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.

Ross Shamby

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ross graduated with a Ph.D. from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. In the Kabeche lab, Ross focuses on investigating what happens to CENP-A when cells undergo DNA damage.

Carlos Ramirez

Postgraduate Fellow

Carlos graduated with a B.S. in Biology from Pennsylvania Western University in 2022. Now, Carlos is investigating how the immune response pathway works in mitosis.