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Melton Lab People

Principal Investigator

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Douglas Melton, Ph.D.

Doug Melton is pursuing a cure for type 1 diabetes. His lab studies the developmental biology of the pancreas, using that information to grow and develop pancreatic cells (islets of Langerhans). In parallel, they investigate ways to protect beta cells from autoimmune attack.

Administrative Assistant

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Sarah Atanasov

Sarah Atanasov is the Faculty Assistant for Doug Melton.

Lab Management

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Ramona Pop, Ph.D.

Senior Research Manager

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Jennifer Kenty-Ryu

Lab Manager

Postdoctoral Fellows

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Juan Alvarez, Ph.D.

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Jenny Babon, Ph.D.

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Dario Gerace, Ph.D.

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Xiao Han, Ph.D.

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Aharon Helman, Ph.D.

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Nayara Leite, Ph.D.

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Jose Rivera-Feliciano, Ph.D.

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Elad Sintov, Ph.D.

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Nadav Sharon, Ph.D.

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Quan Zhou, Ph.D.

Graduate Students

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Jeffrey Davis, Ph.D.

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Alana Van Dervort

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Aubrey Faust

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Edwin Rosado-Olivieri

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Stephanie Tsai, Ph.D.

SC-Beta Cell Foundry

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Yi Yu

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Kyle Boulanger

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Jingping Zhang

Research Assistants

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Quan Pham

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Luke Schissler

Visiting Students and Fellows

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Samantha Collins

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Idil Ahmed

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Benjamin Dedic

Undergraduate Students

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Anna Paula Montalvo

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Ralph Estanboulieh

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Gabriela Pelayo

Recent Alumni

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Adrian Veres, Ph.D.