Personnel

Dustin Rubinstein, PhD

Core Director

3122 Biotechnology Center

genomeediting@biotech.wisc.edu

ORCID: 0000-0003-2639-9155

Background: Dr. Rubinstein received his PhD from Cornell University in 2008. He has extensive experience in genetics applied towards a diverse array of research topics, including neuroscience, behavior, reproduction, and bioinformatics. He has always sought to generate tools to best address important research questions. Dr. Rubinstein was most recently a member of a team led by Profs. Melissa Harrison, Kate O’Connor-Giles, and Jill Wildonger, and this group was the first to publish the use of CRISPR/Cas9 in Drosophila. In this team, he helped generate a dozen genome-edited flies and built a website to assistant CRISPR/Cas9 project design.

Brent Lehman, MS

Lead Cell Line Engineer

genomeediting@biotech.wisc.edu

Background: Brent received his B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 2012. He then continued on to complete his M.S. in Biochemistry at Iowa State University in 2015. Brent trained in the lab of Tom Bobik where he learned genetic recombineering methods. Brent joined GEAM in October 2016 and manages animal and cell genotyping and generates cell lines using the latest of CRIPSR/Cas9 gene editing technology.

Molly Nellen

Associate Research Specialist

genomeediting@biotech.wisc.edu

Background: Molly received her B.S. in Biology from Ripon College in 2018. During her undergraduate research, she utilized molecular cloning methods to influence gene expression in D. rerio. She gained experience with CRISPR-generated animal models while studying brain tissue morphogenesis at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In 2021, she joined the Genome Editing core, where she is in charge of genotyping and library prep.