Our Lab
The lab is still small, having been established just over a year ago. There are 3 full-time members, 1 undergraduate student worker, an undergraduate summer research student (2011) and a rotating graduate student (2012).Michael Butterworth (PI)
I obtained my PhD from the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa in 2002. Both my undergraduate and graduate studies were carried out at UCT. As a South African native, I moved to Pittsburgh to undertake a postdoc with Raymond Frizzell and have remained at Pitt since then. As one of the first recipients of the NIH's K99/R00 - "Transition to Independence" awards, I established my own lab in late 2009 and began an independent research career as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cell Biology. In summary I now have ~20 papers, and 3 funding sources. I am on the editorial boards of 4 journals including PLoS ONE and the American Journal of Physiology (Renal Physiology) and am involved with both graduate student, and medical student teaching.
Xiaoning Liu (Research Specialist)
Maria Carananti (Research Specialist)
Some pictures of the lab:
