Lab Members

Melanie H. Cobb, Ph.D

Melanie H. Cobb, Ph.D

Principal Investigator
melanie.cobb@utsouthwestern.edu (Email)

Current Lab Members

Clinton Taylor, Ph.D

Research Scientist
Email

Research Interest: During my time in the lab I have worked on ERK MAPKs, WNKs, NRBP pseudokinases, and TAO kinases. I use structural biology and classical biochemical approaches to study how interactions between protein kinases and their signaling partners facilitate pathway regulation. 

Clint Taylor, Ph.D

Ana Martin-Vega, Ph.D

Postdoctoral Researcher
Email

Research Interest: I study how dysregulation of ERK1/2 signaling contributes to cancer progression and how ERK2 mutations associated with Noonan syndrome and related Rasopathies disrupt normal developmental processes using human iPSC-based models.

 

Ana Martin Vega, Ph.D

Jiung Jung, Ph.D

Postdoctoral Researcher
Email

Research Interest: I am interested in elucidating how the kinase WNK1 coordinates mechanical signaling to regulate endothelial function and vascular homeostasis. My research focuses on the molecular mechanisms by which WNK1 integrates inputs from Piezo1-mediated mechanotransduction and interacts with other signaling networks that control vascular tone and endothelial responses. More broadly, I aim to define how WNK1-dependent pathways influence cellular behavior, vascular remodeling, and disease progression.

Ankita Jaykumar, Ph.D

Steve Stippec

Research Scientist: Cloning guru and WNK specialist
Email

Jiung Jung, Ph.D

Chonlarat (Pearl) Wichaidit, Ph.D

Research Scientist
Email

Research Interest: Image processing, data analysis, and bioinformatics

Chonlarat (Pearl) Wichaidit, Ph.D

Svetlana Earnest

Sr. Research Scientist: Project generator and Jane-of-all-trades
Email

Magdalena Grzemska

Staff

Dionne Ware

Sr. Administrative Associate
Pharmacology department
Email

Dionne Ware

Lab Alumni

    Elma Zaganjor, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor (Molecular Physiology and Biophysics)
    Vanderbilt University

    Jihan Osborne, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor (Pharmacology)
    UT Southwestern Medical Center

    David J. Robbins, Ph.D.
    Professor (Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center)
    Georgetown Univeristy Medical Center

    Angelique Whitehurst, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor (Pharmacology)
    University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    Malavika Raman, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor (Developmental Molecular and Chemical Biology)
    Tufts University

    Don Arnette, Ph.D.
    Medical Affairs Director, Disease Area Lead
    AbbVie Inc.

    Michael Kalwat, Ph.D.
    Assistant Investigator 
    Indiana Biosciences Research Institute

    Sachith Gallolu, Ph.D.
    Senior Scientist 
    Ab Studio, Inc.

    Aroon Kara, Ph.D.
    Senior Consultant
    Deloitte Consulting, LLP

    Kathy McGlynn
    Research Associate (Whitehurst Lab)
    UT Southwestern Medical Center

    Michael Kalwat ( - /20)

    Weirui Chai (04/16-07/17)

    Curtis Thorne (08/14-07/17)

    Hashem Dbouk (01/13-06/16)

    Andres Lorente-Rodriguez (05/12-04/16)

    Marcy Guerra (08/11-06/14)

    Wen-huang (Lisa) Ko (01/10-03/11)

    A-Young Lee (06/09-09/12)

    ElHadji Dioum (04/09-11/12)

    Eric Wauson (08/07-12/13)

    Staci Deaton (Heise) (07/07-09/09)

    Zhui Chen (07/04-09/06)

    Anthony Anselmo (04/03-08/06)

    Michael Lawrence (02/02-06/11)

    Wei Chen (12/00-12/03)

    Lori Silvestro (09/00-08/03)s

    Ewen Gallagher (01/00-01/03)

    Tara Beers Gibson (10/99-12/04)

    Cherry Ballard Croft (07/98-08/99)

    Bridgette January (01/98-07/01)

    Bing-e Xu (10/97-04/06)

    Jennifer Swantek (09/95-11/99)

    Lori Christerson (04/95-07/00)

    Megan Robinson (12/94-09/99)

    Jeff Frost (11/93-11/99)

    Jessie English (07/93-07/98)

    Shuichan Xu (11/92-10/97): sr principal scientist

    Erzhen Zhen (10/90-09/93)

    Judit Monis (09/88-06/89)

    Bi-Ching Sang (10/88-10/90)

    Sachitch Gallolu (-/19)

    Aroon Karra (-09/18)

    Elizabeth Zhang (08/14-06/15)

    Min He (03/12-08/15)

    Lauren Weil (04/12-10/13) 

    Jingsha Chen 03/12-06/13)

    Kevin Cormier (11/11-0713)

    Anwesha Gosh (03/11-05/15)

    Andrea McReynolds (06/09-09/13)

    Aileen Klein (03/09-06/15)

    Samarpita Sengupta (03/08-08/12)

    Szu-Wei Tu (04/07-06/13)

    Elma Zaganjor (03/07-09/13)

    Jihan Osborne (03/07-06/13)

    Lingling Duan (08/06-10/10)

    Kyle Wedin (03/05-11/09)

    Chunli Shao (03/05-11/09)

    Arif Jivan (03/05-07/09)

    Jon Self (01/05-05/09)

    Daryl Goad (01/05-09/08)

    Yu-Chi Juang (06/04-10/09)

    Charles Heise (09/03-01/07 - 10/07-12/09)

    Mustafa Yazicioglu (06/02-08/06)

    Lisa Lenertz (06/02-02/07)

    Malavika Raman (06/01-12/07)

    Aarati Ranganathan (06/01-12/05)

    Don Arnette (06/01-02/05)

    Byung-Hoon Lee (06/00-05/06)

    Angelique Whitehurst (06/00-02/04)

    Youngjai You (06/00-08/04)

    Fred Robinson (10/99-09/02) 

    Xiaoshan Min (06/99-09/01)

    Grey Pearson (06/98-01/03)

    Mahesh Karandikar (08/97-06/00) 

    Zhu Chen (06/97-02/01)

    Kevin Berman (06/97-06/00)

    Julie Wilsbacher (06/96-02/00)

    Alf Dang (06/95-03/00)

    Khoo Shih (06/95-08/99)

    Andrei Khokhlatchev (08/93-02/98)

    Michele Hutchison (06/93-04/97)

    Mangeng Cheng (08/91-03/96)

    Doug Ebert (08/90-07/94)

    David Robbins (08/89-04/94)

    Joie C Rowles (09/87-01/92)

    Teri Boulton (06/87-12/91)