Lab Members
Principal Investigator
Mark Bedford, Professor
mtbedford@mdanderson.org
M.S. in Medical Biochemistry, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Ph.D in Developmental Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Harvard Medical School, Dr. Philip Leder
Donghang Cheng, Assistant Research Professor
dcheng@mdanderson.org
Originally from China
M.S. from Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ph.D from National Center for Drug Screening, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Current Research: Functional analysis of arginine methyltransferases; identifying and developing specific PRMT inhibitors.
Narkhyun Bae, Postdoctoral Fellow
nbae@mdanderson.org
Originally from Korea
B.S. & M.S. Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
Ph.D. Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Vienna, Austria (Host Institution: Medizinische Universität Wien)
Current Research: Developing small molecule inhibitors to block methyl binding epigenetic effectors.
Jianqiang Bao, Postdoctoral Fellow
jbao2@mdanderson.org
Originally from China
B.S. from Anhui University of Science and Technology
M.S. & Ph.D from Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Current Research: Biological significance of protein arginine methyltransferases in breast cancer and germ cell development.
Guozhen Gao, Postdoctoral Fellow
ggao2@mdanderson.org
Originally from China
B.S in Molecular Biology, Wuhan University, China
Exchange Ph.D Student, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Exchange Ph.D Student, University of North Texas Health Science Center
Ph.D in Virology, Wuhan University, China
Current Research: Investigation of PRMT5 function in development with a gain of function mouse model.
Sitaram Gayatri, Graduate Research Assistant
sgayatri@mdanderson.org
Originally from India
B.S. from Sri Satya Sai University, Bangalore, India
M.S. from Bangalore University, Bangalore, India
M.S from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
Current Research: Functional analysis of coactivator CARM1.
Cari Sagum, Research Assistant
casagum@mdanderson.org
Originally from Houston, Texas
B.S. in Microbiology, The University of Texas at Austin
Current Research: Identifying novel protein-protein interactions using protein domain microarrays.