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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

Katarzyna Kurylowicz

Research Technician

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B.S., Jagiellonian University

Biotechnology

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M.S., Jagiellonian University

Molecular Biotechnology

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Chenyu (Cherrie) Liu

Research Technician

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B.S., Emory University

Neuroscience &

Behavioral Biology

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M.S., Georgetown University

Physiology & Biophysics

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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

Nicole Arellano

Undergraduate student

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Major: Creative writing

Yassmin Elbanna

Undergraduate student

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Major: English​

Harrison Greenbaum

Undergraduate student

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Major: Biological sciences​,

Music theory & composition

Luke Maxwell

Undergraduate student

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Major: Anthropology

Gabriela Sterkowicz

Undergraduate student

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Major: Biological Sciences

Pet Elves

Clara

Vava

Nala

Freddie

Soup

Leo

Lab Alumni

Quinn Smith

Research Technician

2019-2020

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Medical student at

Kansas City University

Lizi Zhang

High school student

2019

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Undergraduate student at Brown University

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