People

Elyse Bolterstein, PI and head fly pusher

Current Lab Members

Vada Becker, NEIU Biology Undergraduate and MARC Scholar
Research interests: Characterization of the unmapped repair gene, mus109
Rut Ortiz, NEIU Chemistry Undergraduate and MARC Scholar
Research interests: Role of WRNexo in responding to metabolic stress
Shahida Qazi, NEIU Psychology Undergraduate Honors student
Research interests: Relationship between circadian rhythms and DNA repair in DNA-repair deficient flies
Gina Ishu, NEIU Biology MS student
Research interests: The connection between TDP1/glaikit and circadian rhythms

Former Lab Members

  • Imad Rebiai – Independent research project, BS 2019
  • Jacqueline Alvarez – Lab volunteer MS 2017, current UIC medical student
  • Janet Garcia – Independent research project, BS 2019, aspiring veterinarian
  • Barbara Rokita – Lab volunteer, BS 2016
  • Angel Aguilar – Lab volunteer, BS 2018, current PA student
  • Luhan “Tracy” Zhou – Lab volunteer, NEIU graduate student 2017, MS 2018 (Northwestern), Current research associate, Duncan Lab, Northwestern
  • Deirdre Cassidy – Independent research project, BS 2017, currently working in industry
  • Matthew Kuo (MS 2018) and Winnie Jiang (BS 2017, current MS) – Lab volunteers
  • Charlotte Salameh – Honors thesis BS 2019, current student at UIC Dental School
  • Josh Kruithof – Independent research project, BS 2017
  • Terry Blaszczak – MARC thesis, BS 2018, current PhD student at Penn State
  • Debbie Onofrei – Independent research project, BS 2018, medical volunteer and non-profit founder
  • Chris Corso – Lab volunteer, BS 2019, current student at the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Rolan Milutinovic – Independent Research project, BS 2020, current student at University of Minnesota School of Dentistry
  • Derek Epiney – McNair Scholar, BS 2019, current lab tech