Tissue Analysis Core Research Group

Development and implementation of high resolution and high throughput imaging assays for the analysis of tissue immune dynamics in viral infections and vaccine settings.

Jeferson Valencia Davila, Ph.D.

Visiting Fellow

Education:

Ph.D., Industrial University of Santander

B.S., Chemistry, Industrial University of Santander

Languages Spoken: Spanish, Portuguese

Jeferson obtained his Ph.D. in analytical chemistry in 2019 at the Industrial University of Santander, under the supervision of Profs. Marianny Y. Combariza and Cristian Blanco. He then joined the Federal University of Goias in Brazil as a postdoctoral researcher and worked, under the guidance of Prof. Boniek Gontijo Vaz, on the characterization of complex petroleum mixtures by high resolution...

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Giulia Fabozzi, Ph.D.

Scientist

Education:

Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy

Residency (magna cum laude), School of Medicine, Microbiology and Virology, University of Rome “TorVergata”, Italy

B.S., M.Sc., Biological Science (Gene regulation) (magna cum laude), University of Rome “La Sapienza”

Languages Spoken: Italian

Dr. Fabozzi is a Ph.D. trained molecular biologist with expertise in gene regulation and specialization in microbiology and virology focused on host-pathogen models (Escherichia coli-phage; Listeria monocytogenes, Mycobacteria, Ebolavirus and influenza virus). Ongoing research focuses on the characterization of the cellular dynamics in non-human primate (NHP) model tissues (lymph nodes, lung and...

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Adam Molyvdas, Ph.D.

IRTA Postdoctoral Fellow

Education:

Ph.D., Department of Immunology and Histocompatibility, University of Thessaly Medical School, Greece

M.Sc. by research, University of Edinburgh, UK

B.Sc. with Honors, Physiology, University of Edinburgh, UK

Languages Spoken: Greek

Dr. Molyvdas is working on germinal center activation after SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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Eirini Moysi, Ph.D.

Research Fellow

Education:

Ph.D., Clinical Medicine (Human Immunology), University of Oxford, UK 

M.Sc., Integrated Immunology, University of Oxford, UK

Languages Spoken: French, Spanish, Greek

Dr. Moysi is an immunologist and geneticist with experience in the study of immune responses in humans and non-human primates (NHP). Her research focuses on the study of lymphoid tissues and how their microanatomy and associated immune dynamics change during chronic infection or vaccination to produce specific outcomes such as the development of neutralizing antibodies. To dissect these dynamics...

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Benjamin L. Oyler, Ph.D.

Scientist

Education:

Ph.D., Toxicology, University of Maryland School of Medicine
B.S., Chemistry, minor Biology, Towson University

Dr. Oyler is a mass spectrometrist and analytical chemist with broad scientific exposure and perspective ranging from countermeasures against chemical warfare nerve agent poisoning to molecular host-pathogen interactions.

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Former Research Group Members

Kartik Padhan, staff, Lymphocyte Biology Section, NIAID, NIH 

Yiannis Dimopoulos, Pathology resident, Georgetown University 

Kimberly Shankwitz, Ph.D. student, University of Miami 

Kristy Fu, Ph.D. student, Rutgers University 

Alex Chassiakos, Ph.D. student, City Of Hope, CA 

Vasilios Papaioannou, M.Sc., Johns Hopkins University 

Donato Amodio, Pediatrician, Clinical Immunology and Vaccinology, Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy.  

Neggin Assadi, School for Physician Assistant, PA 

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