Xavier
Lab People
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Yair Benita Research Fellow
Education Ph.D., Utrecht University
Interests
My undergraduate training was in pharmacy and during my studies I became interested in bioinformatics. My interests lie in the computational characterization of DNA and protein sequences, gene finding and pathway building. Until now I focused mostly on general techniques that can be applied to any gene/protein and am interested in focusing on specific genes/proteins/pathways to understand disease progression. |
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Zhifang
Cao Research Fellow
Education M. Sc., Wuhan Inst. of
Virology; D. Sc., Tsinghua University, China
Interests
Protein interaction networks in lymphocyte and cancer cell signaling
My research interests focus on proteomics, gain of function genomic
screens and gene expression analysis.
My main research interest is identification of novel binding partners
of the MAGUK family of proteins using a mammalian tandem affinity
purification (TAP) approach. I am also following up on novel genes
identified in genomic and bioinformatics screens in cancer cell signaling
and NF-kB activation. I am always available for a game of badminton. |
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Jason Eisenberg Research Associate
Education B.S. and M.Eng., Cornell University
Interests Systems Biology
My research focuses on the development of algorithms to reconstruct regulatory
networks and predict the function of poorly annotated genes. I am also interested
in the application of these methods to further the understanding of the
pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. |
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Robert Heath Research Fellow
Education Ph.D., University of Birmingham, UK
Interests
I started out studying cell motility and the actin cytoskeleton, wandered in membrane organization and vesicle trafficking, and hope to keep studying some aspects of each of these in the future. |
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Alan Huett
Research Fellow
Education B.Sc., University of Warwick;
MRes and PhD, Imperial College London
Interests Innate immunity, bacterial
pathogenesis, host-pathogen interactions
My undergraduate training was in microbiology, but during my PhD program
I became interested in the complex interplay between pathogens and
their hosts. My interests include innate immune activation and control,
particularly in the context of the gut, where pathogens appear to
induce rapid immune activation while the normal microflora do not.
I am developing model in-vitro systems to study immune-epithelial
interactions, and attempting to identify proteins involved in novel
aspects of bacteria-host dynamics. |
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Petric Kuballa Research Fellow
Education Ph.D., University of Köln
Interests Epithelial cancers, serum response element, PDZ proteins and ligands
I'm primarily interested inPDZ networks and the serum response element. Most of my work is in basic research, with long-term implications for the treatment of diseases. I'm enjoying life in Boston and playing soccer with the CCIB Football Club.
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Aimee Landry
Research Technologist
Education B.Sc., St. Lawrence
University
Interests
I’m currently working on several projects; the first utilizes
high-throughput automation technology in order to screen cDNA libraries
for novel proteins which interact with the serum response element
(SRE). Other projects involve several PDZ-domain containing proteins,
specifically their biochemical and physiological roles in various
signaling pathways that lead up to an immune response. |
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Aylwin Ng Research Fellow
Education Ph.D., Oxford University
Interests Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, Networks and Immunity
I am interested in combining computational methods and experimental approaches toward understanding host-pathogen interactions, immunity and inflammation.
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