
Ariel Bazzini, Ph.D.
Associate Investigator
| Name | Position at Stowers | Years at Stowers |
|---|---|---|
| Luciana Castellano | Predoctoral Researcher | |
| Qiushuang Wu (Q) | Predoctoral Researcher | |
| Michay Diez | Predoctoral Researcher | |
| Ryan McNamara | Bioinformatics | |
| Horatio Martin Pallares | Graduate Researcher | |
| J. Rene Wong | Visiting Student | |
| Erika Pinto | Undergraduate Researcher | |
| Olivia Rippee | Stowers Scholar | Summer 2021 |
| Amanda Sandberg | Stowers Scholar | Summer 2021 |
| Santiago Medina Munoz | Undergraduate Researcher, Bioinformatics Technician | 2016-2018, 2018-2020 |
| Elizabeth Humphrey | Coordinator | January 2020 - June 2020 |
| Maria Jose Pascual | Researcher | November 2019 - February 2020 |
| Maria Blanco Salazar | Student Researcher | June 2019 - August 2019 |
| Yue Liang | Rotation Student | April 2019 - June 2019 |
| Kaelan Brennan | Rotation Student | March 2019 - April 2019 |
| Lucia Ramirez Navarro | Student Researcher | June 2018 - August 2018 |
| Isidora Stankovic | Student Researcher | May 2018 - July 2018 |
| Jacqelyn Hand | Postdoctoral Associate | August 2016 - June 2018 |
| Ruohan Zhong | Rotation Student | April 2018 - June 2018 |
| Raktim Roy | Rotation Student | April 2018 - June 2018 |
| Hui Qian | Rotation Student | March 2018 - May 2018 |
| Kai Zhang | Rotation Student | January 2018 - February 2018 |
| Amina Zemouri | Researcher | April 2017 - September 2017 |
| Elise Viode | Student Researcher | June 2017 - August 2017 |
| Shivani Sharma | Research Technician | January 2017 - June 2017 |
| Soham Karmakar | Rotation Student | April 2017 - June 2017 |
| Todd Gallagher | Rotation Student | April 2017 - June 2017 |

Associate Investigator
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Development and Regeneration, Genetics and Genomics, Molecular and Cell Biology
Gene Expression: Transcription to translation; Laboratory Rotation; Thesis laboratory
Ariel Bazzini joined the Stowers Institute in 2016. His research focuses on gene regulation in development and disease and in unraveling the intricacies in RNA stability and translation.

Research - I am fascinated by how cells change over time, particularly in zebrafish development where in less than 12 hours cells transition from undifferentiated blastomeres to brain, muscle, germline, etc. While we now understand many of the transcriptional hierarchies that regulate early embryonic development, much remains unknown about how translational regulators shape this rapid acquisition of cell fates!
Hobbies - I am an avid tennis player, I enjoy cooking (ask me about my favorite homemade pizza toppings!), and I love meeting new people!

Ph.D. Student
B.S., Basic Biomedical Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Joined: 2021

Computational Biology Scholar
Bazzini Lab
Hometown: Cuernavaca, Mexico
Research Interests: I’m deeply interested in molecular biology, genetics, gene regulation, and developmental biology, with a particular emphasis on leveraging computational biology to advance these fields.
Hobbies: My hobbies include cooking, watching movies, biking, taking my pets for walks, and listening to a variety of random podcasts.

Josefina is a postdoctoral research associate in the Si and Bazzini labs.

Research - I am interested in the noncoding genome, how with increase in the complexity of the organism the content of noncoding genome increases. Even during the early embryonic development, how the noncoding regions of the genes regulate the fate of the early embryo development. Now with the advent of CRISPR-Cas system it has become more fascinating to understand the role of such sequences both at DNA and RNA levels. Recently we have developed CRISPR-Cas13d tool for higher vertebrate models. Using CRISPR-Cas13d, one can target different kinds of RNA in the genome and decipher the complex regulatory lexicon of early embryonic development in higher vertebrate systems.
Hobbies - Playing cricket, volleyball, cooking, watching sci-fi movies.


Research Scholar
Bazzini Lab

Ph.D. Student
B.S., Cell and Molecular Biology, Winona State University
Joined: 2020