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Kenneth Matreyek, PhD
Principal Investigator

kenneth.matreyek[at]case.edu
Kenny obtained his B.Sc. at UCLA, and a PhD in Virology from Harvard. He was an American Cancer Society postdoctoral fellow in the Genome Sciences Department at the University of Washington.
ORCID: 0000-0001-9149-551X
Interests: Contemporary music. Soccer. Running. Hiking. Birding. Data analysis. Woodworking. Gardening (ie. cultivating his plant army). Hydroponics (ie. cultivating his plant… navy?). Making convoluted analogies.
Favorite Bands: Jason Isbell, IDLES, Against Me!, Death Cab, Mitski, PUP, …
Personal website: www.visualizedlife.com
Twitter@kmatreyek
Bluesky: @kmatreyek.bsky.social
Mastodon: @[email protected]

Sarah Roelle
Research Assistant &
Lab Manager

sxr551[at]case.edu
Sarah obtained her B.Sc. at the University of Toledo, and has many years of bioengineering experience.
Interests: Taekwondo (black belt), comedy, creative writing, and science communication & education

Nidhi Shukla
Research Associate

nxs664[at]case.edu
Nidhi obtained her M.Sc. in Biotechnology at MSU Baroda, India and PhD in Cancer Biology at Central Drug Research Institute in Lucknow, India. She is interested in exploring the pathophysiology of chronic and viral diseases.
Interests: Gardening, crafting and cooking.

Nisha Kamath
PhD student
(Pathology [Immunology])

ndk39[at]case.edu
Nisha obtained her B.Sc. in Biotechnology from University at Buffalo, and started at CWRU in the fall of 2020. She is studying the STIM1-Orai1 pathway of store-operated Ca2+ entry.
Interests: Dance, baking and various arts and crafts.

John Snell
PhD student
(Systems Biology [SYBB])

jcs296[at]case.edu
John obtained his B.Sc. from the University of Washington, and started at CWRU in the fall of 2022. He is studying the sequence determinants of translational stop-start activities mediated by 2A-like peptide sequences.

 

Interests: Many musical instruments. Tabletop games. 

Olivia DelSignore
Research Assistant

oxd55[at]case.edu
Olivia obtained her associates degree in biotechnology science from Lakeland Community College.
Interests: Baking, clarinet.

Joshua Spector
Undergraduate

jhs213[at]case.edu
Biology major, art history minor. Working under Nisha’s immediate supervision, using fluorescent protein fusions to characterize STIM1 abundance and intracellular localization.
Interests: Football, running, and cooking.

Anna Bruchez, PhD
Collaborator

Anna.Bruchez[at]case.edu
Anna obtained her B.Sc. at MIT, and a PhD in Virology from Harvard. She is the resident Ebola virologist and expert on viral entry mechanisms.
Twitter: @AnnaBruchez

You?

Well, no… we currently do not have space to take more personnel.
Postdoctoral researchers: Please email Kenny directly to inquire about open positions.
Graduate students: We accept students though the Case Western Biomedical Sciences Training Program and the Medical Scientist Training Program
Undergraduate students: (Feb 2023: We currently do not have space to accept additional undergraduate students.)
Additional staff
(Feb 2023: We currently do not have space to hire additional staff.)

Alumni

Anh Pham
Undergraduate (Comp Sci and Chemistry)
Starting his PhD at the Rice University Dept of Bioengineering (as of 5/4/2022)

Matreyek and Bruchez labs photos

August 2023: Matreyek and Bruchez lab picnic 2 (and right before we tie-dyed the labcoats)! From left to right: Grace*, Nisha, Brent, Steven, John, Alex, Kenny, Anna, Lane, Sarah, Olivia, Nidhi. [*rotation student]
August 2023: Matreyek and Bruchez labs after tie-dying! From top left to bottom right: Lane, John, Kenny, Steven, Brent, Anna, Alex, Nisha, Grace*, Olivia, Nidhi, Sarah. *[Rotation student]