Lab Members

Kevin McBride, Ph.D. - Link to Faculty Profile
Principal Investigator
kmcbride@mdanderson.org
B.S., Biotechnology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass.
Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Pathology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

Zaowen Chen
Laboratory Technician
zchen9@mdanderson.org
Sudan University, Shanghai, China, Department of Genetics
Sudan University, Shanghai, China, Department of Bioengineering

Allie Hebertson, B.S.
Research Assistant II
alhebertson@mdanderson.org
B.S., Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Research Interests: Genetics, genomics, development, pathology

Lisa Jatta, B.S.
Research Assistant I
ljatta@mdanderson.org
B.S., Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, Texas
Research Interests: Cell-based therapeutics and cancer immunotherapies

Xiaoling Liu, Ph.D.
Senior Research Assistant
xliu29@mdanderson.org
B.S., Chemistry, Beijing University, China
Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UT Health Science Center at Houston

Shalaka Lotlikar, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
srlotlikar1@mdanderson.org
B.S., Microbiology, Jai Hind College, University of Mumbai, India
Ph.D., Microbiology and Cell Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla.
Research Interests: Antigen design and immunoglobulin expression and activity

Yunxiang Mu, Ph.D.
Instructor
ymu@mdanderson.org
M.B., Clinical Medicine, Tianjin Medical University, China
M.S., Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Tianjin Medical University, China
Ph.D., Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Southern California
Research Interests: Regulation of activation induced deaminase and cell signaling pathways in the immune diversification process, mutagenesis, and DNA demethylation

Keshav Naick, B.S.A.
Research Assistant I
knaick@mdanderson.org
B.S.A. Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin
Research Interests: Plasmid artificial modification, molecular biology, automation

Somnath Paul, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
spaul2@mdanderson.org
B.Sc., (Hons), Physiology, Presidency Universtiy, Kolkata, India
M.Sc., Genetics, Universtiy of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
Ph.D. in Life Science and Biotech, Jadavpur University via CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata

Joshua Plummer, M.S.
Research Laboratory Manager
jbplumme@mdanderson.org
B.S., Molecular and Cellular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
M.S., Experimental Therapeutics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas
Research Interests: Protein engineering, flow cytometry, microscopy

 

Melissa Simper, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
msimper@mdanderson.org
B.S., Biology, St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas
Ph.D., Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas

Monika Zelazowska, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
mazelazowska@mdanderson.org
M.S., Biotechnology, International Faculty of Engineering, Technical University of Lodz, Poland
Ph.D., Molecular Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Research Interests: Rearrangement of immunoglobulin genes

Former Trainees and Lab Members

Amanda Guilmette
Research Assistant I - 2016-2017
Research Interests:  The process of B cell differentiation and maturation
Medical Scribe, Brown Urology/Landmark Medical Center

David Aghado
Research Assistant I - 2019-2020
Medical School Student, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

Ben Daniel
Research Assistant II - 2020-2022
Coordinator, Research Data, MD Anderson