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The Woodruff Lab
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Current Lab Members 2006 |
Teresa K. Woodruff, Ph.D.
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Dr.
Woodruff is a Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Northwestern University and in
the Department of Medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg School
of Medicine. In addition, she is the Associate Director of the Robert
H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University,
and its Director of Basic Science. She studies the role of the gonadal
hormones, inhibin and activin, in the regulation of target tissues
in the female reproductive axis. She has investigated the use of inhibin
as a marker of epithelial ovarian cancer, and developed animal models
for the study of cancer. Because no early detection method exists for
ovarian cancer, an important aspect of this research is to identify
the factors that contribute to the development of the initial neoplastic
lesions. Additionally, she has investigated the role and regulation
of activin and its signaling proteins in the breast and found a loss
of activin signaling capacity in advanced disease. She received her
PhD from Northwestern University in 1989 and her BA from Olivet Nazarene
University in 1985. tkw@northwestern.edu
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| Monica Antenos, Ph.D. |
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Monica
joined the Woodruff lab as a postdoc in November 2003. She earned her
Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 2003, working on the molecular
identification of novel Aryl hydrocarbon Receptor modulators. She is
now working on the biosynthesis and secretory pathways leading to inhibin
production by the ovary. antenos@northwestern.edu
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Supreeti is an undergraduate
who joined the lab in 2005. She is working under Niti Jetly. Supreeti received the Erwin Macey Scholarship in the Life Sciences award in
2006 for her project 'Mechanism of Activin C Antagonism in a Mouse Pituitary Gonadotroph Cell Line.'
s-behuria@northwestern.edu |
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| Sarah
Bristol-Gould, Ph.D. |
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Sarah
joined the Woodruff lab in June 2002. She graduated from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in
1999 with a B.S. in Agriculture with a major in Animal Science. Her research
interests lie in using transgenic animal models to study the development
of the mammalian ovary and the dynamic regulation of follicle selection
and growth during folliculogenesis. This work has implications for both
understanding human follicle biology and human fertility. This knowledge
can also be applied to saving threatened and endangered species. Sarah
was a Student Fellow of the National Cancer Institute Oncogeneis and Developmental
Biology Training Grant (NIH grant T32 CA80621). Sarah completed her Ph.D. in the Woodruff Lab in 2006. Her disseration was entitled "
Establishing and Maintaining the Mammalian Ovarian Follicle Pool." s-bristol@northwestern.edu |
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Joanna joined the
Woodruff lab as a postdoc in August 2003. She earned her Ph.D. from the
University of Illinois at Chicago in 2003, working on herbal alternatives
to hormone replacement therapy. She is now working on activin's role
in mammary carcinogenesis and physiology. Joanna is a research fellow
of the Reproductive Biology Training Grant (NIH grant T32 HD007068). burdette@northwestern.edu
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Barbara joined the lab in March 2006 as the U54 program coordinator. She is responsible for the administration of all facets of the Center for Reproductive Research. Prior to this, she worked at Evansont Northwestern Healthcare as a Research Coordinator and Practice Manager in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery.
b-cushing@northwestern.edu
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Lara
earned her BS from Iowa State University of Science & Technology
where she majored in genetics. Her last appointment was with Bioforce
Nanoscienc as a research associate working in the field of nanoarray
technology. She joined the Woodruff Lab in summer 2005 as the lab
manager.
hildebrand@northwestern.edu
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Niti
joined the lab in 2004. She earned her Ph.D. from University of Mumbai,
India, where she was working on structure-function studies on human
follicle stimulating hormone (HFSH). Currently, Niti is studying structure-function
relationship of activin B wherein mutational analysis is also involved.
n-jetly@northwestern.edu |
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Sarah received her BS in Animal Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She joined the Woodruff lab in 2006 as a Research Technologist. skiesewetter@northwestern.edu |
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Signe is a research associate who works half-time in the Woodruff lab and half-time in the Mayo lab (in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology). Signe coordinates ordering and care of animals. s-kilen@northwestern.edu |
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Alison graduated from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. Alison is studying whether metal signals are important in the very first steps of fertilization in mamals, using the mouse as a model system. This is a collaborative project with the O'Halloran Lab. mkim@northwestern.edu |
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Lamxi joined the lab in 2006 as a postdoctoral fellow. She received her MD in 2006 from Northwestern University. Laxmi is studying ovarian follicle biology.
l-kondapalli@md.northwestern.edu
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Lei Lei joined the Woodruff Lab in 2006. She received her PhD from the College of Biologial Science at China Agriculture University. lei-lei@northwestern.edu
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Jack, a second-year IBiS student, joined the Woodruff lab in June 2005. He graduated from the University of Toronto with a Hon. B.Sc. in immunology, but spent the last 2 years of his undergrad working on the steroidal regulation of GnRH neurons in the laboratory of Denise Belsham. In 2003, Jack came to Northwestern University as a master's student in the laboratory of Jon Levine. Now, as a doctoral student in the Woodruff lab, he is studying the structural-functional aspects of inhibins and activins. Jack is the recipient of
s-lin@northwestern.edu |
Fujio
Migishima, M.D., Ph.D. |
Fujio received both
his M.D. (1995) and his Doctor of Medical Science (2003) from Kitasato
University, School of Medicine in Tokyo, Japan. Prior to joining theWoodruff
lab in December 2005, Fujio was a post-doctoral fellow in the Department
of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Stanford University School of Medicine.
His research interests include ovarian cryopreservation and stem cell
research.
f-migishima@northwestern.edu
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| Nimarta
Singh |
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Nimarta is an undergraduate who joined the lab in Spring 2005. She
is working under Thuy-Vy Do to attempt to characterize Twist and SIP-1
variants expressed in normal OSE cells and EOC cells.
n-singh-1@northwestern.edu
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| Barbara Sutcliffe |
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Barbara joined the lab
in 2004 after working at the Pfizer Corporation in the Environmental,
Health and Safety Department. She is the assistant to the Associate Director
of Basic Sciences, lab coordinator, web mistress, and caterer extrodinaire.
b-sutcliffe@northwestern.edu |
Candace Tingen |
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Candace is a second year IBiS Student at Northwestern. She graduated from Duke University in North Carolina with a BS and BA. Her work in the Woodruff lab consists of screening of follicles to locate novel genes that affect folicular development. c-tingen@northwestern.edu
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| Victoria
Ulyanov |
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Victoria
graduated from Niles North HS. She joined the Woodruff lab in 2005 as
a rotation student, and has been working with Joanna Burdette trying to
understand the role of ovulation in the development of ovarian cancer. She recieved the Marcia L. Storch Award for Undergraduate Research in 2005, and a WCAS Scholarship in Arts & Sciences in 2006.
v-ulyanov@northwestern.edu |
Cory Waxman |
| Cory joined the lab in 2006 as an undergraduate. He received his HS diploma frm Ramsey High School in New Jersey. Cory was a recipient of the Weinberg College Summer 2006 Research Grant for his project 'Regulation of Follicle Development in a Three-dimensional Matrix.' Cory will graduate in 2007 and go on to veterinary school. c-waxman@northwestern.edu |
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Prior to joining the Woodruff Lab in the summer of 2005, Tyler waswas a histology technical assistant at Boyce & Bynum pathology lab in Columbia, Missouri.
tyler-wellington@northwestern.edu |
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Min
Xu joined the Woodruff lab as a postdoc in July 2004. He obtained his
medical degree in 1998 from the Nanjing Medical University in China.
He earned his Ph.D from the same university in 2003, working on molecular
diagnosis of infertility. At the same time he was performing as clinician
and embryologist in Infertility Center of Jiangsu Province People’s
Hospital. He is now working on the in vitro ovarian follicle culture,
and study the mechanics of paracrine and autocrine factors on follicular
growth.
m-xu3@northwestern.edu
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| Jie Zhu, M.D. |
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Jie Zhu joined the Woodruff Lab in 2006. She received her MD in pediatrics at Nanjing Medical University in China, and her MSc from Suzhou University in China.
j-zhu@northwestern.edu |
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