Lab Members

Lilian Kabeche

Assistant Professor in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

Throughout her career, Dr. Kabeche has been interested in understanding the mechanisms that ensure chromosomes segregate properly. As a graduate student in Dr. Duane Compton’s lab, Dr. Kabeche focused on investigating the mechanisms by which kinetochore-microtubules are regulated. As a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Lee Zou’s lab, Dr. Kabeche continued her work in mitosis and sought to investigate how components of the DNA damage repair pathway promote genome stability through their role in mitotic processes. The lab continues to investigate this question.

Email: lilian.kabeche@yale.edu

Denis Ostapenko

Associate Research Scientist

Denis is a super accomplished molecular biologist who received his PhD from the Weitzman Institute of Science. He then came to Yale to do his postdoc studying key aspects of the cell cycle in Dr. Mark Solomon’s lab. In the Kabeche lab, Denis is interested in understanding CENP-A regulation during loading and eviction.

Madeline Chrupcala

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ross graduated with a Ph.D. from Dartmouth College in Biochemistry and Cell Biology. In the Kabeche lab, Madeline is focusing on the relationship between Chk1 and Myt1 in interphase.

Caitlin Zinda

Postgraduate Fellow

Caitlin graduated with a B.S. in Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Caitlin is investigating Myt1 inhibition in head and neck cancers.