Members of the Charest lab

Principal Investigator

Pascale G. Charest, Ph.D.

Research Staff

AFM Tariqul (Tariq) Islam, Ph.D.

Graduate Student Researchers

​Stephen Smith
Biological Chemistry Graduate Program, Biochemistry track








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Agata Orlinski
Biological Chemistry Graduate Program, Biochemistry track







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Alyssa Werner
Biological Chemistry Graduate Program, Biochemistry track












Genesis Cahigas
Biological Chemistry Graduate Program, Biochemistry track












Mollie Wiegand
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, MCB track

Undergraduate Student Researchers

Isabella Brown
Major: Biochemistry
Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology

Working with graduate student Shannon Collins on the regulation of mTORC2 by was in breast cancer cells.








Ethan Weiss
Major: Biochemistry

Working with graduate student Stephen Smith on the molecular determinants of the RasC-mTORC2 interaction in Dictyostelium.








Jamie Takashima
Major: Chemistry
Major: Biochemistry

2018-2020 Beckman Scholar
2020 Goldwater Scholar

Working with staff scientist Tariq Islam on adapting the APEX2 proximity labelling method for identifying protein-protein interactions in Dictyostelium.






Avani Kumar
​Major: Biochemistry

Working with graduate student Alyssa Werner on the role of Ras and mTORC2 in NSCLC cell migration.







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​Hannah Johnson
​Major: Biology

Working with graduate student Alyssa Werner on the role of Ras and mTORC2 in NSCLC cell migration.
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Shon Alimukhamedov
Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology

Working with graduate student Stephen Smith on the molecular determinants of the RasC-mTORC2 interaction in Dictyostelium.
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Isabella Feldmann
​Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology

Working with graduate student Genesis Cahigas on the role of Rap1 in regulating mTORC2 and cell migration.








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Nitant Soni
Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology

Working with staff scientist Tariq Islam on the dynamics and regulatory mechanisms of GPCR chemoattractant signal transduction. 



Stephen Dilley
Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology

Working with staff scientist Tariq Islam on the dynamics and regulatory mechanisms of GPCR chemoattractant signal transduction. ​

Alumni

Graduate students

Shannon Collins, PhD. MD/PhD Program, Biochemistry, 2016-2019
Maggie Scavello, Ph.D. Biochemistry, 2013-2018
Dustin Daniel, M.Sc. Applied Biosciences, 2014-2016
Amanda Hanson, M.Sc. Biochemistry, 2013-2016
Alexandra Petlick, M.Sc. Analytical Chemistry, 2012-2014
Nieves Montano, M.Sc. Biochemistry, 2012-2014

Undergraduate student researchers (years worked in lab)

McKenna Schultz, B.Sc. Biochemistry, B.Sc. Molecular and Cellular Biology (2016-2019)
Ramya Ramesh, B.Sc. Biochemistry, B.Sc. Molecular and Cellular Biology (2014-2018)
Pearce Haldeman, B.Sc. Biochemistry (2015-2017)
Matthew O'Mara, B.Sc. Biochemistry (2014-2017)
Joseph Cada, B.Sc. Molecular and Cellular Biology (2013-2015)
Branden Stepanski, B.Sc. Biochemistry, B.Sc. Molecular and Cellular Biology (2012-2014)

High school KEYS intern

Zoe Benson, summer 2018
Jordan Pilch, summer 2017
Ethan Weiss, summer 2016

Postdoc

Anita Chavan, 2015-2017

Research staff

Pouya Lotfi, technicien, 2012-2016
Valery Thompson, lab manager, 2012-2014