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Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Juilee Thakar
Juilee Thakar, Ph.D.
KMRB
Phone: (585) 276-6925
Email Juilee
Research Interest: Systems approach utilizing bioinformatics, and dynamic modeling tools to study immune response to infections and vaccination.

Postdoctoral Scholars

Rachel Simpson
Rachel Simpson, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interest:

Investigating monocyte heterogeneity in human population and their responses during HIV vaccine

Graduate Students

Eric Moeller
Research Interest:

Computational tool development for the analysis of scRNAseq data and cell signaling pathway dynamics

Natalie Vance
Research Interest:

Characterizing the cellular heterogeneity of circulating innate and adaptive immune cells within the pediatric population to investigate changes in cellular composition throughout early life as well as differences in CD4+ T cell sup-populations between healthy and food allergic pediatric individuals

Shivali Vashisht
Research Interest:

Characterizing monocyte and B cell populations during HIV-1 infection and vaccination in humans and non-human primates.

Ruoqiao Wang
Research Interest:

Evaluation of single-cell pathway scoring methods and characterization of monocytes in HIV-positive individuals with atherosclerosis.

Research Assistants

Ashay Narayana
Ashay Narayana
Undergraduate Student
Sengathir Rajagopal
Sengathir Rajagopal
Undergraduate Student