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Meet the Elves!

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(click the picture to learn more)

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Shannon Elf, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

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A.B., Bowdoin College

Biology & Music,

English minor

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Ph.D., Emory University

Molecular & Systems Pharmacology

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Postdoc - Harvard Medical School

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Hematology

Michele Ciboddo, M.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

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M.D., Università degli Studi di Milano

Medicine and Surgery

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Residency - University of Pavia

Hematology

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Juan Ibarra

Graduate student (CCB)

Co-mentor: Scott Oakes, M.D.

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B.S., Aurora University

Health Science (Pre-medicine)

Chemistry, Physiology and Biotechnology minors

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M.S., University of Michigan

Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

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Nicole Arellano

Undergraduate student

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Major: Creative writing

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Jonathan Dowgielewicz 

Graduate student (CMMN)​

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B.S. University of Texas at Arlington

Biology​

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Deborah Rodriguez

PREP Scholar

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B.A., Northwestern University

Biochemistry/Biophysics

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Harrison Greenbaum

Research Technician​

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B.S. The University of Chicago

Biological sciences​,

Music theory & composition

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Alex Rosencrance

Research Technician​

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B.S. The University of Chicago

Biological sciences​

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Pet Elves

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Clara

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Vava

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Nala

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Rudy

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Freddie

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Leo

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Chanel

Kiwi

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Koda

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Lupin

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Ollie

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Franklin

Lab Alumni

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Lizi Zhang

High school student

2019

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Undergraduate student at

Brown University

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Gabriela Sterkowicz

Undergraduate student

2019-2021

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Clinical research coordinator at Northwestern Medicine

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Quinn Smith

Research Technician

2019-2020

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Medical student at

Kansas City University

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Yassmin Elbanna

Undergraduate student

2019-2021

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Ph.D. student at

Gerstner Sloan Kettering

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Katarzyna Kurylowicz

Research Technician

2020-2021

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Ph.D. student at

The University of Chicago

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Luke Maxwell
Undergraduate student
2019-2021

 
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Chenyu (Cherrie) Liu

Research Technician

2019-2022

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Medical student at

George Washington University School of Medicine

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Maria Evers 

Graduate student (CCB)​

2021-2022

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