Current Tollefsbol lab M.S. and Ph.D. students:

• Sabita Saldanha: Epigenetics in aging and cancer (Ph.D. Program)
• Joseph DeAngelis: Epigenetics of breast cancer tumorigenesis (Ph.D. Program)
• Gregory Peek: Epigenetics of cancer prevention (M.S. Program)
• Brannon Queen: Telomerase gene regulation in cancer (M.S. Program)

Previous Tollefsbol lab students:

• Joseph Poole: Epigenetic modulation of the telomerase promoter (M.S., 2001)
• Mark Casillas: Neoplastic transformation of human lung fibroblasts: Regulation of hTERT and DNA methyltransferase activity (M.S., 2002).
• Sabita Saldanha: Analysis of promoter regulation of the catalytic subunit of telomerase (hTERT) (M.S., 2002)
• Nathan Hansen: Epigenetics of telomerase gene regulation in aging and cancer (M.S. 2003)
• Rebecca Wylie: 9cUAB30 retinoic acid as a potential treatment for human breast cancer (M.S., 2005)
• Amanda Cunningham: Inhibition of hTERT in human cancer cells using RNA interference (M.S., 2005)
• Serene Lai: Evidence of extra-telomeric effects of hTERT and its regulation involving a positive feedback loop (M.S., 2005)
• W. Kliph Love: Inhibition of Telomerase in Human Leukemia Cells (M.S., 2006)
• Joel Berletch: Telomerase gene regulation in response to polyphenols in cancer prevention (Ph.D. 2007)
• Sharla Phipps: Analysis of telomerase in embryonic and cancer cells (Ph.D. 2007)
• Vijayalakshmi Nandakumar: DNA methylation patterns in the ultraviolet radiation-exposed skin and tumors: Chemoprevention role of phytochemicals (co-mentor; M.S. 2008)

Current Tollefsbol Lab Postdoctoral Fellows/Research Associates:

• Yuanyuan Li: Epigenetics of tumorigenesis
• Syed Musthapa Meeran: Epigenetics of cancer prevention

Previous Tollefsbol Lab Postdoctoral Fellows/Research Associates:

• Joyce Haskell: Manager of the Cell Senescence Culture Facility.
• Nadejda Lopatina: DNA methyltransferases in aging and cancer cells.
• Mitchell Pate: Manager of the Cell Senescence Culture Facility.
• Liang Liu: DNA methyltransferases in aging and cancer
• Canhui Liu: EGCG and epigenetic control of telomerase in cancer
• Sabrina Walthall: Caloric restriction in cancer and aging

Previous Tollefsbol lab Junior Faculty:

• Liang Liu (Assistant Research Professor): Epigenetics and Bmi-1 in cancer and aging
• Stephanie Yap (Assistant Professor; Morehouse University): Epigenetics of ovarian cancer