Watowich Lab Members
Stephanie S. Watowich, Ph.D.
Professor and Deputy Chair, Department of Immunology
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Bhakti Patel, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
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My research interests lie in understanding the anti-inflammatory role of STAT3 in bone marrow derived macrophages (BMDM) and hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) function. I am further interested in determining transcriptional targets of STAT3 in HSCs and myeloid cells, to elucidate the mechanism by which STAT3 protects HSCs and BMDMs from inflammation-induced DNA damage.
Yifan Zhou, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
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- To study the role of DC-intrinsic STAT signaling in inflammation and tumor development.
- To access the therapeutic role of DC-based vaccination in cancer.
- To determine the role of DC in immune-related adverse events of cancer immunotherapies.
Elizabeth Park, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
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My research interests are in understanding the interplay between the innate immune system, gut microbiome, and response to checkpoint blockade therapy. Currently, I am working to understand why certain patients respond to checkpoint blockade and the underlying link between the microbiome, therapeutic response, and immune-related adverse events (irAEs). The overarching goal of my research is to identify how the microbiome stimulates immune responses during immunotherapy treatment.
Rachel Babcock
Ph.D. Student
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My research interests are in innate immunity, dendritic cell biology and molecular biology. With my project, I use both in vitro and in vivo models to study the role and regulation of lineage-specific transcription factors in DC immune function.
Laura Kahn Serrudo
Ph.D. student
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Colitis is a major immune related adverse event (irAE) that occurs upon checkpoint blockade immunotherapy. I am interested in elucidating the role of plasmacytoid dendritic cells and IL-6 family cytokines in checkpoint blockade-associated colitis.
Josué Pineda - email
Graduate Research Assistant
Watowich Lab Alumni
Prior Postdocs
David K. Wooten, Ph.D., 11/1998-3/2000
Current: Partner, Tumey LLP, Intellectual Property Law, Houston, TX
Eiji Esashi, Ph.D., 2/2005-1/2009 (co-supervision with Dr. Yong-Jun Liu)
Current: Director and Executive General Manager, SBI Biotech Co, Toyko
Huiyuan Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., 4/2007-8/2013
Current: Assistant Professor, The National Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Clinical Cancer Center, Sichuan University, China
Haiyan Li, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., 4/2008-8/2013
Current: Research Scientist, Pharmacyclics, Sunnyvale, CA
Xianxiu Wan, Ph.D. (2019-2020)
Allision Dyevoich
Current: Medical Science Liaison, Amgen
Yusra Medik
Current: Medical Resident, Rutgers - RW Johnson Medical School
Prior Clinical Fellows
Natalie Slone, DO, 9/2016-6/2018
Current: Hospitalist, Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplant Department, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
Prior Students
Donghoon Yoon, Ph.D., 4/1999-6/2004
Current: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas
Donna Badgwell, Ph.D., 4/1999-8/2004
Location unknown
Athanasia Panopoulos, M.S., Ph.D., 6/1999-8/2007
Current: Gallagher Family Assistant Professor of Stem Cell Biology, University of Notre Dame
Jack Bevers III, M.S., 6/2002-7/2004
Current: Senior Scientific Researcher at Genentech, South San Francisco, CA
Hoainim Nyugen-Jackson, Ph.D., 11/2004-7/2011
Current: Teacher, Seven Lakes High School, Katy, TX
Nathanial Greeley, M.S., 5/2011-8/2012
Current: Researcher, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | CHOP · Department of Neurology
Taylor Chrisikos
Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Prior Undergraduates
Keysha Lopez Vega
University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
U54 UPR Undergraduate Student, 6/2010-7/2010
Allison Matthews
Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
CPRIT-CURE Undergraduate Student, 6/2011-8/2011
YeJi Jun
Carleton College, Northfield, MN
CPRIT-CURE Undergraduate Student, 6/2011-8/2011
Allison Bloom
Brown University
CPRIT-CURE Undergraduate Student, 6/2012-8/2012
Marisa Luck
Carleton College, Northfield, MN
CPRIT-CURE Undergraduate Student, 6/2012-8/2012
Elisabeth Massey
Carleton College, Northfield, MN
CPRIT-CURE Undergraduate Student, 6/2013-8/2013
Emily Hillmer
Carleton College, Northfield, MN
CPRIT-CURE Summer Undergraduate Student, 6/2014-8/2014
Jessica Wilder
Rice University, Houston, TX
CPRIT-CURE Summer Undergraduate Student, 6/2014-8/2014
Malavika Suresh
Carleton College, Northfield, MN
CPRIT-CURE Undergraduate Student, 6/2016-8/2016
Katherine Ortell
Carleton College, Northfield, MN
CPRIT-CURE Undergraduate Student, 6/2017-8/2017
Oleksandr Kyrysyuk
Carleton College, Northfield, MN
CPRIT-CURE Undergraduate Student, 6/2018-8/2018
Emma Lederer
Carleton College, Northfield, MN
CPRIT-CURE Undergraduate Student, 6/2019-8/2019
Katherine Nowak
Carleton College
CPRIT-CURE Summer Undergraduate Student 6/2021 – 8/2021
Bailey Harmon
Carleton College
CPRIT-CURE Summer Undergraduate Student 6/2021 – 8/2021