Aroian Lab Team

	Dr. Raffi Aroian, Ph.D., CalTech, 1992. Professor of Biology, Principle investigator, raroian@ucsd.edu. Office: (858) 822-1396. Division webpage.
	Dr. Audrey Bellier, Ph.D., Pasteur Institute. Postdoctoral scholar. Crystal toxin resistance; animal parasitic nematode control.email
	Dr. Larry Bischof, M.D., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University. Postdoctoral scholar. Crystal toxin hypersensitive mutants and innate immunity to pore-forming toxins. email
	Dr. Chang-Shi Chen
	Li Chen
	Dr. Cheng-Yuan Kao, Ph.D., University of California, Davis. Postdoctoral scholar. Research interest: Crystal toxin structure/function; animal parasitic nematode control; innate immunity to pore-forming toxins. email
	Dr. Yan Hu
	Melanie Kho, B.S. University of California, San Diego. Masters student . Research interest: Bacillus infections and innate immunity in C. elegans. email
	Ferdinand Los, M.Sc. Utrecht University (The Netherlands). Doctoral student . Research interest: Interactions Bt toxin and C. elegans. email
	Emily Manalastas, B.S. University of the Philippines. email
	Christine Ricohermoso, Undergraduate lab assistant. email

Aroian Lab Alumni -- gone but not forgotten

Former Ph.D./M.S. Students

Melanie Kho, MS, currently medical school student, Case Western, Cleveland, OH.

Brad Barrows, MS, currently medical school student.

Danielle Huffman, PhD, currently at Strategene.
Aroian Lab publications:
Huffman D.L., Abrami* L., Sasik* R., Corbeil J., van der Goot F.G., and Aroian R.V. (2004). Mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways defend against bacterial pore-forming toxins. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 101(30): 10995-11000.
Huffman D.L., Bischof L.J., Griffitts J.S., and Aroian R.V. (2004). Pore worms: Using Caenorhabditis elegans to study how bacterial toxins interact with their target hosts. Int. J. Med. Microbiol., 293: 599-607.

Joel Griffitts, PhD, currently Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, Sharon Long's Laboratory
Aroian Lab publications:
Griffitts J.S., Haslam, S.M., Yang, T., Garczynski, S.F., Mulloy, B., Morris, H., Cremer, P.S., Dell, A., Adang, M.J., and Aroian, R.V. (2005). Glycolipids as receptors for Bacillus thuringiensis crystal toxin. Science 307: 922-925.
Griffitts J.S., et al. (2003), J. Biol. Chem., 278(46): 45594-45602.
Griffitts J.S., Whitacre J.L., Stevens D.E., and Aroian R.V. (2001). Bt toxin resistance from loss of a putative carbohydrate-modifying enzyme, Science, 293:860-864..

Wayne Hsu, MS.

Alex Paredez, MS, currently PhD Student, Stanford University, Chris Somerville's Laboratory
Aroian Lab publication.
Rappleye C., Paredez A., et al., (1999), Genes and Development, 13: 2838-2851.

Chad Rappleye, PhD, currently Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington University, Bill Goldman's Laboratory
Aroian Lab publications
Rappleye* C.A., Tagawa* A., et al. (2003), BMC Developmental Biology 3: 8 (*co-first author).
Rappleye C.A., et al. (2002). Developmental Cell 2(2): 195-206.
Rappleye C.A.., et al. (1999), Genes and Development, 13: 2838-2851.

Akiko Tagawa, PhD, currently Postdoctoral Fellow, ETH Hönggerberg, Ari Helenius' Laboratory
Aroian Lab publications
Rappleye* C.A., Tagawa* A., et al. (2003), BMC Developmental Biology 3: 8 (*co-first author).
Tagawa A., Rappleye C., and Aroian R.V. (2001), Developmental Biology, 233: 412-424.

Former Postdoctoral Fellows

Xiang-Qian Li, Postdoctoral Fellow, UC San Diego

Su-Chiung Fang, Postdoctoral Fellow, Salk Institute
Aroian Lab publication
Wei* J.Z., Hale* K., Carta L., Platzer E., Wong C., Fang S.C., and Aroian R.V. (2003). Bacillus thuringiensis Crystal proteins that target nematodes, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 100: 2760-2765.

Johanna O'Dell-Whitacre, PhD, Staff Scientist, Sequenom Corportation
Aroian Lab publication
Griffitts J.S., Whitacre J.L., Stevens D.E., and Aroian R.V. (2001). Bt toxin resistance from loss of a putative carbohydrate-modifying enzyme, Science, 293:860-864.

Jun-Zhi Wei, PhD, Staff Scientist, Maxgen Corp.
Aroian Lab publication

Wei* J.Z., Hale* K., Carta L., Platzer E., Wong C., Fang S.C., and Aroian R.V. (2003). Bacillus thuringiensis Crystal proteins that target nematodes, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 100: 2760-2765.

Former Staff and Undergraduates

Kathy Andrews, MS-- UCSD

Brad Barrows, MS-- Medical School

Karen Chien, BS-- MS Student, San Diego State University

Kevin Day, BS-- Medical School student, Northwestern University

Dino Elyassnia, MD-- UCSF Medical School

Kristina Hale, MS-- Ceres Corporation

Lisa Marroquin, BS-- DOW Chemical Corp

Soroush Parsa, BS-- MS Student, University of California, Davis

Carol Smith, BS

Daniel Stevens, BS-- Tufts University School of Medicine (Dentistry)

Anderson Tan, BS--