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Natalie Barretto

Natalie Barretto (Graduate Student) is a PhD student in the Neurobiology and Behavior program at Columbia University. She joined Dr. Hemali Phatnani’s lab in January 2022, where she will be utilizing optical screens to examine the role of genes associated with neurodegenerative diseases in microglia. Natalie received her BS in Neural Science from New York […]

Isabel Guerrero

Return to All CGND Lab People Isabel Guerrero (Intern) is a sophomore undergraduate currently studying under the STEM Opportunity Scholarship Program at New York University. She majors in biology, and is a part of the Collegiate Research Initiative Cohort for Undergraduates Researchers at NYU, which allows her to experience research first-hand. Her interests lie in […]

Olena Kuksenko

Return to All CGND Lab People   Olena Kuksenko (Graduate Student) is a PhD student at Columbia University in the Doctoral Program in Neurobiology and Behavior. She joined Dr. Hemali Phatnani’s lab in the summer of 2021. She is interested in dissecting out changes in the cellular and genetic pathways that precede pathological manifestation in […]

Risako Kimura

Return to All CGND Lab People Risako Kimura (Graduate Student) is a PhD student in the Neurobiology and Behavior Program at Columbia University, where she is co-mentored by Dr. Hemali Phatnani and Dr. Ai Yamamoto. Her project seeks to understand the biophysical events that underlie sporadic ALS by modeling how alterations in macromolecular crowding may […]