Lisa N. Petrella, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences Marquette University
Dr. Petrella received her BS in Molecular Biology from Juniata College. She did her Ph.D. in the genetics and development of Drosophila oogenesis under the direction of Dr. Lynn Cooley at Yale University. Her postdoctoral studies move into the regulation of gene expression in C. elegans under the direction of Dr. Susan Strome at UC Santa Cruz.
Graduate Students
Meghan E. Costello PhD Student BS Purdue University
Research: Regulation of chromatin compaction in DREAM complex and lin-15B mutants during development
Jerrin R. Cherian PhD Student B Tech and M Tech DY Patil University
Research: Regulation of chromatin in nuclear space in DREAM complex mutants and pathways that promote ectopic germline gene expression
Frankie Compere MS Student BS Augustana College
Research: Buffering of fertility by DREAM complex under moderate temperature stress
Nicholas Sepulveda PhD Student BS Juniata College
Research: Defects in germ cells in wild type worms at elevated temperature
Undergraduate Students
Eve Prodoehl Marquette University Physiological Sciences Undergraduate Researcher 2017-Present Summer Research Program 2019
Carlos Gonzalez Marquette University Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Researcher 2017-Present Summer Research Program 2018
Jackie McVay Scripps College Summer Research Program 2019