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Leslie B. Arey Professor of Cell, Molecular and Anatomical Sciences
email: vgelfand@northwestern.edu
Received her bachelor degree in Biological Sciences at Peking University (China) and her PhD degree in Genetics at the University of Chicago. Her undergrad thesis focused on expression and characterization of the Spike protein of SARS-COV virus in insect cells and mammalian cells; her doctoral thesis investigated the role of the small GTPase Rac in the germ line stem cell asymmetric cell division and self-renewal. In the Gelfand lab, Wen is interested to understand how the cytoskeletal components polarize large cells, such as neurons, and oocytes, in the model organism Drosophila melanogaster (AKA fruit flies).
email: a-gelfand@northwestern.edu
Bhuvan obtained Ph.D. in biological sciences in 2016, from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Pilani, India. Doctoral work is focused on the biochemical and biophysical characterization of the enzyme Lysyl oxidase (LOX). Then moved to the National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore in 2017, where he worked as a post-doctoral fellow and studied the anti-angiogenic properties of ADAMTS5 protein. Currently studying the dynamics of vimentin intermediate filament. Towards that, exploring how vimentin filaments interact with other cytoskeletal components such as microtubule, actin, and motor proteins for its dynamics. He enjoys playing with a microscope and taking images.
email: bhuvan@northwestern.edu
Graduate candidate