Postdoctoral Fellows
Helmsley Postdoctoral Fellows — Current
Viet Loan Dao Thi, PhD (2017 – 2018)
Rice Laboratory
Viral replicons and stem cell-derived hepatocellular systems: A molecular toolbox to advance studies of hepatitis E virus replication
Christina Graves, PhD (2016 – 2018)
Mucida Laboratory
Protective role of muscularis macrophages in neuronal damage during enteric infection
Zhen Fang Huang Cao, PhD (2016 – 2018)
Cohen Laboratory
The role of adipose tissue phenotype in the development of obesity-induced hypertension
Aarthi Maganti-Vijaykumar, PhD (2016 – 2017)
Cohen Laboratory
Transcriptional control of visceral fat phenotype
Francois Marchildon, PhD (2017 – 2018)
Cohen Laboratory
Investigating the basic mechanisms underlying the oncologic benefits of exercise in breast cancer
Luka Mesin, PhD (2017 – 2018)
Victora Laboratory
Germinal center clonal dynamics of memory B cell responses
James Peek, PhD (2016 – 2017)
Brady Laboratory
Characterizing host–microbiota interactions using functional metagenomics
Former Helmsley Postdoctoral Fellows
Lynn Biderman, PhD (2014 – 2015)
Kapoor Laboratory
Identifying the direct target of the anti-cancer drug tasisulam using the transcriptome-based method DrugTargetSeqR
Daria Esterhazy, PhD (2013 – 2014)
Mucida Laboratory
The role of the enteric nervous system in regulating intestinal macrophages via CX3CL1-CX3CR1 signaling
Dewi Harjanto, PhD (2013 – 2014)
Papavasiliou Laboratory
Does the RNA editor Apobec-1 shift miRNA targeting to a tumorigenic effect?
Bernardo Reis, PhD (2013 – 2015)
Mucida Laboratory
Reactivation of cytotoxic T-cell development transcription factors in intestinal DC4 T cells: Implications for CD4 helper function in inflammatory bowel disease
Mohsan Saeed, PhD (2013 – 2015)
Rice Laboratory
Generating an efficient pan-genotype cell culture infectious system for hepatitis C virus
Poulami Sami, PhD (2013 – 2015)
Marrafini Laboratory
Creating a genetic memory of past infections: How CRISPR loci incorporate viral sequences
Jessica Schneider, PhD (2014 – 2015)
Brady Laboratory
Identification of antibacterial and anti-inflammatory small molecules from the human intestinal microbiota
Chao Shi, PhD (2012 – 2013)
Rice Laboratory
Study of viral pathogenesis in the liver using the simianized hepatitis C virus
Tomohisa Sujino, MD, PhD (2015 – 2016)
Mucida Laboratory
Reciprocal development of intestinal regulatory and intraepithelial CD4 T cells: consequences for inflammation
Xiaonan Zhao, PhD (2014 – 2015)
Hang Laboratory
Mechanistic analysis of bacterial virulence inhibitors
