Principal Investigator

William Dauer, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology & Pharmacology
wtd3@columbia.edu

Washington University, St. Louis, 1990, M.D.

Scientists

Nathan D. Jorgensen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
nj2169@columbia.edu

At Columbia since 2007.
University of Minnesota, Ph.D.
Saint John's University, B.A.

Interested in the molecular basis of neurological disease. Currently studying how mutated LRRK2 causes Parkinson's disease.

Hardy Rideout, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scientist
hr227@columbia.edu

At Columbia since 1999.
Dalhousie University 1999, Ph.D.
Wilfrid Laurier Univ 1995, M.A.

Yong Peng, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scientist
yp2204@columbia.edu

At Columbia since 2007.
The Ohio State University 2002-2007, Postdoc and Research Associate
Sichuan University, China, 2002, Ph.D.

Interested in elucidating role of LRRK2 regulatory factors and their role in Parkinson's disease.

Technicians

Jaime Twaite
jtt2102@columbia.edu

Bard College 2002, B.S.

 

Kana Tsukamoto
kt2217@columbia.edu

University of West Florida, MS 2005
Kyoto Women's University, BA 2001

Graduate Students

Cherry Cheng-Ying Ho
ch2187@columbia.edu

In Pathology Ph.D Program since 2003.
National Taiwan University 2003.

Research studies the role of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) and how its mutations causes Parkinson's disease.

Connie Eunji Kim
ck2127@columbia.edu

Joined the Dauer lab in 2004.
In Integrated Program at Columbia University.
Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.

Interested in the molecular pathway of torsinA protein.

Lauren Tanabe
lmt2104@columbia.edu

The Univ of Chicago 2003, B.A.
Student in Dept of Pharmacology.

Utilizing an in vitro murine stem cell system to decipher the molecular events underlying neuron specific nuclear envelope abnormalities found in the homozygous torsinA mutant (and knockout) state.

Past Lab Members

Rose Goodchild, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor at University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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