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. Dr. Uribe's research program focuses on deciphering the genetic, cellular and signaling level mechanisms of neural crest stem cell proliferation, migration and cell-type differentiation during embryogenesis.
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. Dr. Uribe's research program focuses on deciphering the genetic, cellular and signaling level mechanisms of neural crest stem cell proliferation, migration and cell-type differentiation during embryogenesis.
Adam Howard, Graduate Student
Research Interests: To enhance understanding of the microenvironmental and cellular mechanisms underlying vagal NCC migration |
Eileen Singleton
Lab Manager and Fish Technician |
Phillip Baker, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: My work seeks to broaden our understanding of the cellular mechanisms that mediate neuron patterning, morphological differentiation and early function of the neural circuitry within the vertebrate Enteric Nervous System |
Joshua Moore, Graduate Student
Research Interests: Spatial patterning and neurogenesis of the Enteric Nervous System |
James Tallman, Research Specialist
Research Interests: Neural crest and neuroblastoma |
Rodrigo Ibarra, Graduate Student
Research Interests: Neural crest and neuroblastoma |
Lucia Rivas, Graduate Student
Research Interests: Enteric Nervous System Maturation |
Rodrigo Moreno-Campos, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Enteric Nervous System Development and Cancer |
Akshaya Venkatesh, Undergraduate Researcher
Research Interests: Enteric Nervous System Development |
Grayson Kotzur, Undergraduate Researcher
Research Interests: Neural Crest migration and proliferation |
Mignote Tadesse, Undergraduate Researcher
Research Interests: Enteric Nervous System development |
Annika Nambiar, Undergraduate Researcher
Research Interests: Neuroblastoma |
Margarita Nino, Undergraduate Researcher
Research Interests: Neural Crest specification
Research Interests: Neural Crest specification
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 applying to Grad schools!
-Rodrigo Gonzales-Rojas, Undergraduate Researcher, now doing neuroscience research in TMC
-Aaron Nguyen, Undergraduate Researcher, now finishing Senior Year and getting ready for Med School
Uribe lab Summer Student Jessa Westheimer describes her Summer 2019 lab learning experience as part of the Choose Development! Fellowship program!