Lab Members

Aykut Üren, M.D.

Principal Investigator
Expertise: Molecular Oncology
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Dr. Aykut Üren is a full professor at the Department of Oncology Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He has a secondary appointment with the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology. His research focuses on molecular mechanisms of malignant transformation and drug discovery in pediatric sarcomas. Some of the active projects in his laboratory include development of targeted therapies against EWS-FLI1 and CD99 in Ewing’s Sarcoma, ERG in prostate cancer, ezrin in osteosarcoma and Pax3-Foxo1 in rhabdomyosarcoma. He also runs a core facility at Georgetown University that provides surface plasmon resonance technology (Biacore 4000 and Biacore T200) to academic institutions and biopharmaceutical companies. He teaches tumor biology to graduate students and gross anatomy to medical students, for which he has received multiple teaching awards including the Golden Apple and Golden Orchard.

At the Bench: Current Lab Members

Purushottam Tiwari, PhD

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Assistant Professor
BIAcore Molecular Interaction Shared Resource (BMISR)
SPR Database 
Science Exchange

Jeff Petro,
​BS

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Lab Manager

Emre Deniz,
​PhD

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Anna Molotkova,
​BS

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MD, PhD Candidate

Taryn Shaw,
​BS

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PhD Candidate

Kay Nakazawa,
​MM/BS

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Research Assistant

Isabel Frye,
​BS

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Research Technician

Prakriti Tiwari
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Undergraduate Intern

Were on the Bench: Former Lab Members

Haydar Çelik,
​PhD

Tsion Z. Minas,
​PhD

Yasemin Saygideğer, MD/PhD

Said Rahim,
​PhD

Gülay Bulut,
​PhD

Elsepth Beauchamp,
​PhD

Erin Conn,
​PhD

Kevin Chen,
​MD

Jenny Han,
​MD

Shannon Fallen,
​MS

Linshan Yuan,
​BS

Elizabeth Drebing,
​BS

Brian DuChez,
​PhD

Matthew McCormick, MD

Diana Lee,
​MD

Jared Taylor Murdoch, BS

Kerry Adam,
​BS

Veronica Rodriquez,
​BS

Sarah Justvig,
​MD

Benjamin Marsh,
​MD

Christina Kraus,
​MD

Elif Gelmez,
​BS

Idil Temel​,
​BS

Bess Flashner​,
​MD

Dila Kalyoncu 
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Hayden Johnes,
​BS

Gabi Perazza Young,
​MS

Jay Patel
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Madeline Helwig​, MS

Rakeem Marcelle, MS​

Sarah Hour
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Bersu Özcan
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David Allegakoen,
​MS

Ceyda Ceyhan,
​BS

Levent Düşünceli
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Marilyn Kouassi-Brou, BA

Handan Sevim,
​PhD

Brittany Meisenheimer, MS

Todd Young,
​PhD

Jing Zhang,
​MS

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Research Volunteer

Mario Le​mus,
​BA

Sezen Atasoy,
​PhD