People

Meet the Principal Investigator

Elizabeth Chen, Ph.D.

Elizabeth Chen, Ph.D.

Professor

Molecular Biology | Cell Biology

Cell and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Development, and Disease

Current Lab Members

Xueya Cao

Postdoctoral Fellow 

Xueya Cao

Yingying Hu

Assistant Instructor

Yingying Hu

Yue Lu

Instructor

Yue Lu

Zhou Luo

Postdoctoral Fellow 

Zhou Luo

Pratima Pandey

Chief Electron Microscope Technician

Pratima Pandey

Benjamin Ravaux

Assistant Instructor 

Benjamin Ravaux

Zhi-Rong Ruan

Instructor

Zhi-Rong Ruan

Shiv Sharma

Postdoctoral Fellow 

Shiv Sharma

Danqing Tong

Graduate Student

Danqing Tong

Sudha Varadaraj

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Priyanka Sharma

Lab helper

Priyanka Sharma

Wenrong Zhan

Postdoctoral Researcher

Wenrong Zhan

Divya Subramanian

Postdoctoral Researcher

Divya Subramanian

Our team is a fun and collaborative group

Positions are available for highly motivated and creative postdoctoral fellows and graduate students who are interested in cell-cell fusion, muscle development, actin cytoskeleton, mechanobiology, and membrane biology.

We're always looking to recruit dynamic researchers. Explore our positions!