Philip Titcombe, Ph.D.

Biography

Graduate Program: MICaB
Defense Year: 2022
Advisor: Daniel Mueller
Dissertation Title: "Epigenetic regulation of T cell peripheral tolerance by a BATF-BIM axis"

Phil Titcombe, PhD

Ross Fulton, Ph.D.

Biography

Fellowship dates: 2010-2014
Research Emphasis
:  Studied the role of T cell homeostasis in generating effective immune responses to pathogens

Current Position: Senior Director, Immunology at Akagera Medicines, Inc, Cambridge, MA
Contact Info: [email protected] 

Ross Fulton, Ph.D.

Kristina S. Burrack, Ph.D.

Biography

Fellowship dates: 2014-2018
Research Emphasis
: Investigated the pathogenesis of malaria and identified a therapy that prevents the fatal pathogenesis of cerebral malaria in mice by altering the pathogenic immune response.

Current Position: Investigator, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute; Assistant Professor at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN
Contact Info:[email protected] 

Kristina S. Burrack, Ph.D.

Henrique Borges da Silva, Ph.D.

Biography

Fellowship dates: 2015-2020
Research Emphasis
: Dr. Borges da Silva made fundamental discoveries that showed a crucial role for the eATP purinergic receptor P2RX7 in the establishment of CD8-positive T cell memory.

Current Position: Senior Associate Consultant/Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic Dept. of Immunology (AZ)
Contact Info[email protected]

Henrique Borges da Silva, Ph.D.

Yan Xing, M.D., Ph.D.

Biography

Fellowship dates: 2008-2010
Advisor:
Kris Hogquist
Research Emphasis: T cells and Thymic development

Research Associate 2010-2016
Laboratory of Dr. Kristin A. Hogquist

Yan Xing, M.D., Ph.D.

Gretta Stritesky, Ph.D.

Biography

Fellowship dates: 2010-2013
Research Emphasis
: Researched the T cell development and modeling of selection events in the thymus.

Current Position: Director, Analytics and Implementation, Be The Match operated by National Marrow Donor Program, Minneapolis, MN
Contact Info: [email protected] 

Gretta Stritesky, Ph.D.