Lab Alumni
Cheng-Zhong Zhang, PhD
Member 2011 - 2016 (Staff Scientist)
PhD, Caltech
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School
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Member 2011 - 2016 (Staff Scientist)
PhD, Caltech
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School
Phone|Email
Alice Berger, PhD
Member 2011 - 2016 (Postdoctoral Fellow)
PhD, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute, Seattle, WA
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Member 2011 - 2016 (Postdoctoral Fellow)
PhD, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute, Seattle, WA
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Nathan Kaplan, BS, MS
Member 2011 - 2016 (Lead Research Technician)
BS, MS, Brandeis University
Current Position: Senior Research Associate, Sanofi Genzyme
Phone|LinkedIn
Member 2011 - 2016 (Lead Research Technician)
BS, MS, Brandeis University
Current Position: Senior Research Associate, Sanofi Genzyme
Phone|LinkedIn
Fujiko Duke, BS
Member 2010 - 2016 (Senior Research Technician)
BS, Miami University, OH
Current Position: Manager GMP Lab, Gritstone Oncology
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Member 2010 - 2016 (Senior Research Technician)
BS, Miami University, OH
Current Position: Manager GMP Lab, Gritstone Oncology
Luc de Waal, PhD
Member 2011 - 2016 (Graduate Student)
PhD, Utrecht University (Advisor: Dr. Matthew Meyerson)
Current Position: Research Scientist II, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
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Member 2011 - 2016 (Graduate Student)
PhD, Utrecht University (Advisor: Dr. Matthew Meyerson)
Current Position: Research Scientist II, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Joshua Campbell, PhD
Member 2013 - 2016 (Postdoctoral Fellow)
PhD, Boston University
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Lab|Email|LinkedIn
Member 2013 - 2016 (Postdoctoral Fellow)
PhD, Boston University
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Lab|Email|LinkedIn
Joshua Francis, PhD
Member 2011 - 2016 (Research Scientist II)
PhD, University of Virginia
Current Position: Associate Director Mol. Bio. and Sequencing, Gritstone Oncology
Email|LinkedIn
Member 2011 - 2016 (Research Scientist II)
PhD, University of Virginia
Current Position: Associate Director Mol. Bio. and Sequencing, Gritstone Oncology
Email|LinkedIn
Chandra Sekhar Pedamallu, PhD
Member 2010 - 2016 (Senior Computational Biologist)
PhD, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Current Position: Lead, Next generation sequencing pipeline, Sanofi, Cambridge, MA
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Member 2010 - 2016 (Senior Computational Biologist)
PhD, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Current Position: Lead, Next generation sequencing pipeline, Sanofi, Cambridge, MA
Angela Brooks, PhD
Member 2011 - 2015 (Postdoctoral Fellow)
PhD, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz
Email|Lab
Member 2011 - 2015 (Postdoctoral Fellow)
PhD, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz
Email|Lab
Marcin Imielinski, MD, PhD
Member 2010 - 2015 (Clinical Fellow)
MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine & Core Member, New York Genome Center
Email|Lab|Phone
Member 2010 - 2015 (Clinical Fellow)
MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine & Core Member, New York Genome Center
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Akinyemi I. Ojesina, MD, PhD
Member 2008 - 2015 (Research Fellow)
MD, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
PhD, Harvard University
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Member 2008 - 2015 (Research Fellow)
MD, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
PhD, Harvard University
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Hideo Watanabe, MD, PhD
Member 2007 - 2015 (Postdoctoral Fellow)
MD, PhD, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
Current Position:
(1) Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Med.
(2) Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
mountsinai.org/profiles/hideo-watanabe|The Watanabe Laboratory|Email
Member 2007 - 2015 (Postdoctoral Fellow)
MD, PhD, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
Current Position:
(1) Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Med.
(2) Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
mountsinai.org/profiles/hideo-watanabe|The Watanabe Laboratory|Email
Ganesh Shankar, MD, PhD
Member 2013 - 2015 (Clinical Fellow)
MD, Harvard Medical School
PhD, Harvard Medical School
Current Position: Neurosurgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital
(617) 726-5143|Email
Member 2013 - 2015 (Clinical Fellow)
MD, Harvard Medical School
PhD, Harvard Medical School
Current Position: Neurosurgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital
(617) 726-5143|Email
Guangwu Guo, PhD
Member 2013-2015 (Postdoctoral Fellow)
PhD, Beijing Genomics Institute
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Lohr Laboratory, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/guangwu-guo/82/989/69|617-869-6727|Email
Member 2013-2015 (Postdoctoral Fellow)
PhD, Beijing Genomics Institute
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Lohr Laboratory, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/guangwu-guo/82/989/69|617-869-6727|Email
Wenchu Lin, PhD
Member 2011 - 2014 (Staff Scientist)
PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas
Current Position: Professor, High Magnetic Field Laboratory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Lin Laboratory|Email
Member 2011 - 2014 (Staff Scientist)
PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas
Current Position: Professor, High Magnetic Field Laboratory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Lin Laboratory|Email
Ami Bhatt, MD, PhD
Member 2011 - 2014 (Clinical Fellow)
MD, PhD, University of California San Francisco
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Medicine and Genetics, Divisions of Hematology and BMT, Stanford University
650-498-4438|The Bhatt Laboratory|Email
Member 2011 - 2014 (Clinical Fellow)
MD, PhD, University of California San Francisco
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Medicine and Genetics, Divisions of Hematology and BMT, Stanford University
650-498-4438|The Bhatt Laboratory|Email
Tanaz Sharifnia, PhD
Member 2008 - 2014 (Graduate Student)
PhD, Harvard University (Advisor: Dr. Matthew Meyerson)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Stuart Schreiber, Broad Institute
617-714-8231|Email
Member 2008 - 2014 (Graduate Student)
PhD, Harvard University (Advisor: Dr. Matthew Meyerson)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Stuart Schreiber, Broad Institute
617-714-8231|Email
Lab members who transitioned to new positions in 2013
Rachel (Rienstra) Liao, PhD
Member 2009 - 2013 (Graduate Student)
PhD, Harvard University (Advisor: Dr. Matthew Meyerson)
Current Position: Senior Project Manager, Global Alliance for Genomics and Health/Broad Institute
617-714-7557|Email
Member 2009 - 2013 (Graduate Student)
PhD, Harvard University (Advisor: Dr. Matthew Meyerson)
Current Position: Senior Project Manager, Global Alliance for Genomics and Health/Broad Institute
617-714-7557|Email
Elena Helman, PhD
Member 2009 - 2013 (Graduate Student)
PhD, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (Advisor: Dr. Matthew Meyerson)
Current Position: Bioinformatics Analyst, Personalis Inc.
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Member 2009 - 2013 (Graduate Student)
PhD, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (Advisor: Dr. Matthew Meyerson)
Current Position: Bioinformatics Analyst, Personalis Inc.
Alex Kostic, PhD
Member 2009 - 2013 (Graduate Student)
PhD, Harvard University (Advisor: Dr. Matthew Meyerson)
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Xavier Lab, Massachusetts General Hospital and Broad Institute
617-714-7608|Email
Member 2009 - 2013 (Graduate Student)
PhD, Harvard University (Advisor: Dr. Matthew Meyerson)
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Xavier Lab, Massachusetts General Hospital and Broad Institute
617-714-7608|Email
Joonil Jung, PhD
Member 2009 - 2013 (Research Fellow)
PhD, Brown University (Advisor: Kenneth Zaret, Ph.D.)
Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania (Advisor: Nancy Bonini, Ph.D.)
Current Position: Principal Research Investigator, Sanofi Oncology
Member 2009 - 2013 (Research Fellow)
PhD, Brown University (Advisor: Kenneth Zaret, Ph.D.)
Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania (Advisor: Nancy Bonini, Ph.D.)
Current Position: Principal Research Investigator, Sanofi Oncology
Trevor Pugh, PhD
Member 2010 - 2013 (Research Fellow)
PhD, University of British Columbia
Current Position:
(1) Scientist and Lead of the Clinical Genomics Research Program Princess, Margaret Cancer Centre
(2) Assistant Professor of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto
(3) Lead, Clinical Genomics Program, Ontario Cancer Institute
Member 2010 - 2013 (Research Fellow)
PhD, University of British Columbia
Current Position:
(1) Scientist and Lead of the Clinical Genomics Research Program Princess, Margaret Cancer Centre
(2) Assistant Professor of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto
(3) Lead, Clinical Genomics Program, Ontario Cancer Institute
Alumni who moved on from the Meyerson laboratory in 2012
Peter Hammerman, MD, PhD
Member 2009 - 2012 (Clinical Fellow)
BAS, Stanford University 1999
MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania 2005-6
Residency, Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2006-2008
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Associate Member, Broad Institute
617-632-6335|The Hammerman Laboratory|Email
Member 2009 - 2012 (Clinical Fellow)
BAS, Stanford University 1999
MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania 2005-6
Residency, Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2006-2008
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Associate Member, Broad Institute
617-632-6335|The Hammerman Laboratory|Email
Marilyn Hayes
Member 2006 - 2012 (Administrative Assistant to Dr. Matthew Meyerson)
Current position: Administrative Assistant to Dr. Adam Bass, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
617-632-5707|Email
Member 2006 - 2012 (Administrative Assistant to Dr. Matthew Meyerson)
Current position: Administrative Assistant to Dr. Adam Bass, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
617-632-5707|Email
Alex Ramos, PhD
Member 2006 - 2012 (Graduate Student)
PhD, Harvard University (Advisor: Dr. Matthew Meyerson)
Current Position: Software Engineer at Apple
Member 2006 - 2012 (Graduate Student)
PhD, Harvard University (Advisor: Dr. Matthew Meyerson)
Current Position: Software Engineer at Apple
Alumni who moved on from the Meyerson laboratory in 2011
Brittany Woods
Member 2010 - 2011 (Research Technician)
Current Position: Graduate student at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Canter
Member 2010 - 2011 (Research Technician)
Current Position: Graduate student at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Canter
Scott L. Carter, PhD
Member 2007 - 2011 (Graduate Student)
PhD, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (Advisor: Dr. Matthew Meyerson)=
Current Position:
(1) Assistant Professor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
(2) Assistant Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
617-632-3038|dfhcc.harvard.edu/carter|Email
Member 2007 - 2011 (Graduate Student)
PhD, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (Advisor: Dr. Matthew Meyerson)=
Current Position:
(1) Assistant Professor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
(2) Assistant Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
617-632-3038|dfhcc.harvard.edu/carter|Email
Se-Hoon Lee, MD, PhD
Member 2009 - 2011
PhD, Seoul National University College of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Seoul National University Hospital
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Member 2009 - 2011
PhD, Seoul National University College of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Seoul National University Hospital
Lear Brace
Member 2009 - 2011 (Research Technician)
BS, Emmanuel College, Boston
Current Position: Graduate Student in the Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health
Member 2009 - 2011 (Research Technician)
BS, Emmanuel College, Boston
Current Position: Graduate Student in the Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health
Abbie Frederick
Member 2009 - 2011 (Research Associate)
Current Position: Graduate Student, Brown University
Member 2009 - 2011 (Research Associate)
Current Position: Graduate Student, Brown University
Shantanu Banerji, MD, FRCP(c)
Member 2007 - 2011 (Clinical Fellow)
BS, University of Manitoba, Canada
MD, University of Manitoba, Canada
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Medicine CancerCare, University of Manitoba, Canada
umanitoba.ca/SBanerji|Email
Member 2007 - 2011 (Clinical Fellow)
BS, University of Manitoba, Canada
MD, University of Manitoba, Canada
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Medicine CancerCare, University of Manitoba, Canada
umanitoba.ca/SBanerji|Email
Sue-Ann Woo, PhD
Member 2005 - 2011 (Research Fellow)
PhD, Harvard University
Current Position: Senior Scientific Liaison, Admera Health
908-222-0533|Email
Member 2005 - 2011 (Research Fellow)
PhD, Harvard University
Current Position: Senior Scientific Liaison, Admera Health
908-222-0533|Email
Jeonghee Cho, PhD
Member 2005 - 2011 (Research Fellow)
PhD, Tufts University
Current Position: Principal Investigator at Samsung Genome Institute
+82-2-2148-9814|Email
Member 2005 - 2011 (Research Fellow)
PhD, Tufts University
Current Position: Principal Investigator at Samsung Genome Institute
+82-2-2148-9814|Email
Alumni who left the Meyerson laboratory in 2010
Diana Hubbard, BA
Member 2009 - 2010 (Data Analyst)
BA, University of Chicago
Current Position: Graduate Student, Mathematics, Boston College
sites.google.com/dianadhubbard|Email
Member 2009 - 2010 (Data Analyst)
BA, University of Chicago
Current Position: Graduate Student, Mathematics, Boston College
sites.google.com/dianadhubbard|Email
Roel Verhaak , PhD
Member 2007 - 2010 (Research Fellow)
PhD, Erasmus University Medical Center, The Netherlands
Current Position: Associate Professor at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
713-563-2293|The Verhaak Laboratory|Email
Member 2007 - 2010 (Research Fellow)
PhD, Erasmus University Medical Center, The Netherlands
Current Position: Associate Professor at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
713-563-2293|The Verhaak Laboratory|Email
Kumiko Tanaka, MD
Member 2007 - 2010 (Research Technician)
MD, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine
Current Position: OB-GYN Resident at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
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Member 2007 - 2010 (Research Technician)
MD, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine
Current Position: OB-GYN Resident at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Adam Bass, MD
Member 2006 - 2010 (Clinical Fellow)
MD, Duke University School of Medicine
Current Position: Principal Investigator at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School=
617-632-5707|The Bass Laboratory|Email
Member 2006 - 2010 (Clinical Fellow)
MD, Duke University School of Medicine
Current Position: Principal Investigator at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School=
617-632-5707|The Bass Laboratory|Email
Amit Dutt, PhD
Member 2006 - 2010 (Research Fellow)
PhD, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Ramalingaswami Fellow, at the Advanced Center for Treatment, Research, and Education in Cancer, Tata Memorial Center, Mumbai
The Dutt Laboratory|Email
Member 2006 - 2010 (Research Fellow)
PhD, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Ramalingaswami Fellow, at the Advanced Center for Treatment, Research, and Education in Cancer, Tata Memorial Center, Mumbai
The Dutt Laboratory|Email
Craig Mermel, MD, PhD
Member 2006 - 2010 (Graduate Student)
MD, Harvard Medical School
PhD, Harvard University (Advisor: Dr. Matthew Meyerson)
Current Position: Resident in Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital
(617) 726-2967|Email
Member 2006 - 2010 (Graduate Student)
MD, Harvard Medical School
PhD, Harvard University (Advisor: Dr. Matthew Meyerson)
Current Position: Resident in Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital
(617) 726-2967|Email
Gad Getz, PhD
Member 2004 - 2010
MSc, Tel-Aviv University and Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
PhD, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Current Position: Director, Cancer Genomics Informatics and Computational Biology, Broad Institute
617-714-7471|Email
Member 2004 - 2010
MSc, Tel-Aviv University and Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
PhD, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Current Position: Director, Cancer Genomics Informatics and Computational Biology, Broad Institute
617-714-7471|Email
Tzu-Hsiu Chen, MS
Member 2002 -2010
Current Position: Senior Research Associate, Broad Institute
617-324-0212|Email
Member 2002 -2010
Current Position: Senior Research Associate, Broad Institute
617-324-0212|Email
Earlier Lab Alumni
Derek Chiang, PhD
Member 2005 - 2009 (Research Fellow)
PhD, University of California at Berkeley
BS, University of North Carolina
Current Position: Senior Investigator at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
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Member 2005 - 2009 (Research Fellow)
PhD, University of California at Berkeley
BS, University of North Carolina
Current Position: Senior Investigator at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
Soyoung Yu
Member 2006 - 2009 (Sr. Research Technician)
BS, UMass Amherst
MBA, Seoul National University
Current Position: Business Development Specialist, Handok Pharmaceuticals, Korea
Email
Member 2006 - 2009 (Sr. Research Technician)
BS, UMass Amherst
MBA, Seoul National University
Current Position: Business Development Specialist, Handok Pharmaceuticals, Korea
Mukundhan Ramaswami
Member 2006 - 2009
Member 2006 - 2009
Rameen Beroukhim, MD, PhD
Member 2005 - 2009 (Clinical Fellow)
AB, University of California at Berkeley
MPhil, PhD, University of Cambridge
MD, University of California at San Francisco
Current position: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Havard Medical School; Associate Member, Broad Institute
617-582-7941|The Beroukhim Lab|Email
Member 2005 - 2009 (Clinical Fellow)
AB, University of California at Berkeley
MPhil, PhD, University of Cambridge
MD, University of California at San Francisco
Current position: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Havard Medical School; Associate Member, Broad Institute
617-582-7941|The Beroukhim Lab|Email
Wendy Winckler, PhD
Member 2005 - 2008 (Research Fellow)
Current Position: Executive Director, Next Generation Diagnostics at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
Member 2005 - 2008 (Research Fellow)
Current Position: Executive Director, Next Generation Diagnostics at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
Jordi Barretina, PhD
Member 2005 - 2008 (Research Fellow)
PhD, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Current Position: Lab Head, Oncology Translational Research at Novartis
Email
Member 2005 - 2008 (Research Fellow)
PhD, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Current Position: Lab Head, Oncology Translational Research at Novartis
Barbara Weir, PhD
Member 2003 - 2008 (Research Fellow)
Current Position: Research Scientist II, Cancer Program, Broad Institute
(617) 714-7556|Email
Member 2003 - 2008 (Research Fellow)
Current Position: Research Scientist II, Cancer Program, Broad Institute
(617) 714-7556|Email
Orit Rozenblatt-Rosen, PhD
Member 2001 - 2008 (Research Fellow)
PhD, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Current Position: Associate Director, Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute
617-714-7789|Email
Member 2001 - 2008 (Research Fellow)
PhD, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Current Position: Associate Director, Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute
617-714-7789|Email
Gordon Saksena, PhD
Member since 2009
Current Position: Senior Software Engineer, Broad Institute
(617) 714-7606|Email
Member since 2009
Current Position: Senior Software Engineer, Broad Institute
(617) 714-7606|Email
Naveen Sangji, MD, MPH
Member 2006 - 2007
Current Position: General Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
Email
Member 2006 - 2007
Current Position: General Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
Roman Thomas, MD, PhD
Member 2004 - 2006 (Research Fellow)
Current Position: Professor and Chair, Department of Translational Genomics, University of Cologne
Email
Member 2004 - 2006 (Research Fellow)
Current Position: Professor and Chair, Department of Translational Genomics, University of Cologne
Thomas LaFramboise, PhD
Member 2004 - 2006 (Research Fellow)
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University
216-368-0150|The LaFramboise Laboratory|Email
Member 2004 - 2006 (Research Fellow)
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University
216-368-0150|The LaFramboise Laboratory|Email
Torstein Tengs, PhD
Member 2002 - 2005 (Research Fellow)
Current Position: Senior Scientist, National Veterinary Institute (Norway)
(+47) 23 21 64 70|Email
Member 2002 - 2005 (Research Fellow)
Current Position: Senior Scientist, National Veterinary Institute (Norway)
(+47) 23 21 64 70|Email