Members of the Charest lab
Principal Investigator
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Pascale G. Charest, Ph.D.
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Research Staff
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AFM Tariqul (Tariq) Islam, Ph.D.
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Graduate Student Researchers
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Undergraduate Student Researchers
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Isabella Brown
Major: Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology Working with Shannon Collins on the regulation of mTORC2 in breast cancer cells. |
Ethan Weiss
Major: Biochemistry Working with Stephen Smith on the molecular determinants of the RasC-mTORC2 interaction in Dictyostelium. |
Jamie Takashima
Major: Chemistry, Biochemistry 2018-2020 Beckman Scholar 2020 Goldwater Scholar Working with Tariq Islam on adapting the APEX2 method for identifying protein-protein interactions in Dictyostelium. |
Avani Kumar
Major: Biochemistry Working with Alyssa Werner on the role of Ras and mTORC2 in NSCLC cell migration. 
Isabella Feldmann
Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology Working with Genesis Cahigas on the role of Rap1 in regulating mTORC2 and cell migration. |
Hannah Johnson
Major: Biology Working with Alyssa Werner on the role of Ras and mTORC2 in NSCLC cell migration. 
Nitant Soni
Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology Working with Tariq Islam on the dynamics and mechanisms of GPCR chemoattractant signal transduction. |
Shon Alimukhamedov
Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology Working with Stephen Smith on the molecular determinants of the RasC-mTORC2 interaction in Dictyostelium. 
Stephen Dilley
Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology Working with Tariq Islam on the dynamics and mechanisms of GPCR chemoattractant signal transduction. |
Alumni
Graduate students
Shannon Collins, PhD. MD/PhD Program, Biochemistry, 2016-2020
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
Shannon Collins, PhD. MD/PhD Program, Biochemistry, 2016-2020
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