Tatjana Piotrowski, Ph.D.
Investigator
Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Nicolas Denans
Dr. Baek Sungmin
Dr. Nina Koenecke (2015-2017)
Dr. Linjia Jiang (2012-2017)
Dr. Jonathan Kniss (2012-2017)
Dr. Masataka Nikaido (2010-2013)
Dr. Matthew Voas (2010-2012)
Graduate Students
Tran Nicole
John Rojas Pino
Gabriel da Silva Pescador (2019-2020)
Joaquin Navajas Acedo (2019)
Tatiana Gaitan (2019)
Agne Kozlovskaja-Gumbriene (2012-2017)
Marina Venero Galanternik (2009-2015)
Andres Romero-Carvajal (2010-2015)
Robert Duncan (2008-2011)
Andy Aman (2005-2011)
Danielle Downey (2006-2007)
Masters Students
Ryan Jiskra (January-December 2016)
Daniel Kopinke (2004-2005)
Undergraduate Researchers and Lab Technicians
Madeleine Swall
Helena Boldt (2015-2017)
Dr. Julia Snyder (2011-2015)
Scott Freeburg (2015)
Ren Yi (2014-2015)
Ahmad Maaz (2014)
Ana Gabriel (2013-2015)
Scott McMahon (2012)
Andrew Winegarner (2012)
Samin Panahi (2011)
Robert Crosbie (2007-2011)
Megan Senecal (2007-2011)
Minh-Tu Nguyen (2007-2010)
Joshua Sasine (2005-2007)
Jessica Donigan (2006)
Jennifer Swift (2004-2006)
W. Zac Stephens (2003-2006)
Abigail Kroch (2000)
Karin Finger-Baier (1996-1998)
Senior Administrative Assistant
BA in Japanese Language and culture, University of Oregon
Having worked in biotech in San Diego for over 20 years, I am thrilled to be at Stowers supporting the Piotrowski lab. When away from work, my interests include composing music for piano, studying the flute and running 10K and half marathons.
Aurelie Hintermann is a postdoctoral research associate in the Rohner lab interested in evolution of gene regulation.
Predoctoral Researcher
BS Genomic Sciences. National Autonomous University of Mexico
I’m truly intrigued by organ formation and regeneration, and the zebrafish lateral line represents agreat model to understand these processes. I’m interested in the molecular mechanisms underlying hair cellregeneration and neuromast formation in zebrafish, because unlike human inner ear hair cells, neuromasts regeneratefrom nearby stem cells contained in the primordium (a cluster of cells that migrate to form the lateral line).
Graduate Researcher
Piotrowski Lab
BS-MS Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
My fascination for gene regulation came from my undergraduate developmental biology course where the intricacy and dynamics of transcriptional regulation in early Drosophila embryogenesis astounded me. In the Piotrowski lab, my Master’s thesis aims to understand how and to what extent regulatory evolution forms a link between genotypes and phenotypes. I’m interested in understanding how evolution shapes regulatory elements by using the lateral line system of killifish and zebrafish as model systems.
Research Specialist
PhD: Role of neurotrophins in development of the central nervous system. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas. (Laboratory of Dr. Luis F. Parada).Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Laboratory of Dr. Jonathan A. Raper).
Mark has had a long-standing interest in developmental neurobiology. Mark says, "Zebrafish have proven to be an incredibly powerful model system allowing for the in vivo study of the development of the nervous system. My research includes two main goals; the discovery of new genes required for sensory hair cell development and regeneration and the elucidation of the cellular signaling pathways used by Schwann cells to control lateral line stem cell proliferation."
Investigator
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Development and Regeneration, Evolutionary Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology
Cell Dynamics, Stem Cells and Developmental Biology; Laboratory Rotation; Thesis Laboratory
Tatjana Piotrowski, Ph.D., a developmental biologist, is an Investigator at the Stowers Institute. She joined Stowers in 2011 as an Associate Investigator and was promoted to full Investigator in 2018.
Predoctoral Researcher
B.S., Biology, B.A., Chemistry, University of Missouri - Kansas City
Joined: 2023
University of Missouri – Kansas City
Predoctoral Researcher
B.S., Biochemistry, University of California – Santa Barbara
Joined: 2023
University of California – Santa Barbara
Graduate Researcher
Piotrowski Lab
BS - MS in Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India
During my undergraduate studies, I developed an interest in Developmental Biology and Cell Biology, I became fascinated by the processes that govern the formation and growth of organisms from a single cell into complex structures and how well these processes are genetically coordinated . In the Piotrowski Lab, I'm interested in characterizing genes involved in zebrafish lateral line development and regeneration.
Predoctoral Researcher
Piotrowski Lab
Research Technician II
MS
Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Taiwan University
I'm truly interested in neuroscience, especially in the molecular mechanisms underlying how cell-cell communication occurs during development. In the Piotrowski lab, my aim is to understand which genes and networks play an important role in cell-cell communication involved in zebrafish lateral line development and regeneration.