Directory

Laboratory Technician

Albert Essuman

Laboratory Technician

Albert graduated with a master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from Arizona State University to the international accelerated degree program. Before his master’s he gained his bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). Currently, Albert works in the Brafman Stem cell Lab as a Research Technician where he…

Brooke Galyon

Laboratory Technician

I recently graduated from Oregon State University with a degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and moved to Phoenix to make up for all the missed months of sunshine! In the Brafman lab, I’m working on generating various stem cell lines using our TREE system and Prime Editing technology to study the effects of the…

PhD Candidate

Gayathri Srinivasan

PhD Candidate

Hello! I am a biomedical engineering PhD student. I study the role of APOE2 in modulating amyloid precursor protein processing in hiPSC-derived neurons. I’m also excited to work with hiPSC-derived microglia and explore their role in Alzheimer’s disease.

Warner Kostes

PhD Candidate

Hi everyone, my name is Warner and I’m a PhD student in the Biological Design program here at ASU. After I earned my B.S. in Biochemistry at ASU in 2017, I began working in this lab in early 2018. My current project is titled Prime Induced Nucleotide Engineering using a Transient Reporter for Editing Enrichment…

Postdoctoral Researcher

Undergraduate Researcher

Brycelyn Whitman

Undergraduate Researcher

Hi everyone! I am Brycelyn Whitman and I am a 4th-year undergraduate student in Dr. David Brafman’s research lab. The research project I am currently working on involves the conformation of a Knockout Line using Western Blotting technologies in hESCs. These Knockout Lines were created using a gene-editing technique known as Base-edited Isogenic hPSC line…

Lauren Baker

Undergraduate Researcher

Hi everyone! My name is Lauren Baker and I’m a 4th-year biomedical engineering undergraduate student in Dr. David Brafman’s research lab. I am currently using different cell characterization assays to learn more about the cellular mechanisms that contribute to Alzheimer’s Disease. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email me at [email protected] !