Wen Tang Ph.D
Group Leader
Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology and The Center for RNA Biology
Hannah Hertz
Research Assistant II (joined in 2019)
Hannah’s interests include examining the role of piRNAs in promoting fertility and identifying novel piRNA pathway components
Benjamin Pastore
Ph.D. Student (joined in 2020), The Ohio State Biochemistry Program
Benjamin is interested in uncovering novel biological mechanisms involved in regulating the biogenesis, maturation, and degradation of piRNAs, and other small noncoding RNAs. To facilitate his research Benjamin utilizes high throughput approaches such as RNA-sequencing in conjunction with bioinformatics.
Ian Price
Ph.D. Student (joined in 2020), The Ohio State Biochemistry Program
Using confocal fluorescence microscopy and CRISPR genome engineering, Ian is working to identify and characterize novel RNA and protein constituents of germ granules
Jillian Wagner
Research Assistant (Joined in 2021), Department of Molecular Genetics
Jillian is interested in identifying novel regulatory proteins and exploring their roles in P granule formation and function
Yi-Hui Wang
Ph.D. Student (joined in 2022), The Ohio State Biochemistry Program
Yi-Hui’s work aims to identify new players involved in piRNA biogenesis and characterize their function through biochemical and bioinformatics approaches.
C. elegans with interesting phenotype
Ohio Supercomputer Center
(It operates 24/7 with no coffee break)
Alumni
Yuhi Hakozaki, Undergraduate (2022), Biochemistry and Computer & Information Science
Jillian Poska, Rotation Student (2022), The Ohio State Biochemistry Program
Amber Anger, Rotation Ph.D. Student (2021), The Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program
Shuting Kang, Undergraduate (2021), Biochemistry
Maya Archambault, Undergraduate student (2021), Microbiology
Nikola Ricchiuti, Undergraduate student (2020), Biochemistry and Math
McKenna Albers, Rotation Ph.D. Student (2020), The Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
Wantong Li, Undergraduate student (2019), College of Pharmacy
Keefe McDougal, Rotation Ph.D. Student (2019), The Ohio State Biochemistry Program
Charles Samuel, Research Assistant (2019)
Basmah (smile) Abdallah Maiga, Undergraduate student (2019), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry