Alumni

Fay Nicolson

Current Post: Assistant Professor at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute & Harvard Medical School, Department of Molecular Imaging

Education:
B.S. Chemistry with Drug Discovery, University of Strathclyde, UK (2014)
Ph.D. Bionanotechnology, University of Strathclyde, UK (2018)


 

Mohammad Faizaan

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Hanna Cameron

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Alexandra Kratochwill

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Nisha Gandhi

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Bing Shui

Current Post: Postdoctoral Associate, Tyler Jacks Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Education:
B.A. in Biology, Carleton College (2016)
Ph.D. in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard University (2022)
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Joshua Cook

Current Post: Computational Genomics Research Scientist at Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Education:
B.S. in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of California, Irvine (2017)
B.S. in Chemistry, University of California, Irvine (2017)
Ph.D. in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard University (2022)
Dissertation title: “Studying the tissue-specificity of cancer driver genes through KRAS and genetic dependency screens"

Website: https://joshuacook.netlify.com

 

Shikha Sheth

Current Post: Scientist at Alltrna

Education:
B.S. in Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California Irvine (2013)
Ph.D. in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard University (2022)
Dissertation title: “The effects of Gly12 KRAS oncogenes are mutation and context specific”

 

Rebecca Agnor

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Education:
B.S. in Biology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, (2020)

 

Marza Hill

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Education:
B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with minors in Chemistry and Biology (2018)

 

Hyosoo Lee

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Current Post: Research Support Service at DFCI
Education:

B.S. in Biology, Sookmyung Women's University (2003)
M.S. in Bioinformatics, Sookmyung Women's University (2005)
Contact: hyosoo_lee at dfci dot harvard dot edu

 

Yi-Jang Lin

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Current Post:
Education:

B.A. in Biology, Specialization in Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Boston University (2011)
B.A. in French Language and Literature, Boston University (2011)
Ph.D. in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard University (2020)
Research Topic: Characterization of K-RasG13D as a unique activating mutation in cell line and murine models of colorectal cancer.
Research Interests: Broadly in cancer biology, specifically in cancer genetics, cancer immunology, and translational research for colorectal cancer

 

Shayna Stein

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Current Post:
Education:
B.S in Mathematics of Computation, University of California, Los Angeles (2015)
Ph.D. in
Research Topic: Characterizing oncogenic properties of different KRAS mutants in colorectal cancer (Co-advised by Franziska Michor, DFCI)
Research Interest: Cancer evolution, mechanisms of resistance and metastasis

 

Lucia suarez-lopez

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Current Post:,
Ona Therapeutics Senior Scientist
Education:
B.Sc. in Biology, Oviedo University, Spain (2006)
M.Sc. in Biomedicine, Barcelona University, Spain (2008)
Ph.D. in Biomedicine, Barcelona University-Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Spain (2013)
Research Topic: Identification and translational validation of novel therapeutic targets for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 
Research Interests: mucosal immunology, systems biology, kinase signaling networks.

Bethany Hunt

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Current Post:
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Education: 
B.A. in Integrative Biology, Skidmore College (2017)

Doug Brubaker

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Current Post:
Purdue University, Assistant Professor
Education:

B.S. in Mathematics, Case Western Reserve University (2013)
Ph.D. in Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, Case Western Reserve University (2016)

 

Alessandra Amadori  

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Education: University of Trento

ALINA STARCHEnko

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Current Post:
QuenchBio, Senior Scientist
Education:

B.S. in Biological Engineering, Cornell University (2010)
M.Eng in Biomedical and Tissue engineering, Cornell University (2011)
Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University (2017)
Research Topic:  Analysis of immune system deregulation in autoimmune and inflammatory disease
Research Interests: Immunology, Systems Biology, Extracellular matrix signaling (co-advised by Douglas Lauffenburger, MIT)

AISHA LAGUNA MERCED

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Current Post:
Education:
B.S. in Biochemistry, Ithaca College (2015)
Research Interests: cancer biology, signaling pathways, molecular mechanisms of autoimmunity and precision medicine

SAMANTHA DALE STRASSER

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Current Post:
Education:

B.S. in Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (2011)
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (2011)
M.Phil. in Physics, University of Cambridge, UK (2012)
Research Topic: In vivo systems biology of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's and frontotemporal dementia.  (Co-advised by Douglas Lauffenburger, MIT)
Research Interests: Systems Biology, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Alzheimer's Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia, Computational Analysis

PHAEDRA GHAZI

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Current Post:
University of Utah PhD program
Education:
 B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2016)

Emily Poulin

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Current Post:
Associate Medical Communications Manager Excerpta Medica B.V.
Education:

B.S. in Biology, Norwich University (2009)
Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University (2015)
Research Topic: Regulation of Ras oncogenicity by lysine acetylation
Research Interests: Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Structural Biology

Danielle Cook

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Current Post:
Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.
Education:

B.S. in Chemistry, UC Berkeley (2005)
Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (2013)
Research Topic: Biology of codon specific mutations of Ras and synthetic lethal partners of mutant Ras
Research Interests: Cancer, Cancer Immunology, Synthetic Biology, Mouse model of cancer

Sneha Menon

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Current Post:
Research Assistant at Oregon Health and Science University
Education:

B.Tech. in Biotechnology, VIT University, India (2014)

Rebecca Rood

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Current Post:
Graduate Student, UW Madison
Education: 
B.A. in Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Assumption College (2014)

Katherine Baldwin

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Current Post:
Assistant Professor in Pediatrics at University of Connecticut/Connecticut Children's Medical Center Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology
Education:
B.A. in English Literature, Cornell University (2005)
M.D., University of Massachusetts Medical School (2011)
Residency in Internal Medicine / Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School (2014)
Fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology, MGH
Research Topic: Signaling network in inflammatory bowel disease; potential novel treatment targets for inflammatory bowel disease
Research Interests: Inflammatory bowel disease

Jesse Lyons

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Current Post:
Torque Therapeutics
Education:
B.S. in Biochemistry, Columbia University (2003)
Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences, University of California San Francisco (2011)
Research Topic: Systems biology of inflammatory bowel disease.  (Co-advised with Douglas Lauffenburger, MIT)
Research Interests: Systems biology, inflammation, immunology, intestinal biology, cancer

Sam Nguyen

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Current Post:
Undergraduate Student, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
Research Topic: Developing searchable website to release research data pertaining to Inflammatory Bowel Disease and mutant Ras cancers (Co-advised with Douglas Lauffenburger, MIT)
Research Interests: Viruses, cancer, website design, algorithms

Reed Horwitz

Current Post:
Undergraduate Student, Computer Science, Bioinformatics Track, University of Michigan
Research Topic: Mapping signal transduction pathways using mass spectrometry data
Research Interests: Systems biology, proteomics, computational analysis, network algorithms

Jessica Gierut

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Current Post:
Senior Scientist, Biology, Omega Therapeutics
Education:
B.S. in Biology, Kalamazoo College (2004)
Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois at Chicago (2011)
Research Topic: K-Ras activation in the regulation of stem kinetics in the colonic epithelium and colon cancers
Research Interests: RNA interference technology platform for innovative treatments for rare inherited diseases of the liver

LEVI WOOD

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Current Post: 
Assistant Professor
George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Education:
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Oregon State University (2004)
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, M.I.T. (2008)
M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, M.I.T. (2008)
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, M.I.T. (2011)
Research Topic: Systems biology of Alzheimer's Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia.  (Co-advised with Douglas Lauffenburger, MIT)
Research Interests: Systems Biology, Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, System Identification, Angiogenesis, Microfluidics, Stochastic Feedback Control
Contact: levi dot wood at me dot gatech dot edu

Erin Fletcher

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Current Post: 
CEO/Founder, Camp Casco, Inc.
Education:
B.S. in Microbiology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA (2013)
M.S., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (2015)
Research Topic: Post-translational modifications of Ras
Research Interests: Cancer Biology, Colon Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Translational Medicine

CASIE GENETTI

Current Post: 
Graduate student in genetic counseling at Boston University
Education:
B.S. in Biology, Davidson College (2011)
Research Topic: Cancer biology and inflammation with an emphasis on characterizing small molecule inhibitors. 
Research Interests: Colorectal cancer therapy, cancer-associated inflammation, cell death and proliferation, human genetic disorders

Laura Kleiman

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Current Post:
Scientific Research Director of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute cBio Center
Education:
B.A. in Biomathematics, Rutgers University (2004)
Ph.D. in Computational and Systems Biology, M.I.T. (2010)
Research Topic: Identification and characterization of small molecule inhibitors that radiosensitize K-RAS mutant cancers
Research Interests: Translational systems pharmacology

Sergia Velho

Current Post:
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular da Universidade do Porto
Education:
B.S. in Biology, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Portugal (2003)
Ph.D. in Human Biology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Portugal (2010)
Research Topic: N-RAS activation in colorectal cancer
Research Interests: Cancer biology, colorectal cancer, cancer-associated inflammation, tumor microenvironment, colorectal cancer therapy

Ken Lau

Current Post:
Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University
Education:
B.S. in Molecular Genetics and Biology, University of Toronto (2002)
Ph.D. in Proteomics and Bioinformatics, University of Toronto  (2008)
Research Topic: Systems biology of Intestinal Epithelial Response to Inflammatory Signals
Research Interests: Systems Biology, Intestinal Inflammation, Signal Transduction, Immune Responses, Cell Death and Proliferation

Yufang Wang

Current Post: Associate Professor, Sichuan University, China

Yina Li

Current Post: University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine

Kimberly Cavaliere

Current Post: Loyola University of Chicago Medical School

Krystle Kendall

Current Post: University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine

Rachel Danforth

Current Post:  Indiana University School of Medicine

Max Juchheim

Current Post: Scientist, Addgene

Sarah Philips

Current Post: New York University School of Medicine

Angela Krebs

Current Post: Technical University of Munich