Lab Alumni

Former members of the Sabri Ülker Center and Hotamışlıgil Lab

Genichi Altsumi, PhD 

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2001-2002

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Alessandro Arduini, PhD 

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2011-2017

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Alexander Bartelt, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013-2017

Ozgur Cakici, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2015-2018

Ediz Calay, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014-2019

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Qiong Cao, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2002-2006

Haiming Cao, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2003-2010

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Andrea Caricilli, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014 - 2019

Khanichi Charles, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2007-2014

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Kathryn Claiborn, PhD 

Scientific Writer, 2013-2017

Kosei Eguchi, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013-2017

Feyza Engin, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-2014

Ebru Erbay, MD, PhD   

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2004-2010

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Zeynep Betül Ersoy, MD

Visiting Scientist, 2018

Meric Erikci Ertunc, PhD 

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014-2015

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Suneng Fu, PhD 

Postdoctoral Fellow 2004-2014

Masato Furuhashi, MD, PhD 

Postdoctoral Fellow 2004-2008

Cem Z. Gorgun, MD, PhD 

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2000-2007

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Margaret Gregor, PhD 

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010-2016

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Ekin Güney, PhD 

Sabri Ülker Fellow, 2015-2019

Jiro Hirosumi, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2000-2001

Xenia Hom, MD

Visiting Scientist, 1996-2002

Sarah Hummasti, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-2012

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Kornelia Johann, PhD
Visiting Scientist, 2017

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Mollie Jurewicz

Laboratory Manager, 2010-2013

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Keita Kono, PhD

Visiting Scientist, 2004-2006

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Min-Dian Li, PhD 

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2016-2019

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Ping Li, MD, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2007-2010

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Kazuhisa Maeda, PhD 

Postdoctoral Fellow, 1999-2002

Nimet Maherali, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010-2012​

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Liza Makowski-Hayes, PhD      

Postdoctoral Fellow, 1998-2004

Martin McGrath, PhD

Associate Director for Strategic Alliances, 2012-2019

Benedicte Mengel Pers, PhD 

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2011-2015

Carlos Morgan, PhD      

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2005-2007

Takashi Nakamura, PhD          

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2006-2013

David Mwai Ndegwa

Laboratory Manager, 2013-2017

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Lale Ozcan, MD

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2004-2007

Umut Ozcan, MD

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2005-2006

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Fahri Saatcioglu, MD

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2000, 2010

Ludger Scheja, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, 1996-2001

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Christian Schlein, PhD

Visiting Scientist, 2017

Motohiro Sekiya, MD, PhD 

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2009-2015

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Jeswinder Sethi, PhD 

Postdoctoral Fellow, 1996-2000

Brendon Smith, PhD 

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2015-2017

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Guo Tan, PhD 

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2000-2002

Henrik ten Freyhaus, MD

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-2010

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Amir Tirosh, MD, PhD    

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010-2017

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Qiang Tong, PhD    

Postdoctoral Fellow, 1997-2002

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Judy Tsai, PhD    

Postdoctoral Fellow, 1999-2004

Sara Vallerie, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow 2003-2010

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Joesph Virbasius, PhD

Research Associate, 2017-2018

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Steven Watkins, PhD

Visiting Scientist on Sabbatical, 2011-2012

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Katy Wellen, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2000-2006

Scott Widenmaier, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010-2018

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Haiyan Xu, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, 1996-2000

Abdullah Yalcin, PhD     

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2007-2012

Chih-Sheng Yang, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013-2014

Ling Yang, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2007-2014

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Graduate Students ​

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Vanessa Byles

Khanichi Charles

Judy (Tsai) Chuk

Nurdan Dagtekin

Margaret Gregor

Liza Makowski-Hayes

Nataniel Otoo

Lauren Robertson

Sara Vallerie

Kathryn Wellen

Erkan Yilmaz

Mustafa Yilmaz

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