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Katy Alden
Katy Alden, B.S.

Research Interest:

Pain Signaling Pathways in Endometriosis Using Patient Tissue Samples

Trae Carroll
Trae Carroll

Research Interest:

Tau Post-Translational Modifications mediate cellular dysfunctions in Alzheimer’s Disease

Hayley Chang
Hayley Chang, B.S.

Research Interest:

Exploring the neurophysiologic and neuropathologic basis of photophobia in a rare lysosomal storage disorder. 

Ye Ding
Ye Ding

Research Interest:

Neuro-skeletal biology and tissue regeneration

Renae Duncan
Renae Duncan

Research Interest:

Mitochondrial genetics and function as determinants of mesenchymal stem cell fate

Sophia Eliseeva
Sophia Eliseeva

Research Interest:

T. gondii-induced peripheral tissue reprogramming

Katherine Escalera-Rivera
Katherine Escalera-Rivera

Research Interest:

Inflammatory processes involved in the onset and development of Osteoarthritis

Peter Girardi
Peter Girardi

Research Interest:

The effect of mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress on tau pathology.

Daniel Han
Daniel Han, B.A.

Research Interest:

The role of desmosomal protein PKP2 on the alteration of nuclear envelope integrity and genomic organization in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy

Amal Khan
Amal Khan
Herman Li
Herman Li, B.S.

Research Interest:

The Microglial Response to Inhibition of Colony-Stimulating-Factor-1 Receptor Differs by Sex in Adult Mice

Qianqian Li
Qianqian Li
Third Year

Research Interest:

Mechanism in Dental Implant Failure and Biomedical Tissue Engineering Treatment in Peri-implantitis.

Jordan McMurry
Jordan McMurry, B.S.

Research Interest:

MAdCAM-1 costimulation in the presence of retinoic acid and TGF-β promotes HIV infection and differentiation of CD4+ T cells into CCR5+ TRM-like cells

Samantha Muscat
Samantha Muscat

Research Interest:

Tendon adaptation, aging, and mechanobiology

Duy Nguyen
Duy Nguyen, B.S.

Research Interest:

The role of repetitive elements in zygotic genome activation.

Yue Peng
Yue Peng

Research Interest:

Investigating Lymphatics in Inflammatory-Erosive Arthritis

Liam Peterson
Liam Peterson

Research Interest:

Identifying the contributions of the mycobiome to skin in health and disease.

Gavin Piester
Gavin Piester, Ph.D.

Bio:

https://quintanalab.bwh.harvard.edu/research/


Research Interest:

Astrocyte Sigma-1 Receptor signaling induces XBP1 pro-inflammatory functions in Movement Disorders

Rachel Piselli
Rachel Piselli

Research Interest:

Transcription factor regulation of progenitor cells during development

Nabil Rahman
Nabil Rahman

Research Interest:

Elucidating the Epigenetic Mechanisms that Regulate stress and steady-state Erythropoiesis, with the overarching goal of ameliorating symptoms in hemoglobinopathies.

Sarah Sandkuhler
Sarah Sandkuhler, B.S.

Research Interest:

Mechanisms underlying TANGO2 Deficiency Disorder in a C. elegans model.

Zachary Sechrist
Zachary Sechrist

Research Interest:

Investigating the underlying mechanisms associated with Pancreatic cancer-induced skeletal muscle wasting.

Levy Sominsky
Levy Sominsky, B.A.

Research Interest:

Optimization of an in vitro model of Staphylococcal abscess communities to study bactericidal mechanisms

Mohammed "Usman" Syed
Mohammed "Usman" Syed, B.S.

Research Interest:

Role of the cGAS-STING Pathway in Cytoplasmic Trafficking of Plasmids”

Phillip Truong
Phillip Truong

Research Interest:

Investigating the role of retinoic acid (RA) signaling in Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) and TED pathophysiology. 

Emma Ushchak
Emma Ushchak
Second Year
Lan Wang
Lan Wang

Research Interest:

Investigating the mechanisms of pancreatic cancer dormancy

Emily Whitt
Emily Whitt

Research Interest:

Epigenetic regulation of breast cancer invasion

Chen Yu
Chen Yu

Research Interest:

Role of energy metabolism in regulating mesenchymal stem cell fate. Mitochondrial function in adipogenic versus osteogenic lineages.

Yuxi Zhu
Yuxi Zhu
Second Year