​Amy Foley, M.Eng.
Lab Manager 

Amy grew up in Maine and attended the University of Maine, receiving a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry. She worked for five years at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease studying regenerative therapies for treating cardiovascular disease. She then obtained a Master’s Degree in Bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and designed an implantable cardiac device used to strengthen the heart after a heart attack. Amy relocated to Portland to join the Maxson Lab. We were so blessed to have Amy with us as a lab manager and friend. Amy is now starting the next chapter of her life as a mom! 

​Wes Horton
Computational Biologist

An Indiana native, Wes moved to Oregon to study Biology and Spanish at the University of Oregon. He participated in microbial ecology research as an undergraduate before obtaining a master’s degree in Bioinformatics, also at the University of Oregon. Wes worked on projects for a variety of labs in the Knight Cancer Institute. 

Daniel Coleman
Staff Scientist

Dan grew up in La Pine, Oregon, and earned his BS in Biology from the University of Oregon. After working as a Research Assistant at Marker Gene Technologies, he entered graduate school at Oregon State University, where he studied the role of Retinoid-X-Receptors in melanoma formation. Dan then came to OHSU for his postdoc, where he investigated the potential for targeting BET bromodomain proteins in lethal prostate cancers. After leaving the Maxson Lab, Dan took a position as an Alliance Manager at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute.

Cody Coblentz
Research Assistant - Honorary Lab Member

Cody is a native Oregonian! ​Cody graduated from George Fox University with a Bachelor's of Science in Biology. As an undergraduate, Cody studied the function of P53 in breast cancer. Cody collaborated with us on projects relating to leukemia formation and progression, and we will always consider him a part of our “lab family." Cody's positive energy and enthusiasm for research made him a joy to work with. We miss having Cody in lab, but are incredibly proud to support him in his new career path. Cody is now an oncology nurse at OHSU!

Rowan Callahan
Research Assistant 2

Rowan graduated from Cornell University in 2018. He couldn't decide what part of science he was interested in during undergrad so he majored in Biological Engineering. Afterwards he worked for a year in the lab of Professor Ilana Brito studying the microbiome. Rowan is originally from Seattle and is greatly enjoying being back in the Pacific NW. He enjoys working to make data analysis easier for everyone involved, and is interested in dimensionality reduction in biological data and providing quantitative measurements of population level dynamics in cells, viruses, and even genes and proteins. After leaving the Maxson lab, Rowan went on to pursue his Ph.D. at OHSU.

Zachary Schonrock
Senior Research Assistant 

Originally from Salt Lake City, Zachary received his B.A. in Chemistry from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR. His senior thesis looked at the effect that environmental factors such as light and natural organic matter influenced the stability of protein-capped gold nanoparticles. Prior to his thesis, he worked in a biochemistry lab at Lewis & Clark isolating the structure of spider venom components, and did medicinal chemistry research at the University of Utah, studying the post-translational modification mechanisms of cyanobactins and fungi. After leaving the Maxson lab, Zach moved to Seattle to pursue his Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of Washington.