People — Alison Taylor Lab

Our Team

Alison Taylor, PhD - Prinicipal Investigator

Email: at3488[@]cumc.columbia.edu
Twitter: @alisontaylorlab
Alison is an Assistant Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology in the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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Joan Castellano Perez, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow

Email: jc5577[@]cumc.columbia.edu
Joan’s research focuses on how aneuploidy affects differentiation in lung cells.
Samyukta Mallick - PhD Candidate, Integrated Program

Email: sm4922[@]cumc.columbia.edu
Samyukta is interested in squamous cancers, including the interaction between HPV and aneuploidy.
Nadja Zhakula-Kostadinova - PhD Candidate, Genetics & Development Program

Email: nz2332[@]cumc.columbia.edu
Nadja studies how cells respond to aneuploidy-induced changes in metabolism and replication stress.
Joanna Kopko - PhD Candidate, Pathobiology Program

Email: jnk2143[@]cumc.columbia.edu
Joanna’s research project looks at how individual gene dosage plays a role in aneuploidy phenotypes, and how genetic ancestry correlates with specific aneuploidy events.
Chloe A. Paolucci - Research Technician

Email: cap2261[@]cumc.columbia.edu
Amber Arif - Undergraduate Student, Hunter College

Email: aa5141[@]cumc.columbia.edu
Amber is exploring aneuploidy-induced vulnerabilities in unique pathways.
Sai Ramani Choudari - Undegraduate Student, Barnard College

Email: sc5148[@]cumc.columbia.edu
Madeline Raquel Saavedra Bagdonas - Undergraduate Student, Barnard College

Email: mrs2344[@]barnard.edu
Sejal Jain - Medical Student, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine

Sejal previously worked as a research technician on screening for aneuploidy vulnerabilties and is now working on racial disparities in lung squamous cell carcinoma.