Kayla King, B.A.

Research Assistant
B.S. in Cell and Molecular Biology, Missouri State University

kking11@kumc.edu

I joined the Wozniak lab in 2019 as a Research Assistant. I am currently working on understanding changes in endocytic trafficking induced by adapter protein processing. I am also investigating the role of endocytic trafficking in Tau propagation in Alzheimer’s Disease.  

Priyanka Ghosh, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
PhD (Zoology/Bacteriology/Molecular Microbiology) from National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India)

M.Sc. (Zoology/Cytogenetics and Molecular Biology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India)
B.Sc. (Zoology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India)

Pghosh2@kumc.edu

Originally from Kolkata, India, I joined the Wozniak lab in November 2020 as a postdoctoral fellow and was then promoted to senior scientist in December 2022.  My main project focuses on Rab mediated cell-cell crosstalk in inflammatory liver disease. Our focus is to develop extracellular vesicle mediated therapeutics for Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

Former Lab Members

Kyo Sasaki

Postdoctoral Fellow (2020-2022)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan