Current Students | Cell & Molecular Biology Graduate Group | Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Yingxuan Zhu

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

James Dowling

Sophia Han (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

James Dowling

Aastha Gandhi (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

James Dowling

Deyana Tabatabaei (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Caroline Bartman

Albert Tan (he/him/his)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Jenny Jiang

Anna Tangiyan (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko

Luc Tessier (he/him/his)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Kiran Musunuru

Jane Thompson (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Hamideh Parhiz

Maya Wyr (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Alexander Price

Sophia Zheng (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Saba Ghassemi

Denise Zhong (she/her/hers)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Judith Grinspan
Kelly Jordan-Sciutto

Elizabeth Talker (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Advisor(s):

Rotem Karni

Rachel Xiang

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Rotations:

Gerd Blobel

Ananya Ravikumar (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Kiran Musunuru
Jilian Melamed

Maggie Robertson (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Christopher Lengner

Sara Serdy (she/her/hers)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Ewa Bomba-Warczak

Claudia Sesso (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Bushra Raj

Melanie Staszewski (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Andrew Vaughan

Diya Surray (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Mary Mullins

Kavita Shroff (she/her/hers)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: VMD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Marie Guerraty

Sydney Moore (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Yael Mosse

Emily Munson (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Priya Sivaramakrishnan

Manh Cuong Nguyen (he/him/his)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Sydney Shaffer

Tanay Parnaik (he/him/his)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Noor Momin

Tatiana Perez (she/her/hers)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Ewa Bomba-Warczak

Annie Huang (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Gerd Blobel

Mike Jiang (he/him/his)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Roger Greenberg

Matt Kauffman (he/him/his)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Thomas Jongens

Heejung Koo (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Paul Planet

Sabrina Koseki (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Louise Moncla

Ryan Krause (he/him/his)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

George Shaw

Sarah Lindley (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Andrew Edmondson

Dylan Luce (he/him/his)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Joseph Zackular

Aisling Macaraeg (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Nicole Marino

Anna MacManus

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Malay Haldar

Madison McCanna (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Scott Hensley

Dalton McGlamery (he/him/his)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Erica Korb

Eleanor Mills (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Defne Amado

Caroline George (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Greg Bashaw

Haley Goodrow (she/they)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Michael Haney
Mohammad Haj Dezfulian

Claire Gould (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Guilherme Nader

Katrin Gross (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Montserrat Anguera

Mason Hillers (he/him/his)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Joseph St Geme

Zahraa Hotait

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Rotations:

Kristin Gerson
Mark Kahn

Ashley Forster (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Ana Dias (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Vikram Paralkar

Myles Ford (he/him/his)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Adam Stevens

Krishna Gajjar (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Katherine Uyhazi

Wren Garcia (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Rahul Kohli

Gabriela Garcia Molina (she/her/hers)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Will Bailis

Jonathan Gaither

Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Rotations:

Thomas Leung

Sam Barnett (he/him/his)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Christopher Lengner

Hannah Betts (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Sunny Shin

Andrea Biju (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Raiees Andrabi

Sarah Bolarinwa (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Colin Conine

Mary Campion (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Paul Lieberman

Omar Bushara (he/him/his)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Gerald Linette
Beatriz Carreno

Jamari Moorehead (he/him/his)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Andrew Vaughan
Stewart Anderson

Elizabeth desRanleau (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Philip Campbell
Klaus Kaestner

Angela Nan (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Kiran Musunuru
Junwei Shi

Laurel Kastner (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2025

Rotations:

Greg Bashaw
Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez

Maggie Pan

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Rotations:

Ahmed Diab

Cancer immunotherapy, gene regulation of tumor microenvironment, image-based high throughput gene screening of cancer development and immune regulation, gene therapy.

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Daniel Shapiro

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Christopher Hunter
Frederick Christian Bennett

Rotations:

Christopher Hunter
Frederick Christian Bennett
Beverly Davidson

Jerrianne Brandly (she/her/hers)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Klaus Hopster

Rotations:

Klaus Hopster
Edward Morrisey
Thomas Schaer
Andrew Vaughan

Annie Liang (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Zoltan Arany

Rotations:

Zoltan Arany
Rajan Jain

gene regulation and metabolic derangements in cardiovascular diseases

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Elisabeth Lemmon

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: VMD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Rotations:

Robert Mauck

Annie Yauch

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: VMD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Rotations:

Kenneth Margulies

Chelsey Chen (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Rotations:

Gerd Blobel
Carl June
Ben Stanger

Kristi Zoga

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Yana Kamberov

Rotations:

Maria Basil
Yana Kamberov
Nicole Marino

Tiffany Zhou (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Joseph Zackular

Rotations:

Elizabeth Grice
Boris Striepen
Joseph Zackular

microbial pathogenesis, bacteriology, infectious disease, host-pathogen interactions

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Yaohao Zhang (he/him/his)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Zhaolan Zhou

Rotations:

Michael Gandal
Kai Wang
Zhaolan Zhou

gene regulation, histone modifications and DNA methylation/demethylation

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Sidney Oliver (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

David Feldser

Rotations:

David Feldser
Andy Minn
Dana Silverbush

Immunotherapy, target discovery, functional genomics, cancer therapeutics, biologics, targeted protein degradation, oncology, pharmacology

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Delaney Rutherford (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Kiran Musunuru

Rotations:

Kahlilia Blanco
Kiran Musunuru
Xiao Wang

Genetic affects in Alzheimer's diseases and dementia

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Brandon Satz-Jacobowitz (he/him/his)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Rotations:

Rajan Jain
Mary Mullins

Cell signaling, development, TGF-β and BMP pathways, skeletal development, cardiovascular development, rare diseases

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Chloe Leff (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Christopher Ellebrecht

Rotations:

Christopher Ellebrecht
Saba Ghassemi
Daniel Powell

Immune engineering, cancer immunology, CAR-T, genetic engineering, virology and vector engineering

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Razan Sweileh (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Norbert Pardi

Rotations:

Caroline Diorio
Amelia Escolano
Norbert Pardi

Gene therapy, genome editing, CRISPR technology, cancer immunotherapy (CAR-T), mRNA therapeutics, T-cell immunology

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Martina Markovska (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Vikram Paralkar

Rotations:

Will Bailis
Zev Binder
Saba Ghassemi
Vikram Paralkar

Immunology, immunotherapy, gene therapy, cancer, adoptive cell therapies, CAR therapy, epigenetic (dis)regulation in adoptive therapies and cancer

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Mickey McCourt (he/him/his)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Michael Hart

Rotations:

Michael Granato
Michael Hart
Thomas Jongens

Neurodevelopmental risks for psychiatric disorders, transcriptomic and genomic profiling, microglia and synaptic function

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Avani Modak (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Mary Mullins

Rotations:

Andrew Modzelewski
Mary Mullins
Priya Sivaramakrishnan

Development, gene regulation, cell fate specification

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Marlene Probst (they/them)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Rotations:

Kimberly Christian
Kelly Jordan-Sciutto
Naiara Aquizu Lopez
Mariko Bennett
Yuyan Cheng

Neuroimmunology, neurodegeneration, glia, gene therapy, infectious disease

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Darby Oleksak

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Jonathan Edwards

Rotations:

Joshua Dunaief
Jonathan Edwards
Krithika Lingappan

Innate immunity, translational research

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Rob Robino (he/him)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Saba Ghassemi

Rotations:

Frederick Christian Bennett
Mariko Bennett
Saba Ghassemi
Leyuan Ma
Noor Momin

chimeric antigen receptors, regulatory cell therapies, immune tolerance, autoimmunity, transplantation

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Aisha Sallah (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Rachel Kember

Rotations:

Rachel Kember
Iain Mathieson
Bogdan Pasaniuc
Sarah Tishkoff

Bat-Ider Tumenbayar (he/him/his)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

David Merrick

Rotations:

Su Chin Heo
David Merrick
Liming Pei

Ashley Yang (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Kathryn Wellen

Rotations:

Gregory Beatty
Christopher Ellebrecht
Kathryn Wellen

Cancer immunology, cancer metabolism, stress adaptation

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Grace Watterson

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko

Rotations:

Yi Fan
Sydney Shaffer
Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko

Cancer immunology, target discovery, tumor microenvironment, metastasis, cancer signaling, alternative splicing

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Amanda Versace (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Robert Bowman

Rotations:

David Allman
Robert Bowman
Drew Weissman

Cancer immunology, cell communication and signaling, targeted therapies, novel applications of existing compounds

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Jared Lynch (he/him/his)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Lan Lin

Rotations:

Kahlilia Blanco
Lan Lin
Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko

Noncoding RNA, RNA-based therapeutics, mitochondrial genetics and pathology

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Dain Ruiz (he/him/his)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

David Feldser

Rotations:

Timour Baslan
David Feldser
Guilherme Nader

Cancer therapeutics, cancer immunology

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Valeria Sosa-Vega (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Melissa Gilbert
Nancy Spinner

Rotations:

Montserrat Anguera
Priya Sivaramakrishnan
Nancy Spinner

Gene regulation, neurodegenerative diseases, effects in development, women's' health, rare genetic disorders, improving diagnostic techniques

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Debby Park (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Jonathan Miner

Rotations:

Michael Betts
Laurence Eisenlohr
Jonathan Miner

Virology, immunology, public health

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Alexa Mihaita (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Igor Brodsky
Sunny Shin

Rotations:

Igor Brodsky
Sunny Shin
Joseph St Geme

Molecular and genetic mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis, host-pathogen interactions, host immune response, gut microbiome

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Evelyn Martinez (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Andrew Vaughan

Rotations:

Igor Brodsky
Michael Hogan
Andrew Vaughan

Microbial pathogenesis, bacteriology, virology, infectious disease

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Shengyi Lu

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Qin Li

Rotations:

Eric Joyce
Qin Li
Zhaolan Zhou

Alice Li (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Daniel Claiborne

Rotations:

Daniel Claiborne
Amelia Escolano
Michaela Locci

T-cell biology; CAR-T therapy in the context of cancer or infectious disease; immunology; bioengineering

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Lauren Questell (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Manolis Roulis

Rotations:

Bryson Katona
Manolis Roulis
Michael Silverman

Host-microbiota interactions, autoimmunity, microbial ecology

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Robert Lewis (he/him/his)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Beverly Davidson

Rotations:

Mariko Bennett
Beverly Davidson
Jonathan Edwards

Cell physiology, cell biology, disease mechanism, developmental disorders, pathology, cancer, cell signaling

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Jason Lin (he/him/his)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Marco Ruella

Rotations:

Donita Brady
Marco Ruella
Celeste Simon

Cancer metabolism, tumor microenvironment, metastasis, and drug discovery

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Sid Martin (he/his)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Parker Wilson
Celeste Simon

Rotations:

Will Bailis
Sydney Shaffer
Parker Wilson

Cancer metabolism, immunometabolism, bioengineering topics applied cancer biology

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Son Tran

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

David Merrick

Rotations:

Dennis Discher
Jessica Foster
David Merrick

Metabolism, cancer, signaling

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Fangyi Wang (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Alexander Huang

Rotations:

Christopher Ellebrecht
Alexander Huang
Marco Ruella

Cancer Immunotherapy, immunogenomics, genetic and epigenetic regulation of T Cell differentiation
gene therapy

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Georgia McClain (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Sara Cherry

Rotations:

Sara Cherry
Michael Hogan
Alexander Price

Host-pathogen interactions, viral RNA regulation, innate immunity

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Mia Peifer (she/her)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Erika Holzbaur
Thomas Jongens

Rotations:

Will Bailis
Erika Holzbaur
Thomas Jongens

Molecular mechanisms underlying metabolic and/or neurological diseases

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Gabriela Cruz (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

James Riley

Rotations:

Margaret Chou
Avery Posey
Daniel Powell
James Riley

Ryan Lapointe (he/him/his)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Michael Haney
Ophir Shalem

Rotations:

Michael Haney
Glennis Logsdon
Ophir Shalem

Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of the brain, specifically neurodegenerative, neurodevelopmental, and neuropsychiatric conditions

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Caroline Bickerton (she/her/hers)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Naiara Aquizu Lopez

Rotations:

Naiara Aquizu Lopez
Judith Grinspan
Kelly Jordan-Sciutto
Damaris Lorenzo

Laura Gong (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Amelia Escolano

Rotations:

Amelia Escolano
Scott Hensley
Louise Moncla

Jessica Knapp (she/they)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Ziyue Gao
Iain Mathieson

Rotations:

Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas
Ziyue Gao
Glennis Logsdon
Iain Mathieson
Sarah Tishkoff

Priscilla Chan (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Ellen Puré

Rotations:

Gregory Beatty
Ellen Puré
Celeste Simon
Robert Vonderheide

Theresa Clark (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Bryson Katona

Rotations:

Juan Alvarez
Peter Kurre
Marco Ruella

Taliyah Evans

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Sydney Shaffer

Rotations:

Kara Bernstein
Sydney Shaffer
Dana Silverbush

Julia Hacker (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Kiran Musunuru
Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas

Rotations:

Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas
Zev Binder
Jacob Brenner
Kiran Musunuru

Seul Jung (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Vijay Bhoj
Marco Ruella

Rotations:

Mohamad Gabriel Alameh
Vijay Bhoj
Marco Ruella

Connor Hogan

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Drew Weissman

Rotations:

Erica Korb
Panteleimon Rompolas
Drew Weissman

Laura Hutchins (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Michael Hogan

Rotations:

Michael Abt
Igor Brodsky
Michael Hogan

Maya English (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Project Title: Noncanonical mechanisms of neuronal lysophagy

Advisor(s):

Erika Holzbaur

Rotations:

Michael Granato
Erika Holzbaur
James Shorter

Kathleen Lee (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

David Merrick

Rotations:

David Merrick
Andrew Vaughan
Kyle Vining

Regenerative medicine, extracellular matrix, stem cell biology

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Sydney Dumont (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Zev Binder

Rotations:

Zev Binder
Saba Ghassemi
Donald O'Rourke
Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko

Kaya Epstein (they/she)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Daniel Powell

Rotations:

Carl June
Kara Maxwell
Nikolaos Sgourakis

Taylor Drake (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Rotations:

Kara Bernstein
Irene Bertolini
Aime Franco
Katherine Nathanson

Savannah Knutson (she/her)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Sharlene Day

Rotations:

Sharlene Day
Tejvir Khurana
Sarah Tishkoff
Paul Titchenell

Jessalyn Grant-Bier (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Kiran Musunuru

Rotations:

Beverly Davidson
Lindsey George
Kiran Musunuru

Lynn Cai (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Maria Basil

Rotations:

Maria Basil
Michael Granato
Michael Haney
Yana Kamberov

Thomas Campion

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Beverly Davidson
Lindsey George

Rotations:

Defne Amado
Beverly Davidson
Kiran Musunuru

Christina Hong (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Adam Wolpaw

Rotations:

Timour Baslan
Crystal Conn
Adam Wolpaw

Cancer therapeutics, immunotherapy, genetics/genomics, gene editing, TME

Full description

Madelyn Landis (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Kathryn Wellen

Rotations:

Guilherme Nader
Celeste Simon
Kathryn Wellen

Cancer immunology, immune and cancer cell metabolism, tumor microenvironment, metastasis, tumor heterogeneity, immunotherapy response/resistance

Full description

Phoebe Calkins (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Sydney Shaffer
Adam Wolpaw

Rotations:

Nicola Mason
Ellen Puré
Sydney Shaffer
Adam Wolpaw

Grace Bukowski-Thall (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Paul Planet

Rotations:

Frederic Bushman
Elizabeth Grice
Erica Korb
Paul Planet

Melissa Güereca (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Alexander Price

Rotations:

Sara Cherry
Alexander Price
Italo Tempera

Anne Marie Berry (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Peter Quinn

Rotations:

Kiran Musunuru
Peter Quinn
Katherine Uyhazi

Ashley Anderson (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Brian Capell

Rotations:

Kara Bernstein
Brian Capell
Sydney Shaffer

genetic and molecular mechanisms of cancer, target and drug discovery

Full description

Mary Bergwell (she/they)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Roberto Bonasio

Rotations:

Kahlilia Blanco
Roberto Bonasio
Rachel Kember
Erica Korb

Meredith Arterburn (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Robert Bowman

Rotations:

Robert Bowman
Lewis Chodosh
Vikram Paralkar

Saron Akalu (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Glennis Logsdon
Sarah Tishkoff

Rotations:

Glennis Logsdon
Sarah Tishkoff
Ben Voight

population genetics, human evolution, characterizing population history/diversity, local adaptation, genomic evolution

Full description

Katelyn Amero (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Joseph St Geme

Rotations:

Scott Hensley
Paul Planet
Joseph St Geme

Infectious disease, antibiotic resistance, host-pathogen interactions, bacteriophages/prophages, molecular microbiology, genomics

Full description

Rolf Dale Bates (he/him/his)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Chris Thom

Rotations:

Mohamad Gabriel Alameh
Marisa Bartolomei
Chris Thom

Justin Berg (he/him)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Zoltan Arany
Celeste Simon

Rotations:

Zoltan Arany
Joe Baur
Celeste Simon

metabolism and bioenergetics, mitochondria, environmental health and xenobiotics, sustainable research practices

Full description

Lucille Wang (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Vikram Paralkar

Rotations:

Jonathan Miner
Vikram Paralkar
Katherine Uyhazi

stem cell, cancer biology, cell plasticity, regeneration

Full description

Divyansi Pandey

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

David Hill

Rotations:

Malay Haldar
David Hill
Guilherme Nader

Emily Cha (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Guo-Li Ming
Yuanquan Song

Rotations:

Alice Chen-Plotkin
Judith Grinspan
Kelly Jordan-Sciutto
Guo-Li Ming
Yuanquan Song

Michelle Onyekaba

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Gerd Blobel

Rotations:

Gerd Blobel
Sarah Henrickson

Josephine Thrasher (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Rotations:

Ana Cristancho
Scott Gordon

Jailene Paredes Casado

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Rotations:

Harvey Friedman
Matthew Weitzman

Isabella Panse

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Rotations:

Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas

Hiep Tai (Tai) Nguyen

Cancer Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Evan Weber

Rotations:

Roger Greenberg
Evan Weber

Quinlen Marshall

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Rotations:

Rahul Kohli
Evan Weber

Chase Chen

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Brian Capell

Rotations:

Malay Haldar
Ophir Shalem

Diana Abraham

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Andrew Vaughan

Rotations:

Mariko Bennett
Andrew Vaughan

Leonie Kurzlechner

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Rajan Jain

Rotations:

Sharlene Day
Daniel Kelly

Roxanne Perez-Tremble (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Drew Weissman

Rotations:

Jessica Foster
Kiran Musunuru
Norbert Pardi
Drew Weissman

Sarina Smith (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2024

Advisor(s):

Defne Amado

Rotations:

Defne Amado
Greg Bashaw
Benjamin Prosser

neurodegeneration, neurodevelopment, rare disease, gene therapy, therapeutic development

Full description

Benjamin Smood

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Katsuhide Maeda

Nelida Robles Ramirez

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Ken Cadwell

Rotations:

Ken Cadwell
Igor Brodsky
Boris Striepen

Rachel Welles (she/her)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Michael Marks

Rotations:

Melike Lakadamyali
George Burslem
Michael Marks

Max Wadley (he/him/his)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Matthew Good

Rotations:

Roderick O'Connor
Matthew Good
Donita Brady

Anna Thickens

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Gregory Beatty

Rotations:

Crystal Conn
Yi Fan
Gregory Beatty

Ananya Talikoti (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Kiran Musunuru

Rotations:

Kiran Musunuru
Beverly Davidson
Junwei Shi
Rahul Kohli

Kaitlyn Toy

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

George Burslem

Rotations:

Liling Wan
George Burslem
Roger Greenberg

Nehalee Surve (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Adeline Vanderver

Rotations:

Matthew Weitzman
Jonathan Miner
Adeline Vanderver

Lauren Olenick (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Michael Hogan

Rotations:

Kyla Ortved
Hansell Stedman
Lindsey George
Michael Hogan

Shirley Sun

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Carl June
Nikolaos Sgourakis

Rotations:

Nikolaos Sgourakis
Carl June
Robert Vonderheide

Kevin Newcombe (he/him/his)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Katharine Bar
Kiran Musunuru

Rotations:

Kiran Musunuru
Daniel Claiborne
Michael Betts
Katharine Bar

Kim Manning (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Ahmed Diab

Rotations:

Liling Wan
Ahmed Diab
Elizabeth White

Alyssa Moore (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Brian Capell

Rotations:

Kahlilia Blanco
Brian Capell
Liling Wan

Clara Malekshahi (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Louise Moncla

Rotations:

Scott Hensley
Sarah Tishkoff
Louise Moncla

Kendall Lundgreen

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Norbert Pardi
Michael Hogan

Rotations:

Laurence Eisenlohr
Norbert Pardi
Michael Hogan

Connor Hennessey (he/him)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Sydney Shaffer

Rotations:

Adam Wolpaw
Sydney Shaffer
Timour Baslan

Sang Yub (Kevin) Kim (he/him/his)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Thomas Leung

Rotations:

Thomas Leung
Foteini Mourkioti
Panteleimon Rompolas

Savana Hadjipanteli (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Glennis Logsdon

Rotations:

Marisa Bartolomei
Colin Conine
Lan Lin
Glennis Logsdon

Beatriz Goncalves (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Ma Leyuan

Rotations:

Xiaowei Xu
Daniel Powell
Leyuan Ma

Tessa Fitch (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Greg Bashaw

Rotations:

Erika Holzbaur
Greg Bashaw
Natali Chanaday

Ryan Gaspar (he/him)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Joe Baur

Rotations:

Zoltan Arany
Joe Baur
Liming Pei

Noah Ford

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Roderick O'Connor
Shelley Berger

Rotations:

Roderick O'Connor
Kathryn Wellen
Andy Minn

Jack Dowling (he/him/his)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Matthew Weitzman

Rotations:

Paul Lieberman
Matthew Weitzman
Amit Bar-Or

Dominique Doyle (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Maria Basil

Rotations:

Jarod Zepp
Maria Basil
Rajan Jain

Tanis Dorwart (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Kara Bernstein

Rotations:

Kara Bernstein
Christopher Lengner
Xiaolu Yang

Vivian Zhong (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Amita Sehgal

Rotations:

Fanxin Long
Edward Morrisey
Amita Sehgal

Isabel Vargas (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Ken Cadwell

Rotations:

Paul Planet
Sunny Shin
Ken Cadwell

Joe Tandurella (he/him/his)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

John Wherry
Caroline Bartman

Rotations:

John Wherry
Caroline Bartman
Derek Oldridge

Madison Sangster (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Mariko Bennett

Rotations:

Daniel Kulp
Naiara Aquizu Lopez
Mariko Bennett

Morgan Rameau (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Eugene Khandros

Rotations:

Sharlene Day
Eugene Khandros
Chris Thom

Guillermo Pereda (he/him/his)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Patrick Seale

Rotations:

Foteini Mourkioti
Fanxin Long
Patrick Seale

Diego Jimenez (he/him/his)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Greg Bashaw

Rotations:

Bushra Raj
Greg Bashaw
Andrew Modzelewski

Sara Kumar (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Eugene Khandros

Rotations:

Eugene Khandros
Julia Warren
Vikram Paralkar

Nivitha Murali (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Kathryn Wellen

Rotations:

Brian Capell
Zoltan Arany
Kathryn Wellen

Dhyanam Shukla (he/him/his)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez

Rotations:

Theodore Drivas
Eric Liao
Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez

Alexis Leach (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Colin Conine

Rotations:

Colin Conine
Doris Wagner
Mia Levine

Minh Nguyen (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Pablo Camara

Rotations:

Michael Gandal
Pablo Camara
Ophir Shalem

Andoni Nolasco-Ramirez (he/him/his)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Sara Cherry

Rotations:

Michael Abt
Sara Cherry
Alexander Price

Ian Yannuzzi (they/he)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Kathryn Hamilton

Rotations:

Vikram Paralkar
Crystal Conn
Kathryn Hamilton

Atharva Dhamale (he/him/his)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Ophir Shalem

Rotations:

Yoseph Barash
Ophir Shalem
Lukasz Bugaj

Ana Cruz (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Joseph St Geme

Rotations:

Ken Cadwell
Joseph St Geme
Nicole Marino

Ari Geller (they/them)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Mary Mullins

Rotations:

Mary Mullins
Montserrat Anguera
Priya Sivaramakrishnan

Suzana Hossain (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Joseph St Geme

Rotations:

Sunny Shin
Joseph Zackular
Joseph St Geme

Spencer Jeffrey (he/him/his)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Patrick Seale

Rotations:

Juan Alvarez
Patrick Seale
Amelia Escolano

Patricia Guadalupe (she/her/hers)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Paul Titchenell

Rotations:

Paul Titchenell
David Merrick
Damaris Lorenzo

Tiffany Hua (she/her/hers)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Liming Pei

Rotations:

Paul Lieberman
Xiaolu Yang
Christoph Thaiss

Audrey Griffith (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: VMD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Brian Capell

Rotations:

Brian Capell
Patrick Seale

Annastelle Cohen (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Erica Korb

Rotations:

Jennifer Phillips-Cremins
Erica Korb
Roberto Bonasio

Megan Costa (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Dana Silverbush

Rotations:

Zev Binder
Donald O'Rourke
Dana Silverbush
Sydney Shaffer

Kassidy Cantwell (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Igor Brodsky

Rotations:

Igor Brodsky
Paul Planet
Joseph Zackular

Xiaodi Chen (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Roger Greenberg

Rotations:

Yi Fan
Roger Greenberg
Xiaolu Yang

Leonardo Claure (he/him/his)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Guo-Li Ming
Kimberly Christian

Rotations:

Juan Alvarez
Michael Granato
Kimberly Christian

Adel Atari

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Roger Greenberg

Rotations:

Andres Blanco
Roger Greenberg
Peter Choi

Stephanie Blackwood (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas

Rotations:

Kiran Musunuru
Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas
Vijay Bhoj

Noah Beratan (he/him)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Katharine Bar

Rotations:

Beatrice Hahn
Katharine Bar
Norbert Pardi

Rebeca Aquino Ventura (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

John Maris

Rotations:

Saba Ghassemi
Saar Gill
John Maris
Katherine Uyhazi

Jessica Barragan (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Evan Weber
John Wherry

Rotations:

Marco Ruella
Evan Weber
John Wherry

Christian Andino (he/him)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Theodore Drivas

Rotations:

Theodore Drivas
Peter Kurre
Chris Thom
Andrew Vaughan
Julia Warren

Po Hu (he/him/his)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Liming Pei

Rotations:

Liming Pei
Kenneth Margulies
Yoseph Barash

Jessica Anderson (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Rotations:

Colin Conine

Jennifer Hoffmann (she/her)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Advisor(s):

Vijay Bhoj

Rotations:

Kristopher Bosse
Elizabeth Bhoj
Hansell Stedman
Carl June

Erin DeNardo (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: VMD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Ken Cadwell

Rotations:

Phillip Scott
Ken Cadwell
Elizabeth Grice

Chujie Gong

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Dissecting gene regulatory mechanisms underlying cell fate transition in AML

Advisor(s):

Liling Wan

Rotations:

Liling Wan
Warren Pear
Kai Tan

Chaoting Zhou

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2023

Advisor(s):

Ken Caldwell

Vivian Hoang (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Ken Cadwell

Rotations:

Ken Cadwell
Laurence Eisenlohr
Scott Hensley
Matthew Weitzman

Sonja Zolnoski (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Frederic Bushman

Rotations:

Sara Cherry
Louise Moncla
Frederic Bushman

ebola, filoviridae, filoviruses, rabies, marburg

Full description

Xinye (Ashley) Zhao

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Yi Fan

Rotations:

Daniel Kelly
Sharlene Day
Yi Fan

molecular mechanisms of energy homeostasis and metabolic reprogramming during disease progression

Full description

Thomas Zhang (he/him/his)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Daniel Herman

Rotations:

Lewis Chodosh
Andy Minn
Katherine Nathanson

AI, EHR, and clinical informatics

Full description

Jiazheng (Victor) Xing (he/him/his)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Investigating the single-molecule dynamics of MIRO and TRAK on mitochondria

Advisor(s):

Melike Lakadamyali

Rotations:

Michael Marks
Erika Holzbaur
Melike Lakadamyali

trafficking, cytoskeleton, neurodegenerative diseases

Full description

Nicholas (Nick) Williams (he/him/his)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Investigating the role of PRDM16 in enteroendocrine cell differentiation and nutrient-sensing capabilities in the small intestinal epithelium

Advisor(s):

Patrick Seale

Rotations:

Patrick Seale
Fanxin Long
Rebecca Simmons

stem cells, tissue regeneration, organoids, hESCs

Full description

Erik Williams (he/him)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Joseph Fraietta

Rotations:

Nicola Mason
Tzipora Sarah Karin Eisinger
Joseph Fraietta

CAR-T Therapy, tumor microenvironment

Full description

Emma Welter (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Influence of DNA methylation changes on gene expression from the inactive X chromosome in B cells

Advisor(s):

Montserrat Anguera

Rotations:

Craig Bassing
Elizabeth Bhoj
Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas
Montserrat Anguera

genetics of human disease, genetic basis of neurological disorders, adaptive immunity

Full description

Ashley Weiss (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Joseph Zackular

Rotations:

Will Bailis
Igor Brodsky
Joseph Zackular

human microbiome, host-microbe interactions, disease mechanisms

Full description

Benjamin Wales-McGrath (he/him/his)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Understanding Splicing Regulation by RNA Binding Protein Networks in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Advisor(s):

Yoseph Barash
Peter Choi

Rotations:

Yoseph Barash
Peter Choi
Brian Gregory

gene regulation, RNA biology, systems biology, computational biology

Full description

Molly Weiner (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Christoph Thaiss

Rotations:

Robert Heuckeroth
De'Broski Herbert
Christoph Thaiss

neuro-immune and neuro-microbial interactions

Full description

Amanda Watkins (she/her/hers)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Oral biofilm removal and sampling using iron oxide nanoparticle bristle technology

Advisor(s):

Hyun (Michel) Koo

Rotations:

Robert Mauck
Hyun (Michael) Koo

peri-prosthetic implant infection, bone infection, equine surgery, osteoarthritis

Full description

Kayleigh Voos

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Elucidating cytoskeletal contributions to mitochondrial dynamics and bioenergetics in skeletal muscle

Advisor(s):

Damaris Lorenzo

Andrea Valdespino (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Maureen Murphy

Rotations:

Elizabeth White
Maureen Murphy
Lewis Chodosh

TNBC, metastasis, unfolded protein response, host-virus interactions

Full description

Katelyn (Katie) Toohill (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Elucidating the Role of Endogenous Retrovirus IAPez in Murine Pre-Implantation Embryogenesis

Advisor(s):

Andrew Modzelewski

Rotations:

Thomas Leung
Bushra Raj
Andrew Modzelewski

regeneration, wound healing, genetic regulation of diseased states

Full description

Melody Tan (she/her)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

John Wherry

Rotations:

Marco Ruella
Gerd Blobel
John Wherry

Modulating the adaptive immune response to cancer;
cell therapy engineering and genetic manipulation techniques

Full description

Kayla Snare (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Investigating the role of cellular confinement and subsequent nuclear envelope rupture as a driver of epigenetic and inflammatory reprogramming of breast cancer cells

Advisor(s):

Guilherme Nader

Rotations:

Gregory Beatty
Rami Amaravadi
Ben Stanger
Guilherme Nader

Sidney Smith (she/her/hers)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Characterizing Microglial and Monocyte Dysfunction in CSF1R-related Leukoencephalopathy

Advisor(s):

Jennifer Orthmann Murphy

Rotations:

Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas
Benjamin Prosser
Stefano Rivella

Anastasia Slavutsky

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Elucidating the role of βII-spectrin in the pathogenicity of the neurodevelopmental SPTBN1 syndrome

Advisor(s):

Damaris Lorenzo

Rachel Sklutuis

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Italo Tempera

Rotations:

Paul Bates
Sara Cherry
Italo Tempera

virology, molecular biology, assay development

Full description

Joanatta Shapiro

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Eric Joyce

Rotations:

Montserrat Anguera
Elizabeth Bhoj
Eric Joyce

models of human disease, gene regulation, gene therapies, development

Full description

Sena Sarıkaya (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Chromatin and Transcription Factor Kinetics Regulating Cell Fate Specification in Mouse Development

Advisor(s):

Mustafa Mir

Rotations:

Mustafa Mir
Mark Kahn
Kenneth Zaret

Eleanor Sams (they/she)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Regulation of protein translation and hematopoietic cell identity by differential rRNA transcription

Advisor(s):

Vikram Paralkar

Rotations:

Kathrin Bernt
Vikram Paralkar
Crystal Conn

Arushi Sahay (she/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: The role of the chromatin reader protein ENL in kidney development and tumorigenesis

Advisor(s):

Liling Wan

Rotations:

Brian Capell
Liling Wan
Peter Choi

Shira Rosenberg (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Alexander Huang

Rotations:

Arjun Raj
Kara Maxwell
Alexander Huang

hematopoietic disorders, multi-omics, cancer therapeutics, tumor development

Full description

Rachel Richards (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Investigating the contribution of IFN-γ signaling on inflammasome activation and bacterial restriction during Salmonella infection of human macrophages

Advisor(s):

Sunny Shin

Rotations:

Mechthild Pohlschroder
Paul Planet
Cornelius Taabazuing

James Regan (he/him)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Development of tumor-targeted LNPs for the treatment of Merkel cell carcinoma

Advisor(s):

Jianxin You

Rotations:

Una O'Doherty
Michael Betts
Jianxin You

Jennifer Paulino

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Investigating the Role of Antigenic Site B and Antibody Specificity in Influenza cohort

Advisor(s):

Scott Hensley

Rotations:

Igor Brodsky
Daniel Beiting
Scott Hensley

host-pathogen interaction, human gut microbiome, antibiotic resistant, autoimmune disease.

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Kisha Patel (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Carl June

Rotations:

Vijay Bhoj
Carl June
John Wherry
Christina Jackson

neurosurgery, brain-based cancers, immunotherapy, immunometabolism

Full description

Sonresa Ochoa-Vidales (she/her/ella)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Type I IFN immunomodulatory mechanisms in uterine vascular adaptation to pregnancy

Advisor(s):

Scott Gordon

Rotations:

Audrey John
Scott Gordon
Montserrat Anguera

viral pathogenesis, molecular and structural virology, and host-virus dynamics

Full description

Elizabeth (Libby) Nunn (she/her)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Defining how inhibition of ActRIIA/B governs skeletal muscle and adipose tissue mass, function, and metabolism during obesity and weight loss via GLP-1 receptor agonism

Advisor(s):

Paul Titchenell

Rotations:

David Merrick
Will Bailis
Paul Titchenell

role of cellular metabolism in cell fate decisions, epigenetics, and disease

Full description

Svathi Murali (she/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Identifying causal variants and effector genes involved in Alzheimer’s Disease pathogenesis in neurons and astrocytes using a variant-to-gene mapping approach

Advisor(s):

Alessandra Chesi

Rotations:

Erica Korb
Lan Lin
Alessandra Chesi

Kathlyene (Katey) Stone (she/her)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Determining the role of stress granules in protecting cardiomyocytes during stress

Advisor(s):

Benjamin Prosser

Rotations:

Melike Lakadamyali
Benjamin Prosser
Sandra Maday

Ashley Melendez-Perez (she/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Elizabeth Bhoj

Rotations:

Elizabeth Bhoj
Ana Cristancho

3D genome organization, molecular genetics, epigenetics

Full description

Jayne McDevitt (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Ben Stanger

Rotations:

Ronny Drapkin
Gregory Beatty
Ben Stanger

development of cancer drugs and therapies, focusing on metabolic dysregulation and/or immunology

Full description

Kirsten Mallon (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Audrey John

Rotations:

Katharine Bar
Una O'Doherty
Michael Povelones

host-pathogen response, virology, immunology, public health

Full description

Lauren Elizabeth Lee (she/her/hers)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Kidney and heart metabolism dysfunction in cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome

Advisor(s):

Zoltan Arany

Rotations:

Katalin Susztak
Liming Pei
Zoltan Arany

renal physiology, metabolic determinants of disease, metabolic signaling, cellular/organelle substrate use and preference

Full description

Beoung Hun (Beoung) Lee (he/his)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Kai Wang

Rotations:

Hongjun Song
Jennifer Phillips-Cremins
Kai Wang

epigenetics, computational biology, bioinformatics, chromatin interactions, DNA methylation

Full description

Kelsey Leach (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Alessandro Gardini

Rotations:

Jennifer Phillips-Cremins
Alessandro Gardini
Pablo Camara

human disease epigenetics

Full description

Tran Ngoc Van (Van) Le (she/her/hers)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Elucidating nutrient regulation of T cell proliferative potential

Advisor(s):

Will Bailis

Rotations:

Chengcheng Jin
Celeste Simon
Will Bailis

cancer metabolism, cancer immunotherapy

Full description

Po-Lun (Po) Kung (he/him/his)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Defining how actin and tropomyosin biology supports blood development and the hemogenic endothelium

Advisor(s):

Chris Thom

Rotations:

Chris Thom
Andrew Vaughan
Jarod Zepp

Morgan Kuczler (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Lewis Chodosh

Rotations:

Lewis Chodosh
Ronny Drapkin
Celeste Simon

Elena Kahn (she/her)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Kiran Musunuru

Rotations:

Henry Daniell
Christopher Ellebrecht
Kiran Musunuru

Alexis Jean Morales (he/him/his)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Irfan Asangani

Rotations:

Irfan Asangani
Lewis Chodosh
Liling Wan

Teshawn Johnson

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: CD11c-Expressing Microglia and their Role in Oligodendrocyte Differentiation

Advisor(s):

Judith Grinspan
Kelly Jordan-Sciutto

Rotations:

Kimberly Christian
Judith Grinspan
Jennifer Orthmann Murphy

Marisol Hooks (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Elizabeth Heller

Rotations:

Elizabeth Bhoj
Elizabeth Heller
Kavitha Sarma

Olivia Hix (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Defining regulation of inflammatory cell states in intestinal epithelial cells and Crohn’s disease

Advisor(s):

Kathryn Hamilton

Rotations:

David Feldser
Kathryn Hamilton
Andrew Vaughan

Jill Henrich (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Investigating the role of MYC in regulating ribosome biogenesis in acute myeloid leukemia

Advisor(s):

Vikram Paralkar

Rotations:

Gerd Blobel
Vikram Paralkar
Liling Wan

Natalie Hagen (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Exploring inducible prophages in Clostridioides difficile

Advisor(s):

Frederic Bushman

Rotations:

Frederic Bushman
Scott Hensley
Louise Moncla

Kim Ha (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Defining Genetic Impacts of Blood Cell Functions in Stroke

Advisor(s):

Chris Thom

Rotations:

Chris Thom
Maja Bucan
Matthew Kayser
Rachel Kember

Sarah Grandinette (she/her)

Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Developing therapeutic genome editing strategies for classic galactosemia

Advisor(s):

Kiran Musunuru

Rotations:

Kiran Musunuru
William Peranteau
Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas

Reyna Garcia Sillas (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Igor Brodsky

Rotations:

Igor Brodsky
Kellie Jurado
Cornelius Taabazuing

Jiayi Duan (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Methods development in studying the human virome and exploring the relationship between the human virome and diseases

Advisor(s):

Frederic Bushman

Rotations:

Michael Betts
Luis Montaner
Frederic Bushman

Joan Donahue (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Dermal-Epidermal Interactions in Eccrine Sweat Gland Development

Advisor(s):

Yana Kamberov

Rotations:

Foteini Mourkioti
Yana Kamberov
Bushra Raj

John Doherty (he/him/his)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Investigating the regulation of facultative heterochromatin by nuclear condensates

Advisor(s):

Roberto Bonasio

Rotations:

Colin Conine
Roberto Bonasio
Ophir Shalem

Nicole DeBruyne (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Lan Lin

Rotations:

Struan Grant
Lan Lin
Kara Maxwell

Mara Davis (she/her)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Augmentation of CAR-Macrophage responses to amyloid-beta to alleviate AD pathology

Advisor(s):

Saar Gill

Rotations:

Naiara Aquizu Lopez
Frederick Christian Bennett
Saar Gill

Emily Daley (she/her/hers)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Norbert Pardi

Rotations:

Norbert Pardi
Hamideh Parhiz
Daniel Powell

Diana Cruz (she/her)

Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Aime Franco
Guilherme Nader

Rotations:

Aime Franco
Xianxin Hua
Guilherme Nader

Taylor Crawford (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Kara Maxwell

Rotations:

Kathrin Bernt
Robert Bowman
Kara Maxwell

Diana Renteria

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Adeline Vanderver

Rotations:

Denise Sabatino
Eileen Shore
Adeline Vanderver

Daana Roach (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: VMD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Defining the dual roles of intestinal epithelial LCN2 during chronic inflammation

Advisor(s):

Kathryn Hamilton

Rotations:

Christopher Lengner
Kathryn Hamilton

Joseph McGaunn

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Joe Baur

Rotations:

Joe Baur
Rajan Jain

Pedro Mendez Fernandez

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Rajan Jain

Rotations:

Rajan Jain
Mark Kahn

Sarah Finstuen-Magro (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Jennifer Kalish

Rotations:

Ben Stanger
Jennifer Kalish

Walla (Miguel) Disbennett

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Jonathan Miner

Rotations:

Kellie Jurado
Michaela Locci
Jonathan Miner

Islam Elsaid

Cancer Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Donita Brady

Rotations:

Donita Brady
Mark Sellmyer
Sydney Shaffer

Breezy Brock

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: VMD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Edward Kreider
Drew Weissman

Rotations:

Laurence Eisenlohr
Nicola Mason
Drew Weissman

Natalie Brown

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Zoltan Arany

Rotations:

Zoltan Arany
Mark Kahn

Margaret (Maggie) Cassidy

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas
Ana Cristancho

Rotations:

Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas
Ana Cristancho
Bushra Raj

Ariana Campbell (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Investigating the relationship between viral infection and reproductive immunology

Advisor(s):

Kellie Jurado

Rotations:

Michal Elovitz
Kellie Jurado
Scott Gordon

Isabel Breuer (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: JNK signaling and RNA-binding Proteins in mRNA Stability

Advisor(s):

Kristen Lynch

Rotations:

Kristen Lynch
Colin Conine
Sarah Henrickson

Theresa Astmann

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: VMD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Nicole Marino

Rotations:

Daniel Beiting
Nicole Marino
Joseph Zackular

Daniel Boehmler (he/him)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Terrance Gade
Aalim Weljie

Rotations:

Zoltan Arany
Terrance Gade
Aalim Weljie

Audrey Bochi-Layec (she/her)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Marco Ruella

Rotations:

Carl June
Michael Milone
Marco Ruella

Louisa Boateng (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Investigating genetic and environmental causes in neurodegenerative diseases: EGFR variant-to-gene mapping validation in Alzheimer’s disease and manganese exposure in Parkinson’s diseases

Advisor(s):

Alessandra Chesi

Rotations:

Eric Joyce
Brian Capell
Alessandra Chesi

Jackson Bauer (he/him)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Investigating prime editing for treating genetic disease in the fetus

Advisor(s):

William Peranteau

Rotations:

Lindsey George
William Peranteau
James Riley

Hyun Hyung (Claire) An (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Transposable element derived regulation of hematopoiesis via RUNX1 and innate immune signaling

Advisor(s):

Nancy Speck
Andrew Modzelewski

Rotations:

Paul Gadue
Nancy Speck
Andrew Modzelewski

stem cells, hematopoiesis, erythropoiesis

Full description

Jasmine Akoto (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Naiara Aquizu Lopez

Rotations:

Naiara Aquizu Lopez
Erica Korb
Kahlilia Blanco

Genetics/Genomics, Molecular Biology, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Psychiatric Disorders

Full description

Eva Agostino (she/her/hers)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Characterization of a novel, highly conserved factor H binding protein in Kingella kingae

Advisor(s):

Joseph St Geme

Rotations:

Ken Cadwell
Joseph St Geme
Matthew Weitzman

Jordan Ort (he/him)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Scott Hensley
Louise Moncla

Rotations:

George Shaw
Elizabeth Grice
Louise Moncla

viral immune evasion to host antibody responses or impact of microbiome on human disease

Full description

Meryl Mendoza (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Andrew Vaughan

Rotations:

Andrew Vaughan
Yana Kamberov
Riccardo Gottardi

Regenerative medicine and stem cell regulation

Full description

Diego Mendez (he/him)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: Characterizing the role of RNA binding proteins in regulating H3K9me3-heterochromatin in mammals

Advisor(s):

Kenneth Zaret

Rotations:

Alex Hughes
Rajan Jain
Kenneth Zaret

Morgan McGrath (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Crystal Conn

Rotations:

Tzipora Sarah Karin Eisinger
Crystal Conn
Mark Kahn

cellular plasticity in cancer, metastatic transformation

Full description

Taku Harada (he/him/his)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Advisor(s):

Roger Greenberg

Rotations:

Lewis Chodosh
Roger Greenberg
Kathryn Wellen

Jacob Cote (he/him)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022

Project Title: A Novel Motility Regulation System in Haloferax volcanii

Advisor(s):

Mechthild Pohlschroder

Rotations:

Ileana Perez-Rodriguez
Mechthild Pohlschroder
Jun Zhu

Maxime Zamba-Campero (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Elucidating the role of histidine in Salmonella pathogenicity

Advisor(s):

Igor Brodsky

Rotations:

Joseph Zackular
Igor Brodsky
Audrey John

Thomas "Ted" Williamson (he/him)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Treating acute cardiac injury with engineered regulatory T cells

Advisor(s):

Jonathan Epstein

Rotations:

Nancy Speck
Jonathan Epstein
Paul Gadue

Jane Xie (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Investigating the Impact of Tissue-of-Origin on Tumor Cell-Intrinsic Regulation of Immune Infiltration

Advisor(s):

Ben Stanger

Rotations:

Thomas DeRaedt
Gregory Beatty
Roderick O'Connor
Ben Stanger

Linlin Yang (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Defining the four major routes of MHC class II antigen processing and presentation with influenza antigens

Advisor(s):

Laurence Eisenlohr

Rotations:

John Wherry
George Shaw
Beverly Davidson

Reiko Tomizawa (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: The role of Engrailed1 in fate determination and differentiation of skin appendages

Advisor(s):

Yana Kamberov

Rotations:

Yana Kamberov
Mary Mullins
Bushra Raj

Valeria Vigo (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Evaluating Haemophilus influenzae adhesin (Hia) as a potential vaccine antigen against Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae nasopharyngeal colonization.

Advisor(s):

Joseph St Geme

Rotations:

Igor Brodsky
Joseph St Geme
De'Broski Herbert

Erin Smith (she/her)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Defining Lysosomal Degradation Within and Between Neurons and Astrocytes in Response to Proteotoxic Stress

Advisor(s):

Sandra Maday

Rotations:

Erika Holzbaur
Anna Kashina
Sandra Maday

Helen Stillwell

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

Susan Weiss

Rotations:

Susan Weiss
Norbert Pardi
Michaela Locci
Frederic Bushman

Lauren Testa (she/her)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Genome editing for hereditary connective tissue disorders

Advisor(s):

Kiran Musunuru

Rotations:

Elizabeth Bhoj
Kiran Musunuru
Benjamin Prosser

Taylor Senay (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Determining the Mechanisms of MCPyV Host Immune Modulation

Advisor(s):

Jianxin You

Rotations:

Joseph St Geme
Jianxin You
Elizabeth Grice

Jaydeen Sewell (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Dissecting the interaction between Coxiella burnetii effector protein CBU1314 and the human Polymerase Associated Factor 1 Complex

Advisor(s):

Sunny Shin

Rotations:

Sunny Shin
Elizabeth White
Igor Brodsky

Alexandra Schneider (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

Colin Conine

Rotations:

Colin Conine
Roberto Bonasio
Montserrat Anguera

Alexis Scott (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Defining the role of retinoic acid in the development and function of tumor-associated macrophages in hepatocellular carcinoma

Advisor(s):

Malay Haldar

Rotations:

Todd Ridky
Chengcheng Jin
Malay Haldar
Leyuan Ma

Bakary Samasa (he/him)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Investigating the role of cytoskeletal dynamics during epiboly morphogenesis in the zebrafish

Advisor(s):

Mary Mullins

Rotations:

Mary Mullins
Michael Granato
Panteleimon Rompolas
Stephen Dinardo

Annabel Sangree (she/her)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

Erica Korb

Rotations:

Laura Su
Elizabeth Bhoj
Kiran Musunuru

Geoffrey Rouin (he/him)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Defining Epigenetic Mechanisms of Human CAR T Cell Exhaustion and Reversal

Advisor(s):

Evan Weber

Rotations:

Patrick Grohar
Kristopher Bosse
Ellen Puré
Evan Weber

Melissa Rowe (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Identifying the role of telomere length in hepatic oncogenesis

Advisor(s):

Klaus Kaestner

Rotations:

Chengcheng Jin
Klaus Kaestner
Aime Franco

Abigail Ridler (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Investigating molecular mechanisms of GATA6 and retinoic acid signaling synergy in human pancreas progenitor specification and their role in endocrine development

Advisor(s):

Paul Gadue

Rotations:

Benjamin Prosser
Foteini Mourkioti
Paul Gadue

Kiara Rodríguez-Acevedo (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Investigating Parity-Induced Protection against Breast Cancer In Response to Oncogenic Stimuli

Advisor(s):

Elizabeth Heller

Rotations:

Montserrat Anguera
Elizabeth Heller
Erica Korb

Emmanuel Rapp Reyes (he/him)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

Thomas Leung

Rotations:

Thomas Leung
Jonathan Epstein
Nicholas Plachta
Juan Alvarez

I am interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms that determine cell fate.

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Lauren Reich (she/they)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Characterizing the dynamics of Polycomb memory to repress target genes

Advisor(s):

Roberto Bonasio

Rotations:

Erica Korb
Kathryn Wellen
Roberto Bonasio

Ashvathi Raghavakaimal (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Investigating Parity-Induced Protection against Breast Cancer In Response to Oncogenic Stimuli

Advisor(s):

Lewis Chodosh

Rotations:

Kara Maxwell
Lewis Chodosh
Crystal Conn

Aidan Quigley (he/him)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Development of base editing strategies for the correction of metabolic diseases

Advisor(s):

Kiran Musunuru
Kristopher Bosse

Rotations:

Daniel Powell
Kiran Musunuru
Kristopher Bosse

Tania Perez (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Investigating the role of Disrupted in Schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) in mitochondrial trafficking

Advisor(s):

Erika Holzbaur

Rotations:

Erika Holzbaur
Erica Korb
Naiara Aquizu Lopez

Kayla Purdy (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Foxo coordinates axon regeneration and clearance via microtubule dynamics

Advisor(s):

Yuanquan Song

Rotations:

Panteleimon Rompolas
D. Kacy Cullen
Kelly Jordan-Sciutto
Yuanquan Song

Renyta Moses (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Germline p53 R181 mutants and DNA binding cooperativity in tumorigenesis

Advisor(s):

Kara Maxwell
Maureen Murphy

Rotations:

Rugang Zhang
Lewis Chodosh
Kara Maxwell

Emily O'Rourke (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Investigating inflammasome responses to Salmonella in human macrophages

Advisor(s):

Sunny Shin

Rotations:

Sunny Shin
Audrey John
Joseph St Geme

Ting-Chun "Jamie" Pan (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

Elizabeth Grice

Rotations:

Elizabeth Grice
Joseph Zackular
Maayan Levy

Taylor Miller-Ensminger (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: The Impact of Viral Infection on Intergenerational Non-genetic Inheritance

Advisor(s):

Kellie Jurado

Rotations:

Katharine Bar
Scott Hensley
Kellie Jurado

Natalie Moore (she/her)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

David Merrick

Rotations:

Zoltan Arany
Paul Titchenell
David Merrick

Rushabh Mehta (he/him)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Determining the nongenetic factors driving early chemoresistance in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Advisor(s):

Kai Tan

Rotations:

Kai Tan
Rajan Jain
Pablo Cámara

Loreilys Mejias Rivera

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Uncovering how Pdgfra-lineage mesenchymal progenitors undergo aberrant chondro-osteogenic differentiation in Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva

Advisor(s):

Eileen Shore
Foteini Mourkioti

Rotations:

Brian Capell
Naiara Aquizu Lopez
Eileen Shore

Allison Marvin (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Maternal Regulation of Microtubule Organizing Centers in the Egg and Oocyte

Advisor(s):

Mary Mullins

Rotations:

Greg Bashaw
Mary Mullins
Nancy Speck

Christopher McAllister (he/him)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

Sharlene Day

Rotations:

Arndt Siekmann
Foteini Mourkioti
Sharlene Day

Josue Medor (he/him)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Uncovering the Role of Cdc-like Kinases in the Genotoxic Stress Response

Advisor(s):

Peter Choi

Rotations:

Warren Pear
Maureen Murphy
Peter Choi

Claire Makowski (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

Kenneth Zaret

Rotations:

Kenneth Zaret
Doris Wagner
Colin Conine

Kaeri M. Medina (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Defining the Role of Host Translation Termination Factors in Bunyavirus Replication

Advisor(s):

Sara Cherry

Rotations:

Susan Weiss
Sara Cherry
Paul Planet

Michael Kuckyr (he/him)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

Beverly Davidson

Rotations:

Kiran Musunuru
Beverly Davidson
Defne Amado

Mingjia Li (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

Zhaolan Zhou

Rotations:

Hao Wu
Beverly Davidson
Kai Wang

Nora Kiledjian (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Identifying the Effects of m6A on mRNAs During Adaptive Stress

Advisor(s):

Crystal Conn

Rotations:

Crystal Conn
Kristen Lynch
Kathryn Hamilton

Austin King (he/him)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Elucidating the Oncogenic Machinery that drives NPM1c-associated AML and Identification of NPM1c-specific Epigenetic Vulnerabilities.

Advisor(s):

Andres Blanco

Rotations:

Matthew Kayser
Andres Blanco
Peter Choi

Elizabeth Kraeutler (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Investigating a role for RNA-binding proteins in the spatial organization of heterochromatin

Advisor(s):

Eric Joyce

Rotations:

Eric Joyce
Kenneth Zaret
Rajan Jain

Kay Katada (she/her)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

Kathryn Hamilton

Rotations:

Paul Titchenell
Kathryn Hamilton
De'Broski Herbert

Diljeet Kaur (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

Ziyue Gao

Rotations:

Ziyue Gao
Robert Faryabi
Wanding Zhou

Aude Ikuzwe Sindikubwabo (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Exploring Genetic and Non-Genetic Contributions to Unexplained Pregnancy Loss and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

Advisor(s):

Shefali Setia-Verma

Rotations:

Alessandra Chesi
Marylyn Ritchie
Sarah Tishkoff

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Katharine Hewlett (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

Joseph Zackular

Rotations:

Katharine Bar
Joseph Zackular
Audrey John

Michael Hogarty (he/him)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: HIV-1 Vaccine Design to Elicit Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies Targeting the V3-Glycan Coreceptor Binding Site

Advisor(s):

George Shaw

Rotations:

George Shaw
Sara Cherry
Audrey John

Nicolas Holcomb (he/him)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Identifying the Migratory and pro-Fibrotic Mechanisms of Influenza Induced Ectopic Krt5+ Cells in the Distal Lung

Advisor(s):

Andrew Vaughan

Rotations:

Andrew Vaughan
Riccardo Gottardi
Thomas Leung

Gabriela Hayward-Lara (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Molecular kinetics of Polycomb bodies in maintaining repression during Drosophila development

Advisor(s):

Mustafa Mir

Rotations:

Mustafa Mir
Alex Hughes
Melike Lakadamyali

Megan Guerin

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

Mary Mullins

Rotations:

Mary Mullins
Marisa Bartolomei
Colin Conine

Segovia Garcia (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Discovering Regulators of Polycomb Domain Establishment

Advisor(s):

Roberto Bonasio

Rotations:

Roberto Bonasio
Robert Mauck
Erica Korb

Maya Foster (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Elucidating the mechanism of action of a novel p53 reactivating molecule

Advisor(s):

Maureen Murphy

Rotations:

Kathryn Wellen
Maureen Murphy
Crystal Conn

Olivia Fish (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Uncovering the role of mts and sqz in Frazzled-dependent axon guidance

Advisor(s):

Greg Bashaw

Rotations:

Thomas Jongens
Greg Bashaw
Bushra Raj

Carmen Flesher (she/her)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Understanding adipocyte progenitor cell–macrophage crosstalk and adipose tissue dynamics in obesity pathogenesis

Advisor(s):

David Merrick

Rotations:

Patrick Seale
David Merrick
Rebecca Wells

Samantha Fallacaro (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Quantifying how transcription factor hubs drive gene occupancy during development

Advisor(s):

Mustafa Mir

Rotations:

Mustafa Mir
Stephen Dinardo
Bushra Raj

Mark Dittmar (he/him)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Discovering antivirals against henipaviruses, a highly pathogenic genus of zoonotic paramyxoviruses

Advisor(s):

Sara Cherry

Rotations:

Audrey John
Sara Cherry
Sarah Henrickson

Rachel Erickson (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Optimizing a VSV-Vectored Vaccine for Machupo Virus

Advisor(s):

Paul Bates

Rotations:

Scott Hensley
Paul Bates
Laurence Eisenlohr

Abigail Daniels (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: A female-specific RNA binding protein is essential for Cryptosporidium lifecycle completion

Advisor(s):

Boris Striepen

Rotations:

Michael Povelones
Audrey John
Boris Striepen

Angela Corrigan (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

Michael Betts

Rotations:

Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen
Scott Hensley
John Wherry

Nicholas Cerda (he/him)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Evaluating the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of a mucosal mRNA vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus

Advisor(s):

Drew Weissman
Hamideh Parhiz

Rotations:

Drew Weissman
Daniel Kulp
Hamideh Parhiz

Publications: ORCiD

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Morgan Brown (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Investigating the role of BCAA metabolism in HCC and anti-tumor immunity

Advisor(s):

Celeste Simon
Will Bailis

Rotations:

Vikram Paralkar
Celeste Simon
Will Bailis

Emily Aunins (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Opposing roles for IL-12 and Interferon-gamma in regulating CD8+ T cell responses to mRNA vaccination”

Advisor(s):

Christopher Hunter

Rotations:

Igor Brodsky
Michael Abt
Christopher Hunter

Dale L. Brokaw

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Interrogating the Effect of Genome Copy Number in Murine and Human Liver

Advisor(s):

Sydney Shaffer

Rotations:

Hao Wu
Sydney Shaffer
Elizabeth Heller

Miosotis Alicea-Delgado (she/her)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez

Rotations:

Joe Baur
Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez
Michael Marks

Jose Arias-Umana (he/him)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

Evan Weber

Rotations:

Denise Sabatino
Laura Su
Evan Weber

Reyes Acosta (he/him)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

Daniel Claiborne

Rotations:

Joseph Fraietta
Daniel Claiborne
Scott Gordon

Katherine Xia

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

Edward Lee

Rotations:

Edward Lee
Bradley Johnson
Erika Holzbaur

Jack You

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

George Cotsarelis

Rotations:

Panteleimon Rompolas
Thomas Leung

Erica Nguyen

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

Mark Kahn

Rotations:

Michal Elovitz
Mark Kahn
William Peranteau

Pavithran Ravindran

Cancer Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

Arjun Raj

Rotations:

Andy Minn
Arjun Raj

Orlando Arevalo (he/him)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Development of therapeutic myeloid cells to produce IL-12 specifically within glioblastoma tumors

Advisor(s):

Saar Gill

Rotations:

Marco Ruella
Leyuan Ma
Saar Gill

Sanam Kavari

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

Jennifer Kalish

Rotations:

Zoltan Arany
Marisa Bartolomei
Jennifer Kalish

Alexandria Adigun

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Advisor(s):

Mustafa Mir

Rotations:

Matthew Kayser
Mustafa Mir
Mary Mullins

Alexander Post

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: VMD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Unveiling Probiotic Synergies: Cross-Feeding Dynamics, Probiotic-Dairy Interactions, and Resultant Metabolites Pertinent to Early Life

Advisor(s):

Dipti Pitta

Rotations:

Stewart Anderson
Christoph Thaiss
Ernestina Schipani
Dipti Pitta

Raegan Petch

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: VMD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021

Project Title: Optimizing rVSV and mRNA vaccines for tick-borne bunyaviruses

Advisor(s):

Paul Bates

Rotations:

Ronald Harty
Paul Bates

Carl Bannerman (he/him/his)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Regulation of Neuronal Antiviral Response

Advisor(s):

Kellie Jurado

Rotations:

Frederic Bushman
Kelly Jordan-Sciutto
Kellie Jurado

Elizabeth Gonzalez

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Advisor(s):

Sharon Diskin

Rotations:

Elizabeth Bhoj
Erica Korb

Maxwell Frankfurter

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Understanding the role of STRN3 in lymphatic development

Advisor(s):

Mark Kahn

Rotations:

Mark Kahn
Mitchell Lazar

Robert Hapke

Cancer Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Identifying genetic perturbations to enhance CAR T persistence in solid tumors

Advisor(s):

Evan Weber
Andy Minn

Rotations:

Saar Gill
Andy Minn

Sweta Narayan

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Angiopoietin and VEGF Signaling in Murine Spiral Artery Remodeling.

Advisor(s):

Mark Kahn

Rotations:

Kenneth Zaret
Mark Kahn

vascular and lymphatic development of the placenta

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Paul Kaminski

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Characterization of epigenetic modulators influencing the human beta globin locus

Advisor(s):

Gerd Blobel

Rotations:

Bradley Johnson

Blake Jardin

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Advisor(s):

Jonathan Epstein

Rotations:

Jonathan Epstein
Michael Milone
Hao Wu

Kenneth Pham

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Dissecting pathogenic repeat expansions as a genetic cause of heterochromatin dysregulation

Advisor(s):

Jennifer Phillips-Cremins

Rotations:

Jennifer Phillips-Cremins
Katherine Uyhazi

Margo Orlen

Cancer Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Mechanisms of KRAS inhibition in promoting anti-tumor immunity in pancreatic cancer

Advisor(s):

Ben Stanger

Rotations:

Ben Stanger
Vikram Paralkar

Carson Poltorack

Cancer Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Spatial determinants of metabolic crosstalk in the highly heterocellular PDAC tumor ecosystem

Advisor(s):

Sydney Shaffer
Celeste Simon

Rotations:

Celeste Simon
Sydney Shaffer

Daniel Yen

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Understanding the effects of inflammation on RUNX1's regulation of HSCs in Familial Platelet Disorder with associated Myeloid Malignancies

Advisor(s):

Nancy Speck

Rotations:

Wei Tong
Nancy Speck
Mitchell Lazar

Nicole Zaragoza Rodriguez (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Advisor(s):

Tzipora Sarah Karin Eisinger

Rotations:

Tzipora Sarah Karin Eisinger
Sydney Shaffer
Patrick Grohar
Hamid Bassiri

Adam Ziada (he/him)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Effects of IL-21 receptor signaling and mitochondrial localization of STAT3 on CAR T cell metabolism and function

Advisor(s):

Michael Milone

Rotations:

Michael Milone
Saar Gill
Joseph Fraietta
Carl June

Taylor Yount (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: The Kingella kingae Minor Pilins have Critical Roles in Type IV Pili-mediated Processes

Advisor(s):

Joseph St Geme

Rotations:

Joseph St Geme
Audrey John
Joseph Zackular

Haohan (Karen) Wei

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Investigating the nociceptive neuro-immune crosstalk in lung cancer

Advisor(s):

Chengcheng Jin

Rotations:

Chengcheng Jin
Christoph Thaiss
Wenqin Luo

Joseph Yano

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Advisor(s):

Katherine Uyhazi

Rotations:

Arndt Siekmann
Joshua Dunaief
Yuanquan Song
Katherine Uyhazi

Qianxuan (Sean) She

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: The impact of early life colonization and transmission of pathogens on health and disease

Advisor(s):

Joseph Zackular
Paul Planet
Ahmed Moustafa

Rotations:

Jun Zhu
Daniel Beiting
Mark Goulian

Megan Stefkovich (she/her)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Insulin’s acute regulation of hepatic glucose uptake and utilization

Advisor(s):

Paul Titchenell

Rotations:

Paul Titchenell
Celeste Simon
David Merrick

May Wai (she/her)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Identifying Novel Regulators of Cohesin and Chromatin Folding

Advisor(s):

Eric Joyce

Rotations:

Jennifer Phillips-Cremins
Golnaz Vahedi
Eric Joyce

Madeline Merlino (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Immunological crosstalk of Interleukin 27 (IL-27) at the maternal-fetal interface during congenital viral infections”

Advisor(s):

Kellie Jurado

Rotations:

Frederic Bushman
Elizabeth White
Kellie Jurado

Kelsey O'Brien

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Advisor(s):

Audrey John

Rotations:

Audrey John
Katie Barott
Scott Hensley

Elizabeth Mercado Ayon (she/her)

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Investigating Purkinje Cell Dysfunction in Friedreichs Ataxia”

Advisor(s):

David Lynch

Rotations:

Hongjun Song
David Lynch

Giselle Lopez Fernandez (she/her)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Enhancing the activation of Natural Killer cells by HIV-1 broadly neutralizing antibodies to potentiate control of infection

Advisor(s):

David Weiner

Rotations:

Hildegund Ertl
David Weiner
Denise Sabatino

Ariana Majer (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: The role of the nuclear scaffold protein menin in colorectal carcinogenesis

Advisor(s):

Bryson Katona

Rotations:

Celeste Simon
Todd Ridky
Bradley Johnson

Keegan Krick

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Uncovering the role of the histone-modifying enzyme SETD2 in alternative splicing

Advisor(s):

Kristen Lynch
Elizabeth Heller

Rotations:

John Murray
Elizabeth Heller
Kristen Lynch

Shuk Hang (Grace) Li

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Advisor(s):

Scott Hensley

Rotations:

Scott Hensley
Daniel Kulp
Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen

Orlaith Keenan (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Advisor(s):

Joseph Zackular

Rotations:

Joseph Zackular
Joseph St Geme
Audrey John

Yong Hyun (Daniel) Kim

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Host inflammation-dependent bacterial interference to prevent MRSA

Advisor(s):

Paul Planet

Rotations:

Paul Planet
Beatrice Hahn
Elizabeth White

Jillian (Jill) Eisenhauer

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Advisor(s):

David Weiner

Rotations:

James Riley
David Weiner
Daniel Kulp

Julia Flores (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Understanding the effect of microbial localization on induction of homeostatic immune responses in the pediatric gut

Advisor(s):

Michael Silverman

Rotations:

De'Broski Herbert
Michael Silverman
Michael Abt

Sarah Gagnon

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Investigating Toll-7 as a novel regulator of Frazzled-dependent axon attraction.

Advisor(s):

Greg Bashaw

Rotations:

Greg Bashaw
Mary Mullins
Nicholas Plachta

Sarah Dysinger (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Mapping the viral genetic determinants of Jamestown Canyon virus neurovirulence

Advisor(s):

Paul Bates

Rotations:

Beatrice Hahn
Paul Bates
Michael Povelones

Timothy Cater

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Advisor(s):

Kristen Lynch

Rotations:

Alessandro Gardini
John Murray
Kristen Lynch

Priyanka Chatterjee (she/her)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Cell-Cell Signaling Archaea: How Haloferax volcanii Talk to Each Other

Advisor(s):

Mechthild Pohlschroder

Rotations:

Joseph Zackular
Frederic Bushman
Mechthild Pohlschroder

Krista Budinich (she/her)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Understanding the role of chromatin regulators in driving oncogenic gene expression

Advisor(s):

Liling Wan

Rotations:

Vikram Paralkar
Liling Wan
Kathrin Bernt

Daniel Baker

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Developing senolytic CAR T cells for aging associated disease

Advisor(s):

Carl June
Zoltan Arany

Rotations:

Zoltan Arany
Jonathan Epstein
Carl June

Gabriel Birchak (he/him)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Extending the Reach of Single-Copy Mammalian Artificial Chromosomes with Protein-Only Epigenetic Centromere Seeding

Advisor(s):

Ben Black

Rotations:

James Wilson
Beverly Davidson
Ben Black

Sara Alexander

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: The role of post-translational modification in E. coli detoxification-independent protection from methylglyoxal

Advisor(s):

Mark Goulian

Rotations:

Paul Planet
Mark Goulian
Paul Bates

Robin Wilder (Bailey)

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Elucidating the role of OAT deficiency in gyrate atrophy pathogenesis

Advisor(s):

Katherine Uyhazi

Rotations:

Jennifer Kalish
Katherine Uyhazi
Hansell Stedman

Amber Abbott

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Adenoviral manipulation of arginine methylation

Advisor(s):

Matthew Weitzman

Rotations:

Michael Betts
Ronald Harty
Matthew Weitzman

Jorge Acuña (he/him)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020

Project Title: Defining SARS-CoV-2 Entry in the Respiratory Epithelium

Advisor(s):

Sara Cherry

Rotations:

Paul Bates
Kellie Jurado
Sara Cherry

Kay Foos

Cancer Biology
Degree: VMD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Adapting tumor infiltrating lymphocyte therapy for the treatment of solid tumors in canines

Advisor(s):

Daniel Powell
Nicola Mason

Rotations:

Lewis Chodosh
Gerald Linette
Beatriz Carreno
Daniel Powell

Bailey Nance (she/her/hers)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: Investigating the catalytic role and interactome of fructose-1,6,-bisphosphatase 2 in sarcoma

Advisor(s):

Celeste Simon

Rotations:

Celeste Simon
Terrance Gade
Liming Pei

Michael Noji (he/him/his)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: Pancreatic branched-chain amino acid metabolism restrains pancreatic cancer initiation

Advisor(s):

Kathryn Wellen
Zoltan Arany

Rotations:

Zachary Schug
Kathryn Wellen
Zoltan Arany

Aishwarya Pawar

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Advisor(s):

Vikram Paralkar

Rotations:

Margaret Chou
Vikram Paralkar
Paul Lieberman

Nicholas Bolden

Microbiology, Virology and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: In-host adaptation of nontuberculous mycobacteria during cystic fibrosis chronic lung infection

Advisor(s):

Paul Planet

Rotations:

Paula Oliver
Mark Goulian
Paul Planet

Maria Carrera

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Advisor(s):

Andres Blanco

Rotations:

Montserrat Anguera
Andres Blanco
Brian Capell

Stephen Carro

Microbiology, Virology and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Structural and functional characterization of a conserved orthopoxvirus virulence factor that inhibits both innate and adaptive arms of the immune response

Advisor(s):

Laurence Eisenlohr

Rotations:

Laurence Eisenlohr
Sara Cherry
Boris Striepen

Kyabeth Torres-Rodriguez

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: Determining the role of the MYCN oncogene in evasion of CD8+ T cell responses in neuroblastoma

Advisor(s):

Michael Betts
John Maris

Rotations:

John Maris
Michael Betts
Joseph Fraietta

Nathan Coffey

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: Investigating the role of branched-chain amino acid metabolism in clear cell renal cell carcinoma tumorigenesis

Advisor(s):

Zoltan Arany
Celeste Simon

Rotations:

Katalin Susztak
Zoltan Arany
Celeste Simon
Gregory Beatty

Patricia Colosi (they/them/theirs)

Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Advisor(s):

Melike Lakadamyali

Rotations:

Meera Sundaram
Melike Lakadamyali
Tatyana Svitkina

Katherine Doerig

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Advisor(s):

David Feldser

Rotations:

David Feldser
Maureen Murphy
Lewis Chodosh

Ethan Fein (he/him)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Mechanisms Underlying the Embryonic Development of Brown Adipose Tissue

Advisor(s):

Patrick Seale

Rotations:

Patrick Seale
Zoltan Arany
David Merrick

Brian Franklin (he/him)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Advisor(s):

Jennifer Phillips-Cremins

Rotations:

Jennifer Phillips-Cremins
Ophir Shalem

Zachary Gardner (he/him)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Investigating the role of genome folding in cell-state transitions

Advisor(s):

Rajan Jain

Rotations:

Bradley Johnson
Rajan Jain

Amy Gladstein

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Advisor(s):

David Feldser

Rotations:

Brian Capell
Nancy Bonini
David Feldser

Brian Goldspiel (he/him)

Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: Understanding how Amino Acids Control Host Immune Responses to Legionella pneumophila

Advisor(s):

Will Bailis

Rotations:

Carolina Lopez
Will Bailis
Sunny Shin

Caitlin Hopkins

Gene Therapy and Vaccines
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Epigenetic mechanisms of T-cell fate determination and function

Advisor(s):

Joseph Fraietta

Rotations:

Hamid Bassiri
Hansell Stedman
Joseph Fraietta

Valerie Irizarry-Negron

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Understanding the role of histone methylation in lung adenocarcinoma

Advisor(s):

Tzipora Sarah Karin Eisinger
Ellen Puré

Rotations:

Dmitry Gabrilovich
Ben Stanger
Chengcheng Jin

Yanqing (Christine) Jiang

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Investigating ER stress responses in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma under lipid imbalance

Advisor(s):

Celeste Simon

Rotations:

Celeste Simon
Ben Stanger
Liling Wan

Benjamin Kahn

Cancer Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: The lymph node is an intrinsically tolerant destination for metastasizing cancer cells

Advisor(s):

Ben Stanger

Rotations:

Ben Stanger
Klaus Kaestner
Christopher Lengner

Andrew Katznelson

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Assessing pioneer transcription factor targeting to distinct forms of silent chromatin

Advisor(s):

Kenneth Zaret

Rotations:

Gerd Blobel
Kenneth Zaret
Melike Lakadamyali

Melissa Kim

Developmental, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Investigating the role of telomere failure on intestinal stem cell niche function

Advisor(s):

Christopher Lengner
Bradley Johnson

Rotations:

Panteleimon Rompolas
Andrew Vaughan
Christopher Lengner

Max Klapholz

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Interferon signaling and T cell phenotypes during cancer and infection

Advisor(s):

Andy Minn
John Wherry

Rotations:

Andy Minn
Maayan Levy
John Wherry

Kay Labella

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Androgen-mediated DNA damage repair in thyroid cancer

Advisor(s):

Aime Franco

Rotations:

Thomas DeRaedt
Yael Mosse
Celeste Simon

Kurtis McCannell

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: PTBP1 Is a Novel Dependency in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Advisor(s):

Junwei Shi

Rotations:

Mia Levine
Alessandro Gardini
Junwei Shi
Michael Lampson

Erick Mitchell-Velasquez (he/him/his)

Cancer Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: NNMT Rewires Chromatin Methylation and mTOR Signaling to Suppress Prostate Cancer Progression

Advisor(s):

Irfan Asangani

Rotations:

Maureen Murphy
Malay Haldar
Peter Choi
Irfan Asangani

Catriana Nations

Developmental, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: An iPSC model of TAR Syndrome links aberrant splicing to impaired megakaryopoiesis

Advisor(s):

Paul Gadue

Rotations:

Paul Gadue
Stewart Anderson
Stella Chou

Raymond Ng (he/him)

Cancer Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Investigating the role of tumor transcriptional variability in immune evasion in melanoma

Advisor(s):

Sydney Shaffer

Rotations:

Andy Minn
Sydney Shaffer

Jayme Nordin

Developmental, Stem Cell, and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Epigenetic regulation of the latent HIV reservoir during antiretroviral therapy.

Advisor(s):

Michael Betts

Rotations:

Zhaolan Zhou
Lewis Chodosh
Montserrat Anguera

Keenan O'Dea

Microbiology, Virology and Parasitology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: CD40 is required for the development of Cryptosporidium-specific T cell responses.

Advisor(s):

Christopher Hunter

Rotations:

Sunny Shin
Christopher Hunter
Joseph Zackular

Jessica Brandt

Developmental, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: Mechanisms of early axonal pathfinding in the olfactory system of larval zebrafish

Advisor(s):

Jonathan Raper

Rotations:

Sandra Maday
Arndt Siekmann
Michael Granato

Elana Pyfrom (she/her/hers)

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Determining the Role of Sleep in Brain Lipid Homeostasis

Advisor(s):

Amita Sehgal

Rotations:

Marisa Bartolomei
Greg Bashaw
Amita Sehgal

Yue (Claire) Shao

Cell Biology, Physiology and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Identifying Mechanisms of Acquired Immune Checkpoint Blockade Using Genome-wide Cas12 Screening

Advisor(s):

Andy Minn

Rotations:

Joshua Dunaief
Andy Minn
Roger Greenberg

Prateek Sharma

Cancer Biology
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Advisor(s):

Kathryn Wellen
Christoph Thaiss

Rotations:

Christoph Thaiss
Ben Stanger
Kathryn Wellen

Maya Hale (she/her/hers)

Developmental, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: Ndfip1/2 and HECT E3 Ubiquitin Ligases Coordinate Axon Guidance in the Embryonic Mammalian Spinal Cord

Advisor(s):

Greg Bashaw

Rotations:

Mary Mullins
Zhaolan Zhou
Greg Bashaw

Chelsea Thorsheim

Cell Biology, Physiology and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Investigating folliculin as a regulator of VLDL-TAG secretion in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and steatohepatitis

Advisor(s):

Zoltan Arany

Rotations:

Zoltan Arany
Vikram Paralkar
Paul Titchenell

William Jones

Developmental, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018

Project Title: A New Mechanism of Dorsal Axial Organizer Repression by Integrator Complex Subunit 6

Advisor(s):

Mary Mullins

Rotations:

Mary Mullins
Peter Klein
Marisa Bartolomei

Nikita Vantsev

Developmental, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Investigating the role of signaling adapter protein LNK in metabolic pathways of Hematopoietic Stem Cells

Advisor(s):

Wei Tong

Rotations:

Wei Tong
Peter Klein
Rugang Zhang

Maria Vogel

Cell Biology, Physiology and Metabolism
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Investigating astrocytic regulation of autophagy-lysosomal pathway in neurons

Advisor(s):

Sandra Maday

Rotations:

Benjamin Prosser
Sandra Maday
Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas

Patrick Walsh

Genetics and Epigenetics
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019

Project Title: Genome-wide HiDRO screen identifies an RNA-binding network of proteins important for the positioning of chromatin at the nuclear periphery

Advisor(s):