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 an Associate 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
Jacob Freimer
Postdoctoral Fellow
Youjin Lee
Postdoctoral Fellow
Murad Mamedov
Postdoctoral Fellow
Edward Marsh
Postdoctoral Fellow
Cody Mowery
MD/PhD Student, UCSF
David-Huy Nguyen
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Ujjwal Rathore
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ralf Schmidt
Postdoctoral Fellow
Eric Shifrut
Postdoctoral Fellow
Brian Shy
Clinical Fellow
Zach Steinhart
Postdoctoral Fellow
Jennifer Umhoefer
PhD Student, UCSF BMS
Carl Ward
Postdoctoral Fellow
Tori Yamamoto
Postdoctoral Fellow
Staff
Daniel Carr
Research Technician
Amy Chen
Research Technician
Yan Yi Chen
Research Technician
Veronica Cruz
Lab Helper
Rama Dajani
Research Technician
Stacie Dodgson
Scientific Strategy Manager
Christian Garrido
Research Technician
Alvin Ha
Research Technician
Vigneshwari Kumar
Research Technician
Madeline Layeghi
Research Technician
Zhongmei Li
Research Technician
Jennifer Okano
Executive Analyst, UCSF
Jackie Sawin
Executive Assistant, Gladstone Institutes
Bruce Schaar
Scientific Project Manager
Shane Vedova
Research Technician
Vivasvan Vykunta
Research Technician
Caroline Whitty
Research Technician
Jon Woo
Lab Manager
Pei Wen Xiao
Summer Intern
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.
Mitchell Lipke Research Technician
Current position: Medical Student, Vanderbilt University
Ruby Yu Post-Doctoral Fellow
Current position: Visiting Scientist, Gladstone Institutes
Sagar Bapat Resident
Current position: Instructor, Department 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