Lab Members
Wadih Arap, M.D., Ph.D.
Stringer Professor of Medicine and Cancer Biology
Deputy Chairman, Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 1374
Houston, TX 77030
Renata Pasqualini, Ph.D.
Buchanan and Seeger Professor of Medicine and Cancer Biology
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 1374
Houston, TX 77030
Clinical Residents and Faculty
- Emmanuel Dias-Neto, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor
E-mail: edneto@mdanderson.org - Erkki Koivunen, Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist
E-mail: EKoivunen@mdanderson.org
Postdoctoral Fellows
- Elena Barbu, Ph.D.
E-mail: EMBarbu@mdanderson.org - Marina Cardó-Vila, Ph.D.
E-mail: mcardovi@mdanderson.org - Wouter H. Driessen, Ph.D.
E-mail: WHDriess@mdanderson.org - Liliana Guzman-Rojas, Ph.D.
E-mail: lgrojas@mdanderson.org - Jaesung Kim, Ph.D.
E-mail:jaeskim@mdanderson.org - Kisu Kim, Ph.D.
E-mail: KisuKim@mdanderson.org
- Diana N. Nunes, Ph.D.
E-mail: dnunes@mdanderson.org - Roberto Rangel, Ph.D.
Odyssey Scholar
E-mail: rrangel@mdanderson.org - Nasser Salameh, Ph.D.
E-mail: ASSalameh@mdanderson.org - Masanori Sato, M.D.
E-mail: MSato@mdanderson.org - Fernanda I. Staquicini, Ph.D.
E-mail: fstaquic@mdanderson.org
Graduate Students
- Dawn R. Christianson
Ph.D. Student
E-mail: dchristi@mdanderson.org - Danielle M. Conley
Ph.D. Student
E-mail: Danielle.M.Conley@uth.tmc.edu - Katja Karjalainen
Ph.D. Student
E-mail: KKarjala@mdanderson.org - Kelien Lee, M.S.
Ph.D. Student
E-mail: kelee@mdanderson.org
- Michael G. Ozawa
M.D., Ph.D. Student
E-mail: mgozawa@mdanderson.org - Tracey Smith
Ph.D. Student
E-mail: trasmith@mdanderson.org - Virve Tiusanen, M.S.
Ph.D. Student, non-UTHSCH
E-mail: VTTiusanen@mdanderson.org
Laboratory and Scientific Staff
- Lea A Bitner
Laboratory Technologist
E-mail: lbitner@mdanderson.org - Bobby Shelvin
Research Investigator
E-mail: bshelvin@mdanderson.org - Julianna K. Edwards
Research Assistant I
E-mail: mailto:@mdanderson.org - Ricardo J. Giordano, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
E-mail: rgiordan@mdanderson.org - Natalie Hernandez
E-mail: natherna@mdanderson.org
- Ming D. Qian
Laboratory Coordinator
E-mail: mdqian@mdanderson.org - Connie Sun, M.S.
Laboratory Manager
E-mail: cysun@mdanderson.org
Administrative Staff
- Kay Brown
Grant Program Manager
E-mail: kxbrown@mdanderson.org - Tracy D. Cooper
Grant Program Coordinator
E-mail: TDCooper@mdanderson.org
- Melinda R. Peña, CPS/CAP
Senior Administrative Assistant
E-mail: mrpena@mdanderson.org - Monica Tucker
Operations Manager
E-mail: mtucker@mdanderson.org
Rotation Students
- Olaf Broders
University of Heidelberg Undergraduate
Student, 2000 - Margaret Magdesian
University of São Paulo Undergraduate
Student, 2000 - Mark LaBarge
Stanford University Undergraduate
Student, 2001 - Joyce Philips
The University of Texas - Houston Medical
Student, 2001 - Sharon Fernandez
The University of Texas - Houston Medical
Student, 2001 - Katherine Leskin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) Undergraduate Student, 2004 - Tracey Smith
Baylor University
Undergraduate Student, 2005 - Jeffrey Easley
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) Undergraduate Student, 2006
- Julianna Edwards
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) Undergraduate Student, 2006 - Shannon Nees
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) Undergraduate Student, 2006 - Alicia Patterson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Undergraduate Student, 2006 - Viviana Cintolesi
M.D., Ph.D. Student, Summer Rotation, 2007 - Davin F. Fan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Undergraduate Student, 2007 - Annie Kwon
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Undergraduate Student, 2008 - Srimeenakshi Srinivasan
The University of Texas
Graduate Student, 2008
Clinical Residents and Faculty
- Mikhail Kolonin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Centre for Stem Cell Research
Institute of Molecular Medicine
The University of Texas Health Science Center
1825 Pressler, 630-A, Houston, TX
Phone: (713) 500-3146
E-mail: Mikhail.G.Kolonin@uth.tmc.edu - Paul J. Mintz, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer /Associate Professor
Imperial College - London
London, England
E-mail: p.mintz@imperial.ac.uk
- Yun Oh, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Thoracic / Head and Neck
Medical Oncology
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX - Michael Wang, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Postdoctoral Fellows
- Marco A. Arap, M.D., Ph.D. 2002 - 2003
Assistant Attending Physician
Assistant Professor
Division of Urology
University of São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil - Peter Ardelt, M.D., 2000 - 2002
Urology Resident
Hospital of the Research Center Borstel
Borstel, Germany - Laura Bover, Ph.D., 2002 - 2004
Research Scientist
Department of Immunology
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX - Limor Chen, Ph.D., 2000 - 2003
Postdoctoral Fellow
Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, Canada - Amin Hajitou, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Gene Therapy of Neurodegeneration
Division of Medicine
Imperial College - London
London, England
E-mail: a.hajitou@imperial.ac.uk - Diana Jaalouk, Ph.D., 2003 - 2006
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Harvard Medical School Building, Rm.280
65 Landsdowne Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel: 1-617-768-8281
Fax: 1-617-768-8280
E-mail: djaalouk@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
- Jami A. Mandelin, Ph.D., 2006 - 2008
- Glauco R. Sourza, Ph.D, 2003 - 2008
Chief Technology Officer
Nano3D Biosciences, Inc. - Martin Trepel, M.D, 2000 - 2001
Assistant Professor
Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research
Albert-Ludwigs University
Freiburg, Germany - Virginia J. Yao, Ph.D., 1999 - 2001
Senior Research Fellow
Department of Anatomy
Cardiovascular Research Institute
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA - Amado Zurita-Saavedra, M.D., 2002 - 2004
Assistant Professor
Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Graduate Students
- Catherine A. Moya, Ph.D., 2002 - 2006
- Johanna Lahdenranta, Ph.D., 1999 - 2005
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Radiation Oncology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
- Claudia I. Vidal, M.D., Ph.D., 2002 - 2004
Instructor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA - Marina Cardó-Vila, Ph.D., 1998 - 2003
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology
Arap/Pasqualini Laboratory
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Laboratory and Scientific Staff
- Carlotta Cavazos, P.A.
Physician Assistant
Seton Center for Healthcare
Urgent Care / Internal Medicine Clinic
Austin, TX - Jeffrey T. Ellard, M.S.
Lead Facilities Lab Planner
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX - Elizabeth O. Hileman, Ph.D.
Project Director, External Collaborations
VP Office for Translational Research
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Phone: 713-563-3545 - Aaisha A. Hussain
Laboratory Technical Assistant
- Brad Restel, M.D.
Resident Physician
Radiology Residency Program
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC - Michael A. Pastorello
Laboratory Coordinator - Israel Ramirez, M.S., M.B.A.
Project Director - Beverly J. Smith
Grant Program Coordinator
Visiting Scientists
- Flavio Curnis, Ph.D., Candidate, 2000
San Raffaele H. Scientific Institute
Milan, Italy - Erkki Koivunen, Ph.D., 2000 - 2004
Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Department of Biological and Environment Sciences
University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland - Akihiko Kuniyasu, Ph.D., 2003 - 2004
Department of Molecular Cell Function
Graduate School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Kumamoto University
Kumamoto City, Japan - Serena Marchiò, Ph.D., 2000, 2004
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Oncological Sciences
University of Torino
Torino, Italy
- Houston J. Miller, Ph.D., 2005 (Sabbatical)
Professor of Chemistry
The George Washington University
Washington, D. C. - Diana N. Nunes, Ph.D., 2005
Institute of Chemistry
University of São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil - Emanuel Dias Neto, Ph.D., 2005
Researcher
Deputy Director of the Laboratory of Neurosciences
Institute of Psychiatry
São Paulo Medical School
University of São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil