Graduate Students
Biomedical
Sciences Graduate Program
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Caroline Addis
Caroline received her B.S. degree from Clemson
University in 2001 and entered the Biomedical Science Ph.D. program in 2002. She is
performing her Ph.D. research in the laboratory of Dr. Richard Goodwin. Her current
research is focused on the regulation of cardiomyocyte proliferation in the developing
heart and the role of periostin in heart valve development. |
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Indroneal Banerjee
Indroneal is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Biological
Sciences. He joined the laboratory of Dr. Troy Baudino in 2005. His research focuses on
Myc proteins in cardiovascular development. |
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Yan Du
Yan Du received a Bachelor of Medicine/Image
Medicine degree from Suzhou University School of Medicine in 1999. She subsequently worked
as a Medical Doctor at Shanghai East Hospital in Shanghai, China. In 2004 Yan Du joined
the laboratory of Dr. Joseph Janicki at the Auburn University College of Veterinary
Medicine as a Ph.D. candidate. She moved with Dr. Janicki's laboratory to the University
of South Carolina School of Medicine and is performing reserach to elucidate the
mechanisms of gender differences in ventricular remodeling secondary to chronic volume
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Erin Massey
Erin received her B.S. in Exercise Science from the University of South Carolina Honors
College. She joined the Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program in 2002. Erin currently works in
Dr. Carver's laboratory and is performing research to elucidate the effects of gender on
myocardial inflammation. Erin has presented this work at Keystone Symposia and meetings of
the American Society of Cell Biology.
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Ekatarina Mironova
Katya received an M.D. from Russian State Medical University, Moscow, Russia in 1999.
She joined the Biomedical Science Ph.D. program at the University of South Carolina in
2001. She previously worked with Dr. Ann Ramsdell examining the role of TGF-beta signaling
in left-right axis formation during embryonic development. Katya co-authored a manuscript
describing this research and won second place at the Medical University of South Carolina
Student Research Day in 2002. Katya currently works with Dr. Clarke Millette examining the
regulation of alterations in Sertoli cell shape during spermatogenesis. In particular,
Katya's research will elucidate the role of formins (mDia1 and mDia2) in Sertoli cell
shape rearrangement.
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Krishna Yekkala
Krishna was accepted into the Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program in 2003. Prior to this,
he received a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the Achrya N.G. Ranga Agricultural
University in 2001. Krishna is carrying out his Ph.D. research in the laboratory of Dr.
Troy Baudino. Krishna's research is focused on the regulation and functional role of Ephs
and Ephrins in angiogenesis.
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Tresa
Nesbitt
Tresa received
a B.S. degree in Microbiology from Clemson University. She entered the Biomedical Science
Ph.D. program in 2002 and is the recipient of an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship. Tresa
currently works in the laboratory of Dr. Goodwin examining the mechanisms of coronary
artery formation in heart development. These studies utilize a novel three-dash
dimensional in vitro model to understand the regulation of epicardial cell
differentiation. She has recently co-authored a manuscript related to this work. |
