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\"Jennifer<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Jennifer Watts<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n

Principal investigator.<\/p>\n

Google scholar full list of publications<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Jimena Ruiz<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n

PhD candidate. Jimena joined the lab in 2022 and is working on ferroptosis in C. elegans.<\/p>\n

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Madison Mortensen<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n

PhD Candidate. Michael joined the lab in 2022 and is working on ferroptosis in C. elegans.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Deirdre Fahy<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n

Watts Lab Scientific Assistant since 2023.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Brook Baker<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n

Brook is a PhD student who joined the lab in 2025 and works on ferroptosis in C. elegans.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Peace Oladapo<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n

Peace is a PhD student who joined the lab in 2025 and works on ferroptosis in C. elegans<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Alumni<\/h2>\n<\/header><\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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\"Marcos<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Marcos Perez<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n

Graduate student. Marcos completed his PhD in the lab from 2016-2021 and worked on ferroptosis in C. elegans.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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\"Zoe<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Zoe Sehlke<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n

Graduate student. Zoe completed her MS degree in the lab from 2019-2022 and worked on lipid metabolism of plant parasitic nematodes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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\"Isabel<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Isabel Houston<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n

Lab manager 2021-2023<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Thomas Ballinger<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n

Undergraduate STARS student<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Chris Infranco<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n

Chris completed his honor’s thesis in the Watts lab in 2024 and is currently a med student at WSU Spokane.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Jennifer<\/p>\n

Jennifer Watts<\/h2>\n

Principal investigator.<\/p>\n

Google scholar full list of publications<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Jimena Ruiz<\/h2>\n

PhD candidate. Jimena joined the lab in 2022 and is working on ferroptosis in C. elegans.<\/p>\n

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Madison Mortensen<\/h2>\n

PhD Candidate. Michael joined the lab in 2022 and is … » More …<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14128,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-builder.php","meta":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/jwatts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/jwatts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/jwatts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/jwatts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/jwatts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/jwatts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/jwatts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/jwatts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/jwatts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/jwatts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}