Lab Team / Lab Life

Lab Team

Principal Investigator

Dr. David Lyden
David C. Lyden , MD / PhD
  • Principal Investigator
  • MD, Brown University
  • PhD, University of Vermont

Lab Leadership

Irina Matei
Irina Matei , PhD
  • Assistant Professor of Immunology Research
  • Bucharest, Romania
Research Focus:

EVP-mediated systemic crosstalk between the immune system and other organ systems in cancer, autoimmunity and inflammation.

Haiying Zhang
Haiying Zhang , PhD
  • Assistant Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology
  • Beijing, China
Research Focus:

Dissecting EVP heterogeneity, the functions and translational potential of various EVP subpopulations in cancer and diabetes.

Lab Members

Tetsuhiko Asao
Tetsuhiko Asao , MD / PhD
  • Visiting Fellow
  • Tokyo, Japan
Research Focus:

Role of EVPs in lung cancer metastasis and identification of biomarkers for early lung cancer detection and response to therapies.

Nancy Boudreau
Nancy Boudreau , PhD
  • Research Associate
  • Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada
shani dror
Shani Dror , PhD
  • Research Associate
  • Oranit, Israel
Research Focus:

Mechanisms of EVP-mediated vascular permeability and metastasis

jane howard
Jane Howard , PhD
  • Postdoctoral Associate
  • Dublin, Ireland
Research Focus:

Detemining the role of EVs in bone metastasis

Candia Kenific
Candia Kenific , PhD
  • Research Associate
  • Byram, New Jersey
Research Focus:

Defining EVP biogenesis pathways and stablishing novel therapeutic targets for breast cancer metastasis

Han Sang Kim
Han Sang Kim , MD, PhD
  • Visiting Associate Professor of Molecular Biology Research in Pediatrics
  • Seoul, Republic of Korea
Diao liu
Di'ao Liu , PhD
  • Postdoctoral Associate
  • Hunan, China
Research Focus:

Functional effects of EV-DNA in cancer and genetic diseases and exomere biogenesis.

Serena Lucotti
Serena Lucotti , PhD
  • Instructor of Cell Biology in Pediatrics
  • Verona, Italy
Research Focus:

The EVP-mediated interplay between cancer and coagulation with the aim of identifying new biomarkers and therapies for metastatic disease and associated co-morbidities.

Katia Manova
Katia Manova-Todorova , PhD
  • Collaborator
  • Sofia, Bulgaria
Research Focus:

Exploring new technologies for understanding spatial organization of molecular components of EVPs

felippe neto
Felippe Mousovich Neto
  • Postdoctoral Associate
  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Research Focus:

Developing novel approaches to assess: EVP-mediated systemic pathogenesis in cancer and the regulation of EVPs biogenesis and cargo by cellular bioenergetics.

richard piszczatowski
Richard Piszczatowski , MD / PhD
  • Pediatrics Resident - PSTP
  • New York, New York
Research Focus:

EVP-mediated pathogenesis, systemic effects, and immune response in pediatric cancers

Anna Romare Fahlgren
Anna Romare Fahlgren , PhD
  • Visiting Professor of Molecular Biology Research in Pediatrics
  • Linköping, Sweden
Research Focus:

The role of mechanical shear stress in EVP-mediated osteosarcoma progression

Lee Shaashua Berger
Lee Shaashua Berger , PhD
  • Postdoctoral Associate
  • Israel
Research Focus:

Role of cancer-associated fibroblast and cancer cell EVPs in pancreatic cancer

Gabriel Tobias
Gabriel Tobias , PhD
  • Postdoctoral Associate
  • São Paulo, Brazil
Research Focus:

Exploring the role of organ-derived EVPs in homeostasis, exercise and aging

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Huajuan Wang
  • Senior Research Specialist
  • Toronto, Canada
Sihan Xiong
Sihan Xiong , PhD
  • Postdoctoral Associate
  • Changsha, China
Research Focus:

Exploring the function of EVs in immune regulation at maternal-fetal interface

Lab Alumni

Hector Peinado, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow/Instructor/Assistant Professor

Current: Associate Professor, CNB-CSIC, Madrid, Spain

Ayuko Hoshino, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow/Instructor

Current: Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan

Rosandra Kaplan, MD

Postdoctoral Fellow/ Assistant Professor

Current: Senior Investigator, and Head, Tumor Microenvironment Section, NIH

Inbal Wortzel, PhD
Research Associate
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel

Mengying Hu, PhD

Postdoctoral Associate
Current position: Assistant Professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

Gang Wang, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate / Instructor
Current position: Assistant Professor, Peking University, Beijing, China

Fanny Vatter, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate / Research Associate
Current position: Associate Principal Scientist, Lonza, Visp, Switzerland

Linda Bojmar, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Current position: Assistant Professor, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Laura Patras, PhD
Visiting Fellow
Current position: Assistant Professor at Babes Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania

Samer Hanna, PhD
Visiting Fellow
Current position: Senior Scientist, Boehringer Ingelheim

Jianlong Li, MD
Visiting Fellow
Current position: Physician

Mohamad Hamieh, PhD
MSKCC Senior Research Scientist
Current position: Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA

Michele Cioffi, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Current position: Medical Science Liaison Oncology

Kofi Johnson, BSc
WCM Graduate Student (PhD), Computational Biology
Current position: Strategy & Analytics Lead, Waters Corporation

Sam Hanz, BSc
Medical Student
Current position: Resident Doctor, Jefferson Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Miles Schaeffer, BSc
Medical Student
Current position: Resident Physician in Anesthesiology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

Joshua Weiss, BSc
WCM Graduate Student (MD/PhD Program)
Current position: Resident Physician, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA

Anna Podolanczuk, BSc
WCM Medical Student
Current position: Assistant Professor of Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY USA

April Chan, PhD
WCM Graduate Student
Current position: Research Project Manager, Centre for Oncology and Immunology, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR

Selena Granitto, PhD
WCM Graduate Student
Current position: Group Scientific Director, WPP, New York, NY, USA

Jared Weis, PhD
WCM Graduate Student
Current position: Group Director, Scientific Strategy, W2O Group

Han Sang Kim, MD / PhD
Visiting Graduate Student (PhD)
Current position: Associate Professor, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

Daniela Freitas, MSc, PhD
Visiting Graduate Student
Current position: Project Leader & Team Manager, Instituto de Investigacao e Inovacao em Saude, Porto, Portugal

Goncalo Rodrigues, MSc, PhD
Visiting Graduate Student
Current position: Grants/Project Manager at PCCB at the SJD Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

Kayleen Bailey, MD
Pediatric Fellow
Current position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

Tammy Hennika, MD
Pediatric Neuro-oncology Fellow, Instructor, Clinical Assistant Professor
Current position: Lead Medical Director, Roche

Joshua Jolissaint, MD
Research Fellow, WCM CTSC MSc Candidate
Current position: Surgical Oncology Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

Joshua D. Stewart, MD
Reproductive Biology Fellow
Current position: Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA

Yanshen Liu, MD
Visiting Fellow
Current position: Physician

Constantinos Zambirinis, MD, MSc
Research Fellow
Current position: Attending Surgeon at Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Pasquale Sansone, PhD
Instructor
Current position: Senior Biotech Analyst, Candriam, London, England, UK

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