e-mail: mishima.yuichiro-at-yale.edu

Yuichiro was born in Japan where he studied Biology at Osaka City University (1997-2001). Yuichiro did his Ph.D with Prof. Kunio Inoue at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (2001-2003) and the Kobe University (2003-2006). Then he moved to the US and started his post-doc in the Genetics Department at Yale University (2007-2009). Yuichiro’s project in the Giraldez Lab focused on the function of miRNAs during vertebrate muscle development. Yuichiro has a position back in Japan in the Nara Institute of Science and Technology

e-mail: nicole.allard-at-yale.edu

Nicole completed her degree in Marine Science/Biology at Eckerd College in 2005. After graduation, she worked as an independent contractor for the Environmental Protection Agency. In the Giraldez Lab Nicole cared for the fish, and maintained the aquariums and supportive equipment.

e-mail: carlos.stahlhut-at-yale.edu

Carlos studied biochemistry at McGill University (2001-2005), where he also investigated the HER2/Neu/ErbB2 proto-oncogene pathway under the supervision of Dr. William Muller at the Molecular Oncology Group. Carlos joined the BBS Program at Yale University in 2005, and the Giraldez Lab in the Genetics Department in March 2007. Carlos graduated in 2011 and his PhD thesis focused on the role of miR-1 in the regulation of angiogenesis by modulating the activity of VEGF-A