Welcome to CDB, a collaborative and interdisciplinary collection of individuals!
Use this page to explore various links and familiarize yourself with our Department and its philosophy for mentoring post-PhD level trainees. The page also presents a collection of resources from across the Penn community to which you have access. We also strongly urge you to check out the Biomedical Postdoctoral Programs (BPP) site; many of the categories on our site link to the up-to-date information provided by BPP (such as appointments, training opportunities and fellowship information).
Grant Submissions
As you intend to apply for funding opportunities, please be sure to visit the Grant Submission tab of our website to notify Kathy Hartman. All proposals must be reviewed by CDB’s Business Office.
Cores
Please find a list of Penn Facilities that are available to you HERE.
Postdoc News
Please use THIS FORM to share any news with us! This includes (but is not limited to) awards, new job positions, published papers, important talks, etc.
Mikael Garabedian (Good Lab) received ASCB Merton Bernfield Memorial Award. (January 2026)
Diana Fulmer (Epstein Lab) published postdoctoral work in Developmental Biology. (October 2025)
Alexandria Hulegaard (Granato Lab) wins Gliadelphia Symposium Trainee Keynote Presentation Prize. (October 2025)
Junya Hayase (Bi Lab) submitted a preprint paper to bioRxiv. (October 2025)
Christine Rourke (Bartolomei Lab) was awarded The Lalor Foundation Fellowship. She also awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) (F32) from the NICHD. (October 2025)
Resources from BPP
All postdoctoral trainees are encouraged to review the Biomedical Postdoctoral Programs website. This office provides technical and professional development programming year-round, empowering postdocs at every stage of their journey.
Helpful webpages on the BPP Website:
- New Postdocs
- Current Postdocs
- Policies
- Event Calendar
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Mental Health & Wellbeing
- Conflict Resolution
- Taxes
Other useful offerings can be found under the Programs Tab at the BPP website:
- RCR Training
- Grant Writing
- Career Development
- ESL Courses
- Additional Trainings
- Grant Funding
BPP has linked various funding opportunities here.
Upcoming Trainee Talks
| Lab | Date & Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Good Lab/Bonasio Lab | Thursday, October 1 from 12pm-1pm | KRB 252 |
| Zaret Lab | Thursday, January 14 from 12pm-1pm | KRB 252 |
| Berger Lab | Thursday, January 21 from 12pm-1pm | KRB 252 |
Please find current employers of CDB postdocs from the past 5 years using the table below.
| Lab Name (Alphabetical) | Trainee Name | Current Employer |
|---|---|---|
| Bartolomei | Lisa Vrooman | Oregon Health & Science University |
| Bartolomei | Rexxi Prasasya | University of Pennsylvania |
| Berger | Gabor Egervari | Washington University in St. Louis |
| Berger | Lacey Luense | Texas A&M University |
| Berger | Khoa Tran | Tufts University |
| Berger | Charly Good | University of Pennsylvania |
| Berger | Katherine Alexander | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
| Berger | Karl Glastad | University of Rochester |
| Berger | Zhen Zhang | University of Pennsylvania |
| Berger | Tanya Corman | The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson |
| Berger | Sadaf Amin | Cornell University |
| Berger | Riley Graham | Azenta Life Sciences |
| Berger | Paula Agudelo Garcia | The Ohio State University |
| Berger | Balint Kacsoh | Genetics Society of America |
| Berger | Raffaella Nativio | Imperial College London |
| Berger | Naemeh Pourshafie | Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, NIH |
| Berger | Lu Wang | UT Health San Antonio |
| Bi | Joseph Marquardt | Western Kentucky University |
| Bi | Kangji Wang | University of Pennsylvania |
| Bi | Xi Chen | University of Pennsylvania |
| Bi | Hiroki Okada | University of Pennsylvania |
| Bonasio | Emily Shields | University of Pennsylvania |
| Bonasio | Tali Reiner Brodetzki | La Salle University |
| Bonasio | Lihong Sheng | Institutes of Brain Science |
| Bonasio | Janko Gospocic | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, The |
| DiNardo | Sara Roberson | Bluefield State University |
| DiNardo | Lauren Anllo | East Carolina University |
| Good | Mikael Garabedian | Rutgers New Brunswick |
| Good | Clifford Sandlin | Luminous Biochem |
| Granato | Kristian Saied-Santiago | Hofstra University |
| Granato | Beth Harvey | University of Pennsylvania |
| Granato | Jessica Nelson | University of Colorado Denver |
| Granato | Lauren Walker | Dartmouth College |
| Mullins | Dondra Bailey | Coppin State University |
| Mullins | Manami Kobayashi | University of Pennsylvania |
| Plachta | Piotr Tetlak | University of Pennsylvania |
| Plachta | Oz Pomp | Nuevocor |
| Siekmann | Roman Tsaryk | McKinsey & Company |
| Siekmann | Elvin Leonard Vincent Paul | Goethe University, Frankfurt |
| Weisel | Valerie Tutwiler | Drexel University |
| Weisel | Oleg Kim | Virginia Tech |
| Zaret | Ryan Mccarthy | Seattle Children’s Hospital |
| Zaret | Jingchao Zhang | University of Pennsylvania |
| Zaret | Alyssa Miller | Ovid Research Company |
| Zaret | Jonathan Lerner | Midwestern University |
Your Postdoc Liaisons
Steve DiNardo and Michael Granato are each Faculty Liaisons for Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Associates.
As liaisons, we are here to answer queries, provide advice, confidential or otherwise, and point you in the correct direction either as you settle in or throughout your tenure here.
We are both on the 11th Floor of BRB. Be sure to stop by and introduce yourself.
Steve DiNardo, PhD
Email: sdinardo@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Office Address:
1111 BRB II/III
421 Curie Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6058
Michael Granato, PhD
Email: granatom@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Office Address:
1110 BRB II/III
421 Curie Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6058
Tel: 215-898-2745