Our People
The Marson lab is a highly collaborative team with expertise in genomics, immunology, infectious diseases, and related fields, driven by a shared interest in applying cutting-edge technologies to understand and engineer cells of the human immune system.
Alex Marson
Principal Investigator
Alex Marson is a Professor at UCSF and the Director of the Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology. As a physician-scientist with a background in immune genomics, Alex’s lab is focused on adapting CRISPR genome editing techniques to human immune cells in order to understand the genetic programs controlling immune cell function and to manipulate T cells to generate cell-based therapies for a wide range of diseases.
Post-Doctoral Fellows and Students
Maya Arce
PhD Student
Jim Asaki
PhD Student
Franziska Blaeschke
Postdoctoral Fellow
Eli Dugan
PhD Student
Laine Goudy
PhD Student
Rosmely Hernandez
Postdoctoral Fellow
Youjin Lee
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ben Lesch
PhD Student
Murad Mamedov
Postdoctoral Fellow
Mineto Ota
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ujjwal Rathore
Postdoctoral Fellow
Zach Steinhart
Postdoctoral Fellow
Jennifer Umhoefer
PhD Student, UCSF BMS
Carl Ward
Postdoctoral Fellow
Galen Xing
PhD Student
Tori Yamamoto
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ronghui (Ron) Zhu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Staff
Rama Dajani
Research Technician
Stacie Dodgson
Chief Scientific Strategist
Nicole Leung
Scientific Grant Writer
Zhongmei Li
Research Technician
Ron Manlapaz
Lab Manager
Jackie Sawin
Executive Assistant, Gladstone Institutes
Jon Woo
Institute Operations Manager
Interested in joining us?
We are always open to applications from post-doctoral fellows with strong backgrounds in cellular immunology. Applicants with backgrounds in genomics, molecular biology, computational biology and genome engineering who have a research interest in immunology are also welcome to apply. MD or PhD or equivalent doctoral degree required.
Alumni
People we've had the privilege of working with in the Marson Lab.
Yan Yi Chen Research Technician
Current position: Graduate Student, Harvard Medical School
Cody Mowery Graduate Student
Current position: Medical Student, UCSF
Brian Shy Clinical Fellow
Current position: Assistant Professor, Laboratory Medicine, UCSF
Ralf Schmidt Postdoctoral Fellow
Current position: Clinical Fellow, Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna
Vigneshwari Kumar Research Technician
Current position: PhD Student, BCMB Allied Program, Weill Cornell
David Nguyen Assistant Adjunct Professor
Current position: Assistant Professor in Residence, UCSF
Alvin Ha Research Technician
Current position: Research Technician, Shy lab, UCSF
Jennifer Okano Executive Analyst
Current position: Retired
Bruce Schaar Scientific Project Manager
Current position: Scientific Grant Writer and Program Manager, Stanford University
Madeline Layeghi Research Technician
Current position: Lab manager, Gladstone Institutes
Daniel Carr Research Technician
Current position: PhD Student, University of Washington
Edward Marsh Postdoctoral Fellow
Current position: Scientist II, Kate Therapeutics
Jake Freimer Postdoctoral Fellow
Current position: Senior Computational Scientist, Genentech
Vivasvan Vykunta Research Technician
Current position: MSTP Student, UCSF
Shane Vedova Research Technician
Current position: PhD Student, Weill Cornell Medical College
Eric Shifrut Postdoctoral Fellow
Current position: Principal Investigator, Tel Aviv University
Christian Garrido Research Technician
Current position: Global Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Grifols Diagnostics
Amy Chen Research Technician
Current position: Graduate Student, UCSF
Caroline Whitty Research Technician
Current position: Graduate Student, UCSF
Mitchell Lipke Research Technician
Current position: Medical Student, Vanderbilt University
Ruby Yu Postdoctoral Fellow
Current position: Visiting Scientist, Gladstone Institutes
Sagar Bapat Resident
Current position: Instructor, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine, UCSF
Joe Hiatt MD/PhD Student, UCSF
Current position: Medical Student, UCSF
Ryan Apathy Research Technician
Current position: Medical Student, University of Washington
Devin Cavero Research Technician
Current position: Research Associate, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Jessica Cortez PhD Student, UCSF BMS
Current position: Discovery Scientist, Sonoma Biotherapeutics
Jonathan Li Research Technician
Current position: Medical Student, UCSF
Michelle Nguyen Post-Doctoral Fellow
Current position: Scientist, ArsenalBio
Sid Raju Bioinformaticist
Current position:
Theo Roth MD/PhD Student
Current position: Clinical training, UCSF
Oren Shaked Resident
Current position: Chief Resident, General Surgery, UCSF
Dimitre Simeonov PhD Student, UCSF BMS
Current position: Co-founder, Beeline Therapeutics
Victoria Tobin Research Technician
Current position: Veterinary Student, UC Davis
Ian Vogel Research Technician
Current position: PhD Student, Institute for Research in Biomedicine
Francis Wright Medical Rotation Student
Current position: Medical Student, UCSF
Jasper Nies Visiting Student
Current position: Medical Student, University of Hamburg
Kathrin Schumann Post-Doctoral Fellow
Current position: Professor, Technical University of Munich
Michael Lauber Visiting Graduate Student
Current position: PhD Student, Technical University of Munich
Eric Boyer Staff Research Assistant
Current position: Summer Associate at Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
Ninnia Lescano Staff Research Associate
Current position: Research Scientist, Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.
Genevieve Haliburton Post-Doctoral Fellow
Current position: Computational Biologist, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub