Shany Koren-Hauer

Post-Doctoral Researcher Email Shany | Hometown: Bremen, Germany Shany obtained her Ph.D. in cell biology from the University of Basel, Switzerland, working with Mohamed Bentires-Alj on the effects of mutant PI-3-Kinase signaling in breast cancer. After transitioning into chromatin biology …

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Christian Kofoed

Post-Doctoral Researcher Email Christian | Hometown: Copenhagen, Denmark Christian obtained his PhD in chemistry while working with Morten Meldal at the University of Copenhagen. In the Muir lab, he is looking forward to using the group’s large tool kit to …

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Gihoon Lee

Post-Doctoral Researcher Email Gihoon | Hometown: Gongju, South Korea Gihoon obtained his PhD in chemistry from the University of Chicago, where he worked with Raymond Moellering on the discovery of novel metabolic signaling cascades and the development of novel chemoproteomic …

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Nir Hananya

Post-Doctoral Researcher Email Nir | Hometown: Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Nir obtained his PhD in Chemistry from Tel Aviv University, where he worked with Doron Shabat on the development of novel chemiluminescent compounds suitable for bioimaging applications. In the Muir lab, …

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Patti Wallack

Administrative Assistant Email Patti | Having lived in so many different places over the years, Patti claims her birthplace, Hawaii, as “home.”  Her previous work was in hotel and airlines marketing and telecoms customer intelligence / marketing. Prior to joining …

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Hengyuan Liu

Graduate Student, Chemistry, 6th year Email Hengyuan | Hometown: Tianjin, China B.S., Chemistry and Biology, Tsinghua University, 2018 Hengyuan is interested in studying the effects of PTMs and histone mutations on nucleosome remodeling. As an international student, Hengyuan is learning …

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Esmat Hegazi

Graduate Student, Molecular Biology, 6th year Email Esmat | Hometown: Lincoln, CA B.S., Biology, University of California, Berkeley  Esmat graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in biology. After graduation, she worked in the lab of Brad Bernstein at MGH where …

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Yi Hua

Graduate Student, Chemistry, 5th year Email Yi | Hometown: Beijing, China B.S., Chemistry and Biology, Tsinghua University, China Yi is currently working on the chemistry of split inteins and their application for more complicated protein systems. Outside the lab, he …

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