Meet the Team
Gunther Hollopeter did his undergraduate studies at the University of Washington in Seattle, and began his research career there, studying the neuronal basis of appetite control in mice. For his graduate work, he entered the neuroscience program at the University of California, San Francisco, where he isolated the target of the clot-busting drug Plavix. For his postdoctoral training, Gunther moved to the University of Utah and later to the Stowers Institute, where he initiated projects to study basic cell biology in vivo. In September 2015, Gunther joined the Molecular Medicine faculty in the College of Veterinary Medicine as an Assistant Professor.
Gunther Hollopeter did his undergraduate studies at the University of Washington in Seattle, and began his research career there, studying the neuronal basis of appetite control in mice. For his graduate work, he entered the neuroscience program at the University of California, San Francisco, where he isolated the target of the clot-busting drug Plavix. For his postdoctoral training, Gunther moved to the University of Utah and later to the Stowers Institute, where he initiated projects to study basic cell biology in vivo. In September 2015, Gunther joined the Molecular Medicine faculty in the College of Veterinary Medicine as an Assistant Professor.
Gwen Beacham is a graduate student in Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology. She grew up in Farmington, Maine and attended the University of Maine for her undergraduate studies during which she was awarded a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. She also studied abroad at the University College Cork in Ireland for a semester. Her undergraduate research focused on characterizing a novel Cluster E mycobacteriophage. Additionally, she had summer internships at the Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratory in Salisbury Cove, Maine and at the Boyce Thompson Institute of Plant Research at Cornell. Gwen graduated from the University of Maine in May 2015 with a B.S. in Biochemistry and was awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. In her free time, Gwen likes to run, hike, explore new places, cook, and play the piano.
Gwen Beacham is a graduate student in Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology. She grew up in Farmington, Maine and attended the University of Maine for her undergraduate studies during which she was awarded a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. She also studied abroad at the University College Cork in Ireland for a semester. Her undergraduate research focused on characterizing a novel Cluster E mycobacteriophage. Additionally, she had summer internships at the Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratory in Salisbury Cove, Maine and at the Boyce Thompson Institute of Plant Research at Cornell. Gwen graduated from the University of Maine in May 2015 with a B.S. in Biochemistry and was awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. In her free time, Gwen likes to run, hike, explore new places, cook, and play the piano.
Ed Partlow is a graduate student in the Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology Program. He received a BS in biochemistry from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2016, where he worked on characterization of proteins that selectively kill cancer cells. He now focuses on structural biology in the Hollopeter lab, and is pursuing a minor in biophysics while at Cornell. In his free time Ed enjoys traveling to the Adirondacks to hike and camp, as well as drawing, reading, and swimming.
Ed Partlow is a graduate student in the Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology Program. He received a BS in biochemistry from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2016, where he worked on characterization of proteins that selectively kill cancer cells. He now focuses on structural biology in the Hollopeter lab, and is pursuing a minor in biophysics while at Cornell. In his free time Ed enjoys traveling to the Adirondacks to hike and camp, as well as drawing, reading, and swimming.
Erika Beyrent is a graduate student in the Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology Program. She is from Scranton, Pennsylvania, where she completed her undergraduate degree at The University of Scranton. Her undergraduate research focused on the effect of oxidative stress on the subcellular localization of the microtubule associated protein tau in neurons. As an undergraduate, she received the President's Fellowship for Summer Research and The University of Scranton, and completed an internship at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio. In her free time, she enjoys playing the violin, baking, and swimming.
Eric Shen is an undergraduate student majoring in both Physics (Biomaterials) and Chemistry & Chemical Biology plus a minor in Music. He was born in Rochester, Michigan and grew up in Sugar Land, Texas before attending Cornell University as a Pauline and Irving Tanner Dean's Scholar. Additionally, he had summer internships with the Swager group at the MIT Institute for Soldier Nanomaterials, Aramco Services Company, and Mithra Biotechnology Inc. Eric also likes performing music, photography, swimming, cooking, and exploring local food and honey.
Jimmy Mo Hok Chun is a undergraduate exchange student from Hong Kong University and Science and Technology (HKUST), majoring in Biochemistry and Cell Biology. He have been working on lipid droplet related research projects in Dr. Ho Yi Mak Lab back in HKUST. He is now studying regulators or endocytosis in Hollopeter Lab. In his free time he likes to hike and cook. He believes that pipettes are scientists' lightsabers.