Halder Lab
Current Lab Members
Principal Investigator
Georg Halder, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
ghalder@mdanderson.org
Hometown: Füllinsdorf, Switzerland
B.S. in Molecular Biology,
University of Basel, Switzerland
Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental
Biology, University of Basel, Switzerland
Mardelle Atkins, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
mratkins@mdanderson.org
Hometown: New Mexico
B.S. in Genetics, Texas A&M
Ph.D. in Developmental Biology,
Baylor College of Medicine
Wouter Bossuyt, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
wsbossuyt@mdanderson.org
Hometown: Leuven, Belgium
B.S. in Biomedical Sciences,
Leuven campus Kortrijk, Kortrijk, Belgium
M.S. in Biomedical Sciences,
University of Leuven, Belgium
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences,
University of Leuven, Belgium
Chiao-Lin Chen
Postdoctoral Fellow
chiachen@mdanderson.org
Hometown: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
B.S. in Chemical Engineering,
National Taiwan University
M.S. in Biology, New York University
Ph.D. in Genes and Development,
UT Houston/UT MD Anderson
Patty Dimarco
Ph.D. Student
prdimarco@mdanderson.org
Hometown: Spring, Texas
B.S. in Biology, University of Houston
B.S. in Biochemistry, University of Houston
Kathleen M. Gajewski, Ph.D.
Instructor
kmgajews@mdanderson.org
Hometown: New Braunfels, Texas
B.S. in Chemistry/Biology, Texas State University
Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Rice University
Marlese Pisegna
Research Investigator
mpisegn@mdanderson.org
Hometown: Houston, Texas
B.F.A. in Art, University of Houston
B.S. in Biology, University of Houston
Leticia Sansores
Research Investigator
lsansore@mdanderson.org
Hometown: Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico
B.S. in Clinical Chemistry,
Universidad de Veracruz
Molly C. Schroeder
Ph.D. Student in the Program in
Developmental Biology at
Baylor College of Medicine
mschroed@mdanderson.org
Hometown: Grand Mound, Iowa
B.S. in Biology, Saint Louis University
Kai Li Tan
Ph.D. student
ktan@bcm.tmc.edu
Hometown: Perak, Malaysia
B.S. in Biotechnology,
Rutgers University
Chunyao Tao, M.D.
Research Assistant II
ctao@mdanderson.org
Hometown: People’s Republic of China
M.D. in Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University
of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou
Chih-Chao Yang
Ph.D. Student
ccyang@mdanderson.org
Hometown: Taiwan
B.S. in Biology, National Cheng-Kung
University
M.S. in Anatomy and Cell Biology,
National Taiwan University
Former Lab Members
Jennifer Childress, Ph.D.
Thesis Title and Year: Lethal Giant Discs, a novel C2 domain protein, restricts Notch activation during endocytosis. (2006)
Current Employment: Director, Building Awareness for Science Education Center, National Science Resources Center, Washington, DC
Fisun Hamaratoglu, Ph.D.
Thesis Title and Year: The function of the tumor suppressor genes merlin, expanded, and Fat in organ size regulation in Drosophila. (2007)
Current Employment: postdoc, Affolter Lab, Dept. of Cell Biology, Biocenter, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Ryan Udan, Ph.D.
Thesis Title and Year: The regulation of organ size by the Drosophila hippo signaling pathway. (2007)
Current Employment: postdoc, Dickinson Lab, Dept. of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Clay Morrison, Ph.D.
Thesis Title and Year: Towards understanding growth control in Drosophila. (2008)
Current Employment: Roche
Maria Willecke, Ph.D.
Thesis Title and Year: Regulation of organ size by the atypical cadherins Fat and Dachous through the hippo pathway. (2008)
Current Employment: postdoc, Basler Lab, Institut fuer Molekularbiologie, Universitaet Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Riitta Nolo, Ph.D.
Current Employment: Research Scientist, Dept. of Pediatrics, MDACC, Houston, TX
Madhuri Kango-Singh, Ph.D.
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH