Jakub Famulski, PhD.

Associate Professor

 

Trained as a molecular and cell biologist turned developmental neurobiologist with a life long passion for live cell imaging. Excited to share knowledge and train the next generation of researchers. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Rights for the images reserved to mugley photostream from flickr, if you keep them,please keep the credit.

 

T: 859-218-3540 |  jakub.famulski@uky.edu

 

 

Dr. Oliver Vocking 

postdoc/staff scientist: 2018-2023

        Current Position: Staff Scientist, Biology, University of Kentucky poc

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Dr. Kristyn Van Der Meulen (PhD, Grad Student)

PhD graduate: 2015-2021

        Current Position: Forensic Scientist, KY state crime lab

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Dr. Megan Weaver (PhD, Grad Student)

PhD graduate: 2015-2021

        Current Position: Scientist I, University of Kentucky chool

 

Dr. Warlen Piedade (PhD, Grad Student)

PhD graduate: 2016-2020

        Current Position: Postdoc, Harvard Medical School

 

Leopoldine Galopin (MSB, Grad Student)

MSB graduate: 2020-2022

        Current position: Lab technician, UKY

 

Nicholas Carrara (MS, Grad Student)

MSA graduate: 2016-2018

        Current Position: Scientist, Prolong Pharmaceuticals

 

Deep Patel

BIO395 and 394 student (Spring 2021-2024) 

        Current position: Laboratory technician UKY.

 

Brandi Bolton

Zebrafish facility Manager 2021-2024

 

Hannah Greenwell

ABT394 student (Fall 2023 - Spring 2024)

         Currently: Senior at UK - applying to Optometry school

 

Grace Jacobs

BIO199, 395 and 398 student (2019-2023)

        Current position: Cincinnati Med School

 

Justine Crowell

BIO395 student (2022)

        Current position: Senior at UK

 

Evelyn Turnbaugh

Fish Facility Manager: 2020-2021 

        Current Position: Grad School, Dartmouth College

 

Lucas Vieira Francisco

Fish Facility Manager: 2018-2020 

        Current Position: Research Associate, Harvard Children's

 

Nishita Meshram MSc.

Technician

        Current Position: PhD candidate, Ohio State

 

Paige Poffenberger

BSc Candidate, BIO395 student: Fall2018-Spring 2019

      Current Position: Med School

 

Amy Sessions

AgBiotech Candidate, BIO395 Spring 2018-Spring 2019

  

Darington Richardson.

BSc Biology, BIO395 student: Jan2015-Dec2015

        Current Position: OBGYN

Chase Noel

BSc Candidate, BIO395 student: Aug2015-Dec2015-D

       Current Position: Med Schoole

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Corrine Howard

BSc Candidate, BIO395 student: Jan2015-May2015

 

Reed Gilbert

BSc Candidate, BIO395 student: Jan2016-Dec2017

        Current Position: Med School

 

Austin Taylor

BSc Candidate, BIO395 student Aug2016-Dec2017

        Current Position: Med School

 

SarahPPerkins  BSc

Fish Facility Manager

       Current Position: Technician UK healthcare

 

Sydney Veith

BSc Candidate, BIO395 student: Jan 2018-May2019

        Current Position: Veterinary School

 

Cassidy Pelphrey

BSc candidate, BIO395/398 student: Aug2018-Dec2019

​       Current Position: Genetic Counseling Program

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sejuti Naurin

Phd Candidate

 

Sejuti joined the lab in spring 2022 and is working on transcriptomic analysis of optic fissure fusion. Sejuti is collecting and analyzing single cell transcriptomes of retinal cells directly involved in optic fissure fusion with the hopes of identifying novel regulators of this complex developmental process.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lab Alumni

Meet Patel

PhD Candidate

 

Meet joined the lab after completing the rotation program in Jan 2021 and is currently working on the role of cdhr1a during early retinal development. In particular, Meet is going to investigate the role of cdhr1a during early photoreceptor progenitor development and function.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aaron West

PhD Candidate

 

Aaron joined the lab in the summer of 2024 and will be initiating a new exciting project examining the function of the TAM receptor axl during neuro degeneration associated with Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Famulski Lab zebrafish retinal development
 

Maya Owens

MS candidate

 

Maya joined the lab in the fall of 2022 and is working on elucidating targets of the E3 ubiquitin ligase SIAH1 which are associated with ocular development. She aims to subsequently assess the functional role of their targeting by the Ubiquitin Proteasome System.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carter Ahlfeld

BSc candidate, BIO395 student

 

Carter joined the lab in the fall of 2023 and is working with Meet on examining mertka and tyro3 activity in zebrafish RPE cells. Carter will be working with CRISPR knockouts of both genes and examine effects on RPE biology and retinal homeostasis.