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Sally KentSally C. Kent, PhD

Principal Investigator

B.S. Biology, Union College, Schenectady, NY
Ph.D. Microbiology & Immunology, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL
Postdoctoral Fellowships, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY & Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

  • Anthony Manganaro

    Anthony Manganaro

    Research Lab Tech

    Education: B.S. Biology, Fitchburg State University

    Interests: Cellular and Molecular Biology, Oncology, Forensic Science

  • Erandi Velarde de la Cruz

    Erandi Velarde de la Cruz, PhD

    Postdoctoral Associate

    Education: Ph.D., Biomedical Science/Immunology, Universidad de Guadalajara

    Favorite thing about lab: Collaborating with others to solve complex problems and uncover new discoveries that contribute to our understanding of the world.

Alumni

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Jenny Aurielle B. Babon, Ph.D.   

In 2017, Dr. Babon was awarded a postdoctoral research fellowship from the JDRF to study the autoreactive CD8 T cell infiltrates from the islets of human subjects with T1D in the Kent lab. She is now a Scientific Investigator at pharmaceutical & biotechnology company GSK.

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Megan DeNicola

Megan was a Research Associate from 2017-21. Prior to that, she worked as a technician starting in 2011. She is currently a senior scientist at Twist Bioscience.

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Sam Lauffer, M.D.

In 2018, Dr. Lauffer joined us as an intern while he was a medical student.  He graduated from T.H. Chan School of Medicine in 2022 and became a General Surgery Intern in Southern California.