Researchers
AGARD LAB
Michelle Moritz, PhD
Research Biochemist
Applying structural biology to understanding the role of chaperones in tau proteostasis
Wiktoria Sadowska, DPhil
Scientist
Applying a combination of mass spectrometry and cryo-EM approaches to study the mechanism of chaperone-mediated autophagy
Simon Sander, PhD
Scientist
Investigating chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA) by cryo-EM
KAO LAB
Caroline Ackley, PhD
Scientist
Studying Tau degradation in the lysosome
Camila Benitez, BS
Graduate Student
Investigating the role of protein interactions in cell biology
Courtney Lane-Donovan, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurology
Studying tau post translational modifications and processing in the lysosome
KARCH LAB
Rama Krishna Koppisetti, MS
Scientist
Studying to understand tau proteoforms kinetics in various in-vitro systems
Miguel Minaya, PhD
Instructor
Investigating molecular mechanisms that link MAPT mutations to the development of tauopathies in different human populations
Farzané Mirfakhar, PhD
Scientist
Studying tau at the lysosome in super resolution
Chihiro Sato, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurology
WashU
Focusing on mass spectrometry and tau kinetics
YOKOYAMA LAB
Ale Castruita, BS
Research Data Analyst
Supporting the transcriptomic and genomic efforts
Daniel Sirkis, PhD
Scientist
Analysis of bulk, single-cell, and single-nucleus transcriptomic data
Caroline Jonson (Warly Solsberg), BS
Graduate Student
Supporting the transcriptomic and genomic efforts
Administrators
Andrea Argouarch, MS
Project Manager
Project managing our CWOW team
Karen Shuster, MA
Web Designer / Developer
Designing and maintaining the CWOW and Yokoyama Lab websites
Laura Wise, BS
Administrative Officer
Providing adminstrative aid to Dr. Kao