William K. Kanagy, Ph.D.
Biography
Fellowship dates: 2021-2025
Mentor: Tanya Freedman (Lab website)
Research Emphasis: Studying immune cell signaling. List of Publications
Anders Lindstedt, Ph.D.
Biography
Program: MICaB/MSTP
Year entered: 2019
Defensse Year: 2025
Thesis Advisor: Tanya Freedman (Lab website)
Dissertation Title: "Lyn kinase controls Toll-like receptor signaling in a cell-specific, isoform-independent manner"
Sachinthani Erandika Senevirathne, Ph.D.
Biography
Program: Molecular Pharmacology & Therapeutics Graduate Student
Year Entered: 2019
Defense Year: 2026
Advisor: Tanya Freedman
Dissertation Title: "Steady-state phosphorylation of SHIP1 by Lyn restricts macrophage activation in the absence of a phagocytic synapse"
Advisor: Tanya Freedman (Lab Website)
Ben F. Brian IV, Ph.D.
Biography
Program: Molecular Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Year Entered: 2015
Defense Year: 2021
Advisor: Tanya Freedman
Dissertation Title: "Regulation of the kinases LYNA and LYNB and functions in autoimmune disease."
Degrees received:
B.S., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2012
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, TC, 2021
Freedman Lab
Research in the Lab
Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in the lab investigate three interconnected areas of research: immune cell signaling, immune dysfunction, and protein regulation. Our work focuses on understanding how immune signaling pathways operate under normal conditions and how disruptions in these pathways contribute to inflammatory disease, autoimmunity, and cancer.