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Papers, new people, and the support that makes the work possible.

2026

July 1, 2025New member
Welcome, Nitya Mehrotra, Immunology PhD student!
June 24, 2025Paper
Our first lab paper! Congratulations Paul, Emily, Andrea and Chris!
Histopathologic evaluation and single-cell spatial transcriptomics of the colon reveal cellular and molecular abnormalities linked to J-pouch failure in patients with inflammatory bowel disease — the lab’s first paper, with Andrea Olivas and Chris Weber.
- Read it in Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol →
June 21, 2025New member
Welcome, Layne O'Brien!
June 10, 2025New member
Welcome, Mehdi Benjelloun, visiting student from École Centrale de Lyon, France!

November 1, 2024Funding
Thank you, Brinson Foundation, for your support with the Brinson Medical Research Fellowship
September 1, 2024New member
Welcome, Antoine Freuchet, PhD!
May 1, 2024Funding
Thank you, UCCCC, for your support with a Cancer and Immunotherapy Team Science Award
April 1, 2024Funding
Thank you, Cancer Research Foundation, for your support with a CRF Young Investigator Award
April 1, 2024New member
Welcome, Youssef Mallou, visiting student from École Centrale de Lyon and Lyon Medical School, France!

May 1, 2023New member
Welcome, Michelle Bessiake, PhD student from the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering!
May 1, 2023New member
Welcome, Emily Schahrer, PhD student from the Committee on Cancer Biology!
April 1, 2023Funding
Thank you, GI Research Foundation, for your support with a GIRF Award
April 1, 2023Funding
Thank you, University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center, for your support with a UCCCC Program Pilot Project Award
March 1, 2023New member
Welcome, Paul Ngai, our first PhD student, from the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering!
February 16, 2023New member
Welcome, Loqmen, to the lab and to the US!