Lab Members

Phone: 857-307-0788

Education / Training:

• Kazan State University, Russia (BA- English Translation)
• Kazan State University, Russia (MS- Molecular Biology)

Research Interests:

Damir is currently working to identify the role and functions of folliculin, as it relates to the pathogenesis of Birt-Hogg-Dube (BHD) Syndrome. He is also developing animal models of FLCN inactivation.

Hobbies / Interests:

• Computers, computer games
• Archery

Phone: 857-307-0786

Education / Training:

• Peking University (PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

Research Interest:

Systems biology of human disease

Phone: 857-307-0794

Education / Training:

• University Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy (MD)

Hobbies / Interests:

• Cooking
• History
• Philosophy
• Travel

Education / Training:

• Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon (MSc, Physiology and Physiopathology)
• Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon (MD, Medicine)

Research Interests:

Understanding the pathogenesis of chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (chRcc). Developing new mouse models of chRCC that can be used for preclinical and mechanistic studies.

Hobbies / Interests:

• Basketball
• Travel
• History

Education / Training:

• American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon (MD, Medicine)

Research Interests:

• Pathogenesis and potential therapeutic implications relating to ChRCC

Hobbies / Interests:

• Travel
• Reading
• Paddle boarding
• Fashion

Education / Training:

· Peking University (Biological Sciences)

· GaTech (Computational Biology)

Research Interest:

· Data analysis and Computational Biology

· Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma

· TSC

· Aging Mechanism and Aging-related Diseases

· Spatial Biology

· Multi-omics, single cell omics

· Gene and Cell Therapy

· Nanomedicine

· Cancer Genomics

· Lung Cancer

· High-throughput Biology and Lab automation

· Systems Biology

Education/Training: 

Lebanese University, Faculty of Medical Sciences (LU)

Research interests:

Researching chromophobe cell carcinoma origins, tumor evolution mechanisms, and therapeutic options.

Hobbies/interests:

Reading

Education / Training:

• Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon, RPh
• Queen Mary University of London (Barts Cancer Institute), London, UK, MSc
• Saint Joseph University, Lebanon, PhD in Medical and biological sciences

Research Interests:

Investigating how metabolic reprogramming in TSC drives ferroptosis resistance.

Hobbies / Interests:

• Travel
• Dogs
• Cooking

Education:

Lebanese University, Faculty of Medicine (MD)

Research Interest:

Understanding the biology and the pathogenesis of metastatic chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (ChRCC).

Hobbies / Interests:

Soccer

Cats

Coffee

• Bachelor Degree in Biotechnology, University of Verona, Italy
• Master Degree in Functional Genomic, University of Trieste, Italy
• PhD Degree in Genetic and Developmental Biology, Université Paris Cité, Bio Sorbonne Paris Cité Doctoral School

• Travel
• Cooking
• Music

Education / Training:
• BA Candidate in Molecular & Cellular Biology with English secondary at Harvard College

Research Interests:
• Developing strategies to degrade TFEB and TFE3 in rare kidney cancer cell lines using PROTACs and deubiquitinase (DUB) inhibitors
• Investigating protein degradation mechanisms and lysosomal regulation

Hobbies:
• Writing
• Baking
• Traveling
• Reading (fiction or science-related)

Education / Training:
• Harvard College, A.B. Candidate for Molecular and Cellular Biology

Research Interests:
• Targeted degradation of fusion TFE3 in Translocation Renal Cell Carcinoma (tRCC)

Hobbies:

• Reading
• Crocheting
• Origami
• Badminton
• Running
• Traveling