Team

Yewande joined the lab in April 2019. Yewande graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz before joining the Biomedical Sciences graduate program.

Harold graduated from the University of California, Davis and worked as a research assistant in David Toczyski’s lab at UCSF before joining the Tetrad graduate program. Harold joined the lab in June 2019 as a graduate student, and completed his Ph.D. in July 2024.

Katie joined the lab in June 2019 and is co-mentored by Barbara Panning (Biochemistry). Katie graduated from the University of Minnesota before joining the Tetrad graduate program.

Jess joined the lab in June 2020. Jess graduated from the University of Utah and worked as a research assistant in Jullie Hollien’s lab before joining the Tetrad graduate program.

Tracy joined the lab in June 2022. Tracy graduated from Brown University and worked as a research assistant in David Breslow’s lab at Yale University before joining the Tetrad graduate program.

Charlie joined the lab in August 2021. Charlie obtained their bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from UC Davis and later joined the biotechnology program at CCSF where they completed an internship in the Marcucio Lab at UCSF and a CIRM Bridges internship in the Buchwalter Lab. Following the completion of their internship in the Buchwalter Lab, Charlie stayed with the lab to continue to investigate the role of the nuclear lamina in shaping gene expression during differentiation and its influence on early development.

Eric is a joint postdoctoral fellow in our lab and the lab of Bassem Al-Sady and is a member of UCSF’s NIH IRACDA fellowship program. Eric joined us in July 2022 after completing his Ph.D. at the University of California, Santa Cruz with Camilla Forsberg. Outside the lab, you can find Eric skiing, biking, and attempting to bake new recipes.

Abby joined the lab in June 2024. Abby graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder before joining the Tetrad graduate program.

Can joined the lab in June 2024. Can graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and worked in Bassem Al-Sady’s lab before joining the Tetrad graduate program. Can is a joint member of the Buchwalter and Al-Sady labs.

Medha joined us as an intern in the 2019 QB3 summer internship program when she was a rising senior at UC Berkeley. In collaboration with Shalin Mehta at the CZ Biohub, Medha applied new imaging tools to the nucleolus.

John was our lab manager from 2018-2022. Originally from New York state, John received a bachelor’s degree in physics from Saint Bonaventure University in 2011. At the State University of New York at Fredonia, he completed a bachelor’s degree in molecular genetics in 2014 and a master’s degree in biology in 2016. In the Buchwalter lab, he led a project focused on nuclear protein homeostasis.

Emmy rotated in the lab during Fall 2021. She attended UC Davis for her B.S. where she studied Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and did undergraduate research in Dr. Jodi Nunnari’s Lab. After graduating, she did her Fulbright Fellowship in Dr. Thomas Langer’s Lab at the MPI for Biology of Ageing in Cologne, Germany. When not in lab, you can usually find Emmy hiking, on the hunt for new and delicious flavors of ice cream, or snuggled up with a good book and her cat.

Yana was a member of the lab from 2019-2022. In the Buchwalter lab, she explored mechanisms of rDNA hypermethylation during mammalian aging. She joined New Limit as a scientist, where she focuses on applications of epigenetic reprogramming to healthspan. 

Kenzi worked in the lab from 2022-2023 after obtaining a B.S. in Biochemistry and a B.A. in Spanish at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. She is now a Junior Specialist in the Rose lab at the University of California, Davis. 

Valeria worked in the lab from 2023-2024 after obtaining a B.S. in Microbiology at the University of Texas, El Paso.  She is now a graduate student at the University of Texas, Austin.