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Meet Sheethal Umesh Nagalakshmi, a Computational Biologist within the Spatial Technologies Unit. She is a highly skilled and motivated individual with a strong educational background and extensive professional experience in bioinformatics. She earned her Master of Science in Bioinformatics from the...

Meet Dr. Susan Hagen, our Director of the Histology, Confocal Imaging, and Electron Microscopy (EM) Cores at BIDMC. Apart from overseeing the Histology Core, Dr. Susan Hagen also leads innovative research in her lab, focused on understanding how barrier dysfunction contributes to gastric cancer...

Meet Dr. Frank Slack, our Co-Director of the Precision RNA Medicine Core at BIDMC. He is also the Shields Warren Mallinckrodt Professor in the Department of Pathology, and the director of the HMS Initiative for RNA Medicine. Dr. Slack's academic journey began with a BSc from the University of Cape...

Meet Dr. Athanasios Ploumakis, our Senior Scientist within the Spatial Technologies Unit of the Precision RNA Medicine (PRM) Core. Dr. Ploumakis studied Biochemistry at the University of Oxford, graduating with an MBiochem. He pursued his PhD at the University of Birmingham Medical School, where he...

Meet Madison Uyemura, a staff member in the RNA Detection Unit of the Precision RNA Medicine (PRM) Core. Madison grew up in Texas and earned a B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, as well as an M.S. in Biotechnology from Boston University. She joined the PRM Core in 2021, shortly after...

Meet Ashton Black, the technician in the RNA Delivery Unit of the Precision RNA Medicine (PRM) Core. Ashton also serves as a Research Assistant with the Slack Lab, holding a Master's degree from Tufts University and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Southern Maine. With a background in...

Meet Suzanne White, the Senior Histotechnologist and Supervisor of the Histology Core. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Animal Science from the University of New Hampshire. Suzanne has been overseeing the Histology Core since its establishment in February 1999.