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.

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Post-Doctoral Fellows and Students

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Maya Arce

PhD Student

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Jim Asaki

PhD Student

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Franziska Blaeschke

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Eli Dugan

PhD Student

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Laine Goudy

PhD Student

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Rosmely Hernandez

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Youjin Lee

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Ben Lesch

PhD Student

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Murad Mamedov

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Mineto Ota

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Ujjwal Rathore

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Zach Steinhart

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Jennifer Umhoefer

PhD Student, UCSF BMS

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Carl Ward

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Galen Xing

PhD Student

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Tori Yamamoto

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Ronghui (Ron) Zhu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Staff

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Rama Dajani

Research Technician

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Stacie Dodgson

Chief Scientific Strategist

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Nicole Leung

Scientific Grant Writer

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Zhongmei Li

Research Technician

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Ron Manlapaz

Lab Manager

JackieSawin
Jackie Sawin

Executive Assistant, Gladstone Institutes

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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