Lab Members

https://medicine.yale.edu/pharm/people/anton_bennett.profile

Papers written with Ehrlich lab:

• Uhlen P, Burch PM, Zito CI, Estrada M, Ehrlich BE, Bennett AM. Gain-of-function/Noonan syndrome SHP-2/Ptpn11 mutants enhance calcium oscillations and impair NFAT signaling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Feb 14;103(7):2160-5.
• Pusl, T., J.J. Wu, T.L. Zimmermann, L.,Zhang, B.E. Ehrlich, J. B. Hoek, M. Berchtold, S. Karpen, M.H. Nathanson, and A.M. Bennett.. EGF-mediated activation of the ETS-domain transcription factor Elk-1 requires nuclear Ca2+. Journal of Biological Chemistry 277:27517-27527 (2002).

https://medicine.yale.edu/intmed/people/michael_nathanson.profile

Papers written with Ehrlich Lab:

• Minagawa N, Ehrlich BE, Nathanson MH. Calcium signaling in cholangiocytes. World J Gastroenterol. 2006 Jun 14;12(22):3466-70
• Pusl, T., J.J. Wu, T.L. Zimmermann, L.,Zhang, B.E. Ehrlich, J. B. Hoek, M. Berchtold, S. Karpen, M.H. Nathanson, and A.M. Bennett.. EGF-mediated activation of the ETS-domain transcription factor Elk-1 requires nuclear Ca2+. Journal of Biological Chemistry 277:27517-27527 (2002).
• O’Neill, A.F., R.E. Hagar, W.R. Zipfel, M.H. Nathanson, B.E. Ehrlich. Regulation of the type III InsP3 receptor by InsP3 and calcium. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 294:719-25 (2002).
• Hagar, R.E., A.D. Burgstahler, M.H. Nathanson, and B.E. Ehrlich. Type III InsP3 receptors stay open in the presence of increased calcium. Nature 396: 81-84 (1998).

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Papers written with Ehrlich lab:

• Cai Y, Anyatonwu G, Okuhara D, Lee KB, Yu Z, Onoe T, Mei CL, Qian Q, Geng L, Wiztgall R, Ehrlich BE, Somlo S. Calcium dependence of polycystin-2 channel activity is modulated by phosphorylation at Ser812. J Biol Chem. 2004 May 7;279(19):19987-95.
• Koulen, P, Y. Cai, L. Geng, Y. Maeda, R. Witzgall, B.E. Ehrlich, S. Somlo. Polycystin-2 functions as an intracellular calcium release channel. Nature Cell Biology 4:191-197 (2002).
• Somlo, S and B.E. Ehrlich. And now for something completely different: Defective channel proteins cause kidney disease. Current Biology 11:R356-60 (2001).

https://medicine.yale.edu/intmed/people/yiqiang_cai.profile

Papers written with Ehrlich lab:

• Cai Y, Anyatonwu G, Okuhara D, Lee KB, Yu Z, Onoe T, Mei CL, Qian Q, Geng L, Wiztgall R, Ehrlich BE, Somlo S. Calcium dependence of polycystin-2 channel activity is modulated by phosphorylation at Ser812. J Biol Chem. 2004 May 7;279(19):19987-95.
• Koulen, P, Y. Cai, L. Geng, Y. Maeda, R. Witzgall, B.E. Ehrlich, S. Somlo. Polycystin-2 functions as an intracellular calcium release channel. Nature Cell Biology 4:191-197 (2002).

http://bbs.yale.edu/people/fred_sigworth.profile

Paper written with Ehrlich lab:

• Q-X. Jiang, E.C. Thrower, D.W. Chester, B.E. Ehrlich, and F. J. Sigworth. Three-dimensional structure of type I inositol-1,4,5-triphosphate receptor at 24 ? resolution. EMBO Journal 21:1-7 (2002).

Paper written with Ehrlich lab:

• Jacob SN, Choe CU, Uhlen P, DeGray B, Yeckel MF, Ehrlich BE. Signaling microdomains regulate inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-mediated intracellular calcium transients in cultured neurons. J Neurosci. 2005 Mar 16;25(11):2853-64.

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Paper written with Ehrlich lab:

• Gibson TB, Lawrence MC, Gibson CJ, Vanderbilt CA, McGlynn K, Arnette D, Chen W, Collins J, Naziruddin B, Levy MF, Ehrlich BE, Cobb MH. Inhibition of glucose-stimulated activation of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases 1 and 2 by epinephrine in pancreatic beta-cells. Diabetes. 2006 Apr;55(4):1066-73.

Salim Acimi
Medical Student, Germany

Georgia Anyatonwu, PhD
Graduate Student, 2001-2006
Present position: Post-doctoral fellow, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Ayshe Beesen
Medical Student

Juan Bernal, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1987-1990
Present position: Laboratory Director, Tenidos San Juan, Aguascalientes, Ags, Mexico
Email: juan_bernal_m@hotmail.com

Ilya Bezprozvanny, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1990-1994
Present position: Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Texas, Southwest Medical Center at Dallas, Texas
Phone: (214)648-6737
Fax: (214)648-8685
Department of Physiology, K4.112 UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Dallas, TX 75235-9040
Email: Ilya.Bezprozvanny@UTsouthwestern.edu

Wolfgang Boehmerle
Research Student, 2005-2006
Present position: Medical student, Berlin, Germany
Email: boehmerle@gmail.com

Louis Borgatta, MD
Research Fellow, 1989
Present position: Cardiologist, Private Practice

Fannie Bialek
Summer Student, 2002-2003
Present position: University student, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Andjelka Celic, PhD
Departments of Pharmacology and Cellular Molecular Physiology
Mail: andjelka.celic@yale.edu

Chi-un Choe, MD
Research Student, 2002-2003
Present position: Physician, Resident in Neurology
University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
Department of Neurology, Martinistrasse 52 20246 Hamburg, Germany
Institute for Neural Signal Transduction, ZMNH, Falkenried 98, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
Mail: choe@zmnh.uni-hamburg.de

Rachel Corbin
Undergraduate Research Student, 2010
Mail: rachel.corbin@yale.edu

Peter Danias, MD PhD
Research Fellow, 1995-1996
Present position: Cardiologist, Private Practice

Anthony DePass, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1998-1999
Present position: Associate Professor, Long Island University, NY
Email: adepass@liu.edu

Elizabeth Dodge, MD
Research Student, 1997-1998
Present position: Physician, Private practice, Dallas
Email: edodge@mednet.swmed.edu

Julian Esteban, MD
Research Fellow, 1996
Present position: Cardiologist, Private Practice

Manuel Estrada, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2003-2006
Present Position: Assistant Professor
Programa de Fisiología y Biofísica Laboratorio de Endocrinología Celular Facultad de Medicina Universidad de Chile Av Independencia 1027
Phone: 9786272
Email: iestrada@med.uchile.cl

Craig Gibson
Departments of Pharmacology and Cellular Molecular Physiology
Email: craig.gibson@yale.edu

Robert Hagar, MD PhD
MD-PhD student, 1995-2000
Present Position: General Physician, Private practice
Email: reh@doctor.com

Ken Harrison
Research Student, 2004
Department of Pharmacology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8066
Email: kenneth.harrison@yale.edu

Felix Heidrich
Email: felix.heidrich@yale.edu

Simon Jacob, MD
Research Student, 2002-2003
Present position: Physician, Private Practice, Freiburg, Germany
Email: simon.jacob@t-online.de

Gohar Jamil, MD
Research Fellow, 1995
Present position: Cardiologist, Private practice, Hartford, CT

Tobias Janowitz
Research Student, 1999-2000
Present position: Medical Student, Cambridge University, England
Phone: +44 1223 402033
Fax: +44 1223 402140
Email: tj212@hermes.cam.ac.uk

Friedrich Johenning, MD
Research Student, 2000-2001
Present position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Email: friedrich.johenning@charite.de

Danielle Johnston
Undergraduate Research Student, 1999
Present Position: Graduate Student, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Email: dani_johnston@mac.com

David Johnston
Undergraduate Research Student, 2005
Present Position: Graduate Student, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Email: djohnston@ucla.edu

Lauren Johnston
Undergraduate Research Student, 2003-2004
Present position: Graduate student, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Email: nobska19@mac.com

Anita M. Kelsey, MD
Summer Student, 1987; Research fellow, 1993-1995
Present position: Cardiologist, Private Practice, Hartford, CT
Email: akelsey@stfranciscare.org

Peter Koulen, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1998-2001
Present Position: Associate Professor, University of North Texas, Forth Worth, TX
Email: pkoulen@hsc.unt.edu

Mark Landers, MD
Research Fellow,1992-1993
Present Position: Cardiologist, Private Practice, Denver, CO

Taylor Mann
Research Assistant

Phedra Marius, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2002-2003
Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, London, England
Email: phedramarius@yahoo.com

Michelle Mo, PhD
Graduate Student / PhD Candidate

Katharina Mueck
Med Student, Germany

Nils Nicolay, MD
Research Student, 2003-Present
Present Position: Physician, Private Practice, Heidelberg, Germany
Email: Nils.Nicolay@urz.uni-heidelberg.de

Karol Ondrias, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1988-1990
Permanent Position: Senior Scientist, Institute of Experimental Pharmacology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska cesta 9, 84216 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

Kerry Quinn PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1994-1999

Juliana Rengifo, PhD
Graduate Student, 2001-2006
Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Email: rengifo@wisc.edu

Miryam Romero, PhD
Visiting Scientist, 1998-1999
Department De Ciencias Fisiologicas Facultad De Salud Universidad Del Valle A.A. 25360 Cali, Columbia
Phone: +57 2 558 3985
Fax: +57 2 514 0029

Habib Samady, MBChB
Research Fellow, 1992-1993
Present position: Assistant Professor, Medicine/Cardiology, University of Virginia
Phone: (434)924-1854
Fax: (434)977-7621
Email: hsamady@virginia.edu

Alessandro Sardini, PhD
Visiting Scientist, 2000
Clinical Sciences Centre, MRC Imperial College School of Medicine The Hammersmith Hospital Du Cane Road W12 ONN London, England
Phone: +44 020 83838270
Fax: +44 181 3838387
Email: a.sardini@csc.mrc.ac.uk

Bonnie Seecharran, MBChB
Research Fellow, 1994
Present Position: Cardiologist, Private Practice

Cathy R. Schen, MD
Summer Student, 1983-1984
Present position: Psychiatrist, Private Practice, Boston, MA
Email: cathy_schen@hms.harvard.edu

Christina Schlecker, MD
Research Student, 2002-2003
Present Position: Physician, Private Practice
Email: christinaschlecker@gmx.de

Detcho Stoyanovsky, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1991-1992
Present Position: Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh
Phone: (412)647-6087
Fax: (412)647-5959
Email: stoyanovskyd@msx.upmc.edu

Frank Striggow, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1994-1996
Present Position: Biotech Company, Magdeburg, Germany
Phone: +49 391 6117200
Email: frank.striggow@keyneurotek.de

Edwin Thrower, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1999-2002
The Section of Digestive Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520
Phone: (203)932-5711 x 3680
Email: edwin.thrower@yale.edu

Per Uhlen, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2004-2006
Present Position: Assistant Professor, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Email: per.uhlen@ki.se

Anurag Varshney, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2003-2006
Present Position: Research Scientist, Ranbaxy, Inc, New Dehli, India
Email: anurag.varshney@ranbaxy.com

Eva Winkler
Research Student, 2004-2005
Present Position: Medical Student, University of Freiburg, Germany
Email: eva.winkler@web.de

Xin Yu
Undergraduate Research Student, 2001-2003
Present Position: Law Student, NYU, NY

Kun Zhang
Departments of Pharmacology and Cellular Molecular Physiology
Email: kun.zhang@yale.edu