PEOPLE
Dr. Andrew Truman
Principal Investigator
Associate Chair of Research, Biological Sciences
Group Leader, Charlotte Group for Proteostasis Research
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Dr. Yevheniia Bushman
Postdoctoral Researcher
Characterizing the chaperone-TDP43 complex in yeast and mammalian cells
Dr. Chathura Pathamperuma
Postdoctoral Researcher
Understanding the Kar2/BiP chaperone code and structural biology of chaperone complexes
Dr. Siddhi Omkar
Postdoctoral Researcher
Understanding the role of the chaperone code in the heat shock response
Megan Mitchem
PhD student
Understanding the role and regulation of Mpk1 SAPK phase seperation
Duhita Mirikar
PhD Student
Understanding the role of the chaperone code on DNA replication
Rajlekha Deb
PhD Student
Understanding the role of Hsp70 phosphorylation in ALS
New grad student incoming!
Summer 2026
TBD
Irakli Mataradze
Undergraduate Researcher
Mapping the atlas of the Hsp70-kinase interactions
Elizabeth Riley
Undergraduate Researcher
Understanding the role of DNAJA1 in R2 maturation
Shreya Patel
Undergraduate Researcher
Deciphering the interplay between the chaperone code and TOR signaling
Emma Light
Undergraduate Researcher
Understanding determinants of Mpk1 localization
Ruth Tamirat
Undergraduate Researcher
Understanding interplay between the chaperone code and cell cycle progression
The Mask of Good Results
Good luck charm
This mask, given as a gift by previous graduate student Laura Knighton, provides experimental fortune to all those in a two-bay area
TBD
Good luck charm
TBD