Current lab members
2023 -

Veronica Useche
Masters of Science Candidate
HCN channels regulate ion transport in insect MTs

2022 -
Emily Pham
HCN channels regulate ion transport in mosquito MTs

2023 -
Kira Halley
Literature review on Helicokinin hormones in insects

2024 -
Callie Steppat
1) Helicokinin-1, -2, and -3 regulate ion and fluid transport in caterpillar MTs
2)Voltage-gated K+ channels regulate ion transport in caterpillar MTs
3) Mechanosensitive ion channels regulate ion transport in the MTs of insects
Past Mentees and Lab Alumni

2023
Anabella Shepherd
VGICs in cultured fish gill epithelia
2021- 2024

Masters of Science
2023 - 2024

Detection of voltage-gated ion channel expression and abundance in animal epithelia using Western blotting
2023 - 2024

Dexter Hayes
Western blotting in MTs

2021 - 2023
Alexis Castaneda
Voltage-gated ion channels in caterpillar epithelia

2022 - 2023
Jordyn Tracey
Immunohistochemical detection of voltage-gated and mechanosensitive ion channels in insect epithelia

2022 - 2024
Morgan Marcue
VGICs regulate ion transport in the Malpighian tubules

2021- 2022
Gianna Schiappa
Ion transport mechanisms in the Malpighian tubules of the larval Trichoplusia ni
2022- 2023

Hayla Atkins
Ion transport mechanisms in the Malpighian tubules of the larval Trichoplusia ni

2023
Brandon Ramirez Sierra
VGICs in cultured fish gill epithelia
2021 - 2022

Nancy Ramirez
2021 - 2022

Emilie Serna
Effects of hormones on the fluid ion content of the Malpighian tubules of larval lepidopterans
2021

Michelle Solorio
Effects of hormones on paracellular permeability of the Malpighian tubule epithelia of larval lepidopterans
2021

Ivan Gonzalez
Effects of hormones on the fluid secretion rate of the Malpighian tubules of larval lepidopterans

Damandeep Kapoor
(McMaster U)
2020-2021
2021

Mark Lopez Sanchez
Using Western blotting and immunohistochemistry to detect ion channels in ion-transporting epithelia of insects

2021
Sandy Lastor
NSF-REU scholar at CSUSM
Epithelial cell separation and transcriptomic profiling

Aaida Arpa (McMaster U)
2020-2021
2021

Hannah Hausknecht-Buss
NSF-REU scholar at CSUSM
Transcriptomic response of mosquito epithelia in response to salinity acclimation and blood-feeding

2023
Andrea Crucena
VGICs in osmoregulatory epithelia of larval lepidopterans
2023 - 2024

Kennedi Yuhas
MTs of larval mosquitoes

2023 - 2024
Adriana Cacho
Helicokinin isoforms regulate ion transport in MTs
2023 - 2024

Dennise Arenas
SciComm and LitSearch Specialist

2021
Transcriptomics survey of animal epithelia for voltage-gated, ligand-gated and mechanosensitive ion channels
Trevor Karpinski

2024 -
Baili Popal
Does microbiome of caterpillar MTs affect the excretory function of the organ? (molecular)

2024 -
Talia Dahms
Masters of Science Student
Does microbiome of caterpillar MTs affect the excretory function of the organ? (bioassays)

2024 -
Alice Ho
Bioassays in insect MTs

2024 -
Onyca Reyes-Saechao
Electrophysiology of insect MTs

Vanessa Marocha
(McMaster U)
2019-2020

Neha Anwar
(McMaster U)
2018-2020

Gayatri Sivaratnam
(McMaster U)
2017-2018

Harish Ravisangar
(McMaster U)
2017-2018

Maria Tauqir
(McMaster U)
2016-2017
