Our systems biology research program meets at the interface of molecular parasitology, microbiology, and genomics and focuses on the molecular basis of macroparasite (nematodes) adaptation to niches in their human hosts, and microparasite (virus and bacteria) diversity and interaction in transmission and virulence. The overarching question is: How do pathogens adapt to their hosts, and what is the evolutionary basis of this adaptation?
Systems Genomics Section, May 2022: Front Row (left to right) Wei Wang, Biologist; Michael Frimpong, Postdoc; Anil Chakravorty, Postbac; Brent Edwards, Postbac; Yin-Ting Yeh, Visiting Scientist; Second Row (left to right) Sasha Mushegian, Postdoc; Stephanie Banakis, Lab Manager; Back Row (left to right): Abdoulie Bojang, Postdoc; Alliosn Roder, Computational Biologist; Matt Chung, Bioinformatics Scientist; Elodie Ghedin, PI; Denis Voronin, Staff Scientist; Allie Kreitman, Postbac; Daniela Chow, Postbac. (missing) RyeAnne Ricker, Graduate Student; Joe Koussa, Visiting Scientist.
Elodie Ghedin, Ph.D.
Co-Deputy Chief, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases
Chief, Systems Genomics Section
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Education:
Ph.D., McGill University’s Institute of Parasitology, Montreal, Canada
Stephanie Banakis, M.S.
Lab Manager and Biologist
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Education:
M.S., Biology, New York University
B.S., Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
Languages Spoken: Greek, Spanish
Abdoulie Bojang, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral Visiting IRTA (APTI)
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Education:
Ph.D., Open University, UK
M.Sc., Biomedical science, University of Hull, UK
B.Sc., Bioscience and Health, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
Anil Chakravorty, B.S.
Post-bac Fellow
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Education:
B.S., Integrative Biology Honors program, minor in Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL
Daniela Chow, B.S.
Post-bac IRTA (INRO)
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Education:
B.S., Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso, TX
Languages Spoken: Spanish
Matthew Chung, Ph.D.
Bioinformatics Scientist
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Education:
Ph.D., Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland Institute for Genome Sciences
B.S., Microbiology, G.H. Cook Scholar, Rutgers University
Languages Spoken: Cantonese
Brent Edwards, B.S.
Post-bac Fellow
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Education:
B.A., Biology, Middlebury College, VT
Michael Frimpong, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral Visiting IRTA (APTI)
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Education:
Ph.D., Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
B.Sc., Medical Laboratory Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Languages Spoken: Twi
Joseph Koussa, Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist
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Education:
Ph.D., Biology, New York University, USA
M.Sc., Molecular Biology, Lebanese American University, Lebanon
B.Sc. in Biology, University of Ottawa, Canada
Languages Spoken: French, Arabic
Allie Kreitman, B.S.
Post-bac IRTA (INRO)
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Education:
B.A., Molecular Biology, minor in Math, Colorado College, CO
Alexandra (Sasha) Mushegian, Ph.D.
IRTA Postdoctoral Fellow
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Education:
Ph.D., Biology, Universität Basel
B.A., Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Languages Spoken: Russian
RyeAnne Ricker, B.S.
Ph.D. Candidate
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Education:
B.S., Biological Engineering and B.S., Medical Laboratory Science, Montana State University, MT
Allison Roder, Ph.D.
Computational Biologist
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Education:
Ph.D., Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University
B.S., Biotechnology and Molecular Bioscience, and Computer Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
Denis Voronin, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist
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Education:
Ph.D., Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk, Russia
M.S., Biology, Novosibirsk State University, Russia
Languages Spoken: Russian
Wei Wang, M.S.
Biologist
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Education:
M.S., Microbiology, North Dakota State University
Bachelor of Medicine, Tongji Medical University, Wuhan, China
Languages Spoken: Mandarin
Yin-Ting (Tim) Yeh, Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist
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Education:
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
M.S., Chemical and Biochemical Engineering University of Notre Dame
B.S., Engineering and System Science & Material Science Engineering, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan
Languages Spoken: Mandarin, Japanese
Former Research Group Members
Christopher Mederos, B.S.; previous Post-bac Fellow. Chris is going to Medical School at University of Florida