From our Mission Statement: “The structure, meetings, and special events are all designed to enable members through active participation to build and hone all the skills necessary to not only be accomplished scientists, but to also turn that into a successful, chosen career.”
The PIs, students, and postdocs listed here contributed to the growth and success of the “Community of Minds” of The Pub Club, which operated from the Fall of 2014 through the summer of 2017. The purpose of this page is to recognize and document those who worked to achieve The Pub Club (TPC) mission through “active participation.” At a minimum this was shown through attendance and contribution in our Friday gatherings. Others took greater advantage of the opportunities TPC provided to expand their “skills” and abilities through organizational, leadership, supportive, or “Post” authorship rolls. Through these active efforts, those individuals became better positioned to present themselves and their work to the world. Notations are made beside each of these individual’s names.
The Former Participating PI’s
The Alumni
Langjun Cui (He lab, Visiting scholar)
Qazi Fariduddin (He lab, Visiting scholar)
Dan Lybrand (Howe lab, PhD rotation student)
Katie Porter (Day lab, PhD student, TPC discussion leader)
Mitch Roth (Howe lab, PhD rotation student)
Jessica Schein (Day lab, PhD student)
Mohammad Tanbir Habib (He lab, PhD exchange student)
Phil Colgan (Day lab, technician)
Brian Kvitko (He lab, post doc, TPC discussion leader)
Marcelo Campos (Howe lab, PhD student, TPC discussion leader)
Lambros Frantzeskakis (Day lab, PhD exchange student)
Mieder Palm-Forster (Day lab, post doc)
Tyrell Carr (Day lab, visiting scholar)
Jinling Zhai (Howe lab, visiting scholar)
Alyssa Burkhardt (Day lab, PhD student)
Zhiyong Hu (He lab, visiting scholar)
Megan Shiroda (He lab rotation student)
Natalie Vande Pol (Day lab rotation student; Bonito lab, PhD student)
Ryan Corbett (He/Howe lab PhD rotation student)
Emily Hubbard (He lab, UG student)
Katie Wozniak (Friesen lab, UG student; post author, Python Group Coordinator)
Colleen Friel (Friesen lab, PhD student; Microbiome Group Coordinator)
Shawna Rowe (Friesen lab, PhD student)
Caleigh Griffin (He lab, UG student)
Rongzhi Chen (He lab, visiting scholar)
Yongfu Qiu (He lab, visiting scholar)
Genny Hoopes (Day lab, PhD rotation student)
Alan McClain (Howe lab, PhD rotation student)
Bing Zhang (Day lab, PhD student)
David Rhodes (He lab, technician)
James Kremer (He lab, PhD student, TPC discussion leader)
Haifeng Cui (He lab, visiting scholar)
Siobhan Cusack (He lab, PhD student, TPC discussion leader)
Yerlan Dutbayev (Day lab, visiting scholar)
Xiufang Xin (He lab, post doc)
Kyaw Aung (He lab, post doc, post author, TPC discussion leader)
Amy Baetsen-Young (Day lab, PhD student)
Danve Castroverde (He lab, post doc, post author, TPC discussion leader; Spring 2017 – Snack coordinator, Event Calendar contributor)
Alex Corrion (Day lab, PhD student, TPC discussion leader)
Qiang Guo (Howe lab, PhD student)
Miranda Haus (Day lab, post doc, post author, TPC discussion leader; Spring 2017 – TPC “Alphanode” Head Coordinator, Meeting Summary author)
Nate Havko (Howe lab, post doc)
Yanjuan Jiang (He lab, visiting scholar)
Pai Li (Day lab/He lab, PhD student)
YiJu Lu (Day lab, post doc)
Ian Major (Howe lab, post doc, post author, TPC discussion leader)
Kinya Nomura (He lab, post doc)
Brad Paasch (He lab, PhD student)
Gina Pham (Buell lab, PhD student, TPC discussion leader)
Adam Seroka (He lab, PhD student, TPC discussion leader)
Reza Sohrabi (He lab, post doc, TPC discussion leader)
Brian St. Aubin (Howe lab, PhD student)
Masaki Shimono (Day lab, post doc)
Koichi Sugimoto (Howe lab, post doc)
Cait Thireault (He lab, technician, post author, TPC discussion leader)
Andre Velasquez (He lab, post doc, TPC discussion leader)
Li Zhang (He lab, PhD student & post doc)
Bethany Huot (He lab, PhD student & post doc; TPC discussion leader, post author; TPC Founder & Director, The Hub/Web admin)
The Founder & Director of The Pub Club/TheCOM
If you are interested in more information on TheCOM,LLC or the possibility of starting your own “Community of Minds” by gathering with those in your community please contact me, Bethany, by clicking here & reading to the bottom where you will find my Email address.