Lab Members

Marie-Claude Hofmann, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator

Elena Fujiwara, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Fujiwara is studying the role of a novel RAC1 mutation in resistance to cancer treatments. This RAC1 mutation appeared in a mutated BRAF papillary thyroid cancer tumor upon developing resistance to drugs targeting the mutated BRAF. She is also developing a more efficient, alternative method of floxing mice with CRISPR using a small artificial intron. It will be used to generate mice to study the function of a protein called BHC80, which seems important for maxillofacial development and stem cell microenvironment in other organs such as testis.

Muthusamy Kunnimalaiyann, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist 

Jalyn Golden, M.S.
Senior Research Assistant.