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Seth L. Robia, Ph. D
E-mail; Office Phone: (708) 216-2522
B.A. Biology, Chemistry, St. Olaf College
M.S., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Seth joined the faculty in the Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in 2006. He teaches a range of subjects for medical and graduate students including Biochemistry (lipid metabolism, enzyme kinetics) Cell Biology (cell cycle, apoptosis), Biophysics (membrane transport, imaging for drug discovery), and Physiology (reproduction).
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Postdoctoral Fellows
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Nikolai Smolin, Ph.D.
E-mail ;Lab Phone: (708) 216-5158
Ph. D. University of Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
Nikolai joined the Robia Lab at the Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology at Loyola University Chicago Strich School of Medicine in 2012. Nikolai is currently applying modeling techniques (molecular dynamics simulation, docking, etc.) to study dynamics and interactions of SERCA. His scientific interests are computer simulation in biophysics, protein dynamics, water in biology, nanoscale biophysics, therapeutic proteins, etc. For more details please visit https://sites.google.com/site/nikolaismolin/.
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Olga N. Raguimova
E-mail; Lab Phone: (708) 216-5158
B.S. Biological Sciences, UIC, Chicago, 2011
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Olga joined the Robia Lab in the summer of 2014. She is currently investigating SERCA key conformational changes during calcium cycling and molecular mechanism of SERCA relief-of-inhibition by PLB phosphorylation. In her research, Olga utilizes such techniques as molecular dynamics simulations, molecular genetics, biochemical assays, fluorescence resonance energy transfer measurements, etc. | |
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Former Trainees | Role | Dates | Current Position | Eileen M. Kelly | Technician | 7/06 – 1/09 | Accountant, Cosco | Zhihong Hu | Technician | 6/08 – 9/10 | Medical Resident, Loyola | Sebastian Mestril | Undergrad Res. | 6/10 – 8/10 | Grad Student, UNC Chapel Hill | Zachary Jones | Undergrad Res. | 6/10 – 8/10 | Special Education teacher | Paul Hale | Research Assistant | 6/10 – 10/10 | Law School | Qiujing Song | Postdoc | 6/08 – 6/11 | Dentist, Lisle, IL | Eric DeGuevara | High School Res. | 6/11 – 8-11 | Undergrad, Univ. Il. Urbana-Champaign | Edgar Gonzales | High School Res. | 12/11 – 5/12 | College Student | Philip Bidwell | Grad student (PhD) | 6/08 – 4/12 | postdoc, Univ. Cincinnati, (E. Kranias) | Sandeep Pallikkuth | Postdoc | 1/10 – 5/12 | Imaging Facility Director, U. Tennessee | Dane Zieman | Undergrad | 6/10 – 9/12 | Engineer, Thermo-Fisher Scientific | Christian Espino | High School Res. | 10/12 – 5/13 | Undergrad, St. Mary’s Univ., MN | Chris Stefonowicz | Technician | 6/12 – 7/13 | Med student, Stritch School of Medicine | Alex Ticho | Technician | 2/12 – 6/13 | MD/PhD student, Univ. IL, Chicago | Aimee Bueno | High School Res. | 6/13– 8/14 | Undergrad, Univ. IL, Chicago | Michael Sobieraj | Postbac student | 7/13 – 9/13 | MD student | Marsha Pribadi | Technician | 8/13 – 6/14 | Property Consultant, Jakarta, Indonesia | Surtaj Iram | Postdoc | 9/12 – 9/14 | Assistant Professor, South Dakota State | Juan Orozco | High School Res. | 6/14 – 8/14 | Undergrad, DePaul University | Berenis Calleros | High School Res. | 6/14 – 8/14 | High School Student | Neha Abrol | Grad student (PhD) | 6/11 – 10/14 | Postdoc, Johns Hopkins, (M. Anderson) | Zhanjia Hou, PhD | Research Asst. Prof. | 2/07 – 5/15 | Medical Physicist, Mobile, AL | Ryan Himes | Grad student (PhD) | 6/11 – 7/15 | Asst. Professor, Olivet Nazarene Univ. | Vidhya Sivakumaran | Postdoc | 12/13 – 8/15 | Chief Scientific Officer, Kids Science Labs | Daniel J. Blackwell | Grad student (PhD) | 6/11 – 7/16 | Postdoc, Vanderbilt, (B. Knollman) | Taylor Zak | MD/PhD student | 7/13 – 7-17 | MD/PhD program, Loyola | John Wolf | MD student | 5/17-7/17 | MD student, Creighton | Nikolai Smolin | Staff Scientist | 7/12 – 11/17 | Senior Data Scientist, Commerce Signals | Olga Raguimova | Grad Student (PhD) | 6/14 – 6/18 | Senior Scientist, Abbott Labs | Garrett Hauck | Undergraduate Res | 6/18 – 8/18 | Undergrad, The Ohio State Univ. |
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