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Alumni - Current Positions
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(updated 03/23/2020)
| Name | Year of Graduation | Advisor's Name | Thesis Project | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Drakes | 2020 | Renier Brentjens |
Optimization of T Cell Receptor Modified T Cells for Cancer Therapy. |
TBA |
| Ming Jiang | 2020 | Minkui Luo |
Profiling Protein Methylation Events and Characterizing Their Roles in Hematopoiesis and Cancer. |
TBA, China |
| Edwin Pratt | 2020 | Jan Grimm |
Multiplexed Imaging Using Nanoparticles and Rational Isotope Pairs. |
Postdoctoral Fellow - MSKCC |
| Beiyu Tang | 2020 | Carl Blobel |
Structure-Functional Analysis and Identification of Inhibitors of ADAM17/iRhom2-dependent Proteolysis. |
TBA |
| Darya Akimova | 2019 | Gross, Steven | Metabolomics Analysis of Valproate-Induced Neural Tube Birth Defects. | Postdoctoral Scholar, Oregon State University |
| Charles Ferranti | 2019 | Kolesnick, Richard | Radiation-Induced "Nanopores" Facilitate Calcium-Mediated Apoptosis via ASMase Activity. | |
| Christopher Horoszko | 2019 | Daniel Heller |
Under Stress From Oncogenic Ras: Secretory Phospholipase A2 Activity and Lipid Dysregulation. |
TBA |
| Claire Yan-Cheer Oh | 2019 | Scheinberg, David |
Regulating Antigen Presentation And Unmasking New Cancer Antigens Through ALK, RET, And MEK Inhibitors. |
Medical Writer at precisioneffect - Costa Mesa, California |
| David Schachter | 2019 | Li, Yueming |
Characterizing Notch1 Signaling and Amyloid Beta Cleavage. |
Scientific Advisor at Pearl Cohen |
| Benjamin I. Schwartz | 2019 | Gross, Steven | Applications of Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics to Address Biomedical Problems. | Consultant and Clearview Partners - Newton, MA |
| Ryan Serio | 2019 | Lorraine Gudas |
Ethanol-Mediated Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells via Retinoic Acid-Retinoic Acid Receptor-Gamma Signaling. |
Postdoctoral Fellow - Dr. Dawid Nowak's Lab, NYC |
| Joshua Zuk | 2019 | Gross, Steven | The Mitochondrial Folate Transporter: Role in Breast Cancer Cell Metabolism and Consequences of Loss. | Postdoc, Weill Cornell Medicine |
| Elanie A. Ballinger | 2018 | Nathan, Carl | Identification of a Phosphopantetheinyl Transferase Inhibitor that Kills Mycobacterium tuberculosis and a Novel Mechanism of Resistance. | Postdoctoral Scholar, Oregon State University |
| Sara Elizabeth Dinapoli | 2018 | Houvras, Yariv | Aberrant Polycomb Activity in Melanocyte Development and Disease. | Editor/Grant Writer, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
| Ron Shlomo Gejman | 2018 | Scheinberg, David |
The Fault is in Our TCRs: Searching for On and Off-Targets in T Cell Receptor Based Therapies |
MD/PhD Student, New York Presbyterian |