Current Members

Aaron Derdowski – post-doc
Aaron is studying the interplay between prions and the cytoskeleton.
Aaron_Derdowski@Brown.edu

Susanne DiSalvo – graduate student
Susanne is studying mechanisms of prion loss.
Susanne_DiSalvo@Brown.edu

Bill Holmes – graduate student
Bill is studying Sup35 partner proteins.
William_Holmes@Brown.edu

Courtney Klaips – graduate student
Courtney is studying the genetic interaction between Hsp104 and Sup35 in [PSI⁺] propagation.
Courtney_Klaips@Brown.edu

Christine Langlois – graduate student
Christine is studying the role of the oligopeptide repeats in prion propagation.
Christine_Langlois@Brown.edu

John Pezza – post-doc
John is studying the relationship between Sup35 function and aggregation.
John_Pezza@Brown.edu

Suzanne Sindi – post-doc
Suzanne is developing mathematical models of prion dynamics.
Suzanne_Sindi@Brown.edu

Lab Alums

Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan
For her thesis work, Prasanna studied the dynamics of existing Sup35 protein in living cells. She is currently a post-doc with Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz at the NIH.
Prasanna_Satpute@Brown.edu

Martina Strbuncelj – graduate student
As a graduate student, Martina studied the effects of trans factors on the constraint of Sup35 conformations in vivo and the molecular basis of prion strain competition.
Martina@Brown.edu