Research Staff
Makoto Ohashi, PhD
Researcher III
Makoto enjoys fishing on the weekends and spending time with his family.
Makoto’s research interests currently focus on the EBV oncoprotein LMP2A and its role in transformation and proliferation; however, he wears many hats in the lab. He often makes reagents for collaborators, mentors students, and has helped to define many previous research projects.
Postdoctoral Trainees
Quincy Rosemarie, PhD
Cancer Biology University of Wisconsin-Madison (2022)
Quincy enjoys reading a good book in a local tea or coffee shop!
Quincy joined the Johannsen Lab because she wanted to further her education in using bioinformatics for molecular biology research. She studies EBV and its association with Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL). DLBCL is the most common aggressive lymphoma, and is a disease with a broad definition and still-evolving subtype classifications in which EBV status has not been considered. She hopes to remedy this fact by investigating EBV association of DLBCL subtypes and further identify EBV oncogenes that contribute to EBV-positive DLBCLs.
Graduate Students
Mariah Riel
Mariah’s favorite activities include disc golfing in the summer and snowboarding in the winter!
Mariah’s research interests stem from a long-lived passion for virology. Her current love of learning focuses on using bioinformatic methods to tease apart the differences in EBV LMP2A regulated genes and BCR isotype associated genes.
Lily Wenger
Lily finds joy in kayaking, throwing and painting pottery, going to the farmer’s market, hanging out with friends, and reading books!
Lily chose to join the lab because of the interesting research and supportive lab environment. Eric is a great mentor and helps his students become critical, independent scientists. She is working on the dependencies of diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) on EBV.
Emilie Greene
On the weekend, Emilie enjoys spending the evening at the Terrace and finding live music to enjoy!
Emilie finds lytic reactivation therapy to be an intriguing method of treating EBV-positive cancers and is excited to see how her research will lend itself to furthering the development of these therapies.
Undergraduate Students
Allison Grund
Microbiology Major Certificate in Global Health
Allison enjoys listening to live music at Memorial Union!
Allison joined the lab to improve her skills and learn new lab techniques. She also wanted to explore the different opportunities available to her through medical research.
Emma Peterschmidt
Emma loves visiting the farmers market (weather permitting, of course)!
Emma wanted to join this lab to get experience learning advanced lab techniques outside of a classroom setting. She was also really excited about the opportunity to contribute to developing current scientific knowledge surrounding EBV and cancer.
Bonnie Tran
Bonnie likes morning walks around Lake Monona with a matcha latte!
Bonnie was drawn to the Johannsen Lab for its interdisciplinary methodology, and particularly the use of bioinformatics. This aligns with her academic values and goals because she would like to use her computational and data analysis skills in a biomedical context for her future career.
