Martin J. Walsh, PhD, Principal Investigator

DIRECTOR | The Mount Sinai Center for RNA Biology and Medicine
PROFESSOR | Pharmacological Sciences, Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Pediatrics
INSTITUTE AFFILIATIONS |TISCH Cancer Institute, Mindich Child Health and Development Institute

Multi-Disciplinary Training Areas for PhD students:
Genetics and Data Science [GDS], Pharmacology and Therapeutics Discovery [PTD]

E-mail: martin.walsh@mssm.edu

 

Almudena Bosch, PhD, Assistant Professor

E-mail: almudena.bosch@mssm.edu

 
 
 
 

 

Agata Kurowski, PhD, Senior Scientist

Education: BS and MS in Biology from the Goethe University in Frankfurt. PhD from the University of Cambridge where she investigated the pluripotency network of embryonic stem cells in the mouse blastocyst. Current Work: Epigenetic regulations in early development and cancer biology, with a focus on how the protein UHRF1 regulates cell transition.

E-mail: agata.kurowski@mssm.edu

 

 

Yifei Sun, PhD, Postdoc

Education: BS from the Nankai University in China. Ph.D. from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai where she investigated the epigenetic regulation of histone demethylase in breast cancer. Current Work: Using multi-omic sequencing method to explore precision medicine options for breast cancer patients.

E-mail: yifei.sun@mssm.edu

 

 

Wan Yee Lam, Master Student

Education: BS from Long Island University, Forensic Science and Chemistry. MS from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Biomedical Science.
Current Work: Develop novel sequencing technology of Cleavage Under Target & Tagmentation (CUT&Tag) for efficient epigenomic profiling using Cystic Fibrosis as a disease model.

E-mail: wanyee.lam@icahn.mssm.edu

 

Henry Tilghman, MSBS Program, Student

Education: B.A. Chemistry and Biology from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, investigated oxidative stress influence on human articular chondrocytes at Thurston Arthritis Research Center, UNC School of Medicine. Current Work: Investigating the mechanism by which PBCV-1 encoding VSET HKMT leads to rapid inhibition of host transcription following viral infection.

E-mail: henry.tilghman@icahn.mssm.edu

 

 

Megan Januska, MD

Education: Received her BA in anthropology from Grinnell College in Grinnell, IA and her MD from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in Hanover, NH. Completed her pediatric residency at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, NY and is currently completing her pediatric pulmonology fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, NY.
Current Work: Using multi-omic sequencing methods to define the cell type context in cystic fibrosis as well as the cell type-specific regulation and expression of CFTR.

E-mail: megan.januska@mountsinai.org