The lab is in the process of growing and is actively recruiting talented undergraduate students, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. If you are interested in studying the processes of fertilization and reproduction, please contact us!
Principal Investigator
anna.allen@howard.edu
Benedict Quagraine
Graduate Student benedict.quagraine@bison.howard.edu
Undergraduate Students –
Katherine Oduguwa – Junior, HU Class of 2023, Biology Major
Katherine is investigating the role and function of the various isoforms of etr-1. She’s assisting in endogenously tagged the isoforms of etr-1.
Destiny Minns – Junior, HU Class of 2023, Biology Major
Destiny is on Team Proteasome and conducting her Honors Research in the laboratory. She is involved in using CRISPR/Cas-9 endogenous genome editing to tag the various subunits of the 19S proteasome lid.
Alums of the lab –
Lourds Michelle Fernando, Ph.D. – Michelle received her Ph.D. in November 2020 and is currently a post-doctoral fellow at St. Jude’s Research Hospital in Tennessee.
Ruby Boateng, Ph.D. – Ruby received her Ph.D. in July 2018 and is currently a post-doctoral fellow at The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine.
Jeandele Elliot – HU Class of 2021, currently: Graduate School, Stanford University
Taylor Borgelt – HU Class of 2021, currently: Graduate School,
Makaelah Murray – HU Class of 2021, currently: Genentech (California)
Caroline Ugoaru – HU Class of 2020, currently: NIH post-bac Biology Major
Sofiat Atoba – HU Class of 2019, currently: Howard University medical school
India Bradley – HU Class of 2019, currently: Howard University medical school
Kyrionna Golliday – HU Class of 2019, currently: exploring the world, future med student
Lakai Legg – HU Class of 2019, currently: MPH program, Yale University
Sara Vaughan – HU Class of 2017, currently: University of Toronto medical school
Apurva Chopade – HU Class of 2019, currently: MD candidate in Howard University Medical School
Sam Ejigu – HU Class of 2017
Kristina Ramirez- HU Class of 2017, currently: UMD Dental School