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David J. Shapiro

Professor of Biochemistry & Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine
djshapir@illinois.edu
B.S. 1967 Brooklyn College
Ph.D. 1972 Purdue University
Postdoc. 1972-1973 Stanford University Medical School
Postdoc. 1973-1974 Stanford University

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Chengjian Mao

Senior Researcher
cmao@illinois.edu
B.S. 1986 Fudan University
Ph.D. 1993 Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry
Postdoc. Chinese Academy of Science

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Liqun Yu

Graduate Student, Biochemistry
liqunyu2@illinois.edu
B.S. 2010 Wuhan University of Technology
M.S. 2013 Chinese Academy of Sciences


Ji Eun Kim

Graduate Student, Biochemistry
jkim622@illinois.edu
B.S. 2012 University of Texas at Austin


Lawrence Wang

Graduate Student, Biochemistry
lwang213@ilinois.edu
B.S. 2015 California Institute of Technology

 



Darjan Duraki

Graduate Student, Biochemistry
ddurak2@illinois.edu
B.S. 2016 University of Illinois at Chicago



Santanu Ghosh

Graduate Student, Biochemistry
santanu2@illinois.edu
B.S. 2015 Presidency University
M.S. 2017 Indian Institute of Technology

 

 

 

Undergraduate Students:

  • Ciyang Wang, Biochemistry, Class of 2018
  • Yu Zheng, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Class of 2020

Alumni:

Graduate Students:

  • Mara Livezey, PhD, Instructor at the University of Detroit Mercy
  • Xiaobin Zheng, PhD, Program Director for Health Data Science at Insight Data Science
  • Lily Mahapatra, MD/PhD, Resident in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
  • Mathew Cherian, MD/PhD, Resident in Emergency Medicine at the University of New Mexico
  • Neal D. Andruska, MD/PhD, Resident in Radiation Oncology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
  • Milu T. Cherian, PhD, Senior Analyst at Oncology, SmartAnalyst, Inc.
  • Irene Aninye, PhD, Senior Program Associate at the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Undergraduate Students:

  • Rui Huang, Graduate Student in Biochemistry at Duke University
  • Jeffrey Trost, Medical Student at University of Virginia School of Medicine
  • Khin-Khin Soe Wu, Medical Student at Rosalind Franklin School of Medicine
  • Amanda Etheridge, Medical Student at University of Illinois College of Medicine

COLLABORATORS:

Elaine Alarid, Ph.D.

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Associate Professor, Department of Oncology
alarid@oncology.wisc.edu
Collaboration: Estrogen Receptor

 

Paul J. Hergenrother, Ph.D.

University of Illinois
Professor, Department of Chemistry
hergenro@illinois.edu
Collaboration: Drug Discovery, Small Molecule Synthesis

 

Erik R. Nelson, Ph.D.

University of Illinois
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
enels@illinois.edu
Collaboration: In-vivo Drug Evaluation

 

Steven K. Nordeen, Ph.D.

University of Colorado and Health Sciences Center
Professor, Department of Pathology
steve.nordeen@uchsc.edu
Collaboration: Coactivator Studies, Progesterone Receptor

 

Elizabeth Wilson, Ph.D.

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Laboratories for Reproductive Biology & Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
emw@med.unc.edu
Collaboration: Androgen Receptor


Chen Zhang, Ph.D.

University of Illinois
Director, High-throughput Screening Facility
czhang8@illinois.edu
Collaboration: High-throughput Screening