{"id":18,"date":"2013-12-16T15:58:47","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T15:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/braybrookgroup.wordpress.com\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2025-03-27T11:28:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T18:28:26","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-braybrook\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lauren Dedow, Senior Research Associate and Lab Manager.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Email: ldedow (at) ucla.edu
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Lauren completed her PhD at UC Riverside, on RNA biology. She has joined the lab to help keep us on track and bring her molecular biology expertise to our aid!<\/p>\n

Jessica Carstens-Kass, PhD Candidate in IMMP<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Email: jcarstenskass (at) ucla.edu\u00a0 \u00a0 (she\/her)<\/p>\n

Jess received her BSc from the University of Montreal in Microbiology. She is currently pursuing her PhD, working on understanding the relationship between kelp and their microbiomes. Jess is also a passionate mentor and teacher. She is currently also the co-lead for our virtual Kelp Kulture<\/a> seminar series.<\/p>\n

Hugh Knopp, PhD Student in BSMB<\/strong><\/p>\n

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…..stay tuned!<\/p>\n

Kate Alley, MS student in MCDB
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….stay tuned!<\/p>\n

Siobhan A. Braybrook, PI.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Email: siobhanb (at) ucla.edu<\/p>\n

As the PI (Principal Investigator) in our lab, it is my greatest joy and privilege to be along for the scientific journeys of the folks in our lab.\u00a0 Scientifically, I am deeply interested in how organisms grow when they have cell walls and asking how our science can be used to improve our world. IG @mechanome<\/a><\/p>\n

Past Members<\/h5>\n

Emoni Cook, MS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Emoni completed her MSc here at UCLA in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior where she worked to understand antimicrobial resistance. With us she worked to understand the interaction between algal cell walls and their microbiomes.<\/p>\n

She is now a Professor at Antelope Valley College!<\/p>\n

Lital Davidi, Post-Doctoral Researcher<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Lital is an expert in algal biochemistry, from brown to red to green. She examined stress tolerance mechanisms in algae, with a focus on intertidal macroalgae and green algae (desmids).<\/p>\n

Lital has her lab at Eastern Boston University! Check it out here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Steven Beuder, Post-doctoral Researcher<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Steven has extensive experience studying tip-growth and cell walls in plant pollen tubes. He worked on understanding convergent processes in Macrocystis pyrifera<\/em> (giant kelp) as part of the Kelp Magic! team.<\/p>\n

Steven now works in industry, leveraging his scientific background to make the world a safer and healthier place.<\/p>\n

Further Past Members<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Tia Barfield Griffin, MCDB Major<\/p>\n

Serena Ta, MCDB Major<\/p>\n

Manya Kimbadi, MCDB Major<\/p>\n

Rick Robin, MCDB Major<\/em><\/p>\n

Manuel Mora, Graduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n

Emily Oren, MCDB Major<\/em><\/p>\n

Chloe Rome, MCDB Major<\/em><\/p>\n

Tim Sisneros, EEB Major<\/em><\/p>\n

Pablo Martinez, PostDoc & HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n

Chris Caro, Graduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n

Marina Linardic, Postdoc<\/em><\/p>\n

Skye Grimm, Lab Assistant<\/em><\/p>\n

Triet Ngo, Biology\u00a0major<\/em><\/p>\n

Shiva\u00a0Bayatmalayeri, MCDB major<\/em><\/p>\n

Ashley Royce, Biochem major and Biomedical minor<\/em><\/p>\n

Firas Bou Daher, Postdoc<\/em><\/p>\n

J Louis Kaplan, PhD Student<\/em><\/p>\n

Yuanjie (JJ) Chen, PhD Student<\/em><\/p>\n

Katie Leap and Devin Gibbs, UCLA Rotating graduate students<\/em><\/p>\n

Marina Linardi\u0107, PhD Student<\/em><\/p>\n

Roza V\u0151f\u00e9ly, Graduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n

Thomas Torode, Post-doctoral Researcher<\/em><\/p>\n

Adi Naamati, Research Assitant<\/em><\/p>\n

Shen Bayon de Noyer, Research Assistant<\/em><\/p>\n

Marco Aita, Post-doctoral researcher<\/em><\/p>\n

Emily Marr, Undergraduate, Plant Sciences Part II Project.
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Summer interns 2015: Jack Clough and Molly Murton (King’s College)<\/em><\/p>\n

Joanna Wolstenholme, Undergraduate, Plant Sciences Part II Project.<\/em><\/p>\n

Simon Butterworth,\u00a0Undergraduate Researcher. Nat Sci.<\/em><\/p>\n

Amy Roberts<\/em>, Undergraduate Researcher, UROP Summer Project<\/em><\/p>\n

Amish Gir, Undergraduate Researcher. Plant Sciences Part II Project.
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Ashley Manton, Undergraduate Researcher, UROP Summer Project.<\/em><\/p>\n

Alexis Peaucelle, Visiting Scientists via AgreenSkills.<\/em><\/p>\n

Lihua Han, Senior lab technician<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"CCBY\"<\/a>*Please note that all images are Creative Commons CC-BY*<\/em><\/p>\n

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Lauren Dedow, Senior Research Associate and Lab Manager. Email: ldedow (at) ucla.edu Lauren completed her PhD at UC Riverside, on RNA biology. She has joined the lab to help keep us on track and bring her molecular biology expertise to our aid! Jessica Carstens-Kass, PhD Candidate in IMMP Email: jcarstenskass (at) ucla.edu\u00a0 \u00a0 (she\/her) Jess … <\/p>\n

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