Ballif Lab Members
               University of Vermont
               Department of Biology
        304 / 311 Marsh Life Science Building
                Burlington, VT 05405
                    (802) 656-1391

             Email: bballif@uvm.edu
   

Postdoctoral Associates


Interested in pursuing postdoctoral work in the Ballif Lab? 

I am currently accepting applications for a postdoctoral associate with whom I will work to obtain a fellowship.


Graduate students

Mujeeburahiman Cheerathodi

Mujeeb is studying the Reelin/Disabled-1 signaling pathway, a pathway critical to the proper positioning of neurons during the development of the central nervous system.  


Madhurima Saha

Rima is studying regulatory mechanisms of the Ras-MAPK pathway, a central signaling pathway critical to cell proliferation, differentiation, migration, survival and death in diverse tissue types.

Bior Bior

Bior is studying Reelin/Disabled-1 signaling, focusing on protein:protein intreactions involving the Crk/CrkL family of adaptors.

Violet Roskens.
Violet is studying the evolutionary relationships between the wasps and yellow jackets of the family Vespidae
. Violet is taking a holistic approach to systematics, drawing on classical methodolgies as well as genomic and proteomic information. (Primary Advisor:  Dr. Kurt Pickett)

Undergraduate students

Tyler Aten--UVM Biology Major. Tyler is studying the cooperative signaling mechanisms of Src family tyrosine kinases and the adaptor proteins Crk and CrkL. 


Jeanine Maniscalco--UVM Biology Major

Marie Kenney--UVM Biology Major

Jeanine and Marie are studying regulatory mechanisms of the Src family of tyrosine kinases, whose diverse regulatory roles continue to amaze ever since the initial identification of c-src as the proto-oncogenic counterpart of the transforming agent in Peyton Rous' sarcoma virus.


Anh-Thu Lam--UVM Biochemistry Major. Anh-Thu is studying the phospho-regulation of Collapsin Resonse Mediator Proteins (CRMPs), key effectors downstream of neuronal guidance cues.


Caroline Casals--UVM Biology Major        

James Schreffler--UVM Biology Major 

Caroline and James are conducting proteomic studies related to social behaviours exhibited by ant queens. This work is in collaboration with Dr. Ken Helms and Dr. Sara Helms Cahan.


Alumni:




Lab Outings:

2009 Lab Fishing Trip to Indian Brook Reservoir:



 2008 Lab Fishing Trip to Waterbury Reservoir:

 

 

 

 

 
   

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