Division of Reproductive Biology Research
Xu Laboratory
Email: e-xu@northwestern.edu
Telephone: (312) 503-0842
Fax: (312) 908-5603
Current Lab Personnel
| Mike VanGompel, BA IGP Student Mike joined Dr. Xu's lab in 2007. He received his BA in Biology and Science in Human Culture from Northwestern University in 2004. Before enrolling in Northwestern University's IGP program, Mike worked as a lab tech at Children's Memorial Hospital developing a knockout mouse model of a non-coding RNA involved in brain development. He is currently studying the conserved RNA-binding Boule and its role in spermatogenesis and male infertility. |
| Wenan Qiang, MD, Ph.D Research Assistant Professor Wenan came to the lab in 2009 with the goal to tackle the mechanism of posttranscriptional regulation in mammals, in particular, how mammalian members of highly conserved RNA binding proteins—Pumilio function in mammals. Wenan received his Ph.D from Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union medical College in 1995 and performed his postdoctoral research in University of Cincinnati and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center before joining Northwestern University. |
| Ying-Hsuan (Elson) Shih, BS Graduate Student Elson joined the lab in winter quarter of 2009-2010. He is interested in the roles of Pum1 and Pum2 in germline development, specifically identifying the downstream targets of Pumilio proteins. After he completed B.S. degree in Microbiology & Immunology at National Chiayi University in Taiwan, he moved to Chicago and enrolled in Northwestern University Master of Biotechnology program in 2009. |
| Emese Zsiros MD, Ph.D OB/GYN Resident Emese is interested in continuing her research in the lab while completing her regular resident training. She graduated from University of Debrecen, Hungary with a MD and a Ph.D. degree and join the resident program of OBGYN at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in 2008. Her research interest is in stem cells in reproductive biology and currently she has been working on expression and function of murine homologs of highly conserved stem cell factors in embryonic cells derived from mouse models. |
| Valentina Zahran Undergraduate Student Val came to the lab 2009 and has been assisting with lab operation, In addition, she works with Mike VanGompel on his interesting projects |
