Lab Members
Georgios Karras, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and CPRIT Scholar
gkarras@mdanderson.org
Research interests: "Roles of Hsp90 in aging; molecular underpinnings of robustness to genetic and environmental perturbations; mechanisms of stress-induced genome instability in cancer evolution; functional genomics; biochemistry; cancer biology; quantitative genetics."
Research Staff
Beryl John
Research Lab Coordinator
BCJohn@mdanderson.org
Natalia Condic
Research Assistant I
njcondic@mdanderson.org
Patricia Montes
Research Assistant I
pmontes@mdanderson.org
Postdoctoral Fellows
Brant Gracia, Ph.D.
BRGracia@mdanderson.org
"Uncovering the principles of HSP90-mediated protein fate control"
Tin Pham, Ph.D.
TCPham1@mdanderson.org
"Investigating HSP90 roles in drug resistant cancer"
College Students
Zoe Wang
Rice University
ZYWang@mdanderson.org
High School Students
Alumni
Nejla Ozirmak Lermi, M.S.
Research Assistant II, 2021-2022
New position: Department of Bioinformatics, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Hatim Amiji
Research Technician, 2020-2021
Undergrad student, 2019-2020
Rice University, Biological Sciences
New position: Medical Student, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine
Melody Mazon
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2018-2021
Upasna Thapar
Postdoc, 2019-2020
New position: Medical Writer at Envision Pharma
Youssef Sabha
Research Assistant I, 2018-2020
New Position: Graduate Student, Rutgers University, Multidisciplinary PhD Program in Biomedical Sciences
Dipak Patel
Research Assistant I, 2018-2020
New Position: Graduate Student, Baylor College of Medicine, Genetics & Genomics Graduate Program
Anna Tanaka
Research Technician, 2019-2020
New Position: Medical Student, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Gabriela Lang Pedro de Costa
Research Technician, 2019-2020
Silas Amarell
Research Assistant II, 2019
New position: Senior Research Associate at Roche
College Students
Lauren Kearns
Volunteer, Summer 2022
Texas A&M University
Priya Trakru
Undergrad Student, 2020-2021
Rice University, Biological Sciences
Selena Ding
2020 & 2021 CPRIT-CURE Summer Research Program, 2020-2021
University of California Berkeley, Molecular Cell Biology/Developmental Genetics
Lily Didcock
Undergrad Student, 2020-2021
Rice University, Bioengineering
Matthew Yonas
Undergrad Student, 2020-2021
Rice University, Biological Sciences
Annette Jones
Undergrad Student, 2020-2021
Rice University, Chemistry
Xing-Han Zhang
2020 CPRIT-CURE Summer Research Program
Texas A&M University
Anvita Kandru
2019, Rice University
Leenah Abojaib
2019, Rice University
Kian Behmard
2019 CPRIT-CURE Summer Research Program
Emory University
High School Students
Nikitha Kota
Volunteer, Carnegie Vanguard High School, 2021-2022
2022 Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation High School Summer Program in Biomedical Sciences
Current position: Rice University
Isabel Qin
Volunteer, Hamilton High School, Chandler, AZ, 2022