Principal Investigator
Julien Sage
B.S., Ecole Normale Superieure, France, Biology
Ph.D., Nice University, France, Biology
Postdoctoral Fellows
Debadrita Bhattacharya
B.S., University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India, Microbiology Honours
M.S., Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India, Biological Sciences
Ph.D., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Molecular Biology and Genetics
Research Interest: Investigating mechanisms promoting cell fate plasticity in cancers.
Maya Baron-Gershkovitz
B.S., Tel-Hai College, Israel, Nutrition
M.S., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Biomedical Science
Ph.D., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Biomedical Science
Research Interest: Investigating the cancer-microbiome axis in small cell lung cancer.
Wen-Hao (Howard) Hsu
B.S., Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Life Science
M.S., Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Cancer Biology
Ph.D., UT MD Anderson, Houston, TX, Cancer Biology
Research Interest: My research interests lie in the mechanisms of cancer metastasis and seeking interventions for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) progression. I expect my work to contribute to clinical prevention and therapy in SCLC.
Jun Kim
B.S., University of California, Los Angeles, Bioengineering
Ph.D., Stanford University, Bioengineering
Research Interest: I am interested in studying alterations in signaling pathways in cancer cells and developing novel therapeutic strategies.
Yoko Nishiga
Joint appointment with lab of Edward Graves
B.S., Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
M.D., Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan, Medicine
Ph.D., Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan, Radiation Oncology and Image-applied Therapy
Research Interest: I’m interested in how radiotherapy affects immune cells in the tumor microenvironment and how to overcome the radioresistance of tumors.
Graduate Students
Caterina I. Colón
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Biology
Research Interest: I’m interested in leveraging immunotherapies against small cell lung cancer.
Oscar Donosa
B.S., University of California at San Diego, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, and, B.S in Social Psychology
Research Interests: I'm interested in basic science research, in the context of cancer biology, that can lead to novel therapeutics.
Gina Nicole Duronio
B.S., Northeastern University, double major in Math and Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: I'm interested in understanding the role of cancer stem cells in disease development and the importance of cell state plasticity and stem cell signaling in determining processes such as metastasis and the development of therapeutic resistance in cancer..
Taylar Hammond
B.S., Stanford University, Biology
Research Interests: I'm interested in mechanisms underlying changes in cancer cell fate decisions, especially in relation to changes in proliferation, metastasis, and differentiation state.
Griffin Hartmann
B.S., Brown University, Neuroscience (with Honors)
Research Interests: I’m interested in understanding environmental and intrinsic factors that aid metastatic seeding and colonization with an emphasis on brain metastasis.
Clara Poupault
B.Sc., University of Massachusetts Boston
Research Interests: I am interested in the role of the immune system in cancer development and progression and how we can use immunotherapies to treat cancer.
Rotation Students, 2024-2025
Isabela Fuentes
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chemistry and Biology
Research Interests: I'm interested in learning about connections between stem cell signaling and cancer, as well as about cell plasticity and metastasis.
Krystina Szylo
B.S., University of California, Los Angeles, Biochemistry
Research Interests: I’m interested in investigating molecular and metabolic pathways in cancer to identify therapeutic targets.
Undergraduate Students
Marcus Hsieh
Sophomore at Stanford University
Ryan Lee
Sophomore at Stanford University
Visiting Student Researcher
Yamina Chtourou
Dentistry student, and pursuing a Master’s in CARe, Medicine-Science dual program, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France (ongoing)
Research Interest: I am currently pursuing a master's degree in Cancer, Ageing, and Rejuvenation, and as someone deeply passionate about oncology, my internship at the Sage Lab will focus on Exploring RORB-Mediated Cell State Plasticity and Immune Evasion in Small Cell Lung Cancer: Implications for Therapeutic Targeting.
Lab Manager
Thuyen Nguyen
B.S., Texas A&M, Biochemistry
Research Interests: Since learning about organelles in seventh grade I fell in love with cell biology. I feel fortunate to have a rewarding career studying the protein pathways of disease, which had included analysis of the proteins involved in pigment formation, antibody drug therapy, and how certain drug treatments affect small cell lung cancer.
Research Administrator
Stanford, CA 94305