Alessandro is Associate Professor at The Wistar Institute (Genome Regulation and Cell Signaling Program) and Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of Pennsylvania. He is Scientific Director of the Genomics Shared Resources at Wistar. He graduated in Biotechnology from the University of Bologna and obtained a PhD in Molecular Medicine from the University of Milan.

Sandra graduated in Biology from the University of Pennsylvania and obtained her PhD in Cancer Biology and Genetics  from Temple University. 

Research interests: 3D genome dynamics in cell differentiation, transcriptional enhancers.

Luca is a PhD student of Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of Bologna. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Biotechnology and a Master Degree in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of Bologna.

Research interests: transcriptional control of neurogenesis, nuclear phosphatases in cancer development. 

Ilan is a PhD student of Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of Bologna. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Biochemistry and Cell Biology and a Master Degree in Biochemistry from the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa).

Research interests: structure-function studies of the Integrator complex.

Kelsey is a PhD student of Cell and Molecular Biology (Genetics & Epigenetics) from the University of Pennsylvania. She previously graduated in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Chemistry from the Minnesota State University Moorhead. 

 Research interests: enhancer regulation during cell fate commitment.  

Joei is a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania and works part-time in the lab as a research assistant. Joei is majoring in Neuroscience and is interested in mechanisms of genome regulation. 

Sarah is a PhD student of Cell and Molecular Biology (Genetics & Epigenetics) from the University of Pennsylvania. She previously graduated in Molecular Biology from the University of Pittsburgh. 

Research interests: transcription regulation by nuclear phosphatases, structure and function of the Integrator complex.

Postdoc (2019-2022)

Current position: Principal Scientific Researcher, Genentech