People
Principal Investigator
Dr. Lillian Fritz-Laylin
About
I am an evolutionary cell biologist, coupling comparative genomics with modern cell biology to discover core molecules and mechanisms required for cell motility. I work with a number of eukaryotic organisms, from free living amoebae to flagellated fungi, as well as human neutrophils. Fun stuff!Education
B.A. Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D. Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Postdoc Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of California San Francisco
Research Fellows
Mallory Kakley
Contact
Office: 323 Morrill II South
About
I am a research assistant in the Fritz-Laylin lab. My interests are in evolutionary developmental biology (Evo-Devo) of both macrobes and microbes. I have particular interests in amoebae and plants and am now working on chytrid fungi!Education
B.A. Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
Undergraduate Students
Alena Naritsin
About
I am an undergraduate research assistant in the Fritz-Laylin lab. I’m interested in cellular and molecular biology, as well as physiology and anatomy, and I love discovering new things about cells and the body, especially how work in their respective systems. I am currently working on analyzing and rendering raw data collected from a lattice light sheet microscopy, which was used to image three-dimensional actin-based protrusions of migrating neutrophils!
Sarah Prostak
About
I am an undergraduate research assistant in the Fritz-Laylin Lab. My interests include pathogenesis of infectious organisms. I enjoy learning about how organisms move to infect their host and am now working on chytrid fungi.