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
Franziska Blaeschke
Postdoctoral Fellow
Laine Goudy
PhD Student
Rosmely Hernandez
Postdoctoral Fellow
Youjin Lee
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ben Lesch
PhD Student
Murad Mamedov
Postdoctoral Fellow
Cody Mowery
MD/PhD Student, UCSF
Ujjwal Rathore
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ralf Schmidt
Postdoctoral Fellow
Brian Shy
Clinical Fellow
Zach Steinhart
Postdoctoral Fellow
Jennifer Umhoefer
PhD Student, UCSF BMS
Carl Ward
Postdoctoral Fellow
Galen Xing
PhD Student
Tori Yamamoto
Postdoctoral Fellow
Staff
Yan Yi Chen
Research Technician
Rama Dajani
Research Technician
Stacie Dodgson
Scientific Strategy Manager
