Katherine Basore, PhD

Katherine Basore, PhD

Staff Scientist, Cryo-Electron Microscopy & Structural Biology

Instruments: Titan Krios

Hobbies: Loves rabbits, dessert, and the oxford comma

Peter Bayguinov, PhD

Peter Bayguinov, PhD

Assistant Director, WUCCI

Assistant Director, Washington University Center for Cellular Imaging

Assistant Professor
Departments of Neuroscience and Cell Biology & Physiology

Michael Bridge, PhD

Michael Bridge, PhD

Instructor, Cell Biology & Physiology

De Chen, PhD

De Chen, PhD

Staff Scientist, Optical Microscopy

Xue Wen Ng, PhD

Xue Wen Ng, PhD

Staff Scientist, Optical and Electron Microscopy

Dennis Oakley, MS

Dennis Oakley, MS

Research Specialist, Optical Microscopy

Instruments: Nikon A1R, FV1200, Zeiss AxioImager & AxioScan

Hobbies: Family, politics and renovating his house

Brad Readnour, PhD

Brad Readnour, PhD

Staff Scientist, Cryo-Electron Microscopy

Greg Strout, MS

Greg Strout, MS

Research Specialist, Electron Microscopy

Instruments: JEOL TEM, Zeiss Merlin SEM

Hobbies: Restoring antique American cars

Brock Summers, PhD

Brock Summers, PhD

Staff Scientist, Cryo-Electron Microscopy & Micro-ED

Instruments: Glacios

Hobbies: Sports, St. Louis, Blues / Cardinals, trading card games

John Wulf II

John Wulf II

Research Technician II, Electron Microscopy

Instruments: JEOL TEM

Hobbies: Reading and Minecraft!

WUCCI Alumni

  • Robyn Roth (Instructor) – Research Associate in Mecham Lab.
  • Daniel Geanon (WUSTL ’17 Biology) – Graduate Student, Karolinska Institute.
  • Matt Joens (Staff Scientist) – Applications Specialist, TESCAM.
  • Max Fisher (WUSTL ‘ 19 Biology | Latin American Studies) – Medical Student at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
  • Tracy Rappai (WUSTL ’19 Biology | Neuroscience | Classics) – Medical Student at the University of Mississippi.
  • Seena Sebt (WUSTL ’20 Biology) – Medical Student at UC Riverside.
  • Ari Ettleson (WUSTL ’20 Biology) – Medical Student at George Washington University.
  • Precious Faniyi (WUSTL ’20 Biomedical Engineering) – Teacher at TFA.
  • Henok Getahun (WUSTL ’20 Biology) – Medical Student at WashU.
  • Ben Johnston (WUSTL ’21 Biomedical Engineering) – Finishing his senior year.
  • Erin Kotzbauer (Northwestern ’22 Chemical Engineering) – Merk.
  • Mike Shih (Staff Scientist) – Data Scientist at the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation.
  • Ross Kossina (Research Technician II)- Independent research, Washington State
  • Milenko Petrovic – (WUSTL ’22 Biology & Neuroscience)- Medical Student at University of Arkansas
  • Yusuf Bekirov – (WUSTL ’22 Computer Science)-Firmware engineer, Aclara
  • Praveen Krishnamourthy (Staff Scientist)- Genentech
  • Sanja Sviben (Staff Scientist)
  • Michael Rau (Staff Scientist)- Bayer Crop Science
  • Liam McLaughlin (Research Technician II)- Jain Lab