Michael C. Yu

B.S. Microbiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

M.S. Microbiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Ph.D University of California, Los Angeles

Dr. Yu became an Assistant Professor at University at Buffalo in 2006. He received his B.S. and M.S. from University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign where he majored in Microbiology. He obtained his Ph.D. from UCLA under the supervision of Drs. David Campbell and Nancy Sturm. After his Ph.D., Dr. Yu did his post-doctoral training in Dr. Pamela Silver’s laboratory at Harvard Medical School where he used yeast S. cerevisiae to study how protein arginine methyltransferase regulates gene expression


Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan and Chicago, IL
About me: Proud dad of triplets!

Trevor Doiron

B.S. Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo

Hometown: Albany, NY
About me: If you can’t find me, look in Cooke hall; if I’m not there, I’m probably horribly lost on a backpacking trip. Nice guy in the lab, menace on the battlefield.

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Maura Dungan

B.S. Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo

Hometown: Buffalo, NY
About me: I work at a bakery!

Sadia Ishrat

B.S. Microbiology, BRAC University

Hometown: Dhaka, Bangladesh
About me: I like overeating pizza and then curse myself to never do it again but do it anyways.

Paige Jackson

B.S. Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnat

Hometown: Zanesville, OH
About me: I have a spreadsheet for everything - including one ranking over 15 pizza places in Buffalo!

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Nate Pfeffer

B.S. Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo

Hometown: Rochester, NY
About me: I like piña coladas and getting caught in the rain

Ethan Tong

B.S. Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University at Buffalo

B.S. Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo

Hometown: Buffalo, NY
About me: I am a member of the UB Men’s Lacrosse Team!

Beth Vohwinkel

B.S. Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo

M.S. Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo

Hometown: Buffalo, NY
About me: I wouldn’t say that I spoil my dog Luna, but she does have way more possessions and treats than I do.

Sai Wu

B.S. Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University

M.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Capital Medical University

M.S. Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo

Hometown: Liaoning Province, China
About me: I am thinking of writing a book titled “How to talk to your family about methyltransferase Hmt1”.