Predoctoral Trainees
Kelly Heard
Investigating NOTCH1 regulation of tumor growth and immunogenicity in small cell lung cancer
Mentors: David McPherson & Shrivani Srivistava
Sarah Huang
Decoding Recurrence in HNSCC: Computational and Spatial Dissection of Intercellular Communication at Single-Cell Resolution
Mentors: Manu Setty & Martin Prlic
Saumya Jani
Deciphering the TCR-ome to advance cancer immunotheraphy
Mentors: Paul Nghiiem & Phil Bradley
Irina Kopyeva
On Demand Modulation of Extracellular Matrix Mechanics for Studying Mechanobiological and Chemoresistance Mechanisms in Primary and Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Mentors: Cole DeForest & William Grady
Jobelle Peralta
Demystifying Transcription Factor Networks in Adoptive T cell Therapy
Mentors: Scott Furlan & Steven Henikoff
Juliana Young
Determination of the role and activity of the Aire transcription factor in central immune tolerance
Mentors: Barry Stoddard & Roland Strong
Postdoctoral Trainees
Matthew Chan
Mechanistic Consequences of Ribosome Stalling by Nascent Peptides
Mentors: Rasi Subramaniam & Melody Campbell
Lindsey Moore
Elucidating the mechanism behind how KSHV induces apoptosis during latent infection
Mentors: Michael Lagunoff & Suzanne Hoppins
Tran Nguyen
Multiplexed cancer drug testing of micro-dissected tumors with intact tumor microenvironment using an integrated electrochemical aptasensors multi-well platform
Mentors: Albert Folch & Taran Gujral
Maria Purice
Molecular mechanisms of glial immune responses to neurodegeneration in the young and aged CNS
Mentors: Aakanksha Singhvi & Manu Setty
Former Trainees
Predoctoral Trainees
Thomas Bello / Mentors: Taran Gujral & Pete Nelson / Developing kinase-targeted therapies for late-stage prostate cancer via combined computational modeling and preclinical screening
Lauren Brumage / Mentors: David MacPherson & Patrick Paddison / Elucidating genetic drivers of chemoresistance in small cell lung cancer
Alejandra Cabrera / Mentors: Young Kwon & Barry Gumbiner / The molecular regulation of E-cadherin dynamics during cell dissemination
Ian Cardle / Mentors: Suzie Pun & Michael Jensen / Aptamer intermediates for guiding CAR T-cells to more regulatable and effective treatment of solid tumors
Alexandre Germanos / Mentors: Andrew Hsieh & Manu Setty / Investigating the molecular mechanisms and cellular consequences of mRNA-specific translation in AR-low prostate cancer
Eli Grunblatt / Mentors: David MacPherson & Patrick Paddison / Interrogating KDM5C as a Tumor Suppressor in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
Miranda Lahman / Mentors: Aude Chapuis & Rolan Strong / Impact of protein processing on leukemia epitope repertoires
Jihoon Lee / Mentors: Masaoki Kawasumi & Robert Eisenman / Myc-associated super-enhancers as epigenetics targets in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
Audrey Olshefsky / Mentors: Neil King & Suzie Pun / Synthetic nucleocapsids as a platform for breast tumor-infltrating leukocyte target discovery and therapeutic development
Thomas Pulliam / Mentors: Paul Nghiem, Raphael Gottardo & David Koelle / Characterization of tumor-specific T cells during PD-1 blockade in Merkel cell carcinoma
Charles Roco / Mentors: Georg Seelig & Aude Chapuis / Characteristic determination of parent T cells engendering persistent anti-tumor effects in adoptive T cell therapy through joint single cell RNA/V(D)J sequencing
Alexander Salter / Mentors: Stan Riddell & Amanda Paulovich / Dissecting chimeric antigen receptor signaling in human T cells
Heshani Thirimanne (Nayanga) / Mentors: Bruce Clurman & Steven Henikoff / Global transcriptional control and tumor suppression by the Fbw7 ubiquitin ligase
Postdoctoral Trainees
Nishida Aoki (Nao) / Mentors: Taran Gujral & Peggy Porter / Targeting tumor-associated macrophages for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer
Aleena Arakaki / Mentors: Taran Gujral & Eric Holland / Identifying molecular regulators and therapeutics for YAP-fusion driven brain cancers
Han Arbach / Mentors: Emily Hatch & Daphne Avgousti / Investigating nuclear envelope vulnerabilities using viral systems
Avraham Bayer / Mentors: Adam Geballe & Harmit Malik / Evolution of MxB restriction of human herpesviruses
Jorge Galeano-Nino / Mentors: Susan Bullman & Christopher Johnston / Assessing the role of Fusobacterium nucleatum in shaping the immune landscape and metastatic potential of colorectal cancer
Erin Greenwood / Mentors: Kevin Cheung & Christopher Li / Does plasma fibronectin instigate cluster-based metastatis? An interdisciplinary study
Namita Hattangady / Mentors: William Grady & Geoffrey Hill / Role of immune microenvironment in colorectal cancer initiation and progression
Sujata Jana / Mentors: Andrew Hsieh & Adam Geballe / Dissecting the interface between chromatin remodeling and mRNA translation in bladder cancer
Dayoung Kim / Mentors: Jonathan Cooper & James Olson / Elucidating the role of collective cell invasion in pediatric brain tumors
Brad Krajina / Mentors: Kevin Cheung & David MacPherson / Illuminating intercellular signalling in cancer
Michelle Messmer / Mentors: Andrew Oberst & Michael Gerner / Visualizing the immune response to cell death in normal tissue and in cancer
Matt Miller / Mentors: Sue Biggins & Charles Asbury / Regulation of Kinetochore-Microtubule Interactions
Rashmi Mishra / Mentors: Andrew Hsieh & Slobodan Beronja / Deciphering the role of mRNA translation in development and oncogenic cell fate choices
Megan Molina / Mentors: Andrew Oberst & David Rawlings / Trojan Horse "Regulatory T-cells to reprogram the tumor microenvironment
Michalina Montano / Mentors: Rachel Bender Ignacio / Defining the burden of undiagnosed and untreated HIV in cancer patients in 3 countries
Lisa Poole / Mentors: Sita Kugel & Steven Henikoff / Exploring the role of SIRT6 in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor progression
Trisha Sippel / Mentors: Anthony Rongvaux & Raphael Gottardo / Targeting tumor-specific macrophages in metastatic melanoma