Apte_Lab_Personnel

Post Docs

Tim Lee, PhD

Degrees: Ph.D. Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine (2024); B.E. in Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University (2015)

Project/Interests: Deciphering the role of AMPK in mouse photoreceptors

Chas Pfeifer, PhD

Degrees: Ph.D. Neuroscience, Washington University School of Medicine (2023); B.S. Neuroscience, University of Rochester (2017); B.M. Classical guitar performance, Eastman School of Music (2017)

Project/Interests: Investigating the contribution of microglia to diabetic retinopathy progression in various mouse models and characterizing the role of pericytes in retinal microvascular structure and function.

Taku Yamamoto, MD, PhD

Degrees: MD, Hokkaido University (2013); PhD Hokkaido University (2023)

Project/Interest: Retinal Glia; Immunological approach to aging via uveitis

Mitsukuni Yoshida, MD, PhD

Degrees: MD, Washington University (2021); PhD Washington University (2019)

Project/Interest: Aging, Metabolism, Circadian Rhythms

Graduate Students

Jason Colasanti

PhD student, Molecular Cell Biology

Undergrad: University of Maryland–College Park

Project: The single greatest risk factor for cancer, stroke, cardiovascular disease, and Alzheimer’s disease is increasing age. Therefore, my goal is to better understand how our bodies age. Currently, I am investigating cellular senescence and how it plays a role in physiological dysfunction and age-related diseases.

Medical Students

hgetahun@wustl.edu

Henok Getahun

Medical Student, MD5 Research Program

Degrees: B.A. Biology Washington University in St. Louis (2020)

Joseph Lin, PhD

Medical student

Degrees: Ph.D. Neuroscience, Washington University School of Medicine (2023); B.S. Biology, Case Western Reserve University (2016)

Project: I am interested in studying how aging affects the eye with a specific focus on treatments for age-associated diseases that can cause vision loss.

Helen Rossmiller

Medical Student

Degree: B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (2022)

Wilson Wang, MPhil

Medical student, MD5 Research Program

Degrees: MPhil Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, UK (2019), B.A. Chemistry, Williams College (2018)

Project: Currently, I am studying the ophthalmic clinical outcomes regarding eye diseases due to aging, the rare ophthalmic disease RVCL, and retinal eye pathologies. In particular, I am interested in clinical trial development and the role of innovative imaging and treatment modalities in the eye.

Staff