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
Michele Ciboddo, M.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
M.D., Università degli Studi di Milano
Medicine and Surgery
Residency - University of Pavia
Hematology
Juan Ibarra
Graduate student (CCB)
Co-mentor: Scott Oakes, M.D.
B.S., Aurora University
Health Science (Pre-medicine)
Chemistry, Physiology and Biotechnology minors
M.S., University of Michigan
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Nicole Arellano
Undergraduate student
Major: Creative writing
Jonathan Dowgielewicz
Graduate student (CMMN)
B.S. University of Texas at Arlington
Biology
Deborah Rodriguez
PREP Scholar
B.A., Northwestern University
Biochemistry/Biophysics
Harrison Greenbaum
Research Technician
B.S. The University of Chicago
Biological sciences,
Music theory & composition
Alex Rosencrance
Research Technician
B.S. The University of Chicago
Biological sciences
Pet Elves

Clara
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Vava

Nala
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Rudy

Freddie

Leo
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Chanel
Kiwi

Koda

Lupin

Ollie

Franklin
Lab Alumni
Lizi Zhang
High school student
2019
Undergraduate student at
Brown University
Gabriela Sterkowicz
Undergraduate student
2019-2021
Clinical research coordinator at Northwestern Medicine
Quinn Smith
Research Technician
2019-2020
Medical student at
Kansas City University
Yassmin Elbanna
Undergraduate student
2019-2021
Ph.D. student at
Gerstner Sloan Kettering
Katarzyna Kurylowicz
Research Technician
2020-2021
Ph.D. student at
The University of Chicago
Luke Maxwell
Undergraduate student
2019-2021
Chenyu (Cherrie) Liu
Research Technician
2019-2022
Medical student at
George Washington University School of Medicine
Maria Evers
Graduate student (CCB)
2021-2022