Faculty
Laura D. Attardi, Ph.D., Principal Investigator
| Email: 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
Research Associates
Postdoctoral Fellows
Mengxiong Wang, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
| Email: wang0512@stanford.edu |
| Phone: (650) 723-5261 |
| 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 |
| Phone: (650) 723-5261 |
| 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 |
Carrie Tambo, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
| Email: ctambo@stanford.edu |
| Phone: (650) 723-5261 |
| Education: Ph.D. Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2022. B.S.,Biology, California State University, Fresno, 2015 |
| Research Interests: We know that p53 has many binding partners and depending on what p53 is interacting with will give rise to varying tumor suppressive responses. This is why I am working towards elucidating the p53 interactome as this will provide as a blueprint for the expansive p53 regulatory network and can help us explain where and how these downstream responses originate. |
Kha Nguyen, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
| Email: tknguyen@stanford.edu |
| Phone: (650) 723-5261 |
| 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. |
Graduate Students
Tony Boutelle, Graduate Student
| Email: aboutell@stanford.edu |
| Phone: (650) 723-5261 |
| Education: B.S. Biology and Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2016 |
| Research Interests: My research focuses on characterizing non-canonical p53 target genes as tumor suppressors. By investigating the potency of these genes as tumor suppressors in a mouse model of lung adenocarcinoma, we hope to better understand the mechanisms by which p53 antagonizes carcinogenesis. I am also interested in elucidating therapeutic targets that are synthetic lethal to cells with p53 mutations. |
Edel McCrea, Graduate Student
| Email: emmccrea@stanford.edu |
| Phone: (650) 723-5261 |
| Education: B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Davis 2015 |
| Research Interests: My work focuses on non-canonical p53 transcriptional target genes. By leveraging proteomics and other biochemical in vitro experiments, I hope to elucidate the protein interaction network of these p53 target genes. For the second arm of my project, I'm investigating the effects of knocking out these target genes in in vivo models of cancer to better understand their contribution to p53-mediated tumor suppression. |
Kathryn Hanson, Graduate Student
| Email: kjhanson@stanford.edu |
| Phone: (650) 723-5261 |
| Education: 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. |
Life Science Research Professionals
Richard Zhao, Life Science Research Professional
| Email: rlzhao@stanford.edu |
| Phone: (650) 723-5261 |
| Education: B.S., Chemical Biology, UC Berkeley, 2021 |
| Research Interests: The role of p53 in pancreatic cancer |
Post-baccalaureate Student
Aicha Mabene, REACH Post-baccalaureate Student
| Email: amabene@stanford.edu |
| Phone: (650) 723-5261 |
| Education: B.S., Physics - Biophysics, UC San Diego, 2022 |
| Research Interests: The roles of p53 and non-canonical p53 target genes in lung cancer and pancreatic cancer. |
Undergraduate Students
Allegra Minor, Intern
| Email: aminor23@stanford.edu |
| Phone: (650) 723-5261 |
| Education: High School Diploma, Walter Payton College Prep (2019) |
| Research Interests: The role of p53 in the initiation and development of pancreatic cancer. |
Administrative Associate
Meg Fuentes, Administrative Associate
| Email: fuentes8@stanford.edu |
| Phone: (510) 825-9182 |
| Education: B.S. Biology, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame IN |