Meet our Team
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Santos Franco

Principal Investigator

Madisen Mason

PhD Student - Neuroscience Program
​Started August 2020

JP Martin

PhD Student - Cell Biology, Stem Cells & Development Program
NIGMS GDDR T32 Trainee
​Started August 2022

Luuli Tran

PhD Student - Molecular Biology Program
NIGMS MOLB T32 Trainee
​Bolie Scholar
NINDS F31 Fellow
​Started August 2019

Aleezah Balolia

PhD Student - Neuroscience Program
​CCTSI TOTTS T32 Fellow
​Started August 2021

Ashwini Shinde

PhD Student - Neuroscience Program
​Started August 2023

Salvador Guerra

PhD Student - Neuroscience Program
​Started August 2023

Lab Alumni

Christina Como

PhD Student - NSP Program
Thesis Committee: Santos Franco, Joseph Brzezinski, Emily Bates, Kristin Artinger, Mark Dell'Acqua
​Now: 

Santiago Fregoso

PhD Student - CSD Program
Thesis Committee: Linda Barlow, Lee Niswander, Joseph Brzezinski, Julie Siegenthaler, Peter Dempsey, Matthew Kennedy
Now: F32-funded Postdoctoral Fellow in Tim Cherry's Lab @ Seattle Children's Research Institute​

Mark Gutierrez

PhD Student - CSD Program
Thesis Committee: Emily Bates, Linda Barlow, Angeles Ribera, Jeffrey Moore, Mark Dell'Acqua
Now: Captain in the United States Army Medical Department (AMEDD) 

Caitlin Winkler

PhD Student - CSD Program
Thesis Committee: Bruce Appel, Wendy Macklin, Julie Siegenthaler, Joseph Brzezinski, Ethan Hughes, Kevin Jones
After: Informatics Fellow - RNA Biosciences Initiative at CU - Anschutz Medical Campus
​Now: Senior Solutions Scientist at Pluto Bioinformatics

Brett Dwyer

Professional Research Associate
Now: University of Iowa

Kurt Cobain

Lead Vocals, Guitar​

Lena Milan

Professional Research Associate
Now: Medical School

Mad Hatter

(Tea) Party Coordinator

Madalynn Welch

Professional Research Associate
Now: Medical School

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