2016 Scientific Report
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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM<br />
Van Andel Research Institute provides postdoctoral training opportunities to advance the knowledge and<br />
research experience of new Ph.D.s while at the same time supporting our research endeavors. Each fellow is<br />
assigned to a scientific investigator who oversees the progress and direction of research. Fellows who worked<br />
in VARI laboratories in late 2015 and in <strong>2016</strong> are listed below.<br />
Romany Abskharon<br />
Virje University, Egypt<br />
VARI mentor: Jiyan Ma<br />
Xiangqi (Neil) Meng<br />
Sun Yat-sen University, China<br />
VARI mentor: Xiaohong Li<br />
Laura Tarnawski<br />
Lund University, Sweden<br />
VARI mentor: Stefan Jovinge<br />
Xi Chen<br />
University of Liverpool, UK<br />
VARI mentor: Darren Moore<br />
An Phu Tran Nguyen<br />
Universität Tübingen, Germany<br />
VARI mentor: Darren Moore<br />
Rochelle Tiedemann<br />
Georgia Reagents University, Augusta<br />
VARI mentor: Peter Jones/Scott Rothbart<br />
Evan Cornett<br />
University of Central Florida, Orlando<br />
VARI mentor: Scott Rothbart<br />
Hitoshi Otani<br />
Tokyo Medical and Dental University<br />
VARI mentor: Peter Jones<br />
Elizabeth Tovar<br />
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan<br />
VARI mentor: Carrie Graveel<br />
Paul Daft<br />
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa<br />
VARI mentor: Xiaohong Li<br />
Kuntal Pal<br />
National University of Singapore<br />
VARI mentor: Eric Xu<br />
Laura Winkler<br />
University of Wisconsin, Madison<br />
VARI mentor: Stefan Jovinge<br />
Kristin Dittenhafer-Reed<br />
University of Wisconsin, Madison<br />
VARI mentor: Jeff MacKeigan<br />
Keerthi Thirtamara Rajamani<br />
The Ohio State University, Columbus<br />
VARI mentor: Lena Brundin<br />
Jiyoung Yu<br />
Seoul National University, South Korea<br />
VARI mentor: Gerd Pfeifer<br />
Sourik Ganguly<br />
University of Kentucky, Lexington<br />
VARI mentor: Cindy Miranti/Xiaohong Li<br />
Nolwen Rey<br />
University of Lyon, France<br />
VARI mentor: Patrik Brundin<br />
Tie-Bo Zeng<br />
Harbin Institute of Technology, China<br />
VARI mentor: Prioska Szabó<br />
Shariful Islam<br />
Max Plank Institute for Heart<br />
and Lung Research, Germany<br />
VARI mentor: Darren Moore<br />
Amandine Roux<br />
University of Pierre and Marie Currie,<br />
France<br />
VARI mentor: Jiyan Ma<br />
Wanding Zhou<br />
Rice University, Houston, Texas<br />
VARI mentor: Peter Jones/Peter Laird/<br />
Hui Shen<br />
Yanyong Kang<br />
Institute of Biophysics,<br />
Chinese Academy of Sciences<br />
VARI mentor: Eric Xu<br />
Juxin Ruan<br />
Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences,<br />
Chinese Academy of Sciences<br />
VARI mentor: Jiyan Ma<br />
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