MIMI SHIRASU-HIZA
Principal Investigator
Professor, Genetics & Development
Co-Director of Genetics & Development Graduate Program
Mimi received her Ph.D. in biology from the University of California, San Francisco, completing her doctoral research in the lab of Timothy Mitchison. She was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University in David Schneider's lab.
Jared Gatto
Graduate Student, NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Fellow
Jared is a graduate student in the Genetics and Development Program. He received his B.S. in Cell and Molecular Biology from Binghamton University in 2016, where he studied the effects of high-sugar diets on Drosophila. Before coming to Columbia, Jared worked at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai discovering novel therapeutics for rare disorders using Drosophila. In the Shirasu-Hiza lab, Jared studies circadian-regulated metabolism and physiology.
Carly Lam
Graduate Student, NSF GRFP Fellow
Carly is a graduate student in the Microbiology & Immunology Program. She graduated from SUNY Stony Brook in 2017, and has worked at NYU as a research technician studying extracellular matrix proteoglycans' role in regulating Toll-like receptor signaling. In the Shirasu-Hiza lab, she is interested in exploring how circadian rhythm affects the innate immune response in flies during infection.
Timothy Chang
Graduate Student, NSF GRFP Fellow
Timothy is a graduate student in the Department of Biological Sciences. He received his B.A. in Biology from Cornell University in 2022, where he studied BMP signaling in C. elegans. In the Shirasu-Hiza lab, he is interested in age-associated changes in circadian rhythm and nervous system function in the fruit fly and in African turquoise killifish, in collaboration with the Pearson lab at Mailman School of Public Health.
letitia bortey
Graduate Student
Letitia is a graduate student in the Department of Biological Sciences. She received her B.S. in Biology and Spanish from Butler University in 2023, where she studied ligand-receptor relationships in C. elegans. In the Shirasu-Hiza, she is interested in the cellular dynamics of aging, behavior, and metabolism and is co-mentored by the Barnhart Lab.
Chloe Kim
Research technician
Chloe is a research technician in the lab. She graduated from Amherst College in 2023, where she studied the gamma secretase complex of the Notch signaling pathway in C. elegans. In the Shirasu-Hiza lab, she is interested in investigating the relationship between metabolism and sleep.
Wendy Kanmogne
Undergraduate Student
Wendy is an undergraduate student at Columbia University studying Neuroscience and Sociology. She currently works with Jared Gatto on time-restricted feeding and fly metabolism.
SUSAN MAR landau
Lab Manager
Lab Alumni
Andrés Martínez-Muñiz, doctoral student, 2021-2024
Janet Phang, undergraduate student, 2022-2024
Adriana Vélez-Alicea, postbaccalaureate student, 2023-2024
Samantha Tener, doctoral student, 2018-2023
Matthew Ulgherait, postdoctoral research scientist, 2014-2023
Kairaluchi Oraedu, undergraduate, 2021-2023
Jord Barnett, undergraduate, 2021-2022
Julia Volpi, technician, 2020-2022
Zhi Lin, undergraduate & technician, 2018-2022
Melissa Lee, doctoral student (co-mentored with Dr. Carol Mason), 2015-2020
Rebecca Delventhal, postdoctoral research scientist, 2015-2020
Meghan Pantalia, doctoral student, 2015-2020
Maylis Basturk, technician, 2019-2020
Reed O'Connor, M.D./Ph.D., 2015-2019
Maylis Basturk, undergraduate, Columbia University, 2015-2019
Stephen Leong, undergraduate, Columbia University, 2016-2018
Anna Chen, undergraduate, Columbia University, 2015-2018
Cheuk Wong, undergraduate, Northeastern University, 2017-2018
Han Kim, technician, 2016-2018
Vanessa Hill, doctoral student, 2011-2017
Sophie Mcallister, undergraduate, Columbia University, 2015-2017
Ifeoma Irobunda, undergraduate, Columbia University, 2014-2016
Charlotte Wayne, technician, 2014-2016
Emily Marcinkevicius, postdoctoral research scientist, 2013-2016
Victoria Allen, doctoral student, 2010-2016
Gunter Sissoko, undergraduate, Columbia University, 2013-2016
Reed O'Connor, undergraduate, 2011-2013, technician, 2013-2015
Clarice Zhou, undergradute, Columbia University, 2013-2015
Miles Oliva, undergraduate, Columbia University, 2013-2015
Elizabeth Stone, M.D./Ph.D. student, 2010-2014
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