Lab Members
Ana Laura Ortega
MSc. Student
Natalie Fernandes
MSc. Student
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Bahareh Jafari
PhD. Student
Hassan Dakik
Research Associate
Isabella Iasenza
PhD. Student
Isabella joined the Eppert lab in September 2018 as a Master student in Experimental Medicine and fast-tracked into the PhD program in 2020. Her project focuses on developing novel therapeutics that target leukemic stem cells in AML. Her interests are medicinal chemistry, cancer and biochemistry and when she is not focused on science, she enjoys to travel.
Hassan joined the Eppert lab in February 2020 as a post-doc fellow in pediatrics. His project focuses on investigating the effect of co-occurring epigenetic mutations in leukemogenesis. Outside of the lab, Hassan enjoys reading science and science-fiction books, nature photography and traveling.
Ana Laura joined the Eppert lab in January 2024 as a Master student in Experimental Medicine. Her project focuses on finding new molecules that target oncogenic fusion proteins driving AML. Her interests are drug discovery, cancer, clinical research and immunology. She enjoys practicing yoga and going to the cinema.
