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Meet the latest and greatest graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, instructors and affiliated factulty in the Sassetti lab

Lab Members

Our group studies the unique physiology of mycobacteria and the infections they cause.

Christopher M. Sassetti, PhD. 
christopher.sassetti@umassmed.edu
Graduate Students
Michelle Bellerose
Gene-specific interactions with first-line TB drugs
 
michelle.bellerose@umassmed.edu
Aditya Bandekar
Regulation of DNA synthesis, oxidative damage, and cell cycle
 
aditya.bandekar@umassmed.edu
Emily Rittershaus
Metabolic regulation of the quiescent state
 
emily.rittershaus@umassmed.edu
Postdoctoral Fellows
Jarukit Ed Long, PhD.
jarukit.long@umassmed.edu
Andrew Olive, PhD.
andrew.olive@umassmed.edu
Christina Baer, PhD.
christina.baer@umassmed.edu
Subhalaxmi Nambi, PhD.
subhalaxmi.nambi@umassmed.edu
Clare Smith, PhD.
clare.smith@umassmed.edu
Rustin Lovewell, PhD.
rustin.lovewell@umassmed.edu
Jia Yao Phuah, PhD.
Genetic determinants of macrophage killing of Mtb in diverse outbred mice
 
jiayao.phuah@umassmed.edu
Instructors and Affiliated Faculty
Sundaram
kadamba.papavinasasundaram@umassmed.edu
Kenan Murphy
kenan.murphy@umassmed.edu
Former Lab Members
Jennifer Griffin, PhD.
Bibhuti Mishra, PhD.
Seung-Hun Baek, PhD.
Xavier Meniche, PhD.
Alice Li, PhD.
Amit Pandey, PhD.
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