Lab Members (in alphabetical order)
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Dan Nguyen
Undergraduate Research Assistant Dan Nguyen is a sophomore undergraduate student in the Science and Technology Honors Program. He majors in Chemistry with a Biochemistry concentration as well as minors in Computer Science. He joined the lab in the fall of 2016 and has been working on immunofluorescent staining and imaging of alpha cells, INS1 cells, HEK cells, and pancreatic sections to look for protein interactions in the Syt9 and C1ql3 projects. He also maintains the cell cultures by reseeding and changing media for INS1 and HEK Cells. As a long-term goal, Dan wishes to pursue a career as a physician. |
Haifa A. Alsharif, M.S.
UAB Graduate Student
Haifa (also goes by Saba) is an energetic, motivated, and responsible individual who enjoys working in the lab and also keeps the lab organized. In 2018, she received M.S. degree in Biotechnology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Currently, as a UAB graduate student in the Genetics Genomics and Bioinformatics theme, she is working on understanding the role of BAI3 G-protein coupled receptor in insulin secretion.
UAB Graduate Student
Haifa (also goes by Saba) is an energetic, motivated, and responsible individual who enjoys working in the lab and also keeps the lab organized. In 2018, she received M.S. degree in Biotechnology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Currently, as a UAB graduate student in the Genetics Genomics and Bioinformatics theme, she is working on understanding the role of BAI3 G-protein coupled receptor in insulin secretion.
Jennifer Orduno
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Jennifer Orduno is an honors freshman
undergraduate student majoring in Biomedical Sciences. She joined the lab starting her freshman year in 2019 - which she thoroughly enjoys. Jennifer loves the atmosphere where she is not only able to learn new ideas, but where she is also able to apply, hands-on, the various concepts she is being taught. She also spends her time actively volunteering at Brookwood Baptist Hospital in their NICU department. After graduation, Jennifer sees herself going to medical school in hopes of becoming a Pediatrician.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Jennifer Orduno is an honors freshman
undergraduate student majoring in Biomedical Sciences. She joined the lab starting her freshman year in 2019 - which she thoroughly enjoys. Jennifer loves the atmosphere where she is not only able to learn new ideas, but where she is also able to apply, hands-on, the various concepts she is being taught. She also spends her time actively volunteering at Brookwood Baptist Hospital in their NICU department. After graduation, Jennifer sees herself going to medical school in hopes of becoming a Pediatrician.
Jaime S Thompson
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Jaime Thompson is an honors freshman undergraduate student majoring in Neuroscience. Ever since Jaime joined the lab in August of 2019, she has enjoyed learning new concepts and techniques from her fellow lab mates. After her undergraduate degree, Jaime aspires to attend pharmacy school in hopes of becoming a pharmacist. In the meantime, she is studying hard and building new goals to accomplish along the way!
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Jaime Thompson is an honors freshman undergraduate student majoring in Neuroscience. Ever since Jaime joined the lab in August of 2019, she has enjoyed learning new concepts and techniques from her fellow lab mates. After her undergraduate degree, Jaime aspires to attend pharmacy school in hopes of becoming a pharmacist. In the meantime, she is studying hard and building new goals to accomplish along the way!
Rajesh Gupta, Ph.D.
ADA Postdoctoral Fellow
Rajesh joined Dr. Bhatnagar’s lab in March 2016 as a Research Associate. He completed his PhD in Life Sciences from Banaras Hindu University, India. During his former postdoctoral training at LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, Rajesh studied the role of agouti related peptide (AgRP, an orexigenic peptide) in mouse adrenal gland which developed his interest in diabetes and beta cell biology. His research in the Bhatnagar's lab is focused on investigating the role of C1Ql3 secreted proteins in pancreatic beta cells by using cell lines and mouse models.
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Shuja Liu, BS
MS (Biotechnology Student) Shuja joined the lab in 2019!. She is a very enthusiastic, curiosity individual. Shuja is a MS student in Biotechnology and is working on synthesizing recombinant proteins that will be used as an immunogens to generate antibodies. She really likes the work of the lab and is making contributions to several projects in the lab. |
