebay, Developmental Dynamics 2004; Voas & Rebay, Genetics 2003; Badenhorst et al., Genes & Development 2005
Postdoctoral work with William Talbot, Stanford University and Tatjiana Piotrowski, Stowers Institute
Current Position: Research Fellow, National Cancer Institute
https://ccr.cancer.gov/staff-directory/erin-l-davies#staff-profile-team-tab-5
Fangli Chen
Graduate Student
Ph.D. MIT Biology 2001
“Characterization of split ends, a new component of the Drosophila epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathway”
Publications: Rebay et al., Genetics 2000; Chen & Rebay, Current Biology 2000; Lin et al., Development 2003; Silver et al., Genesis 2004
J.D., Suffolk University Law School
Current Position: Life Sciences & Intellectual Property Partner at Proskauer Rose LLP
https://www.proskauer.com/professionals/fangli-chen