Postdoctoral Fellows

Shivali Kapoor
Lab: Rusche
E-mail:  shivalik@buffalo.edu

Current project:  Gene Duplication and Evolution: Determine whether Rif2 and Orc4 subfunctionalized or neofunctionalized after duplication in the yeast Torulospora delbreukii.

Campus address: 648 Cooke Hall
Phone: 716-645 4962 (lab)

Bachelors of Science: University of Calcutta
PhD Field: Biochemistry and Physiology.
PhD Institution: Banaras Hindu University (BHU), UP, India

Bibekananda Kar (“Bibek”)
Lab: Free
E-mail:  bibekana@buffalo.edu

Current project: Molecular basis for carbohydrate recognition by LysM proteins from Trichophyton rubrum

Campus address: 372 Cooke Hall
Phone: (716) 235-9907

Bachelor Degree, Utkal University, India
PhD Field: Biochemistry and Structural Biology
PhD Institution: Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

Kiel Kreuzer
Lab: Gollnick
E-mail:  Kielkreu@buffalo.edu

Current project: Cotranscriptional RNA folding of the tryptophan biosynthetic operon in Bacillus subtilis

Campus address: 617 Hochstetter Hall
Phone: (716) 645-4976

Bachelor of Science, Ohio University
PhD Field: Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
PhD Institution:​ The Ohio State University

Xiaozhuo Liu ("Dalton")
Lab: Walker
E-mail: xiaozhuo@buffalo.edu

Current project: Regulation of translation by eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4B

Campus address: 651 Hochstetter Hall
Phone: (716)-645-4988

B.Sc. in Biotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
PhD Field: Cellular and molecular phenotypes of idiopathic autism in pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons (fields: autism, stem cell biology, neurosciences and genomics)
PhD Institution: The Chinese University of Hong Kong (USA NIH-GPP Partnership program)

Marie Saitou
Lab: Gokcumen
E-mail: msaitou@gmail.com / msaito2@buffalo.edu

Current project: Genomic evolution of humans, Transcriptomic basis of cellular senescence
Campus address: Cooke (C) 639
Phone: 716-645-6243

Website:  Marie Saitou
Bachelor Degree/Institution: The University of Tokyo, Bachelor of Science
PhD field: Biological Anthropology
PhD Institution: The University of Tokyo