Postdoctoral Fellow

Ni Yan grew up in the southern area in Shaanxi, China. She received a bachelor degree in Bioengineering from Northwest A&F University in 2017, and earned her PhD degree from Shanghai Institute of Hematology at Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2022. Her previous studies uncovered the underlying epigenetic mechanism of arsenic-induced cognitive impairment in offspring of exposed mice. She also investigated molecular targeted therapies for TP53-mutant cancers. Outside of the lab, she enjoys music, hiking, cycling, scuba-diving and traveling.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Subha was born and raised in India where he completed his Masters in Biochemistry from the University of Calcutta, India. Thereafter, he joined Institute of Life Sciences, to pursue a career in research and completed his Ph.D. in November 2022. His past research work focused on the role of chromatin remodelling complexes in guiding differentiation programs and lineage choices in hematopoiesis, and how these epigenetic switches can contribute to leukemogenesis. Apart from research, he enjoys cooking and bonding over food, reading novels and Indian epics!

Postdoctoral Fellow

Yigang, originally from China, obtained his Bachelor's degree from Jilin University. He earned his PhD in Basic Medicine from Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, where his research focused on targeting mutant p53 with small molecules. His current research is dedicated to understanding the role of PPM1D in chemotherapy.

Fellow

Hatem, originally from Cairo, grew up moving around the middle east spending much of his childhood in Dubai, UAE. He moved to the United States for his college at New York University where he studied chemistry and nutrition. He lived and worked in New York City for a short while before attending medical school at the Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He subsequently completed his internal medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, before joining the Miller Lab supported by the NIAID-R38 grant. While in the Miller Lab he plans on investigating the effects of replication stress on DNA-damage and how that relates to leukemic risk. In his free time, Hatem enjoys running, reading, cooking and eating.

Senior Research Technologist

Carmen Da Silva grew up in a small town in El Salvador and moved to the United States in 2006. She enrolled at Bunker Hill Community College and graduated with an associate degree in Biotechnology and subsequently obtained her bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Laboratory and Clinical Sciences at Boston University Metropolitan College. Carmen worked for 14 years at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute providing in vivo technical support to researchers in the community where she also obtained AALAS certification as a Laboratory Animal Technologist. Carmen enjoys gardening, walking, and Zumba!

Technician

Sita was born and raised in Nawalparasi, Nepal, where she completed her secondary education. She later moved to Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, where she earned a diploma in pharmacy and served as a pharmacy assistant in a community pharmacy for two years. In 2018, Sita moved to South Korea to pursue her undergraduate studies. She completed her undergraduate in Bioscience from Mokpo National University in 2024. Her undregraduate research focussed on obesity and diabetes, specifically investigating the effect of Elsholtzia fruticosa extract on the differentiation of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes cells. Currently, her research interests in the Miller Lab center around investigating the intricate molecular mechanisms underlying progression and drug resistance in myeloid neoplasms. In her leisure time, Sita enjoys watching movies and spending time with friends, embracing diverse experiences and perspectives.

Northeastern Co-op Program

Avery was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up in Yarmouth, Maine before moving to Madison, Wisconsin, and then Columbus, Ohio, where he completed his secondary education. Prior to university, he conducted genomic research at Penn State University, investigating genes that modulate thermal stress tolerance in endosymbiotic dinoflagellates. Avery now lives in Boston, Massachusetts, where he is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Cell and Molecular Biology at Northeastern University. At Northeastern, he developed a research project examining the effects of THC and caffeine on sleep, wakefulness, and dopaminergic signaling in Drosophila melanogaster. In 2023, he completed a 6-month co-op position at Moderna Therapeutics, where he produced and characterized recombinant antigens for multiple respiratory vaccine programs, with a focus on RSV. Avery plans to continue his studies in immunology and bioinformatics after graduation. In his free time, he enjoys cooking, drawing, gardening, and exploring new cities.

Scientist

Josephine Kahn was born in New York and grew up in the Netherlands. She attended medical school in the Netherlands (VU University of Amsterdam) and received a MSc in Immunology from Oxford University. Josephine performed her PhD research in the laboratories of Benjamin Ebert at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and René Bernards at the Netherlands Cancer Institute. She studied the biology of clonal hematopoiesis, myelodysplastic syndromes and leukemia, with a specific focus on chemotherapy resistance and the DNA damage response. Josephine’s research helped elucidate the role of PPM1D in clonal hematopoiesis and leukemia. Following her PhD, Josephine started residency at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Internal Medicine. Outside of work, Josephine enjoys running, playing field hockey, tennis & skiing.

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Administrative Coordinator

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Research Technician

Research Technician