Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Professor of Medicine
Projects: B Cells and Immune Diseases

Jennifer_Anolik@urmc.rochester.edu

Research Scientists

Jennifer Barnas, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Projects: Type III Interferon in Autoimmune Disease
Jennifer_Barnas@urmc.rochester.edu

Javier Rangel-Moreno, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Projects: Immune Cells and Disease
Javier_Rangel-Moreno@urmc.rochester.edu

Post-Doctoral Fellows

Arpitha Shivarudrappa, PhD

Ken Yasaka, MD, PhD
Project: B cell dysregulation in rheumatoid arthritis

Graduate Students

Jabea Cyril Ekabe
Translational Biomedical Sciences Program
Research Interest: Understanding B cell-monocyte interactions in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Sandra Mills
Biiomedical Engineering Department
Research Interests: B cell biology, and fibroblast-like synoviocytes in models of autoimmune and inflammatory disease and tissue chips, specifically, the human Joint-on-a-chip

Melanie Perkins
PhD Program in Toxicology
Research Interest: Effects of environmental factors on B cell functions in autoimmunity

Ankita Pohnerkar
Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology (CMPP)
Research interest: Defining the survival and function of plasma cells in synovial tissues

Research Staff

Nida Meednu Pellett, PhD
Staff Scientist
Nida_Meednu@URMC.Rochester.edu

Angelica Cornelison
Lab Manager

Timothy Beane
Research Interests: B cell biology, and fibroblast-like synoviocytes in models of autoimmune and inflammatory disease and tissue chips, specifically, the human Joint-on-a-chip