
Sergei B. Koralov, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor of Pathology
Immunology, B/T cell development and function, lymphomagenesis, RNAi, tumor immune surveillance
Selected Awards
2011-2012 New York University Whitehead Fellowship for Junior Faculty in Biomedical and Biological Sciences
CLARIONS Research Award from the Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation
Irma T. Hirschl Career Scientist Award

Elitza Ivanova
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. from Stony Brook Univ, NY.
Role of Th17 cells in airway inflammation. Modulation of immunosurveillance in cancer.

Tim Borbet
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. from NYU School of Medicine
Advantages of single chain Abs

Ray Pillai
Pulmonology Fellow
Co-mentored by Dr. Papagiannakopoulos
Immune surveillance in lung adenocarcinoma

Cosmin Tegla
Heme/Onc Fellow
Molecular etiology of CTCL

Marcus Hines
MD/PhD Student
Role of Dicer dependent non-coding RNAs in genome integrity.

Anastasia-maria Zavitsanou
PhD Student
Co-mentored by Dr. Papagiannakopoulos
Immune evasion of lung adenocarcinoma

Sofia Bajwa
Senior Laboratory Tech
M.S. from NYU.
Gene targeting and molecular biology/immunology.

Alberto Herrera
Laboratory Technician
M.S. from Seton Hall.
PsA immunopathogenesis and CTCL-microbial interaction. Analysis of patient biospecimens
Alums of the Koralov Lab

Maryaline Coffre
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D from Pasteur Institute.
Role of non-coding RNAs in B cell development and function.

Swati Goel
Heme/Onc Fellow
Molecular Etiology of CTCL

Vijay Narnedran
Heme/Onc Med Fellow
Molecular etiology of T cell lymphomas. Mechanisms of action of HDACi in CTCL.

Amy Sun
MD/PhD Student
Molecular etiology of CTCL pathogenesis. Also working on secondary V(D)J recombination.

Melania Fanok
PhD Student
Th17 mediated skin pathology. Role of microbiota in CTCL pathogenesis.

Laura Fogli
PhD Student
Th17 cells in airway inflammation and in psoriatic arthritis.

Taylor Medina
Summer Student
CRISPR/Cas9 targeting and generation of novel animal models.

Cynthia Chen
Med Student
Columbia Univ MD student, 1yr research fellowship
Developing a novel model of T cell lymphoma.

Michal Bar Natan Zommer
Heme/Onc Fellow
STAT3 signaling in CTCL pathogenesis

Lu Yang (Kat)
PhD Student
The role of Th17 cells, microbiota and microbial metabolites in psoriatic arthritis and other chronic inflammatory diseases

Angelina Seffens
Med Student
Columbia University
Development of novel model of CTCL and role of cytokine signaling in T cell malignancies

Brian Robusto
Undergraduate Summer Student
University of Florida
Cancer metabolism and T cell immune surveillance

Angelo Osofsky
Undergraduate Student
Harvard University
Impact of tumor metabolites on CTL function

Daniel Iskhakov
High School Student
Bronx High School of Science
Lung inflammation