Dwi U. Kemaladewi

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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (2019)

Div. of Genetic and Genomic Medicine, Dept. of Pediatrics

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

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Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Associate (2012-2019)

Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

PI: Prof. Ronald Cohn

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Ph.D. in Human Genetics (2007-2012)

Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands

PIs: Prof. Peter 't Hoen, Prof. Gert-Jan van Ommen, Prof. Peter ten Dijke

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BSc in Life Sciences (2003-2007)

Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen, Netherlands​

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Pitt Pediatrics | PubMed | Twitter

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Marie Johnson

Lab Manager/Research Technician

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B.S, Biology

Pennsylvania State University

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Marie works on:

Every imaginable project Dwi came up with (and fixing every problem Dwi created)

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Marie loves to:  

Run, hike, garden, and play with her beautiful German Sheppard

JiaQi Cheng Zhang

PhD student 

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MSc, Molecular Life Sciences

Radboud University, Netherlands

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JiaQi works on:

Development of a mini-and-mighty system for therapeutic gene modulation

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Things JiaQi would do:

Be in Pittsburgh, Hawaii, and Los Angeles within a week! YOLO!

Annie Infancia Arockiaraj

PhD student

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MS, Human Genetics

University of Pittsburgh

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Annie works on:

Compensatory mechanism of human LAMA1 in LAMA2-CMD

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Annie was voluntold to:

Drink powdered coffee (and admittedly liked it!)

Oluwaseun (Seun) Akinyele

Postdoctoral Fellow​

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PhD, Pharmacology

University of Aberdeen

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Seun works on: 

Therapeutic genome editing in Snyder-Robinson Syndrome

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Things Seun would say:

Serie A is "nae bad", but Premier League is way better!

Anushe Munir

Research Technician​

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MS, Human Genetics

University of Pittsburgh

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Anushe works on:

Characterization of novel neurological & neuromuscular disease mouse models

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Anushe's unpopular opinion:

The brain is way cooler than the skeletal muscles!

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John Wang 

Resident, Pediatric Scientist Development Program

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MD/PhD, New York University 

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John works on:

Modeling peripheral neuropathy in pediatric diseases

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John runs around with:

Stethoscope and anything that resembles a ruler

Alexander Azar

Research Assistant​

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Biological Sciences (senior)

University of Pittsburgh

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Alex works on:

The role of polyamines in muscle regeneration and diseases

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Alex aspires to be:

Non-boring MD who cooks and plays piano