VINES-BILL LAB

Michael

Michael is a first year PhD student. He is interested in uderstanding vesicle trafficking in the cell and the molecular mediators that promote differential distribution of receptors to distinct vesicle populations. 

Jaisel

Jaisel was the first person to volunteer to help In the lab. Since that time he has worked his way up to a PhD candidate. He is intersted in understanding the cellular and molecular mediators that control the extent of an immune response to a foreign substance. 

Mohammed

Mohammed is a senior who joined the lab in March 2024. Mohammed is interested in understanding how G-protein-coupled receptors are activated. He is using CCR7 as his model receptor.

Alondra

Alondra started working in our lab as a FYRIS student. She quickly assimilated and took on the role as an independent scientist in 2022. Since that time she has co-authored a manuscript and is working hard to develop her most recent ideas into a second manuscript. 

Cesar

Cesar started working in the lab during the COVID-19 pandemic, and quickly became a valuable member of the lab. During that time he worked on projects funded by Gilead labs and by the NIH. This year he has initiated studies towards earning  an MS in Biomedical sciences. As a result he has recently co-authored a manuscript on the migration of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells across the blood brain barrier.  He found that CCR7 promotes migration via proteins called beta 2 integrins. Cesar is applying to graduate PhD Programs, that he plans to attend once he earns his Master's degree. 

Daniel

Daniel is working to understand how G protein-coupled receptor kinases contribute to internalizationi of CCR7 in T-cells. 

Natalia

Natalia started working as a FYRIS student and quickly worked her way into a position as a member of the lab. Natalia now works on signaling events that regulate the maturation of T cells during development.  Natalia plans to attend graduate school in the future.

Vivian

Vivian has been working on her MS in Biology since the fall of 2023. Vivian is interested in the molecular events that regulate the signaling of the TCR that function in a syngergistic manner with CCR7.   Vivian has recently co-authored a manuscript examining CCR7-mediated Leukemic cell migration to the central nervous system. 

Valeria

Valeria is interested in establishing stably expressing cell lines that can be used to study signaling of CCR7. 

Yazaneth

Yaz, is a JAMP student, who is interested in developing her knowledge of GPCRs as they apply neuroscience. 

Javier

Javier is an affiliate who is trying to better understand the roles of phospholipases in signaling following activation of CCR7.