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Graduate students

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Benjamin Ostendorf, M.D. Ph.D.
Group Leader, Charite University, Berlin, Germany

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Nori Yamaguchi MD PhD
Head of Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, NCI/NIH, Maryland

Nora Pencheva

Nora Pencheva, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Translational Research, Genmab, Netherlands

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Alexander Nguyen, MD-PhD
Assistant Professor, UCLA School of Medicine

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Jiamin Loo, Ph.D.
Research fellow, Genome Institute of Singapore

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Jason Barzel Ross, MD-PhD
Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology, Stanford University

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Paul Furlow, MD-PhD
Surgical resident, Research Track, Harvard/MGH, MA

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Kim Png, Ph.D
Associate Director, Temasek, Singapore

Post
Graduate

Postdoctroal Fellows

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Hani Goodarzi,  Ph.D

Associate Professor, Dept of Biophysics & Biochemistry, UCSF/Core member ARC institute

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Claudio Alarcon, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Dept of Pharmacology, Yale School of Medicine

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Nils Halberg, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, University of Bergen, Norway

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Dennis Hsu M.D,

Faculty member, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Ryan Moy M.D. Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Columbia University, NYC

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Xuhang Liu, Ph.D,

Assistant Professor, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY

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Benjamin Ostendorf, M.D. Ph.D.
Group Leader, Charite University, Berlin, Germany

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Jose Ledo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina

Others

Postdoctoral Fellows

  • Hani Goodarzi, PhD (2012-2016) Associate Professor, Dept of Biophysics & Biochemistry, UCSF/Core member ARC institute 

  • Claudio Alarcon, PhD (2009-2017) Associate Professor, Dept of Pharmacology, Yale School of Medicine

  • Nils Halberg, PhD (2009-2015) Associate Professor, University of Bergen, Norway

  • Ethan Weinberg, MD (2012-2016) Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania

  • Elizabeth McMillan, PhD (2017-2019) Director, Target Discovery, Biosplice Therapeutics, San Diego, CA

  • Jizi Ren, PhD (2016-2018) Senior Scientist, Intellia therapeutics, Boston, MA

  • Maria Liberti, PhD (2018-2020) Clinical Scientist, Merck, NJ

  • Bernardo Tavora, PhD (2013-2020) Assistant Professor position, Champalimaud University, Portugal

  • Ryan Moy, MD, PhD (2018-2021) Assistant Professor, Columbia University, NYC

  • Benjamin Ostendorf, MD, PhD (2016-2021) Group Leader, Charite University, Berlin, Germany

  • Dennis Hsu, MD (2017-2021) Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Jose Ledo, PhD (2019-2022) Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina

  • Xuhang Liu, PhD (2014-2022) Assistant Professor, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY

  • Nori Yamaguchi, MD, PhD (2018-2022) Head of Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, NCI/NIH, Maryland

Graduate Students

  • Kim Png, PhD (2009-2013) Principal, Polaris Partners, Singapore/NYC 

  • Nora Pencheva, PhD (2010-2014) Director, Translational Medicine Lead, Genmab, Netherlands

  • Jiamin Loo, PhD (2009-2015) Senior Director, Nuevocor

  • Paul Furlow, MD, PhD (2011-2015) Faculty member, Dept. of Thoracic Surgery, MGH/Harvard, MA

  • Jason Barzel Ross, MD, PhD (2010-2015) Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology, Stanford University

  • Caitlin Sengelaub, PhD (2011-2015) Biotech/Healthcare Management Consultant, McKinsey, Boston, MA

  • Lisa Fish, PhD (2009-2015) Director of Research, Exai Bio, San Francisco, CA

  • Hyeseung Lee, PhD (2009-2015) Postdoctoral Associate, MIT, Heiman lab

  • Alexander Nguyen, MD, PhD (2011-2015) Assistant Professor, UCLA School of Medicine

  • Yuehyi Gloria Wu, MD, PhD (2013-2017) Biotech/Healthcare Management Consultant, McKinsey, San Francisco, CA

  • Lisa Noble, PhD (2014-2019) Otolaryngology surgery, Duke University

  • Doowon Huh, PhD (2014-2019) Opthalmologic Surgery Fellowship, U. of Pittsburgh

  • Ilana Pollack, MS (2015-2018) Medical Student, Emory University

  • Benjamin Ostendorf MD, PhD (2016-2021) Group Leader, Charite University, Berlin, Germany

  • Maria Passarelli MD, PhD (2017-2021) Resident, Pediatrics Research Track, Children's Hospital/Harvard, Boston, MA

  • Christopher Rouya, PhD (2015-2022) Postdoctoral Fellow, Regeneron, NY

  • Nneoma Adaku, MD PhD (2018-2022) Intern, Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard, Boston, MA

  • Nori Yamaguchi, MD PhD (2018-2022) Head of Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, NCI/NIH, Maryland

Clinical Scholars

  • Nori Yamaguchi, MD PhD (2018-2021) NCI Medical Oncology Fellow, Bethesda, Maryland

  • Ethan Ravetch, MD (2017-2019) Breast Surgery Fellow, Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY.

  • Alexis Scherl, MD, PhD (2011-2012) Research Pathologist, Genentech, California

  • Baris Boyraz, MD, PhD (2017-2019) Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, NY

  • Hien Tran, MD, PhD (2009-2010) Dermatologic surgeon, UC Irvine and Kaiser Permanente

  • Mira Patel MD (2020-2024) Medical Director, Early Global Development, Oncology R&D, Astra Zeneca

Research Assistants

  • Jenny Gao (2018-2020) University of Massachusetts MD-PhD program

  • Mark Derbyshire (2017-2019) Resident Physician, University of Vermont, Vermont

  • Logan Mendez (2016-2017) General Surgery resident, Rush University Medical Center, Illinois

  • Helen Tian (2014–2016) Pediatric Oncology fellowship, UCSF, CA

  • Hoang Nguyen (2014–2016) Otolaryngology physician scientist resident, MGH/Harvard Medical School, MA

  • Raissa Tanqueco, M.D. (2014-2015) Psychiatrist, Hawaii

  • Steven Zhang (2012-2014) Spine surgery fellow, Washington University, St. Lous, Missouri

  • Colin Buss (2011-2013) Biotech IP specialist at Wolf Greenfield Law Firm

  • Doowon Huh (2010-2012) Opthalmologic Surgery Fellowship, U. of Pittsburgh

  • Julia Berthet (2010-2011) Stem Cell Research Scientist, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA

  • Fung Ying Man, M.D. (2010-2012) Vascular Surgeon, Charité-University Hospital, Berlin, Germany

  • Mitsukuni Yoshida (2009-2012) Washington University MD-PhD graduate; Anesthesiology resident, Washington University

Undergraduate/medical Student

  • Jana Bilanovic (2019-2021) PhD student, The Rockefeller University, NY

  •  Ji-Young Kim (2018-2019) Postdoctoral fellow, MSKCC, NY

  • Juliane Brauer (2017-2018) Medical Student, Albert-Ludwigs University, Germany

  • Tobias Mederer (2017-2018) Medical Student, University of Regensburg, Germany

  • Kimia Tafreshian (2017-2018) Medical Student, Charité-University Hospital Berlin, Germany

  • Mathias Yuan (2016-2017) Medical Student, University of Hamburg, Germany

  • Simon Ruffing (2016-2017) Medical Student, University of Münster, Germany

  • Mahan Sadjadi, M.D. (2015-2016) Clinician-Scientist in Critical Care, University Hospital Munster, Germany

  • Marc Missmahl, M.D. (2014-2015) Anesthesiology resident in Argentina

  • Jessica Posada, M.D. (2013-2015) Postdoctoral fellow, Rockefeller University

  • Kristina Navrazhina (2012-2014) Dermatology resident and physician scientist, Mount Sinai, NY

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