Current Members
Todd Miller
Hometown: Wallingford, PA
Sc.B., Biology, Brown University (mentor: Charles Clapp)
Ph.D., Biochemistry, Rockefeller University (mentor: E.T. Kaiser)
Postdoctoral, Dept. of Biology, MIT (mentor: Paul Schimmel)
Fun Fact: My first protein kinase prep was in 1983 and involved 10 cow hearts.
Contact: todd.miller@stonybrook.edu
Barb Craddock, Senior Research Support Specialist/ Lab Manager
Hometown: Kingston, Ontario, Canada
I support all of the students and research scientists with their projects. I have also been fortunate to have my own projects and I have studied IGF1R and many other tyrosine kinases over the years.
Quote: “To love what you do and feel that it matters – how could anything be more fun?” Katharine Graham
Contact: barbara.craddock@stonybrook.edu
Harini Krishnan, Research Assistant Professor
Hometown: Chennai, India
Research Interest: Mechanisms of cell adhesion and migration, cell metabolism, tumor progression.
Currently working on: receptor tyrosine kinases- IR and its homologs, non-receptor tyrosine kinases- Src and Srms
Fun Fact: I have a cart as a lab bench extension.
Also, I love fluorescent microscopes- sometimes I pose with one even if I am not working with it.
Contact: harini.krishnan@stonybrook.edu
Samantha Hayashi
Program: Molecular and Cell Biology
Hometown: Henderson, Nevada
Research Interest: I am studying disease-associated mutations in Mig6, a negative regulator of the tyrosine kinase receptor EGFR.
Fun Fact: I broke my leg when I was 2 years old by jumping off the jungle gym at preschool, don’t be afraid to reach for the stars.
Contact: samantha.hayashi@stonybrook.edu
Antonio Torlentino
Program: Biochemistry and Structural Biology
Hometown: Farmingville, New York
Research Interest: Membrane Domain Requirements for Insulin Receptor Activity
Fun Fact: My college shower curtain was a giant Periodic Table of
Elements.
Contact: antonio.torlentino@stonybrook.edu
Sanjna Rana
Program: Biochemistry and Structural Biology
Hometown: Noida, India
Research Interest: Effect of membrane domain changes on EGFR activity and the role of NAM’s in EGFR.
Fun Fact: I am a Jenga genius.
Contact: sanjna.rana@stonybrook.edu
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