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Meet the Elves!

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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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Hunter Blaylock

Research Technician​

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B.S. University of Oregon

Human Physiology

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Juan Ibarra

Ph.D. 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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Jonathan Dowgielewicz 

Ph.D. student (CMMN)​

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B.S. University of Texas at Arlington

Biology

 

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Nicole Arellano

Ph.D. student (CCB)​

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B.A. The University of Chicago

Creative Writing

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Chad Coen

Undergraduate student​

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Major: Biological Chemistry & Economics

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Jacky Gomez

Undergraduate student​

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Major: Biology

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Lulu Allie

ResearcHStart trainee​

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Naperville North High School

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Amy Chen

High School student

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University of Chicago

Laboratory Schools​

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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Koda

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Lupin

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Ollie

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Ash

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Franklin

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Cashew

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Mana

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Koa

Lab Alumni

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Lizi Zhang

High school student

2019

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Undergraduate student

Brown University

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Quinn Smith

Research Technician

2019-2020

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Medical student

Kansas City University

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Yassmin Elbanna

Undergraduate student

2019-2021

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Ph.D. student

Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of

Biomedical Sciences

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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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Gabriela Sterkowicz

Undergraduate student

2019-2021

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Clinical research coordinator Northwestern Medicine

Katarzyna Kurylowicz

Research Technician

2020-2021

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Ph.D. student

Committee on Cancer Biology

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

George Washington University School of Medicine

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Maria Evers 

Graduate student (CCB)​

2021-2022

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Deborah Rodriguez

PREP Scholar

2021-2022

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Ph.D. student

Committee on Cancer Biology

The University of Chicago

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Harrison Greenbaum

Undergraduate student

2019-2021

Research Technician​

2021-2022

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MSTP student

University of Michigan

Medical School

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Alex Rosencrance

Undergraduate student

2021-2022

Research Technician​

2022

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Medical student

The University of Chicago

Pritzker School of Medicine​