Principal Investigator \u2013 Kanako Hayashi, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2768\/2021\/07\/KanakoHayashi-2-396x337.jpg\")
<\/h2>\n\n\nFrom August 2020 @WSU<\/p>\n
NIH biosketch Hayashi May 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nFaculty Mentor: NIH Protein Biotechnology Training Program<\/a>, WSU Honor College<\/a>, and TMP<\/a>\/LSAMP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\nCurrent Lab Members<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<\/h2>\n
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\n <\/p>\n
Mingxin Shi, Ph.D.<\/strong>
\nPostdoctoral Fellow
\nJoined the lab in Feb 2021<\/p>\nReceived 2nd<\/sup> place at the postdoctoral oral competition, SSR 2022, Spokane WA<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2768\/2023\/03\/DSC_1020-396x265.jpg\")
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\nDebra Mitchell<\/strong>
\nResearch Associate
\nJoined the lab in December 2022<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2768\/2022\/05\/DSC_9482-396x264.jpg\")
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\nYeongseok Oh, Ph.D.<\/strong>
\nPostdoctoral Fellow
\nJoined the lab in March 2024<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2768\/2022\/05\/SKY_8507-396x264.jpg\")
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\nMadeleine Harvey
\n<\/strong>M.S. Student from January 2023~2024 and Research Associate 2004~<\/p>\nJoined the lab in August 2020 and graduated in Dec 2022 as an Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n
\n- ADARP Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award 2020<\/li>\n
- Honor College Summer Fellowship 2021<\/li>\n
- MedSURE program Summer Fellowship 2021<\/li>\n
- Office of Undergraduate Research Auvil Scholars Fellowship 2021-2022<\/li>\n
- Honor College Summer Fellowship 2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\nTaylor Page<\/strong>
\nUndergraduate Research Assistant
\nJoined the lab in September 2023 and received:<\/p>\n\n- NIH Summer Internship Program (SIP) 2025<\/li>\n
- Honor College Summer Fellowship 2025<\/li>\n
- Undergraduate Research Fellowship 2025-2026<\/li>\n
- First place at the CRB junior trainee poster competition 2025<\/li>\n
- MARC-WSU program 2025-2026<\/li>\n
- Taylor on the WSU Insider<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\nSummer 2025<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
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<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\nSummer 2023<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2768\/2023\/08\/Kanako-MacLean-Lab-Group-01-DSC_4743-396x264.jpg\")
<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\nSpring 2022<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2768\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220506_132640173-396x297.jpg\")
<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\nSummer 2021<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2768\/2022\/05\/SKY_8536-396x264.jpg\")
<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\nPast Lab Members<\/strong><\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2768\/2022\/05\/SKY_8515-396x264.jpg\")
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\n <\/p>\n
Logan Butler<\/strong>
\nUndergraduate Research Assistant
\nJoined the lab in August 2020 and graduated in Dec 2021<\/p>\n\n- ADARP Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award 2020<\/li>\n
- Honor College Summer Fellowship 2021<\/li>\n
- Office of Undergraduate Research Auvil Scholars Fellowship 2021-2022<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/section>\n
\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2768\/2022\/05\/SKY_8517-396x264.jpg\")
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\nEsther \u201cGreta\u201d Langholt<\/strong>
\nUndergraduate Research Assistant
\nJoined the lab in August 2020 and graduated in May 2022<\/p>\n\n- ADARP Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award 2020<\/li>\n
- ANSC Freshmen award 2020<\/li>\n
- Office of Undergraduate Research Auvil Scholars Fellowship 2021-2022<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/section>\n
\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2768\/2022\/05\/SKY_8489-396x264.jpg\")
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\nLiang Zhao, Ph.D.<\/strong>
\nPostdoctoral Fellow in May 2021 – Dec 2022<\/p>\nBecame a faculty member at Nanjing Agricultural University in February 2023~<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2768\/2022\/05\/Tristin-396x265.jpg\")
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\nTristin Herup-Wheeler<\/strong>
\nM.S. Student
\nJoined the lab in March 2022 and graduated in May 2023 with an M.S. degree<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2768\/2022\/05\/Olivia-selected-396x265.jpg\")
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\nOlivia Witherspoon<\/strong>
\nUndergraduate Research Assistant
\nJoined the lab in October 2021<\/p>\n\n- ADARP Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award 2022-2023<\/li>\n
- TMP\/LSAMP Undergraduate Research Award 2022-2023<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/section>\n
\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2768\/2023\/01\/SKY_8560-396x264.jpg\")
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\nConstence Bottoms<\/strong>
\nResearch Intern
\nJoined the lab in December 2022<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2768\/2023\/05\/DSC_1024-396x273.jpg\")
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\nDonald “Moe” Ford<\/strong>
\nResearch Intern
\nJoined the lab in April 2023<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" <\/p>\n
Principal Investigator \u2013 Kanako Hayashi, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n
From August 2020 @WSU<\/p>\n
NIH biosketch Hayashi May 2022<\/a><\/p>\nFaculty Mentor: NIH Protein Biotechnology Training Program<\/a>, WSU Honor College<\/a>, and TMP<\/a>\/LSAMP<\/a>.<\/p>\nCurrent Lab Members<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n
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Mingxin Shi, Ph.D.<\/strong>
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<\/h2>\nFrom August 2020 @WSU<\/p>\n
NIH biosketch Hayashi May 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Faculty Mentor: NIH Protein Biotechnology Training Program<\/a>, WSU Honor College<\/a>, and TMP<\/a>\/LSAMP<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mingxin Shi, Ph.D.<\/strong> Received 2nd<\/sup> place at the postdoctoral oral competition, SSR 2022, Spokane WA<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n Debra Mitchell<\/strong> Yeongseok Oh, Ph.D.<\/strong> Madeleine Harvey Joined the lab in August 2020 and graduated in Dec 2022 as an Undergraduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n Taylor Page<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n Logan Butler<\/strong> Esther \u201cGreta\u201d Langholt<\/strong> Liang Zhao, Ph.D.<\/strong> Became a faculty member at Nanjing Agricultural University in February 2023~<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n Tristin Herup-Wheeler<\/strong> Olivia Witherspoon<\/strong> Constence Bottoms<\/strong> Donald “Moe” Ford<\/strong> <\/p>\n From August 2020 @WSU<\/p>\n NIH biosketch Hayashi May 2022<\/a><\/p>\n Faculty Mentor: NIH Protein Biotechnology Training Program<\/a>, WSU Honor College<\/a>, and TMP<\/a>\/LSAMP<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mingxin Shi, Ph.D.<\/strong>Current Lab Members<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
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<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\nPostdoctoral Fellow
\nJoined the lab in Feb 2021<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\nResearch Associate
\nJoined the lab in December 2022<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\nPostdoctoral Fellow
\nJoined the lab in March 2024<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n<\/strong>M.S. Student from January 2023~2024 and Research Associate 2004~<\/p>\n\n
<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\nUndergraduate Research Assistant
\nJoined the lab in September 2023 and received:<\/p>\n\n
Summer 2025<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\nSummer 2024<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\nSummer 2023<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\nSpring 2022<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\nSummer 2021<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\nPast Lab Members<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\nUndergraduate Research Assistant
\nJoined the lab in August 2020 and graduated in Dec 2021<\/p>\n\n
<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\nUndergraduate Research Assistant
\nJoined the lab in August 2020 and graduated in May 2022<\/p>\n\n
<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\nPostdoctoral Fellow in May 2021 – Dec 2022<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\nM.S. Student
\nJoined the lab in March 2022 and graduated in May 2023 with an M.S. degree<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\nUndergraduate Research Assistant
\nJoined the lab in October 2021<\/p>\n\n
<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\nResearch Intern
\nJoined the lab in December 2022<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\nResearch Intern
\nJoined the lab in April 2023<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Principal Investigator \u2013 Kanako Hayashi, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n
<\/h2>\nCurrent Lab Members<\/h2>\n
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