Open Positions

The Spletter lab welcomes students and early-career researchers who are interested in the topics of development, genetics, biochemistry or bioinformatics. We offer research opportunities at all levels, from Bachelor's and Master's students to PhD students and postdocs.

Please contact Dr. Spletter for current opportunities.

Links to job postings (please apply online):

Interdisciplinary PhD program in Cell Biology and Biophysics or Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

https://sse.umkc.edu/docs/degree-sheets/phd-cbb_mbb.pdf

Current Lab Members

Maria L. Spletter, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

maria.spletter (at) umkc.edu

Aaron Morgan, Ph.D.

Maria L. Spletter, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral researcher

Jenna DeCata, M.S.

Maria L. Spletter, Ph.D.

Jenna DeCata, M.S.

PhD student

Max Diaz

McKayla Annesser

Jenna DeCata, M.S.

Undergraduate researcher

Saper Vadere Undergraduate Fellow

Danei Smith

McKayla Annesser

Undergraduate researcher

SUROP grant recipient

McKayla Annesser

Undergraduate researcher

Lab Alumni

Bhavya Sameera Bathala, UMKC. Masters Independent Research, Jan - May 2023.
Sandra Esser, LMU. Laboratory Technician, March 2017 - Aug 2022.
Jakob Heemken, LMU. Medical Doctor Thesis, September 2019 - Aug 2022.
Michal Lihan, University College London, UK. Bachelor's Intern, Amgen Scholars Program, July-Aug 2022. Current: PhD student at the University of Cambridge, UK.
Thomas Harr, University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA. Bachelors Intern, UW-Madison International Internship Program, May-July 2022.
Elena Nikonova, LMU. Doctoral Thesis, March 2017 - June2022.
Shao-Yen Kao, LMU. Doctoral Thesis, Sept 2018 - Feb2022.
Oliver Weinert, LMU. Forschungsmodul (Medical Student) Intern, Sept 2021- Feb2022.
Marc Canela Grimau, Universitat de Barcelona. Erasmus Bachelors Thesis, Amgen Scholars Program, Feb-Sept 2021. Current: PhD student at IMIM-Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain.
Paul Walper, LMU. Bachelors Thesis, Oct2019-Feb2022.
Mayra Lenz, LMU. Forschungsmodul (Medical Student) Intern, Sept-Dec 2020.
Marie Dawczynski, LMU. Forschungsmodul (Medical Student) Intern, Aug-Oct 2020.
Maria Armero, Polytechnique University of Valencia, Spain. Bachelors Intern, June-Aug 2020.
Sabrina Chaabane, LMU. Intern and Bachelors Thesis, May-Aug 2020.
Supriya Krishna, LMU. Masters Intern, March-Aug 2020.
Vanessa Todorow, LMU. Masters Thesis and Lehre Award Recipient, May 2019-March 2020. Current: PhD student at Friedrich Bauer Institute, LMU München, DE.
Alexander Graur, LMU. Forschungsmodul (Medical Student) Intern, July 2019-Feb 2020.
Alexandra Martitz, TUM. Masters Intern, Aug-Oct 2019
Albiona Sabani, University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA. Bachelors Intern, UW-Madison International Internship Program, June-Aug 2019
Keshika Ravichandran, LMU. Masters Intern, Masters Thesis and Lehre Award Recipient, Sept. 2017- June 2019. Current: Research Associate, Singapore.
Andi Pan, University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA. Bachelors Intern, UW-Madison International Internship Program, June-Aug 2018. Current: PhD student at Scripps, USA.
Anja Wittner, LMU. Masters Intern, March-April 2018.
Jessica Bouterwek, LMU. Masters Thesis, Sept. 2017-March 2018.
Arin Wongprommoon, University of Cambridge, UK. Bachelor's Intern, Amgen Scholars Program, June-Aug 2017. Current: PhD student at Edinburgh, UK.
Kelley Manbeck, University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA. Bachelors Intern, UW-Madison International Internship Program, June-Aug 2017.
Akanksha Roy, LMU. Masters Thesis, April-Sept. 2017. Current: PhD student, Netherlands.

Spletter Lab Webpage

Alternative splicing and RNA regulation in muscle development

Open Positions

Current Lab Members

Maria L. Spletter, Ph.D.

Maria L. Spletter, Ph.D.

Maria L. Spletter, Ph.D.

Aaron Morgan, Ph.D.

Maria L. Spletter, Ph.D.

Maria L. Spletter, Ph.D.

Jenna DeCata, M.S.

Maria L. Spletter, Ph.D.

Jenna DeCata, M.S.

Max Diaz

McKayla Annesser

Jenna DeCata, M.S.

Danei Smith

McKayla Annesser

McKayla Annesser

McKayla Annesser

McKayla Annesser

McKayla Annesser

Alana Lopez

Sienna Ficken

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Lab Alumni