GARG LAB - Key Persons
Emily received her bachelor's degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge in 2020. Emily is interested in the roles of enhancers and transcriptional heterogeneity play in establishing cell fate. In her free time, Emily enjoys cooking, playing piano, swimming, and when possible spending far to many consecutive hours playing Dugeons & Dragons.
Education: PhD Molecular Medicine, University of Turin
Enrico is from Italy, where he worked at the Molecular Biotechnology Center in Turin with Prof. Guido Tarone and Prof. Paolo Provero for his PhD. In the Garg lab, Enrico is focusing on the application of computational and statistical methods to transcriptional heterogeneity, and how we can build better cancer diagnostics using machine learning approaches. In his free time, Enrico loves to swim, cook and - weather permitting - snowboard, climb, hike, golf and sail.
Job Titles:
- Yale Postgraduate Associate
Jessica is from Connecticut and graduated with her BS in Biology from Southern Connecticut State University, receiving the Stephen Collins Award for the highest GPA in the department. Jessica worked on inhibitors of leukemia in the Crawford Cancer Biology Lab. In Garg lab, Jess is interested in the role of transcription factors in gene expression heterogeneity and cellular differentiation. Jessica enjoys candle-making and hiking.
Lynette grew up in Orange County, California, and is interested in studying transcription factor binding kinetics in the context of cellular differentiation. She is also intrigued by the development of rational design techniques in protein engineering. Lynette chooses to strategically invest her ever-waning free time into playing Genshin Impact and watching Korean cooking vlogs.
Education: MD PhD Harvard Medical School
Salil hails from Ohio and completed his B.S./M.S. at the University of Chicago. From there he completed doctoral work in immunobiology with Michael Brenner at Harvard Medical School before pursuing residency training in Pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital and postdoctoral training with MIT faculty member Phillip Sharp. When he is not chasing difficult questions in the lab he engages in the even more difficult task of cheering for his hometown Cincinnati sports teams.
Education: BA Cornell University
Sofia is from Maryland and graduated from Cornell University in 2017 with a B.A. in Biology. She is now a Graduate Student (joint with Jacqueline Lees lab) in the MIT Biology PhD program and is a member of the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (HST) MD Program. Sofia studies how enhancers and transcriptional heterogeneity coordinate cell fate. Sofia likes to hike and kayak.
Job Titles:
- Yale Postgraduate Associate
Jessica is from Connecticut and graduated with her BS in Biology from Southern Connecticut State University, receiving the Stephen Collins Award for the highest GPA in the department. Jessica worked on inhibitors of leukemia in the Crawford Cancer Biology Lab. In Garg lab, Jess is interested in the role of transcription factors in gene expression heterogeneity and cellular differentiation. Jessica enjoys candle-making and hiking.