
TEAM
TEAM
team
TEAM
"He isn't a real boss until he has trained subordinates to shoulder most of his responsibilities." - William Feather
J. KEITH JOUNG, MD, pHD
Robert B. Colvin, M.D., Endowed Chair in Pathology
Desmond and Ann Heathwood MGH Research Scholar
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Molecular Pathology Unit
Center for Computational and Integrative Biology
Center for Cancer Research
149 13th Street, 6th floor
Charlestown, MA 02129
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Staff
"teamwork makes the team work!"

Stacy Francis
Role: Lab Manager
favorite hobby:
troubleshooting i.t. problems

ligi paul, phd
Role: Staff scientist
graduate institution:
the ohio state university
currently reading:
"inside the mind of reviewer #3"
post-docs
"No, you have to take that off. I can't be quoted as saying that."
- Keith Joung
Kendell Clement, Phd
Graduate Institution:
Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology
Research Interest:
CRISPR computational analysis
Favorite emoji: □
julian grunewald, md
Medical School:
University of Freiburg
Research Interest:
the non-cutting edge of CRISPR
Favorite Book:
50 shades of GFP
Nafiz Hamid, phd
Graduate Institution:
Iowa State University
Research Interest:
Stirring CRISPR with linear algebra
Mr. Miyagi says:
karate do, yes, or karate do, no.

KEN LAM, PHD
graduate institution:
Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics
Research Interest:
high throughput PCR (Pipette, Cry, Repeat)
Favorite Activity:
Almost 3 chin-ups
KARL PETRI, MD
medical school:
University of Heidelberg
Research Interest:
Depends on the day
Chess opening:
Scholar’s mate
esther tak, phd
graduate institution:
University of Southern California
Research Interest:
Epigenome Editing
dead-lift grip:
mixed

Tasos Gogakos, MD, phd
graduate institution/medical school: Weil cornell medicine, rockefller university, memorail sloan kettering cancer center
favorite quote: i used to do (science). i still do, but i used to, too
PhD STUDENTS
"We might not be the best people, but we're not the worst. Graduate students are the worst." - Jack Donaghy/Liz Lemon
PETER CABECEIRAS
Graduate Program:
Harvard BBS
Research Interest:
Precise Genome Editing
Publications:
5-star cooking on a grad school budget
jonathan hsu
Graduate Program:
MIT Biological Engineering
Research Interest:
Web Development
Proficient in:
squarespace
ibrahim cagri kurt
Graduate Program:
Harvard School of Public Health
Research Interest:
Genome Editing and off-targets
technicians
"whistle while you work"
pat exconde
alma mater:
college of the holy cross
Research Interest:
Protein Engineering and design
Alter ego:
Patkook
daniel kim
alma mater:
cornell university
Research Interest:
off-targets
coming soon:
...
hyunho lee
alma mater:
cornell university
Research Interest:
gene editing
favorite donut:
krispr kreme
bret miller
Alma mater:
university of florida
research interest:
retirement
my Glory days:
when I was a triplet and a child model
hayley schultz
alma mater:
vassar college
Research Interest:
Epigenome Editing
Natural State:
Woke and energized
hina shah
alma mater:
cornell university
Research interest:
I want to be the very best,
Like no one ever was.
To catch them is my real test,
To train them is my cause.
Off targets! Gotta catch ‘em all!
Favorite movie character:
Bond. Hydrogen Bond.
justine shih
alma mater:
cornell university
Research Interest:
is mood-dependent
prefers:
my lab bench in the kitchen
regan szalay
alma mater:
College of Wooster
Research Interest:
crispr
conversation starter:
Did you know the Warriors blew a 3-1 lead in the 2016 NBA finals?
chris woodilla
alma mater:
College of the Holy Cross
Research Interest:
interesting research
coming to terms with:
The inevitable heat death of the universe
undergraduates
"You know I went to school in Boston. Well, not in Boston, but nearby." - Toofer Spurlock
hana kiros
undergraduate:
Harvard college
Research Interest:
Off-targets, Gene Drives, & The Human Condition
Hotel?:
Trivago
david ma
undergraduate:
harvard college
Research Interest:
off-targets & the deep deep ocean
Pet Peeve:
when the main sleuth solves everything with no effort or reasonable explanation of how they reached their conclusion aside from "their intuition"
joung lab alumni
"You don't get old, you just become a classic."
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Ronghao Zhou, Tech
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Nick Perry, Tech
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Rebecca Cottman, Graduate Student
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James Angstman, Graduate Student
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Jay Jun, Tech
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Joy Horng, Tech
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Sara Garcia, Bioinformatician
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Maggie Bobbin, PostDoc
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Russell Walton, Tech
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Alex Sousa, Tech
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Kanae Sasaki, Tech
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Jimmy Guo, Tech
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Oliver Cervantes, Tech
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Benjamin Kleinstiver, Instructor
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Stephanie Yeh, Undergraduate Student
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Jackson Allen, Undergraduate Student
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Jason Gehrke, Graduate Student
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Jose Malagon Lopez, Postdoc
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Shengdar Q. Tsai, Instructor
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Ved Topkar, Undergraduate
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Michelle Prew, Tech
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Moira Welch, Tech
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Nhu Nguyen, Tech
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Samantha J Linder, Tech
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Cyd Khayter, Tech
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Nicolas Wyvekens, Visiting Medical Student
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Vincent Martin Cascio, Tech
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Jennifer Foden, Tech
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Mathew Goodwin, Lab Manager
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Morgan Maeder, Graduate Student
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Jeffry Sander, Postdoc
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Deepak Reyon, Postdoc
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Cherie Ramirez, Graduate Student
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Joshua Davis, Undergraduate Summer Student
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Maureen Regan, Tech
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Elizabeth Dahlborg, Tech
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Stacey Thibodeau Beganny, Laboratory Manager and Senior Research Technologist
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Sandra Fay-Richard, Lab Manager
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Jessica Hurt, Tech
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Andrew Hirsh, Postdoc
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Rui Fang, Postdoc
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Astrid Giesecke, Graduate Student
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Edouard Kengni, Volunteer Scientist
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Carl Göbel, Undergraduate Summer Student
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Nicholas Bonnaig, Undergraduate Summer Student
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Sandra Ahn, Undergraduate Summer Student
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Tao Jiang, Postdoc
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Magdalena Eichtinger, Postdoc
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Megan McSweeney, Tech
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Jonathan Foley, Tech
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Long Le, MGH Clinical Pathology Resident
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