
Rosa Uribe, PhD
Director, Laboratory of Neural Crest and Enteric Nervous System Development
Assistant Professor
CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research
rosa.uribe@rice.edu
Rice Biosciences
MS 140
Houston, TX 77005
Dr. Uribe received her B.S. in Cellular and Molecular Biology at San Francisco State University, where she became interested in developmental biology under Dr. Felipe-Andres Ramirez-Weber. Dr. Uribe received her doctoral training in retinal cell and developmental biology under the supervision of Dr. Jeffrey M. Gross of the University of Texas at Austin. Subsequently, her postdoctoral research was in Dr. Marianne Bronner’s laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, where she embarked on studies of neural crest and enteric nervous system development in zebrafish. Dr. Uribe was recruited to join Rice University through the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) and is a CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research. Since joining Rice, Dr. Uribe has established the Laboratory of Neural Crest and Enteric Nervous System Development and is now a National Science Foundation CAREER Awardee.
Director, Laboratory of Neural Crest and Enteric Nervous System Development
Assistant Professor
CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research
rosa.uribe@rice.edu
Rice Biosciences
MS 140
Houston, TX 77005
Dr. Uribe received her B.S. in Cellular and Molecular Biology at San Francisco State University, where she became interested in developmental biology under Dr. Felipe-Andres Ramirez-Weber. Dr. Uribe received her doctoral training in retinal cell and developmental biology under the supervision of Dr. Jeffrey M. Gross of the University of Texas at Austin. Subsequently, her postdoctoral research was in Dr. Marianne Bronner’s laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, where she embarked on studies of neural crest and enteric nervous system development in zebrafish. Dr. Uribe was recruited to join Rice University through the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) and is a CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research. Since joining Rice, Dr. Uribe has established the Laboratory of Neural Crest and Enteric Nervous System Development and is now a National Science Foundation CAREER Awardee.
Eileen Singleton
Lab Manager and Fish Technician
Lab Manager and Fish Technician

Joshua Moore, Graduate Student
Research Interests: Spatial patterning and neurogenesis of the Enteric Nervous System
Research Interests: Spatial patterning and neurogenesis of the Enteric Nervous System

Rodrigo Ibarra, Graduate Student
Research Interests: Neural crest and neuroblastoma
Research Interests: Neural crest and neuroblastoma

Lucia Rivas, Graduate Student
Research Interests: Enteric Nervous System Maturation
Research Interests: Enteric Nervous System Maturation

Onyekachi Idigo, Graduate Student
Research Interests: Enteric Nervous System development
Research Interests: Enteric Nervous System development

Hannah Johnson, Graduate Student
Research Interests: Enteric Nervous System Development
Research Interests: Enteric Nervous System Development

Rodrigo Moreno-Campos, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Enteric Nervous System Development and Cancer
Research Interests: Enteric Nervous System Development and Cancer
Jorge Arnez Gonzales, Undergraduate Researcher
Research Interests: Enteric nervous system development |
Tori Payne, Undergraduate Researcher
Research Interests: Neural crest patterning |
Nikhita Mummaneni, Undergraduate Researcher
Research Interests: Enteric nervous system development
Research Interests: Enteric nervous system development
Former Lab Members
-Martin Cheramie, Research Specialist. Now in Medical School.
-Ashley Tsang, Undergraduate researcher. Now doing Civic internships at Rice University.
-Avery Myers, Undergraduate researcher. Now doing ovarian cancer research at Baylor College of Medicine.
-Sage Simmons, Undergraduate Researcher. Now tech at UT Southwestern.
-Julia Corteguera, Undergraduate Researher. Now Post-Bac.
-Sarah Downing, Undergraduate Researcher. Now Research Supervisor in Biotech Startup.
-Jessa Westheimer, Undergraduate Researcher. Now a scientific projects manager.
-Rodrigo Gonzales-Rojas, Undergraduate Researcher, now doing neuroscience research in TMC.
-Aaron Nguyen, Undergraduate Researcher, now starting Baylor College of Medicine for Med School.
-Akshaya Venkatesh, Undergraduate Researcher, now starting MD-PhD program.
-Grayson Kotzur, Undergraduate Researcher, now Master's student at Texas A&M.
-Margarita Nino, Undergraduate Researcher, now finishing Senior Year and getting ready for Vet school.
-James Tallman, Research Specialist. Now on Sabbatical.
-Phillip Baker, Graduate Student. Now working at a Biotech Startup as Research Scientist.
-Adam Howard, Graduate Student. Now working at a Biotech Startup as Research Scientist.
-Mignote Tadesse, Undergraduate Researcher, now applying to Master's programs.
-Thomas Hamre, Undergraduate Researcher, now starting Baylor College of Medicine for Med School.
-Annika Nambiar, Undergraduate Researcher, now applying to Master's programs.
Uribe lab Summer Student Jessa Westheimer describes her Summer 2019 lab learning experience as part of the Choose Development! Fellowship program!