People

@ The Galati Lab

Current

Nick Galati - Associate Professor
Undergraduate STudents and POSTBACS

Finn Jorgensen, BNS BS ’24, Centrosome and satellite dynamics

Charlotte Clark-Slakey, MCB, CRISPR genome engineering and centriole protein inheritance, REU University of Michigan 2023

Emily Grunert, General Bio, Cilia positioning and calcium dynamics, AMGEN Scholar UCLA 2024

Leyna Gunther, MCB, CRISPR genome engineering and cilia positioning

Zach Dalton, MCB, Ciliate motility

Kadalyna Franck-Tolentino, MCB, CRISPR genome engineering and calcium dynamics

Daniela Vazquez Hernandez, BNS, Tetrahymena mitochondria

Toren Lawley, BS ’24, Tetrahymena mitochondria

Adrian Ortiz-Hernandez, Business, SCOPE-First mentor

Graduate Students

Patrick Pando, BS Western Washington University, Computational image analysis of DNA damage in Tetrahymena (Patrick is co-mentored with Dr. Suzanne Lee in the Biology Department at WWU)

Teagan Ridgway, BS Western Washington University, Ciliary mechanisms of predator/prey interactions in the marine protist Strobilidium (Teagan is co-mentored with Dr. Brady Olson in the Biology Department at WWU)

SCOPE First High School Students

Avi Palomino, SCOPE-First, Mount Vernon High School

Diana Soriano, SCOPE-First, Mount Vernon High School

Diego Rodriguez-Jimenez, SCOPE-First, Mount Vernon High School

Grace Barkhurst, SCOPE-First, Mount Vernon High School

Hector Fernandez, SCOPE-First, Mount Vernon High School

Jacquelyn Cervantes, SCOPE-First, Mount Vernon High School

Jessica Jimenez, SCOPE-First, Mount Vernon High School

Kai Ibarra, SCOPE-First, Mount Vernon High School

Leydi Morales Ventura, SCOPE-First, Mount Vernon High School

Melanie Vazquez Ruiz, SCOPE-First, Mount Vernon High School

Sayra Hernandez-Quiroz, SCOPE-First, Mount Vernon High School

Sayuri Toro, SCOPE-First, Mount Vernon High School

Yoselynn Villafuerte Alfaro, SCOPE-First, Mount Vernon High School

Past

Graduate Students

Liz Cameron, MS 2023, Medical Scribe, Scribe America

Han Fisher, MS, 2022 – Associate Scientist Aplenc Lab, Children’s Hospital of  Philadelphia – FisherH3@outlook.com

Undergraduate STudents

Kaia Swanson, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology Major, Cilia positioning in Tetrahymena, Plant geneticist at Sakata Seed

Katie Lane, Molecular and Cellular Biology/Math Double Major, Cilia calcium modeling, Research Tech Dr. Mia Yang’s Lab UW 

Daniela Reyes, Political Science and Latin American Studies, SCOPE First Mentor, Student activities advisor at WWU

Alaska Luna, Human Services, SCOPE First Mentor

Ashley Rojas Verduzco, SCOPE First Mentor and Tetrahymena motility, Bilingual patient services Yakima Farmworkers Clinic

Aidan Pintuff, Molecular and Cellular Biology Major, Cilia positioning in Tetrahymena, NIH Postbac Dr. Paul Liu Lab

Rose Border, Molecular and Cellular Biology Major, Cilia calcium dynamics

Jonah Goodfried, Biochemistry Major, Centriolar satellite dynamics, Research Tech Dr. David Morgan’s Lab UCSF

Ekaterina Monakhova, Molecular and Cellular Biology Major, Cilia positioning in Tetrahymena, MS student Dr. Laura Pillay’s Lab WWU

Haven Johansen, Biology (BS) and Fairhaven Interdisciplinary (BA) Double Major, Cilia calcium dynamics, REU CSUMB 2021, Yale Epidemiology MPH program

Finn Barry, Molecular and Cellular Biology BS Cilia calcium dynamics

Carlo Melendez, Molecular and Cellular Biology/Math Double Major BS, Modeling, PhD Student Genome Sciences UW

Tulip O’Neill, Molecular and Cellular Biology BS, CRISPR-Cas to analyze centriolar satellites, Research Scientist Allen Institute

Emmanuel Sanchez, BS, 2022, Biological Microscopist Allen Institute for Cell Science, Research Scientist Allen Institute

Josh McNamara, BS, 2021, PhD Student at University of California – Santa Barbara

William Zwolinski, BS, 2021, Nursing assistant

Aliki Valdes, BS, 2020, PhD student at Northwestern University

Esmeralda Farias, BS, 2020, Wildlife Biologist at Washington State Department of Natural Resources

Bailey McCurdy, BS, 2019, PhD student at the University of Colorado School of Medicine

Esmeralda Nolasco, Mt. Vernon High School

Biology 484 Students

SebastianYrarrazaval, MCB BS, Research Associate Allen Institute

Emmy Kroontje, MCB BS, Masters student in Lee Lab WWU

Steph Peterson, MCB BS, Applying to medical school

Toby Traudt, MCB BS, Research technician at Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center

Jade Stair, BS, Research technician at the University of Washington

Faith Verburg, BS, Medical school student

Laura Balbiani, BS, Research technician at Nortis

Zak Landers, BS, Medical school applicant

Brandy Schaeffer, BS, Veterinary school student

Alexis Suyama, BS, Research technician at the Oregon Health Science University

Nina-Tuyen Tran, BS, Research technician at Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center