Ramon C. Sun
Director, Center for Spatial Biomolecule Research (CASBR), University of Florida
Principal Investigator
About Dr. Sun
Dr. Ramon C. Sun received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular biology from the Australian National University, Australia, and completed his Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford University. The primary research goal of the Sun lab is to elucidate signaling pathways that modulate complex carbohydrate metabolism and how they are connected to cellular and organismal physiology in neoplastic and aging-related diseases. Dr. Sun’s research is currently funded by the V Scholar Grant and three recently awarded NIH-R01.
Research Associates
Lei Wu
Senior Scientist III
Zizhen Liu
Post Doctoral Researcher
Sadi Quinones
Post Doctoral Researcher
Borhane Ziani
Post Doctoral Researcher
Graduate Trainees
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Graduate Research Assistant
Cameron Shedlock
Graduate Research Assistant
Terrymar Medina
Graduate Research Assistant
Alex Carbonell
Graduate Research Assistant
Xin Ma
Graduate Research Assistant
Haley Peters
Graduate Research Assistant
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Manuel Sanchez
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Lab Technician
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Lab Technician
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Undergrad Research Assistant
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Undergrad Research Assistant
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Undergrad Research Assistant
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Undergrad Research Assistant
Ariya Varma
Undergrad Research Assistant
Nidhi Rao
Undergrad Research Assistant
Kangjin Wong
Undergrad Research Assistant
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Undergraduate Student
Angela Mueller
Lab Technician
Damon Kooser
Undergraduate Student
Jessica Lamb
M.D. Candidate, University of Kentucky
Megan McCall
Physcian
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Lab Technician
Shannon Keohane
Lab Technician
Alex Shear
Undergraduate Student
Benjamin Eickwort
Lab Technician
Francis DeCesare
Undergraduate Student
Josephine Chang
M.D. Student
University of California, Irvine
Michael Buoncristiani
Undergraduate, University of Kentucky
Qi Sun, Ph.D
Virginia Commonwealth University
Tara Hawkinson
Ph.D. Candidate/Student
Alexandra Stanback
M.D. Student
University of Kentucky
Bryson Arnett
Undergraduate, University of Kentucky
Geraldine Pierre
Lab Technician
Lindsey Conroy, Ph.D.
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Undergraduate Student
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Alexis James
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Cassidy Gibbs
Undergraduate Student
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Senior Project Specialist, Syneos Health
Lyndsay Young, Ph.D.
Phu Doan
Undergraduate Student
Samantha Simpson
Undergraduate Student