People
Current and past lab members
Current Lab Members
Anthony Brown - Principal Investigator
BSc Hons & PhD, King’s College, University of London
brown.2302@osu.edu
Tony obtained his BSc in Cellular and Molecular Biology from King’s College in the University of London and then his PhD in Biophysics from the same institution under the direction of Peter Eagles. After post-doctoral training with Ray Lasek at Case Western Reserve University and Mark Black at Temple University, he joined the Department of Biological Sciences at Ohio University in 1993. In 2001 he moved to Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, where he is now a Professor in the Department of Neuroscience, Director of the Neuroscience Center Core and Neuroscience Imaging Core, and Co-Director of the Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology graduate program. Tony has more than 30 years experience studying neurofilaments and the neuronal cytoskeleton.
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Atsuko Uchida - Research Scientist
BSc & PhD, Tokyo Institute of Technology
uchida.11@osu.edu
Atsuko obtained BS degrees in Health Science and Chemistry from Tokyo Metropolitan University and Tokyo University of Science and then obtained her MSc and PhD from Tokyo Institute of Technology under the direction of Shin-ichi Hisanaga. After post-doctoral research with Tomoko Tashiro at Aoyamagakuin University, and with Shinichi Hisanaga at Tokyo Metropolitan University, Atsuko joined the Brown lab where she is currently a post-doctoral Research Associate. Atsuko is currently working on the mechanism of neurofilament severing and annealing in neurons and its implications for the regulation of neurofilament transport. Atsuko’s honors include a post-doctoral fellowship from the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, and the 2005 Molecular Biology of the Cell Paper of the Year Award.
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Nicholas Boyer - Postdoctoral Fellow
BS, Clemson University
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
boyer.474@osu.edu
Nick obtained his BS in Biochemistry from Clemson University, worked for several years as a Research Assistant in the Department of Ophthalmology at the Medical University of South Carolina, then earned his PhD in Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill under the direction of Stephanie Gupton. Nick’s doctoral research focused on the role of TRIM family ubiquitin ligases in cytoskeletal regulation during axon development. Nick was the recipient of an NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship in the Gupton lab and is currently supported by an Ohio State University President’s Postdoctoral Scholars Program fellowship. Nick’s work in the Brown lab focuses on the axonal transport of cytoskeletal proteins.
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Paula Monsma - Research Assistant
BS & MS, Case Western Reserve University
monsma.1@osu.edu
Paula obtained her BS in Biological Sciences from Ohio Northern University and her MS in Cell Biology from Case Western Reserve University. She has 4 years experience as a Research Assistant in the Department of Neuropathology and 4 years experience managing a DNA sequencing facility. Since 2004 she has managed the Neuroscience Imaging Core, where she is currently responsible for all oversight and training on our two confocal microscopes. Paula joined the Brown lab in 2009 and currently divides her time between managing the Imaging Core and the Brown lab, where she performs electron microscopy and also conducts her own research projects on neurofilament transport in myelinated axons.
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Elizabeth Stone - Graduate Student
BS, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
stone.655@osu.edu
Liz is a PhD student in the Neuroscience Graduate Program. She obtained her BS in Biology from University of North Carolina at Wilmington and joined the Brown lab in 2015. Liz is investigating the role of neurofilaments in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Type 2E.
View Liz’s publications in PubMed
Alex Sheldon - Undergraduate Student
sheldon.122@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Alex is an undergraduate student in the ODI Scholars Program majoring in biology. She is working with Liz to characterize the morphology and neurofilament content of axons in a mouse model of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Type 2E.
Past Lab Members
J. Dan Fenn - MD PhD Student, 2012-2018
BS, Brigham Young University
PhD, Ohio State University
Current position: Medical Student, Ohio State University College of Medicine
Katie Philpot - Research Assistant, 2017-2018
BS, Ohio State University
Current position: Veterinary Medical Student, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine
Maite Azcorra Sedano - Undergraduate Student, 2015-2016
BS, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Current position: Neuroscience Graduate Student, Northwestern University
Mayuran Ravindran - Undergraduate Student, 2013-2016
BS, Ohio State University
Current position: Medical Student, Ohio State University College of Medicine
Lina Wang - Graduate Student, 2006-2011
BS, Nankai University
PhD, Ohio State University
Post-doc with Subhojit Roy at UCSD
Current position: Research Scientist, Amgen Inc.
Cynthia Walker - Research Assistant, 2010-2012
BS, Cornell University
Current position: Nursing student, Breen School of Nursing, Ursuline College
Amrita Mukhopadhyay - Undergraduate Student, 2010-2012
BS, Ohio State University
MD, University of Chicago Medical School
Current position: Resident Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Nicholas Taylor - Undergraduate Student, 2009-2011
BS, Ohio State University
MD, Ohio State University College of Medicine
Current position: Neurology Resident, University of Rochester Medical Center
Nael Alami - Graduate Student, 2004-2009
MS, American University of Beirut
PhD, Ohio State University
Post-doc with J. Paul Taylor, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
MA, Policy, Organization & Leadership Studies, Stanford University
Current position: Vice President for Research and Innovation, Modern University for Business and Science (MUBS)
Gulsen Colakoglu - Graduate Student, 2004-2009
BS, Istanbul University; MS, Bilkent University
PhD, Ohio State University
Post-doc with Yimin Zou, UCSD
Post-doc with Barbara Ranscht, Sanford-Burnham Institute, La Jolla
Current position: Research Specialist with Kang Shen, Stanford University
Niraj Trivedi - Postdoctoral Fellow, 2004-2007
BSc & PhD, King’s College, University of London
Current position: Research Lab Scientist with David Solecki, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Yanping Yan - Graduate Student, 2000-2005
BS, University of Science & Technology of China
PhD, Ohio State University
Post-doc with Kendal Broadie, Vanderbilt University
Current position: Chief Operating Advisor, Shantani Proteome Analytics, Pune, India
Kitty Jensen - Research Assistant, 2002-2005
PhD, University of Georgia
Lei Wang - Graduate Student, 1998-2001
BS & MS, Beijing Medical University
PhD, Ohio University
Post-doc with Ed Giniger, University of Washington
Post-doc with Elena Pasquale, Sanford-Burnhamn Institute. Ls Jolla
Current position: Research Associate with Young-Goo Han, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Allison Norwood - Undergraduate Student, 2000-2001
BS, Ohio University
MD, Ohio State University College of Medicine
Current position: Pediatrician, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Tom Koehnle - Undergraduate Student, 1997-1998
BS, Ohio University; PhD, University of California, Davis
Post-doc with Dorothy Gietzen, University of Pittsburgh
Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Hiram College