DOW LAB TEAM

Principal Investigator

Luke Dow Weill Cornell — **Luke Dow, PhD.** Principal Investigator
Email: lud2005@med.cornell.edu

Postdoctoral fellows

Marie Parsons.png — **Marie Parsons, PhD.** Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: mjp4001@med.cornell.edu
**Previous Institutions:**
The Walter and Eliza Hall of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia and the University of Newcastle (Australia).
**My Interests are:**
My research interests are Modeling colorectal cancer in vivo and studying the role of oncogenic drivers in the initiation and progression of colorectal cancer.

Picture Sal web round.png — **Salvador Alonso Martinez,** M.D.
Email: saa4025@med.cornell.edu
**Previous Institution:**
Johns Hopkins University (Maryland) - Postdoctoral fellowship
Massachusetts General Hospital - Internal Medicine Residency
**My interests are:**
My research interests are to characterize the mechanisms of drug resistance and to identify novel therapeutic targets in colorectal cancer.

**Adrian Vega, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow**
Email: adv4003@med.cornell.edu
**Previous Institution:**
National Center for Biotechnology (Madrid, Spain)
Complutense University (Madrid, Spain)
**My interests are:**
My research interest focus on modeling new cancer models in cells, organoids, and mice and exploring immune biology in tumors.

**Sara Bernardo, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow**
Email: sab4030@med.cornell.edu
**Previous Institution:**
Medical University of Vienna (Vienna, Austria)
Institut du Cancer de Montpellier (Montpellier, France)
**My interests are:**
I am focused on understanding the response to KRAS targeted therapy in lung cancer

Graduate Students

Bianca Jay.png — **Bianca Jay Diaz,** **M.S.** Graduate Student, PhD-BCMB
Email: bjd4001@med.cornell.edu
**Previous Institutions:**
New York University Tandon School of Engineering B.S. and New York University M.S.
**My Interests are:**
Studying the effects of different KRAS mutant alleles on lung cancer tumor initiation and drug response.

Jill Zimmerman.png — **Jill Zimmerman,** Graduate Student, BCMB
Email: jlz4001@med.cornell.edu
**Previous Institutions:**
University of California, Los Angeles (B.S., '18)
**My Interests are:**
I am interested in selectively suppressing WNT signaling in colorectal cancer cells through targeting of the Tankyrase enzymes.

**Whitney Diaz,** Graduate Student, BCMB
Email: wjd4001@med.cornell.edu
**Previous Institutions:**
William E. Macaulay Honors College-CUNY, New York (B.A., '16)
**My Interests are:**
I am interested in developing CRISPR base editing strategies that will help create new *in vivo* models and understanding how allele-specific Kras mutations drive different phenotypes.

**Kevan Chu,** Graduate Student, BCMB
Email: kec4008@med.cornell.edu
**Previous Institution:**
Undergrad at NYU (New York)
Technician at MSKCC (New York)
**My interests are:**
I am interested in studying how to improve base editing by manipulating or modifying the editor complex and how it interacts with the cell.

Research Technicians

Lab Supervisor:

Alumni:

Alyna Katti, PhD. Graduate Student

Current: Scientist II, Revolution Medicines

Maria Paz Zafra Martin, PhD. Postdoctoral Fellow

Current: IBS-Granada (Biosanitary Research Institute of Granada), Spain.

Teng Han, PhD Graduate Student

Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Amber Simon, Lab Manager

Current: Student, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy

Emma Schatoff, MD/PHD Student

Current: Fellow, Weill Cornell Medicine / MSKCC

Miguel Foronda, Ph.D Postdoctoral Fellow

Current: Scientific writer, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Michael Shusterman, MD. Clinical Fellow, Hem Onc

Current: NYU Langone

Ben Leach, MD. Clinical Fellow, Hem Onc

Current: Attending Physician, City of Hope

Join us...

OPEN POSITIONS

Postdoc

We are currently seeking highly motivated and independent postdocs to join the Dow lab. We are using cross-species analysis and innovative mouse models to explore the events governing progression and therapeutic response of colorectal cancer. Previous experience with animal models, particularly mice, is advantageous but not essential.

To apply, please send your CV, description of past research and list of referees to: lud2005@med.cornell.edu

Students

Situated in the state-of-the-art Belfer Research Building as part of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center at Weill-Cornell Medical College, we are affiliated with the Cell & Developmental Biology (BCMB) Program within the Weill-Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences. Graduate students interested in rotations should contact Luke Dow (lud2005@med.cornell.edu).

Technicians

If you want to learn science and work in a well-recognized institution, we seek to work with us Research Technician I (if you don’t have any experience) and Research Technician II (if you already have experience in the field). You’ll have a great deal of autonomy and several tasks you're solely responsible for.