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Current Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Dr. Praveen Sethupathy

Praveen Sethupathy, Ph.D.

Professor of Physiological Genomics
praveens@cornell.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Research Associate

Mike Shanahan Mike Shanahan, Ph.D.
mts253@cornell.edu
Senior Scientist and Lab Manager
Mike has over 20 years of experience in the field of gastrointestinal physiology.  His main areas of research focus in the Sethupathy lab include genetic and environmental control of Paneth cells, as well as the role of microRNAs in regulating Paneth cell function.
Bo Shui Bo Shui, Ph.D.
bs222@cornell.edu
Senior Scientist
Bo has decades of experience as a senior scientist in molecular biology.  Currently he is providing expert capabilities in nuclei isolation and library preparation for single-cell ATAC and RNA sequencing.  Two major areas of focus include fibrolamellar carcinoma and oral squamous cell carcinoma (in collaboration with Santiago Peralta and Bill Katt).

Technician

Alexander Drake

Alex Drake, B.S.
add73@cornell.edu
Technician
Alex works closely with SRA Mike Shanahan to provide varied important technical support for the lab, ranging from mouse colony management to lab safety to the optimization of new bench techniques.  Alex also provides valuable training for junior scientists in the lab, including summer research students.

Postdoctoral Fellows

Alexx ShumwayAlexandria (Alexx) Shumway, Ph.D.
as3999@cornell.edu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Alexx completed her PhD in the lab on microRNAs and human IBD and now as a post-doc she will continue to study microRNAs but in the context of canine IBD, leveraging state-of-the-art high-resolution genome-scale technologies including spatial platforms.

Graduate Students

Don Long Donald Long, B.S.
dl964@cornell.edu
Ph.D. Student (GGD)
Don studies the tumor metabolism in the context of fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLC).  Specifically, he is interested in the role of an orphan transporter in promoting FLC tumor growth, as well as in specific microRNAs and their contribution to the regulation of glycolysis and FLC cell survival.
Sunita Nepal Sunita Nepal
sn635@cornell.edu
Ph.D. Student (BBS)
Sunita is co-mentored by Anushka Dongre (BMS), and her research focuses on the role of microRNAs in EMT-driven immunosuppression in breast cancer.  Her work involves genome-scale approaches to studying gene regulation, immunology, cell biology, as well as animal models of cancer.
Andreas Stephanou Andreas Stephanou
as3562@cornell.edu
Ph.D. Student (GGD)
Andreas is co-mentored by Iwijn De Vlaminck (BME), and his research focuses on genome technology development, particularly in spatial transcriptomics, and its application to the study of health and disease.  One major area of focus is spatially resolving the tumor microenvironment in fibrolamellar carcinoma.
Jenna Todero Jenna Todero
jet244@cornell.edu
Ph.D. Student (BMCB)
Jenna’s core interests are in physiology and metabolic disease.  Her thesis work is focused on the identification of the regulatory mechanisms that underpin the association between arsenic exposure and diabetes phenotypes.

Undergraduate Students

Anwesa Brahmachary Anwesa Brahmachary
adb297@cornell.edu
Undergraduate Student
Anwesa is exploring the effects of diet on intestinal Paneth cell number, location, and function.
Cornell Seal Bhumika Iroji
bji8@cornell.edu
Undergraduate Student
Bhumika is part of a team studying the genetic, molecular, and environmental control of Paneth cell biology.
Cornell Seal Renee Lee
ryl27@cornell.edu
Undergraduate Student
Renee is studying how Paneth cells across different regions of the intestine respond to helminth infection.
Shreekanya Mitra Shreekanya Mitra
sm2822@cornell.edu
Undergraduate Student
Shree is investigating the mechanisms by which arsenic affects Paneth cell function in the gut.

 

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