Mustafa Mir
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania
Center for Computational and Genomic Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Core Member, Penn Epigenetics Institute
Member, Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Graduate Group Affiliations: CAMB, BE, BMB
HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar (2021 -Present)
NIH Directors New Innovator Award Recipient (2021)
Postdoc, University of California, Berkeley (Tjian and Darzacq Lab)
PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Quantitative Light Imaging Lab, Gabriel Popescu)
email: mirm at chop.edu
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Research Staff
Puttachai "Net" Ratchasanmuang
Research Associate
M.Sc., Molecular Biology & Genetics, University of Delaware
B.Sc, Biology, Dickinson College
2016-2021: Research Specialist, Shawn Little's Lab, Univ. of Pennsylvania
2014-2016: Research Specialist, Thomas Gregor's Lab, Princeton University
2012-2014: Research Technician, Erica M. Selva's Lab, University of Delaware
email: ratchasanp at chop.edu
Projects (click on each to read more):
How do transcription factor hubs facilitate target search and occupancy?
Joseph Zinski
Bioinformatician
Ph.D., Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania
B.Sc, Chemical Engineering, University of Connecticut
email: jzinski@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Projects (click on each to read more):
How do transcription factor hubs facilitate target search and occupancy?
Postdocs
Apratim Mukherjee
Postdoc
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, (STEP Lab)
B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Lafayette College
email: mukherjea1 at chop.edu
Projects (click on each to read more):
Nuclear compartmentalization and dynamics during Zygotic Genome Activation
How do transcription factor hubs facilitate target search and occupancy?
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Santosh Adhikari
Postdoc
PhD, Biophysics, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, (Puchner Lab)
B.S., Physics, Southern Methodist University
email: adhikaris2 at chop.edu
Projects (click on each to read more):
Molecular kinetics of transcriptional regulators and machinery
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Graduate Students
Kaeli Mathias
PhD Candidate, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics (co-mentored by Dr. Liling Wan)
Genetics T32 Fellow
BA Chemistry, Amherst College
2018-2020 Research Technician in Dr. Charles Roberts Lab, St. Jude Children's Hospital
email: kaelim at pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Projects (click on each to read more):
Samantha "S" Fallacaro
PhD Candidate, Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
NSF GRFP Awardee (2023)
B.Sc. Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
email: samantha.fallacaro at pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Projects (click on each to read more):
Transcription factor hub formation, function, and dynamics
How do transcription factor hubs facilitate target search and occupancy?
Gabriela Hayward-Lara
PhD Candidate, Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
NSF GRFP Awardee (2023)
B.A. Molecular Biology, Princeton University
email: gabriela.hayward-lara at pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Projects (click on each to read more):
Raymond Carter
Graduate Rotation Student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
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B.S. Neuroscience and Medicine, Health, and Society, Vanderbilt University
email: Raymond.carter at pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Undergraduate Researchers
Ernesto Gamauf
Undergraduate Researcher
Undergraduate Student in Biology at the University of Pennsylvania since 2020
Kareena Shankta
Undergraduate Researcher
Undergraduate Student in Vagelos Life Sciences and Management and in Computational Biology and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania since 2022
Administrative Staff
Samantha Jaworski
CCGM Office Manager
Samantha Jaworski is the Office Manager for the Center for Computational and Genomic Medicine at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She holds a BS in Biobehavioral Health and academic minors in Health Policy and Administration and Psychology from The Pennsylvania State University, Main. She earned her MBA from Haub School of Business at Saint Joseph’s University in 2019. She has been working at CHOP since 2016 and provides administrative support for the Center.
Email: colest at .chop.edu
Allison Fantauzzi
CCGM Administrative Director
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Allison Fantauzzi is the Administrative Director for the Center for Computational and Genomic Medicine. She holds an Executive MBA from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and a BS in Business Administration from Centenary University. She has worked in business administration, finance, and operations for 25 years, and has been with CHOP for 2 years.
Email: fantauzzia at chop.edu
Alumni
Staff
Mattisen Dimler - Research Technician 07/2022-03/2023. Last known position: Scientist at Parexel (Merck)
Nicholas Gattone - Research Technician 01/2021-09/2021. Last known position: Scientist at Spark Therapeutics
Graduate Students
Sena Sarıkaya- DSRB Rotation Student 09/2022-12/2022. Last known position: DSRB PhD student @Penn
Adam Jabak - BMB Rotation Student 04/2021-06/2021. Last known position: BMB PhD student @Penn
Alan Boka - BMB Student 04/2021-04/2023. Last known position: BMB PhD student @Penn
Post-baccalaureate Researchers
Guzel Naik- 05/2021-06/2022. Last known position: Biology Graduate Student at University of Virginia
Undergraduate Researchers
Sarah O'Konski - 10/2021-05/2022. Last known position: Chemistry Undergraduate student @Penn
Cody Eskandarian - 06/2021-04/2022. Last known position: Biochemistry and Biophysics Undergraduate student @Penn
Summer Interns
Anna Crow - 06/2022-09/2022. Last known position: Undergraduate student at IISER Mohali, India
Sapna Krishnakumar - 07/2022-08/2022. Last known position: Undergraduate student at Univ. Leicester, UK
Patrick Samaha - 05/2021-08/2021. Last known position: Undergraduate student at UToronto, Canada