Our
Research

Christopher Henderson – Principal Investigator
Contact: ch2331@columbia.edu
(212) 342-4086

Hynek Wichterle – Principal Investigator
Contact: hw350@columbia.edu
(212) 342-3929

Mackenzie Amoroso – Lab Manager/ Senior Research Technician
Projects: Human in vivo MN biology, subtype diversity of motor neurons
Contact: mw2578@columbia.edu

Mathieu Desclaux – Postdoctoral Fellow
Projects: SMA phenotypic assays, Hb9:GFP/RFP, CD2 reporter lines
Contact: mjd2170@columbia.edu

Alejandro Garcia – Senior Research Technician
Projects: SMA phenotype (MNs & myoblasts), lenti-virus, constructs
Contact: alejandro.garcia.diaz@gmail.com

Jimmy Hom – Research Technician
Projects: Human MN Core Production Facility Lead
Contact: jimmyhom@gmail.com

Bethany Kerner – MD/PhD Student
Projects: Giant axonal neuropathy iPS generation and phenotypic assays, survival screens
Contact: blj2109@columbia.edu

Yoon Kim – Research Technician
Projects: Generation of astrocytes, reporter line development
Contact: yakim94@gmail.com

Derek Oakley – MD/PhD Student
Projects: Molecular profiling of ALS MNs, phenotype assay development
Contact: dho2101@columbia.edu

Sebastian Thams – Postdoctoral Fellow
Projects: A dual color screen for stressors mediating preferential degeneration of ALS motor neurons (mouse)
Contact: st2650@columbia.edu

Dosh Whye – Research Worker
Projects: Mouse MN Core Production Facility Lead
Contact: doshwhye@gmail.com

Laurent Roybon – Former postdoctoral fellow
Contact: Laurent.Roybon@med.lu.se

Gist Croft – Former graduate student
Contact: gcroft@rockefeller.edu

Nuno Lamas – Former MD/PhD student
Contact: nuno.jorge.lamas@gmail.com