The Sheltzer Lab
 

CHARLES ZOU, GRADUATE STUDENT

 

Debanjan Bhattacharjee, POSTDOC

Debanjan joined the lab in May 2022 as a postdoc to study the on-target and off-target effects of cancer drugs.

 

LUCIANO ROMERO, UNDERGRAD

 

Klaske Schukken, postdoc

Klaske received her PhD from the University of Groningen. Klaske is conducting CRISPR screens to identify aneuploidy-associated therapeutic vulnerabilities.

 

Jason Sheltzer, PI and Assistant Professor

Jason Sheltzer received an A.B. in Molecular Biology from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Following graduation, Jason established his own research group as an Independent Fellow at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. In 2021, the Sheltzer Lab moved from CSHL to the Yale School of Medicine.

SOPHIA LEE, POSTGRAD ASSOCIATE

JOAN SMITH, SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Joan graduated with a B.Sc. in physics from MIT, and is currently a full-time engineer at Google, working on their cloud platform. In her work with the Sheltzer Lab, Joan builds tools to analyze cancer survival data and identify novel biomarkers associated with cancer patient prognosis.

Greg Gauthier-Coles, POSTDOC

Greg joined the lab in December 2022 as a postdoc to develop new approaches to characterize the mechanisms of anti-cancer drugs

Kate Long, undergrad

Kate joined the lab in July 2018, and has graduated from Barnard College. Kate is investigating the roles of executioner caspases in mediating drug-induced cancer cell death.

Lu qiao, bioinformatician

Lu joined our lab in June 2024, working on computational projects with a focus on cancer biology. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with Money (cat/alarm clock/boss of the apartment/food critic)

jess keane, POSTGRAD ASSOCIATE

Jess joined the lab in July 2024 after graduating with a B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Washington. Jess is currently focusing on investigating aneuploidy-associated target genes for therapeutic inhibition

Leanne brown, physician

Leanne is currently a surgical resident at Yale New Haven Hospital. She is seeking to identify anti-cancer drugs that are selective for cells with aneuploidies of chromosome 1q.

kayla yup, undergrad

SANAT MISHRA, biostatistician

Sanat is a computational biologist who joined the lab in May 2024. Fueled by coffee, Sanat manages all areas of computational biology within the lab.

princy gupta, md-pOSTDOC

Sarah thompson, staff scientist

Sarah received a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Dartmouth College. Sarah is using CRISPR-based chromosome engineering tools to study specific chromosomal gains in tumorigenesis.

ADITI SWAMY, POSTGRAD ASSOCIATE

Aditi joined the lab in March 2024 after graduating with an M.Sc. in Molecular Medicine. She is currently investigating CDK11 as a potential target for cancer therapy.


alumni

Nicole Sayles, Research Technician (2015-2017). Currently: Graduate student at Weill Cornell.

Chris Giuliano, Undergraduate (2015-2018). Currently: Graduate student at MIT.

Ann Lin, Undergraduate (2015-2019). Currently: Graduate student at Stanford.

Ann Palladino, Research Technician (2017-2019). Currently: Medical student at Weill Cornell.

Luwei (Lucy) Liu, Undergraduate (2018-2019). Currently: Graduate student at Harvard.

Monet Yuan, High School Student (2017-2018), Undergraduate (2019-2021). Currently: MD/PhD student at UCSF.

Devon Lukow, (2017-2022). Currently: Curation Scientist I - Fulgent Genetics.

Asad Lakhani, PhD student (2018-2023). Currently: Associate at Autobahn Labs.

Erin Sausville, Technician (2019-2022). Currently: Invasive Species Technician, New York State Parks Department.

Vish Girish, Undergraduate (2018-2020), Technician (2020-2022). Currently: MD/PhD student at Johns Hopkins.

Brianna Mendelson, Postgraduate Associate (2021-2023).

Linda Julian, Staff Scientist (2022-2024).

Ryan A. Hagenson, Biostatistician (2022-2024). Currently: Graduate student at WashU, St. Louis.

Pranav Kandikuppa, Postgraduate Associate (2022-2024). Currently: Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University.

Saron Akalu, (2022-2024). Currently: Graduate student at University of Pennsylvania.

Gloria Bao (2023-2024). Currently: Undergraduate student at Princeton University.