
Kamena Kostova, Ph.D.
Assistant Investigator
Alumni | Position | Time in Lab | Next Step |
Jared Akers | Lab Technician | 2019-2021 | Graduate Student at Yale |
Carmen Jung | Undergraduate Student/Lab Technician | 2019-2022 | Case Western Medical School |
Monet Yuan | Undergraduate Student | 2020-2022 | UCSF MD-PhD Program |
Jeffrey Ding | Lab Technician | 2021-2022 | Boston University Medical School |
Hanna Suh | Undergraduate Student/Lab Technician | 2020-2023 | Case Western Medical School |
Cecilia Ramirez | Undergraduate Student | 2020-2023 | Lab manager at the Farber Lab |
Michelle Macurak | Lab Manager | 2020-2023 | Lab manager at the Jimenez Lab |
Yuming Wang | Lab Technician | 2021-2024 | University of Illinois - Chicago Master's Program in Biomedical Visualization |
Ireh Kim | Undergraduate Student | 2021-2024 | NYU Dentistry |
Martina Pozzi | Undergraduate Student | 2022-2024 | Applying for Medical School |
Stephanie Ruiz-Torres | Undergraduate Student | 2022-2024 | UPenn Dentistry |
Benjamin Onwi | Undergraduate Student | 2023-2024 | Applying to Medical School |
Andrew Lu | Undergraduate Student | 2023-2024 | Undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University |
Michael LaScola | Lab Technician | 2023-2024 | MD/PhD Student at Albert Einstein |
Diego Alfaro Carcoba | Undergraduate Student, Summer Scholar | Summer 2024 | Undergraduate Student at Johns Hopkins University |
Camilla Garcia | Undergraduate Student, Summer Scholar | Summer 2024 | Undergraduate Student at University of Maryland - College Park |
Research Technician II
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Postdoctoral Research Associate
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Assistant Investigator
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Cell Biology, Genetics and Genomics, Molecular and Cell Biology
Gene Expression: Transcription to Translation
Kostova joined the Stowers Institute in fall 2024, bringing with her an established research program unraveling the mysteries of ribosomes. After completing her Ph.D., in 2018, Kostova took an atypical career path, starting her own laboratory as a Staff Associate (Independent Fellow) at the Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Embryology. There, Kostova developed a research program focusing on changes in ribosome composition.
Undergrad Researcher
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Z is is a postdoctoral research associate in the Kostova lab.