identifying and targeting unique molecular dependencies
in myeloid blood cancers
Meet the Elves!
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Shannon Elf, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
A.B., Bowdoin College
Biology & Music,
English minor
Ph.D., Emory University
Molecular & Systems Pharmacology
Postdoc - Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Hematology
Hunter Blaylock
Research Technician
B.S. University of Oregon
Human Physiology
Chris Henning
Lab Manager
B.S. Valparaiso University
Biology
Michele Ciboddo, M.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
M.D., Università degli Studi di Milano
Medicine and Surgery
Residency - University of Pavia
Hematology
Mirielle Nauman, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
B.S. Gordon College
Chemistry
Ph.D. University of Illinois Chicago
Pharmacognosy
Jonathan Dowgielewicz
Ph.D. candidate (CMMN)
B.S. University of Texas at Arlington
Biology
Pet Elves

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Vava

Nala
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Rudy

Freddie

Leo

Koda

Lupin

Ollie

Ash

Franklin

Cashew

Mana

Koa
Yassmin Elbanna
Undergraduate student
2019-2021
Ph.D. student at
Gerstner Sloan Kettering
Gabriela Sterkowicz
Undergraduate student
2019-2021
Clinical research coordinator Northwestern Medicine
Chenyu (Cherrie) Liu
Research Technician
2019-2022
Medical student
George Washington University School of Medicine
Katarzyna Kurylowicz
Research Technician
2020-2021
Ph.D. student
Committee on Cancer Biology
The University of Chicago
Maria Evers
Graduate student (CCB)
2021-2022
Luke Maxwell
Undergraduate student
2019-2021
Deborah Rodriguez
PREP Scholar
2021-2022
Ph.D. student
Committee on Cancer Biology
The University of Chicago
Harrison Greenbaum
Undergraduate student
2019-2021
Research Technician
2021-2022
MSTP student
University of Michigan
Medical School
Alex Rosencrance
Undergraduate student
2021-2022
Research Technician
2022
Medical student
The University of Chicago
Pritzker School of Medicine
Lulu Allie
ResearcHStart trainee
2022
High school student
Naperville North High School
Juan Ibarra
Ph.D. student (CCB)
2019-2023