2021 Graduate School Commencement Program

Maggie Chassé
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Therapeutically targeting SWI/SNF dysregulated
pediatric solid tumors
Patrick Grohar, M.D., Ph.D.
Eagle River, Alaska
Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard Medical School/
Boston Children’s Hospital, Zon Laboratory
2021 Van Andel Institute Graduate School Commencement
Graduating Student Bios
Wooyoung Choi
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Structural basis for molecular gating of
two ion channels involved in cellular calcium
homeostasis: CALHM2 and TRPC3
Wei Lü, Ph.D.
Jeonju, South Korea
Postdoctoral Fellow at University of California,
San Francisco, Cheng Laboratory
Robert Vaughan
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Epigenetic regulation through histone
ubiquitination
Scott Rothbart, Ph.D.
Ada, Michigan
Postdoctoral Fellow at Michigan State University,
MacKeigan Laboratory
Leslie Wyman
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Biochemical studies of LRRK2 dimerization and
enzymatic activity
Darren Moore, Ph.D.
Kentwood, Michigan
Research Associate at VAI, Moore Laboratory;
CEO at Lakeside Analytical, Inc.