Meet the Lab Members
The Wells Laboratory provides training for postdocs, graduate students in Molecular and Developmental Biology, pediatric fellows, medical students, and undergraduates in the Undergraduate Summer Program. In addition to one-on-one meetings, the members of the Wells and Zorn lab meet once a week to discuss individual progress and future experiments. Every other week, the faculty, fellows, students and staff from the Division of Developmental Biology meet to present data and to discuss news and upcoming events within the division.
Current members of the Wells Laboratory
- Jim Wells (james.wells@chmcc.org)
2008-present, Associate Professor, Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation
2007-present, Director of the Stem Cell Center
2002-2008, Assistant Professor, Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation
1996-2001, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
1995, PhD State University of New York at Stony Brook
1987, BS Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, University of Maine - Chris Mayhew (christopher.mayhew@cchmc.org) Human ES cell biology and differentiation.
2008-present, Research Assistant Professor, Division of Developmental Biology
2008-present, Co-director of the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Center (will provide webpage shortly)
2005-2007, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
2002-2005, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH. Advisor: Dr. Erik Knudsen.
2000-2002, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
1996-2000, PhD University of Wolverhampton, UK (Biomedical Sciences)
1992-1996, BSc University of Wolverhampton, UK (Biomedical Sciences) - Suh-Chin Jackie Lin (lin9fd@cchmc.org) Factors that regulate early embryonic stem cell lineages.
2004-present, Posdoctoral fellow, Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Research Foundation
2001-2003, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Chemistry. University of California at Irvine. Ph.D. advisor: Dr. Eva Lee
2001, PhD University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio. Advisor: Dr. Eva Lee
1992, BS National Taiwan Normal Univ., Taipei, Taiwan - Jason Spence (Jason.Spence@cchmc.org) Pancreas development and Human ES cell biology.
2006-present, Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Research Foundation
2001, PhD, Department of Zoology, Miami University, Ohio PhD advisor: Dr. Katia DelRio-Tsonis
1997-2001, BS Department of Biology, Canisius College, Buffalo, NY. - Latasha Redmond (redmondlc@vcu.edu) Pancreas development and genomics.
Starting October 2008, Posdoctoral fellow, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Research Foundation
2008, PhD Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Human Genetics, Richmond, VA, PhD advisor: Dr. Joyce Lloyd
2004 MS Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Biology, Richmond, VA
2001 BS University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC - Diva Jonatan (Diva.Jonatan@cchmc.org) Factors that regulate islet cell homeostasis and regeneration.
2006-present, Graduate Student, Molecular and Developmental Biology Program, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Research Foundation and University of Cincinnati
2006, BS Biology, Xavier University - Anna Hake (Anna.Hake@cchmc.org): Endoderm organ development.
2007-present, Graduate Student, Molecular and Developmental Biology Program, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Research Foundation and University of Cincinnati
2007, BS Biochemistry, Depauw University, Greencastle Indiana - Kyle McCracken (mccrackw@email.uc.edu) Pancreas development.
2008-present, MSTP program, University of Cincinnati
2008, BS Biology, Xavier University
2006-2008, Undergraduate research assistant/aid, Children’s Hospital Research Foundation - Susan Mittenzwei (mittenzweis@xavier.edu) Pancreas development.
2008-present , Undergraduate research assistant/aid, Children’s Hospital Research Foundation
2010, BS Biology, Xavier University - Kathryn A. Tolle (Kathryn.Tolle@cchmc.org) Human ES cell biology and differentiation.
2008-present, Research Assistant, Stem Cell Center
2008, Bachelor of Science in Zoology, Miami University of Ohio
Former Colleagues
- Gail Deutsch (gail.deutsch@cchmc.org)
2003-present, Assistant Professor, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation
1999-2002, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine
1997-1999, Fellowship, Brown University
1994-1997, Residency in Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
1993-1994, Internship in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Magee-Womans Hospital, Pittsburgh PA
1993, MD, University of Chigago
1987, BA Political Sciences & Russian, University of Illinois - Billie Moore-Scott
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current position Postdoctoral Fellow, Medical College of Georgia - Bob Opoka (Robert.Opoka@cchmc.org)
Research Assistant IV
Current position Research Assistant IV, Division of Endocrinology - Jennifer Kordich (jkordich@amgen.com)
Research Assistant IV
Current position, Research Scientist, Amgen, Seattle WA
Contact Us
The Wells Laboratory is part of the Division of Developmental Biology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. The lab is located in Location R (Research Foundation Building), Room 3469.
For more information, contact Jim Wells, 513-636-8767 (james.wells@chmcc.org).
