Meet the Wells Lab
Jim Wells
Associate professor, Division of Developmental Biology
Director of the Pluripotent Stem Cell Facility
Director for basic research, Division of Endocrinology
james.wells@cchmc.org
Chris Mayhew
Research assistant professor, Division of Developmental Biology
Co-director of the Pluripotent stem cell facility
christiopher.mayhew@cchmc.org
Jason Spence
Postdoctoral fellow, Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation
Studying: Pancreas development and human embryonic stem cell biology
jason.spence@cchmc.org
Latasha Redmond
Postdoctoral fellow, Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation
Studying: Pancreas development and genomics
redmondlc@vcu.edu
Diva Jonatan
Graduate student, Molecular and Developmental Biology Program, Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation and University of Cincinnati
Studying: Factors that regulate islet cell homeostasis and regeneration
diva.jonatan@cchmc.org
Anna Hake
Graduate student, Molecular and Developmental Biology Program, Cincinnati Children’s Research Research Foundation and University of Cincinnati
anna.hake@cchmc.org
Jonathan Howell, M.D. Ph.D.
Human Intestinal Enteroendocrine cell development
Research Fellow, Division of Endocrinology
jonathan.howell@cchmc.org
Matt Kuhar
Human ES cell biology and differentiation
2009-Present, Research Assistant
2009 Bachelor of Science in Microbiology, Miami University of Ohio
matthew.kuhar@cchmc.org
Kyle McCracken
Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Cincinnati
Studying: Pancreas development
mccrackw@email.uc.edu
Matthew Graczyk
Undergraduate research assistant / aid, Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation
Biology Department, Xavier University
Studying: Pancreas development
scuba_graczyk@yahoo.com
Ryan Lauf
Pancreas development
Research Assistant II
laufr@xavier.edu
Erik Olsen
Human ES cell biology and differentiation
2011-Present, Research Assistant, Pluripotent Stem Cell Facility
2006 Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee
erik.olsen@cchmc.org
