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	Saren Springer, B.S. Ph.D. Candidate \| Kanadia Lab \| 2020 - present Research Focus: Understanding limb progenitor cell heterogeneity is response to minor spliceosome inhibition Pfizer Society of Toxicology Travel Award recipient 2019 Founder of Teach Me to Science B.S. Biochemistry \| The College of Saint Scholastica
	Kaitlin Girardini, B.S. Ph.D. Student \| Kanadia Lab \| 2021 - present Research Focus: Understanding the role of intron evolution in the eukaryotic genome B.S. Biological Sciences \| University of Connecticut
	Kevon Afriyie, B.S. Ph.D. Student \| Kanadia Lab \| 2023 - present Undergraduate Researcher \| 2021 - 2023 Research Focus: Understanding the role of P53-mediated cell death in U11-null micromelic limbs B.S. Biological Sciences \| University of Connecticut

	Dr. Alisa White, Ph.D. Current Post Doc: Dr. David C. Page Lab\| Whitehead Institute of Biomedical Research \| MIT Biology Ph.D. Graduate \| Kanadia Lab \| 2017 - 2022 Thesis: The Major Role of Minor Intron Splicing in Neuronal Development and Disease. M.S. Physiology & Neurobiology \| University of Connecticut B.S. Physiology & Neurobiology \| University of Connecticut Neuroscience Fellowship recipient
	Dr. Kyle Drake, Ph.D. Current Post Doc: Zon Lab \| Stem Cell Program \| Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School Ph.D. Graduate \| Kanadia Lab \| 2018 - 2022 Thesis: Resolving the Organogenetic Consequences of Minor Spliceosome Inhibition. M.S. Physiology & Neurobiology \| University of Connecticut B.S. Biological Sciences \| University of Connecticut NSF GRFP Fellow Founder of the In Vivo Podcast
	Madisen Lee, M.S. M.S Student \| Kanadia Lab \| 2020 - 2022 Thesis: Neuronal Subtype Complexity is Maintained Despite Shortening of the Neurogenic Window in the U11-null Pallium. Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Boston, USA M.S. Physiology & Neurobiology \| University of Connecticut B.S. Physiology & Neurobiology \| University of Connecticut
	Dr. Anouk Olthof, Ph.D. Current Post Doc: The lab of Dr. Svejstrup \| Institute of Celluar and Molecular Medicine \| University of Copenhagen, Denmark Ph.D. Graduate \| Kanadia Lab \| 2015 - 2020 Thesis: The Minor Spliceosome Regulates Alternative Splicing of Minor Introns in Neuronal Development and Disease. M.S. Physiology and Neurobiology \| University of Connecticut B.S. Biomedical Sciences \| University College Utrecht, The Netherlands
	Dr. Marybeth Baumgartner, Ph.D. Current Post Doc: Lab of Dr. James Noonan \| Genetics Department \| Yale School of Medicine Ph.D. Graduate \| Kanadia Lab \| 2014 - 2019 Thesis: Alternative splicing across minor introns M.S. Physiology and Neurobiology \| University of Connecticut B.A. Biology/Biological Sciences \| Mount Holyoke College
	Gabriela Aquino, M.S. Lab Manager \| Kanadia Lab \| 2018 - 2019 VerTex Pharmaceuticals, Boston, USA M.S. Applied Genomics \| University of Connecticut B.S. Biological Science \| University of Connecticut
	Katery Hyatt, B.S. M.S. Student \| Kanadia Lab \| 2015 - 2018 Research Focus: Bioinformatics B.S. Physiology and Neurobiology \| University of Connecticut
	Charles Schwoerer Physiology & Neurobiology Major \| University of Connecticut Research Focus: Bioinformatics Masters: Columbia University, NY
	Jeff Rasmussen Physiology & Neurobiology Major \| University of Connecticut Beckman Scholar \| University of Connecticut Harvard Medical School
	Anna Vaeth Physiology & Neurobiology Major \| University of Connecticut

	Tomas Lopes Undergraduate Researcher \| University of Connecticut \| 2021 to Present \| MARC, LEAP, SDB Choose Development \| Major: Molecular and Cell Biology B.S \| University of Connecticut
	Jade Rosado Undergraduate Researcher \| University of Connecticut \| 2022 to Present \| McNair Scholar, LEAP \| Major: Molecular and Cell Biology B.S \| University of Connecticut
	Peyton Fletcher Undergraduate Researcher \| University of Connecticut \| 2022 to Present \| Major: Physiology & Neurobiology B.S \| University of Connecticut
	Abigail Boria Undergraduate Researcher \| University of Connecticut \| 2022 to Present \| LEAP, REU Summer 2023 \| Major: Physiology & Neurobiology B.S \| University of Connecticut
	Shreyesh Vachhani Undergraduate Researcher \| University of Connecticut \| 2023 to Present \| SURF Summer 2023 \| Major: Physiology & Neurobiology B.S \| University of Connecticut