Faculty
Principal Investigator Laura D. Attardi, Ph.D., FAACR
Catharine and Howard Avery Professor of the School of MedicineDepartments of Radiation Oncology and GeneticsCo-Director, Cancer Biology ProgramMember, National Academy of SciencesEmail: attardi@stanford.edu |
Phone: (650)725-8424 Fax: (650)723-7382 |
Education: Ph.D., Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 1994 |
| Stanford Profile: http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Laura_Attardi/ |
Lab Members
Postdoctoral Fellows
Mengxiong Wang, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: wang0512@stanford.edu
Education: Ph.D., Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida, 2019; M.P.H., Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, 2015; M.D., Medicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, 2012.
Research Interests: My research focuses on the role of p53 in regulating pancreatic cancer regression and tumor microenvironment.
Sofia Morgadinho Ferreira, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: sferre@stanford.edu
Education: Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular aspects of Biology, University of Paris-Sud, France, 2019; M.Sc. in Cancer Biology, University of Algarve, Portugal, 2015; B.Sc. in Biomedical Sciences, University of Algarve, Portugal, 2013
Research Interests: My research focuses on investigating the p53 pathways in pancreatic cancer and their impact in treatment response
Tianyu Zhao, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: tyzhao@stanford.edu
Education: Ph.D., Molecular Medicine, Peking University, China, 2024; B.S., Biological Sciences, East China Normal University, China, 2019
Research Interests: My research focuses on how p53 status in epithelial cells affects the tissue microenvironment in both lung cancer and injury.
Kha Nguyen, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: tknguyen@stanford.edu
Education: Ph.D. in Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea, 2019; M.E. in Biomolecular Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, 2014
Research Interests: My research focuses on understanding roles of p53 on tumorigenesis and how we can translate these knowledges into cancer therapies. In particular, I try to understand the connection of p53 on epigenetic regulation, thereby contributing to tumor suppression.
Chunxiao Ren, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: cxren@stanford.edu
Education: Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 2025; M.S. in Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 2018
Research Interests: Chunxiao’s research focuses on dissecting the molecular mechanisms underlying pancreatic cancer development.
Tianwei Chen, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: tianweic@stanford.edu
Education: Ph.D. in Medical Biology, University of Melbourne
Research Interests:
Kathryn Hanson, Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: kjhanson@stanford.edu
Education: Ph.D. in Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, 2026; B.S., Chemistry/Biological Chemistry Track, Carnegie Mellon University, 2018
Research Interests: I am interested in the role of p53 during the initiation and early development of pancreatic cancer. Through leveraging mouse models of pancreatic cancer, my work will determine the mechanisms of p53 tumor suppression during early stages of pancreatic cancer. Understanding the role of p53 in pancreatic cancer development will be crucial for improved early detection and treatment.
Graduate Students
Camila Bolle, Graduate Student
Email: bolle@stanford.edu
Education: B.S. Biology, College of New Jersey
Research Interests: My research interests focus on investigating core elements of the p53 pathway in lung adenocarcinoma. My work utilizes mouse models and in vitro experiments to elucidate mechanisms of tumor suppression in the p53-axis.
Aru Rajeevan, Graduate Student
Email: rajeevan@stanford.edu
Education: B.S., Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, 2019
Research Interests: Embryonic development and tumor progression share a number of mechanisms including rapid proliferation, migration, and immune evasion. Recent work from the Attardi lab has shown that p53 plays a role in cell lineage specification during tissue regeneration following injury, and that this function of p53 may be compromised in lung adenocarcinoma. My research interest regards the role of p53 during embryonic lung development and whether it may be directing prenatal epithelial cell differentiation. Studying this process in the developing mouse lung may lead to insights that will improve cancer diagnosis and therapy.
Jessica Mann, Graduate Student
Email: jmann5@stanford.edu
Education: B.S., Chemistry and Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2024
Research Interests: My research focuses on how p53 status impacts lineage plasticity and epithelial-stromal signaling during the initiation of pancreatic cancer. Understanding these mechanisms in precursor cells to pancreatic cancer may provide insights to improve early detection and disease interception.
Undergraduate Students
Life Science Research Professionals
Jaston McClure, LSRP
Email: jastonm@stanford.edu
Education: B.S., Biology-Biochemistry, Stanford University, 2025
Research Interests: My research focuses on discovering novel roles for PTPN14, a p53 target gene, and understanding PTPN14’s role in regulating metabolism and injury repair.
Lab Manager
Takako Tabata, Attardi Lab Manager
| Email: tabata25@stanford.edu |
| Phone: (415) 516-8326 |
| Education: Ph.D. Showa University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Virology/Clinical Pathology |
Administrative Associate
Micah Kelly, Administrative Associate
| Email: mkelly3@stanford.edu |
| Phone: (650) 736-4757 |