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Julia Ganz
Assistant Professor
Department of Integrative Biology
Michigan State University
Giltner Hall 39 (office) Giltner Hall 40 (lab)
Phone: (517) 432 0733
Email: ganz (at) msu.edu

PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in Biology, Dresden University of Technology (2009)
Diplom in Biology, University of Freiburg (2004)

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Ann E. Davidson - Research associate

Annie joined the lab in 2017 and is working on the genetic control of neurogenesis in the enteric nervous system. 





Giovanna Haddock - fish room manager

After graduating in December 2021 from MSU Fisheries and Wildlife, Gia started working in our fish room in January.
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Ashoka Bandla - PhD student

Ashoka is a PhD student in the Integrative Biology graduate program at MSU. He  joined the lab in 2019 after completing his M.Sc. at Texas A&M University-Kingsville.








Brooke E. Jeffery - PhD student

Brooke is a PhD student in the IBIO graduate program and  Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program. She joined the lab in 2021 from the Medical College of Wisconsin. She is co-advised with Ingo Braasch.





 Keyana Blake - undergraduate researcher (co-advised with the Braasch Lab)

Keyana is an undergraduate researcher in the MSU Neuroscience program interested the development and evolution of the fish brain. She is co-advised with Ingo Braasch.







Cade Oberlin - undergraduate researcher

Cade is an undergraduate researcher in the MSU Human Biology program studying neural circuit formation in the enteric nervous system.

Chloe Ponka - undergraduate researcher

Chloe is an undergraduate researcher in the MSU Human Biology program studying gene regulation of the neural crest cell population.







Alumni
2019-2022   Christina Liu (2018 Emerging Scholar Program, Integrative Biology, MSU, now research tech @ Harvard University)
2018-2022   Sara Cook (2018 Emerging Scholar Program, MSU, now DVM/PhD at Colorado State University)
2020-2022    Taylor Lawrence, Fish Facility Manager (now sea turtle technician, Edisto Island)
2018-2021   Olivia Duru (Undergraduate Researcher, Neuroscience Program, MSU, now medical school at Ohio State University)
2018-2021   Cameron Bennett (Undergraduate Researcher, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, MSU, now Molecular Biology Ph.D.  
                             Program, CU Anschutz)
2020                 High school Interns: Caitlyn Byrne, Rachel Callaghan, Elena Delacruz (DeWitt Highschool)
2018-2020   Jon Schafer (Undergraduate Researcher, Integrative Biology, MSU, now Conservation Technician, Phoenix Zoo)
2018-2020   Fiona Brewer (Undergraduate Researcher, Neuroscience Program, MSU, now M.S. student at Wayne State)
2018-2019   Taylor Lawrence (Undergraduate Researcher, Integrative Biology, MSU, (now sea turtle technician, Edisto Island)
2019                  David Wojciechowski (Undergraduate Researcher, Human Biology, MSU)
2019                  Irene Hopping (Undergraduate Researcher, Integrative Biology, MSU, now Children's Animal Center Intern)
2019                  High school Intern: Nick Wiesner (East Lansing Highschool, now: University of Michigan)
2018-2020   Helen Rueckert, Research Technician (now: Ph.D. student, Duke University)
2018-2020   Theresa Gunn, Fish Facility Manager (now: Fish Facility Manager, Stanford University)
2018                  Rachael Teodorescu (Undergraduate Researcher, Genomics and Molecular Genetics, MSU, now research technician,   
                              Byersdorfer lab, U of Pittsburgh)
2018                  Halley Taddonio (Undergraduate Researcher, Michigan State University)
2018                  Sarah Minamyer (Undergraduate Researcher, Integrative Biology, MSU)
2018                  Josue Franco (SROP summer student, Northeastern Illinois University, now Ph.D. student at Michigan State University)
2018-2019   High school Intern: Giovanna Ladislau (DeWitt Highschool, now: Central Michigan University)
2017-2019    Nora Straquadine (Undergraduate Researcher, Integrative Biology, MSU, now M.S. student at Stony Brook)
2017-2019    Shravani Vatti (Undergraduate Researcher, Michigan State University, now Post-Bac student at the NIH)
2017-2018    Carrie Kozel, Fish Facility Manager (now: Sea Lamprey Research Program Associate, Great Lake Fishery Commission
2017-2018    Kennedy Cogswell (Undergraduate Researcher, Integrative Biology, MSU)
2017-2018    Madison Kraus (Undergraduate Researcher, Neuroscience Program, MSU, now M.S. at CU Boulder)
2017-2018   Grant Kunzelman, Technical Aid (now: Ph.D. at University of Chicago)
2016-2018    Chuhao Nie (Undergraduate Researcher, Biomedical Laboratory Science and Psychology, MSU, now medical school at the
                              University of New England)
2016-2017   Gabriela Saldana, Fish Facility Manager (now: Research Technician, MSU IQ)
2016-2017   High school Intern: Isabel Varghese (Forest Hill Central High School, Grand Rapids, now: Colby College, Maine)
2014-2016    Parham Diba (Undergraduate Researcher, Biology, University of Oregon, now M.D./Ph.D. student at OHSU)
2012-2016    Charlotte Taylor (Undergraduate Researcher, Biology, University of Oregon, now Ph.D. student at UCSF)






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