Lauren graduated from Brigham Young University in 2003 with a B.S. in Human Biology and Neurology and in 2004 with a M.S. in Physiology (thesis: adsorption of secretory phospholipase A2 to cell membranes). After graduation, she worked with Gurrinder Bedi (University of Rochester Center for Oral Biology) on cataloguing the protein
in human saliva and on running the Protein Core Facility. In 2006 she began working with Alan Friedman to establish the Proteomics Center.
John graduated from Penn State University in 2005 with a B.S. in Biology. As an undergraduate he worked on a gene sequencing project that used zebrafish as the model organism. John's efforts resulted in completely sequencing two genes. After graduating, he worked in an industrial lab setting for a year. Since January of 2007, John has been part of the Proteomics Center Staff. He was recently accepted into the Ph.D. program in the BMCB cluster here at URMC. He will matriculate in the fall semester 2008.
Kevin graduated from SUNY Geneseo in 2007 with a B.S. in Mathematics. Kevin joined the Proteomics Center in March of 2008. Since joining, he has been aiding in the development of a Lipidomics method for quantification using an LTQ ion trap mass spectrometer.
Myra Mathis - Undergraduate(Biochemistry)
As a participant in the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program at the U of R Medical Center, she worked in the Friedman lab and developed a method for three-dimensional protein analysis using a 1-D gel to determine the molecular weights of proteins fractionated by the PF-2D. In the fall of 2007 Myra joined the lab to carry out an independent research project that would extend the work she began over the summer using capillary electrophoresis. Upon graduation, Myra hopes to attend medical school.
Kiran graduated from Orissa Veterinary College (OUAT, India) in January 2002 with a bachelor's degree in Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry. He graduated from the University of Birmingham, UK with a Master's degree in Applied Genetics in 2003 ("Identification of important residues involved in the activation of the anti-mycobacterial prodrug ethionamide by the monooxygenases EthA"). In April of 2004, Kiran joined the Marsupial Immunology group in Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia as a doctoral candidate. As a Ph.D. student, he investigated the role of anti-microbial peptides in marsupial neutrophils and the marsupial pouch using proteomic techniques. After successful completion of his Ph.D. in 2007, he joined the University of Rochester as a Post Doctoral Research Associate to work on Sjogrens Syndrome.
