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DON AYER, PhD
Lab Head
don.ayer@hci.utah.edu
Don received his Bachelors of Science degree in Cellular and Molecular
Biology from the University of Michigan in 1983. He then moved west and,
under the mentorship of Dr. Bill Dynan, received his PhD in Biochemistry
in 1989 from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Still moving west, he
joined the lab of Dr. Bob Eisenman at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research
Center in Seattle. There he identified the first member of the Mad family
of transcriptional repressors and identified mSin3A as a Mad-dependent
transcriptional corepressor. Don moved back east in 1995 when he was recruited
to the University of Utah as one of the first members of the Huntsman
Cancer Institute. His lab is funded by grants from the National Institutes
of Health and the American Cancer Society. He has been a Scholar of both
the American Cancer Society and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
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KEVIN BREEN
Lab Technician
kevin.breen@hci.utah.edu
Kevin received three Bachelors degrees from the University of Idaho in
Microbiology, Molecular Biology/Biochemistry and Philosophy in 2003. He
joined the Ayer lab in the 2003. Kevin’s research in the lab focuses
on the role of MondoA in many diverse cellular processes. Currently, he
is studying a protective role for MondoA in UV induced apoptosis.
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MOHAN KAADIGE, PhD
Post-doctoral fellow
International man of mystery
mohan.kaadige@hci.utah.edu
Mohan received a Masters in Biotechnology in 1997 from Madurai Kamaraj
University, India. He then worked as a junior research fellow at National
Center for Biological Sciences before joining the Ph.D. program at Wayne
State University in 1998. Mohan received his Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics
2003 and joined the Ayer as a post-doctoral fellow. Mohan is part of the
SIN3 group and he is interested in identifying transcriptional targets
that are coregulated by the mSin3A and TLE1 corepressor complexes. His
long-term goal is to unravel how the cooperation between these two abundant
corepressors is regulated.
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AMBER LEWIS
Lab Technician
amber.lewis@hci.utah.edu
Amber received her Bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of
Utah in 2003. Amber's research in the lab is focused on MondoA's function
in vivo using mouse models. She is using a conditional knockout system
to examine MondoA function during mouse development and in the adult mouse.
In her spare time Amber practices Martial Arts and holds the rank of 1
KYU in Shotokan Karate and enjoys gardening and hiking.
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CHRIS PETERSON
Graduate Student
chris.peterson@hci.utah.edu
Chris received his Bachelor's degree in environmental science and engineering
from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2002 and entered
the Molecular Biology Program at Utah the same year. His work centers
on the use of RNA interference to understand the structure and function
of the mSin3A corepressor complex.
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CHRIS PICKETT
Graduate Student
chris.pickett@hci.utah.edu
Chris received his Bachelor's degree in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental
Biology from the University of Colorado in 1999. After working in biotech
for a year, Chris entered the Molecular Biology Program at Utah in 2000.
Chris's research focuses on the genetic and developmental aspects of the
Myc-like family of bHLHZip transcription factors in C. elegans. This work
has touched on several topics including metabolism, Wnt signaling, and
sex determination in the worm.
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CHRIS SANS
Graduate Student
chris.sans@hci.utah.edu
A native of Canada, Chris entered the Molecular Biology Program in 2000
and subsequently joined the Department of Oncological Sciences as a Ph.D.
candidate in 2001. Chris' research is focused on using mechanistic approaches
to characterize and define the function of MondoA, a novel member of the
Myc family of transcription factors. When not in the lab, Chris can be
found on one of the Salt Lake area golf courses overpowering it with brute
strength or finessing it with a soft touch from the wedge or putter.
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CARRIE STOLTZMAN, PhD
Senior Research Specialist
carrie.stoltzman@hci.utah.edu
Carrie received her bachelor's degree in Biology from Gustavus Adolphus
College (St. Peter, MN) in 1990, and her Ph.D. in Biological Sciences
from the University of Iowa in 1998. She received a Fellowship in Oncology
from the Serono Foundation to conduct post-doctoral research in the lab
of Dr. Eli Adashi at the University of Utah. She joined the Ayer lab in
2002 and has been involved in various projects associated with the lab's
investigation of the MondoA protein.
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