Our Team
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.
― Isaac Newton
We believe science is a teamwork.
Principal Investigator
Semir Beyaz
Uncovering the precise mechanisms that link nutrition to organismal health and disease states at the cellular and molecular level.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Santhilal Subhash
Exploring immune-cancer cell interactions by analyzing single cell sequencing data sets.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Aybuke Garipcan
Crosstalk between gut epithelium and immune cells
PhD Student
Onur Eskiocak
Molecular mechanism of diet induced epigenetic memory and role of fatty acids in stem cell activity.
MD/PhD student
Timothy Maher
T cell immunity, especially their role in cancer and autoimmune diseases.
Research technician & Lab manager
Kadir Ozler
Interaction between metabolism, obesity, and diet in cancer and stem cells using genetically modified mouse models and patient-derived 3D organoids.
PhD Student
Ilgin Ergin
Understanding the effects of immune cell metabolism on anti-tumor immunity.
Visiting Undergraduate Student
Elif Ozcelik
Different diet's influence on tumor microenvironment immune cells. For this purpose I analyze single cell datasets.
Visiting Clinical Researcher
Megan Gorman
Development of an orthotopic patient-derived organoid mouse model of endometrial cancers for the for preclinical evaluation of novel chemotherapeutic agents.
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Visiting High School Student
Griffin Hon
I am a fifth-year PhD candidate at the CSHL School of Biological Sciences. My PhD project focuses on understanding the effects of immune cell metabolism on anti-tumor immunity.
Lab Intern
Vyom Shah
Evaluating the intersection between immunology and regeneration and do so by analyzing omics data.
Scientific Administrator
Caryn Koza
Administration, technology, funding applications, recruitment, team building, and organization.
Lab Mascot
Luna Beyaz
She is interested in taking walks and attention. Specifically not interested in airplanes.